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g PORTgKing Of Kings To BeNam ed In Pratt GamasThe first annual King of Kings Classic Baskbetball Tournament, hosted by Pratt Institute as part of their pre-centennial celebration, will open on November 21, at 6pm. The consolation game will take place on November 21, at 2pm, and the championship will tip off at 4pm.The Kings Classic owes its name to the four Brooklyn %u2014 Kings County %u2014 schools that will be competing for the championship crown, including Pratt, Polytechnic University, St. Joseph%u2019s College and Medgar Evers College (CUNY). According to Pratt%u2019s Athletic Director Don Scarola, %u201cthis is the first event of its kind in Brooklyn. The tournament has attracted the support of Borough President Howard Golden, who hopes to be there to present the awards after the championship game. We%u2019ve also gotten sponsorship from Converse and we%u2019re working on a few other big names,%u201d he says.Scarola emphasizes %u201call participating college athletic programs place a premium on the academic welfare of the student-athlete and are committed to this philosophy.%u201d On November 21, though, the athletes will set their books aside and set their minds on taking home the Kings Chalice and with it the bragging rights to the title %u201cKing of Kings.%u201dThe tournament takes place on the Pratt Institute campus, DeKalb Avenue and Hall Street. For more information, call 636-3772.LIU Blackbirds EndSeason With No LossesThe Long Island University Men%u2019s soccer team this week accomplished a feat only achieved four times in the school%u2019s 39-year soccer history when it ended its regular season undefeated with a record of 1WE3.On the same victorious note, the school defeated Columbia University 3-2 in overtime on Nov. 4, the only team that had defeated LIU last year. The team high scorer, Roger Chavez, scored two consecutive goals when the LIU Blackbirds were trailing by two goals. Freshman goalie Tomas Zancajo made 13 saves.The team now enters its post season schedule. LIU, as last year, received a bid to partake in the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation Division I tournament. Twentythree teams are picked throughout the nation to participate in the post-season classic. LIU nn%u2019ll mnnl if r. Ci xni _: %u201e1_%uioi uppuiiuu, uai vmuv v^urlege, on Nov. 23, upstate in Oneonta. The Blackbirds defeated Hartwick earlier this season.The unbeaten soccer team also moved up another notch, from fifth to fourth, for the fifth consecutive week in the Division I coaches poll conducted by the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America. Only four teams in the top 20 remain undefeated at the end of the season.Roger Chavez and Maicol Antello, two juniors from Santa Crux, Bolivia were the high scorers this season. Chavez scored 22 goals and had 14 assists, bringing his career goal record to 59 goals. He is tied for second place as all-time leading scorer for LIU. Teammate Antello scored 14 goals this season and had 15 assists. LIU outscored its opponents this year 63 goals to 16. %u2014 L.K.Heights Casino JuniorsSquash Most OpponentsThe Heights Casino Juniors squash team from Brooklyn Heights played at the Lincoln Fall Classic on October 24-26. The tournament was at the Lincoln Squash Club in Manhattan.The Heights Casino Juniors had a successful weekend. Alex Darrow made it to the finals of the Boys%u2019 18%u2019s category before he was finally defeated; Sam Ankerson lost only one game in the Boys%u2019 14%u2019s, and won the finals in three games; Jamie Dean came back from two games down to win in his category. In the Boys%u2019 12%u2019s, Whitten Morris was beaten in the finals.The Heights Casino female players did especially well, even beating their own teammates on their way to the top. Hillary Morris beat Lee Belknap, and Jen Roos defeated Lisa Heller in the Girls%u2019 18%u2019s; in the Girls%u2019 16%u2019s, Berkeley Beklnap went to the finals undefeated, where she triumphed over teammate Mimi Ells; also in the i6%u2019s, Renee Schneider came in fourth and Mamie Brooke came in fifth; in the girls%u2019 14%u2019s, number one seed Emily Ash defeated Margaret Van Orman. Every place in the Girls%u2019 12%u2019s was taken by Heights Casino players: first place was Erin Dockery, followed by Harriet Ells, Katherine MacDonald, Chloe Bland and Benay Betts.St. Francis Terriers Follow In A HistoricTradition As Basketball Season Gets UnderwayBY BOB VALVANONot many people know that St. Francis College was the first college in New York to field a basketball team, having started one way back in 1891. At least two people who did, and many more who probably did as well, were at the college Friday night, Nov. 7, for the basketball team%u2019s annual Red and Blue intersquad game.I am one of the people who knew, as I am proud to be in my third year as the 13th head basketball coach in that long rich tradition. Another who knew is Joseph Liantnio, a gentleman who attended the college in the mid-1930%u2019s and has been regularly attending St. Francis games since 1934! I know that, because in introducing him to our players at the reception that followed the game, I mentioned that Liantnio had been coming to games since 1930. With a quick and warm smile, he gently corrected me. %u201c 1934,%u201d he said, and our players enjoyed hearing about as much of those 52 years as he cared to tell! It was really an inspiration for our players to meet Liantnio, who is as kind a gentleman as he is dedicated to St. Francis Basketball.The scrimmage itself was hard-played, and our team looked relatively good considering it is still very early in the season. (Our first actual game is not until November 29.) In addition, it is a young team with 10 of the 13 members either freshmen or sophomores. Nevertheless, the alumni and guests present seemed pleased and enthusiastic about the year ahead.%u201cThese kids would have beat us by 30 points,%u201d graciously said Clifford Reddey, speaking of his team of 25 years ago. %u201cThey are so much bigger, stronger, and they alliumn so wpII. t.hev would inst po nvpr us.%u201dWhile there is no doubt that today%u2019s player is bigger and more athletically gifted than his counterpart of 25 years ago, chemistry professor and St. Francis alumnus Dr. Tom Quigley remembers those Terrier teams ofthe 1950%u2019s and 60%u2019s as %u201cglory days%u201d for St. Francis Basketball. %u201cWe sent three teams to the NIT in the 50%u2019s and 60%u2019s,%u201d Dr. Quigley explains, %u201cone of which went to the Semifinals. We always got great support, with some really oustanding players, and of course a great coach in Danny Lynch.%u201dIn addition to the simple fact that today%u2019s players are physically more gifted than their predecessors, today%u2019s St. Francis team, much like the college itself, is more diversified. While there are still many fine players on the roster from the New York high schools, both Public and Catholic, we have expanded our recruiting base to many other places as well, such as with this year%u2019s team, which includes players from Chicago, Delaware, Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Binghampton. The alumni were impressed with the %u201ckiddie corps.%u201d%u201cReally, if you had just walked in off the street you would not guess that some of the first year players were only freshmen based on how they were playing,%u201d said alumnus Dan Barry.Dennis McDermott, who is the college%u2019s all-time leading scorer and a player considered by many to the best ever to wear the Terrier uniform, agrees that the %u201cfuture is now.%u201d McDermott is serving on the Red and Blue Club%u2019s Board of Directors, and is helping rekindle the interest among the college alumni. %u201cThe interest and support is definitely out there,%u201d he explains, %u201cand has been all along.%u201dBased on an enthusiastic and optimistic group at Friday%u2019s game, I am happy to say I think he is correct.Bob Valvano is head basketball coach at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. 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