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Indiana High School Basketball By The Auociated Preaa Friday’s Garnet Anderson Highland », Carmel 68 Andrean 78, Calumet $8 Attica M.Seeger 78 Austin 68, Borden 45 Bellmont 60, East Noble 58 Blackford 89, Adams Central 55 Blackhawk Christian 65, FW Christian 80 Boone Grove 75, Wheeler 86 Boonville 81, Tell City 50 Broad Ripple 65, Indpls Arlington 61 Brook ville 60, Laurel 49 Brownstown 72, Silver Creek 56 Carroll (Allen) 49, Leo 44 Carroll (Carroll) 78, W Central 77 Cass 83, Pioneer 65 Caston72, Argos 62 Clarksville 58, Cory don 56 Clinton Central 74, Clinton Prairie 69 Columbus East 77, Hauser 39 Concord 69, Plymouth 60 Connersville 68, Greens burg 45 Covington 79, Rockville 71 Crown Point 86, Griffith 62 DeKalb 64, New Haven 51 Dugger 67, Shakamak 47 EC Roosevelt 66, Mich City Rogers 64 East Central 51, Jac-Cen-Del 39 Elkhart Baptist 78, LaPorte LaLumiere 65 Elkhart Centrala 59, Penn 57 Ev. Harrison 51, Henderson Co. (Ky.) 50,20vt Evansville Memorial 45, Castle 38 Evansville North 60, Ev. Mater Dei 48 Evansville Reitz 58, Vincennes 56 Floyd Central 60, Jeffersonville 53 FW Concordia 53, FW Snider 51 FW Dwenger 75, Whitko 72 FW Harding 66, FW South 65 FW North 73, FW Wayne 61 FW Northrop 64, FW Luers 47 Frankfort 65, Western Boone 58 Franklin 55, Columbus North 49 Frontier 53, Rensselaer 46 Gary Wirt 61, Gary West 47 Glenn 78, Knox 46 Greencastle 54, Edgewood 45 Greenwood 51, Triton Central 38 Hamilton Heights 74, Elwood 58 Hammond 86, Hammond Clark 55 Hammond Ga vit 75, Hammond Morton 60 Hammond Noll 72, Whiting 49 Hanover 69, Westville 60 Hebron 73, North Newton 64 Henryville 44, New Washington 43 Heritage Hills 55, Pike Central 50 Heritage Christian 78, White’s 72 Hobart 54, Portage 38 Homestead 64, Angola 55 Huntington North 80, And. Madison Hts. 56 Indian Creek 90, Edinburgh 52 Indpls Attucks 71, Indpls Roncalli 68 Indpls Baptist 70, Princeton Christian 64 Indpls Cathedral 58, Mt. Vernon (Hancock) 50 Indpls Chatard 64, Indpls Manual 49 Indpls Howe 66, Indpls Tech 53 Indpls Marshall 71, Indpls Northwest 65 Indpls Scecina 60, Indpls Washington 48 Jasper 61, Washington 39 Jim town 64, Culver 57 Kankakee Valley 65, River Forest *2, ovt. Ko’, omo 42, Lebanon 41 Kouts 66, Washington Twp. 60 LaPorte 62, Valparaiso 58 LaVille 54, Oregon-Davis 44 Las. Harrison 95, Benton Central 84 Lafayette Catholic 59, McCutcheon 47 Lafayette Jeff 56, Crawfordsville 49 Lake Central 67, Munster 57 Lowell 73, Highland 72, ovt. Madison 62, New Albany 56 Madison Christian 68, Bethesda Christian 67 Madison Shawe 74, Crothersville 72 Manchester 71, North Miami 47 Marion 66, New Castle 61 Merrillville 71, Chesterton 49 Mich City Elston 87, SB Washington 61 Mishawaka 53, SB Adams 51 Mishawaka Marian 55, SB St. Joseph's 52 Mitchell 65, Bedford-N.LawrenceSO Moores ville 48, Whiteland 46 Morgan Twp. 81, Lacrosse 72 Muncie Central 40, Anderson 39 Muncie South 59, FW Elmhurst 50 New Palestine 66, Tri-High 49 Noblesville 78, Greenfield 53 North Daviess 67, LAM 50 North Decatur 67, Morristown 51 North Harrison 59, Pekin Eastern 54 North Judson 89, Lake Station 53 North Knox 56, Wood Memorial 54 North Montgomery 59, N.Putnam 54 North Posey 59, New F-rmony 52 Northeastern 57, Blue I ivers6 Northfield 83, Triton 63 Northridge 72, Wawasee 55 Northwestern 65, Western 61 Norwell 71, Heritage 64 Oak Hill 96, Madison Grant 83 Owen Valley 46, Monrovia 42 Peru 69, Wabash 57 Princeton 71, Gibson Southern 67, ovt. Richmond ;78, Logansport 73 Rochester 53, Bremen 52 Seymour 79, Martinsville 70 Shelbyville 96, Rushville 46 Shenandoah 59, Eastern Hancock 48 Sheridan 70, Westfield 59 Shoals 44, Eastern (Greene) 43 S.Vermillion 80, Fountain Central 42 SB Clay 56, Elkhart Memorial 50 SB Riley 78, SB LaSalle 67 South Dearborn 53, Union Co. 49 South Putnam 78, Clay City 65 South Spencer 76, Forest Park 51 Southmont 64, Cloverdale 51 Southridge 54, Ev. Central 43 Sullivan 94, Rosedale 49 Switz City 58, Worthington 57 Taylor 59, Eastern (Howard) 43 Terre Haute North 70, W. Vigo 50 Terre Haute South 71, Northview 65 Tipton 59, Alexandria 45 Tri-Central 77, Manonaquah 66 Twin Lakes 63, North White 47 Waldron 51, Southwestern (Shelby) 49 Wawsaw 55, North Wood 52 Winamac 47, S.Central 45 Woodlan 66, Southern Wells 57 Zionsville 61, Hamilton Southeastern 44 Tournaments Hendricks County Semifinals Browns burg 69, Tri-West 59 Avon 49, Plainfield 48 Marion County Perry Meridian 83, Warren Central 67 Indpls Pike 76, Lawrence North 48 North Vermillion N. Vermillion 62, Turkey Run 43 Montezuma 81, Indpls Lutheran 39 National FootbaD League Playoffs First Round Saturday, Dec. 28 New England 26. New York Jets 14 Sunday, Dec. 29 New York Giants 17, San Francisco 3 Second Round Saturday, Jan. 4 Miami 24, Cleveland 21 Las Angeles Rams 20, Dallas 0 Sunday, Jan. 5 Chicago 21, New York Giants 0 New England 27, Los Angeles Raiders 20 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 12 Chicago 24, Los Angeles Rams 0 New England 31, Miami 14 BUPER BOWL XX Sunday, Jan. 26 At New Orleans Chicago vs. New England, 5 p.m.

McHale, Celtics take advantage of Pacer woes

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Give the Boston Celtics an advantage and they’ll kill you with it. That’s what the Indiana Pacers learned Friday as the Celtics capitalized on the absence of 6-foot-U Indiana forward Herb Williams by dominating up front. Kevin McHale scored 17 of his gamehigh 28 points in the first half, including six in a spurt that put the Celtics ahead to stay, as Boston downed Indiana 123-106. Boston’s fourth consecutive victory gave Indiana a seven-game losing streak it will try to snap tonight in a road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Friday’s College BasketbaD Scores By The Associated Press EAST Brown 67, Columbia 61 Cornell 64, Yale 51 Vermont 56, Maine 47 SOUTH MIDWEBT Luther 69, U. lowa 61 SOUTHWEBT FAR WEST Brigham Young 68, Colorado St. 63 Montana 87, Weber St. 61 Montana St. 83, Idaho St. 70 Santa Clara 55, San Diego 53 Big Ten At a Glance Confer Overall. w L Pet. W L Pet. Michign 4 1 .800 16 1 .941 f urdu « 1 .800 15 3 .833 J°w 3 1 .750 13 4 .765 * ndlan 3 2 600 11 4 733 P hl St 3 2 .600 » 5 .643 Mch St 2 3 .400 11 4 .733 linns 2 3 .400 11 5 .638 Minnest 1 3 .250 n 6 847 Wiscnsn 1 3 .250 9 5 .643 N'wstrn 0 4 .000 6 8 429 Saturday’s Results Ohio State 79, Northwestern 77 OT Indiana 80, Wisconsin 69 Michigan 75, Purdue 71 lowa 75, Minnesota 62 Sunday's Game Michigan State 58, Illinois 51 Wednesday's Game Indiana 69, Ohio State 66 Thursday’s Games Purdue 85, Northwestern 64 Illinois 73, Wisconsin 54 lowa 82, Michigan State 71 Minnesota 73, Michigan 63 Saturday’s Games Northwestern at Illinois Michigan State at Minnesota Michigan at lowa National Basketball Association At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W. L.Pet...GB Boston 29 8 .784 Philadelphia 26 14 .650 4V4 New Jersey 24 17 .585 7 Washington 20 21 .488 11 New York 14 25 .359 16 Central Division Milwaukee 27 14 .659 Atlanta 21 16 .568 4 Detroit 18 21 .462 8 Cleveland 16 23 .410 10 Chicago 15 26 .366 12 Indiana 10 29 .256 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Houston 26 13 .667 Denver 23 16 .590 3 San Antonio 22 19 .537 5 Dallas 18 18 .500 6^4 Utah 20 22 .476 7H Sacramento 14 26 .350 12Vh Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 31 6 .838 Portland 25 18 .581 9 Phoenix 15 22 .405 16 Seattle 15 25 .375 17Vh Golden State 14 29 .341 20 L.A. Clippers 13 28 .317 20 Friday’s Games Washington 116, New Jersey 96 Detroit 129, Denver 113 Boston 123, Indiana 105 Philadelphia 120, Chicago 118, OT San Antonio 113, New York 100 Utah 139, Dallas 112 Phoenix 103, Seattle 100 Sacramento 125, Golden State 111 Saturday's Games Denver at New Jersey Bpston at Atlanta Indiana at Cleveland New York at Houston Utah at L.A. Clippers Seattle at Sacramento Phoenix at Portland Sunday's Games L.A. Lakers at Detroit Chicago at Washington San Antonio at Portland Golden State at Milwaukee Houston at Dallas National Hockey League Friday’s Games Hartford 11, Quebec 6 Buffalo 5, Montreal 4, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3 Washington 4, New Jersey 3 Winnipeg 5, Chicago 1 Los Angeles 9, Vancouver 7 Saturday’s Games Calgary at Detroit Philadelphia at Washington Hartford at Quebec N.Y. Islanders at Montreal N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton Minnesota at Toronto Pittsburgh at St. Louis Vancouver at Los Angeles Sunday’s Games Buffalo at New Jersey Calgary at Toronto Minnesota at Pittsburgh Boston at Winnipeg Detroit at Chicago Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Named Bob Molinaro manager of Hagerstown in the Carolina League and Greg Biagini manager of Charlotte in the Southern League. OAKLAND A’S—Signed Keith Atherton, relief pitcher, to a one-year contract. Traded Phil Stephenson and Bob Bathe, infielders, to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Jones, second baseman, and John Cox, pitcher. National League CHICAGO CUBS—Signed Leon Durham, infielder, to a three-year contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with Carlos Diaz, pitcher, and Len Matuszek, infielderoutfielder, on one-year contracts. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Signednßruce Bochy, catcher FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS—Fired Tom Keane, special teams coach. HOCKEY National Mockey League BUFFALO SABRES—Fired Jim Schoenfeld, head coach. Named Scotty Bowman head coach. HARTFORD WHALERS-Traded Greg Malone, center, to the Quebec Nordiques for Wayne Babych, right wing. MINNESOTA NORTH STARS-Called up Craig Levie, defenseman, from Springfield of the American Hockey League. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Sent Chris Dahlquist, defenseman, to Baltimore of the American Hcdtey League. VOLLEYBALL US. NATIONAL TEAM-Named Terry Pettit, Nebraska head coach, as head coach for the North team in the U.S. Olympic Festival. COLLEGE AUBURN—Named Pat Sullivan quarterbacks coach. CAL ST.-NORTHRIDGE—Named Bob Burt head football coach. SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE- Named Jesse Branch head football coach.

Williams sat out the game with a deep muscle bruise on his leg that is expected to keep him sidelined for about another week. "They have a hard enough time stopping Kevin with Williams in there,’’ said Boston’s Larry Bird, who had 21 points, a team-high nine rebounds and a game-high eight assists. "Tonight it was our game plan and my game plan to get it into him. "I know if I got my hands on the ball and Kevin was posted up inside I was going to get the ball to him.’’ "We had a tremendous mismatch problem in not having Herb Williams on the floor.” said Indiana Coach George Ir-

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Surging to top Olson’s 19-3!4 one of four record performances

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Sunkist Invitational got the U.S. indoor track season off to a sensational start, with four athletes coming up with world best performances. Bill Olson soared 19 feet, 3 1 /-. inches Friday night to regain the world indoor pole vault mark he’d lost to Sergey Bubka of the Soviet Union just two days earlier. Hurdler Greg Foster bettered a world best that had been set by his old nemesis, Renaldo Nehemiah, with a 5.88-second clocking in the 50-yard hurdles. Triple jumper Charlie Simpkins bounded 57-5, farther than any man had gone before indoors. And Johnny Gray rewrote his own 880-yard world standard with a blazing 1 minute, 46.8 second clocking. Olson, practically written off after disappointing Campaigns in 1984 and most of 1985, had broken through again with a world indoor best of 19-2 3 /4 late last month in Canada. But Bubka topped that with a 19-3 last Wednesday in Japan. “It didn’t matter that he (Bubka) had set a world record in Japan because I came here with the intention of setting a

Mudd wallows in 9-under-par success

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Jodie Mudd had a plan and a share of the lead going into the fourth round of the $600,000 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic golf tournament. “I’m just going to try to play aggressive and enjoy myself,” Mudd said Friday after a career-best 9-under-par 63 had propelled him into a tie with John Cook for the top spot after 54 holes of this five-day, 90-hole tournament. Each had a threeround total of 200,16 under par. “That’s a personal goal for me, to enjoy myself more,” said Mudd, 25, a frequent challenger but not yet a winner in four

Eagle wrestlers defeat West Vigo for 8-4 mark

TERRE HAUTE--With the biggest meets and challenges of the season ahead, South Putnam has closed its dual meet schedule with a glossy 8-4 record, a sevenmeet winning streak and a record setting undefeated wrestler. South came from behind Wednesday night to defeat host West Vigo 53-20 after falling behind 20-17 in the first seven matches. “Our upper weights have come through for us in a lot of meets,” coach Mark Wildman said of consecutive victories by Dan Smetzer, Brian Hayden, Richard Fox, Kevin Raisor, Ron Timm and Tony Cash. HAYDEN HAS a 20-0 record going into the West Central Conference Tournament (Jan. 25 at South Putnam) and the Green-castle-IHSAA Sectional (Feb. 1). The 155pounder pinned Gary Strohl in the first period, his 16th pin of the season and South’s school record for career pins with 43. He is just three pins away from the single-season record.

vine. "We tried not to let him (McHale) get the ball inside. Then we wanted to double down when they did get the ball down there. It was a definite problem for us.” McHale hit on 9 of 16 shots and was perfect on 10 free throws. As a team the Celtics hit 49 of 88 from the field and 21 of 24 free throws. "Boston did a good job of shooting, especially in the seond hafl when they shot 60 percent,” Irvine said. “The key tonight was defense,” said Boston Coach K.C. Jones. "You have to be aggressive defensively, that’s the way other teams are coming aftemus.”

Tubbs' lazy approach surprises WBA's new heavyweight champ

ATLANTA (AP) Tim Witherspoon said he is the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion because Tony Tubbs didn’t fight like one. “I was surprised in a way. He didn’t do nothing,” Witherspoon said after winning a 15-round, split decision Friday night. “He did a lot of jabbing but he didn’t fight like a champion tonight.” Witherspoon said he looked for Tubbs to fight his usual style, as a counterpuncher, “but he didn’t want to counter off the left jab, so I had to lunge at him. I had to chase him down at certain points. He was stepping back too much.” “Tim won and I am happy for him,” Tubbs said. “It’s back to the drawing board and then back to the title.” Witherspoon promised Tubbs a rematch, and said he wants a rematch with World Boxing Council champion Pinklon Thomas. Witherspoon failed to win the WBC title when he lost a 12-round split decision to Larry Holmes in May 1983. He won the WBC crown on a 12-round majority decision over Greg Page in March 1984, then lost to Thomas on a 12-round majority

record anyway,” Olson said of the meet at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Olson, who cleared on his third and final try at the height, said another American vaulter who was at the meet in Japan related that Bubka commented as ter he went 19-3, “Tell Billy Olson to take that.” “Well,” Olson said with a grin, “Here’s a present for you, Sergey.” The 27-year-old Olson, who now has raised the indoor world standard in the pole vault on nine different occasions, said his rivalry with Bubka was a friendly one. “It’s not the United States versus the Soviet Union,” he said. “Sergey’s my friend, I think he likes me. We’re both just trying to win.” Foster said after he bettered Nehemiah’s old standard 5.92 set in 1982: “I’m still competing in track to break the indoor and outdoor records of Renaldo Nehemiah. I’m running now for world records, I’m not concerned about my wonioss record.” Simpkins, a 22-year-old Baptist College

years of Professional Golfers Association touring. “I want to try not to get too tied up in who’s leading, just play my game and enjoy myself, play the game like a sport,” Mudd said. But it may be difficult for him to resist a peek over his shoulder at veteran Craig Stadler and Donnie Hammond, both a single stroke off the lead at 201. Stadler managed a 69 despite a balky putter, and Hammond shot 68 on a warm and sunny day. “That’s the best golf I’ve played in the three days, but I just never got anything in

“It’s not over yet though. He’s got the conference (meet ahead),” Wildman said. “It would be nice for him to win the conference for him to go into the state tournament series undefeated. ” BILLY HARRIS WAS really South’s only loss Wednesday night, but he’ll be ready for the WCC Tournament, according to Wildman. The 138-pounder hit his head hard during the second period and was forced to default because of the injury. South Putnam 53, West Vigo 26 Scott Rohrback, WV, third period pin, Jeff Starks, SP. 105-Draw, 5-5, Nathan Sutherlin, SP, and David Harris, WV. 112-Pat ’niibodeau, SP, second period pin, Frank Mershon.WV. 119-Jerry Fox. SP, 9-2 dec., Tony Phillips, WV. 126-John Stigler, SP, second period pin, Jim Jacobs, WV. 132-Andy Boucher, WV, third period pin, Chad Show alter, SP. 138-Bob Terrell, WV, second period injury default pin, Billy Harris. SP. 145-Dan Smetzer, SP, third period 17-2 technical fall, Brad Clem, WV. 155-Brian Havden, SP, first period pin, Gary Strohl, WV. •*«»■ 185-Ron Timm, SP, first period pin, Jeff Hall, WV. Hwt.-Tony Cash, SP, first period pin, Steve Creasey, WV.

Indiana’s Terence Stansbury tied the game for the last time at 46-46 with 5:27 left in the first half. Danny Ainge’s jumper gave Boston the lead for good 20 seconds later, igniting an 18-8 spurt that put the Celtics up 64-54 at halftime. Indiana, which never led, had six players in double figures. Rookie Wayman Tisdale was high for the Pacers with 20. “I thought Walton played really great,” Irvine said. "He bocked some of Clark’s (Kellogg) shots when he was going to the basket, and that’s not easy. He blocked Stipo’s (Steve Stipanovich) hooks and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do that.”

decision the following August. Witherspoonnsaid he was not going to be like Holmes “and not give people a chance to fight for the title.” “Whenever Don (King, his promoter) can hook it up, I’m ready. I feel that everything that has happened, I’m rewarded with it now. We fought hard and we worked hard. I’m going to start training next week.” Several hours before the fight, promoters King and Butch Lewis and Home Box Office, which televised the match, announced a series of seven championship fights that would culminate in an undisputed heavyweight champion in 1987. The judges agreed with Tubbs’ assessment that the fight was close. Edward Woods Jr. scored it 144-141 and Harry Cecchini had it 144-143 for Witherspoon. Judge Robert Ferrara scored it 143-143. The AP card favorednWitherspoon 146-139. Witherspoon joined Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali as the only men to win heavyweight titles twice. Patterson was undisputed champion twice while Ali was undisputed champion twice and a WBA champion on another occasion.

student in South Carolina, said after he sailed 3Vfe inches beyond the previous world best set by Willie Banks in 1982: “I didn’t know I was going to break the record. Afterward Willie came over and said, ‘Charlie, what’s got into you?’ I said, “I’ve just got to getyou to come out here and jump against me.” In his world best performance, Gray was clocked in 1:46.8, lowering his standard of 1:46.9 of last year. “I predicted a world record,” he said. “I wanted to be in a pressure situation and test myself.” In another highlight event, Ireland’s Marcus O’Sullivan dealt countryman Eamonn Coghlan his first loss in the event indoors since 1981 Other winners included J rmila Kratochvilova of Czechoslovakia, who won the women’s 880-xard run in 2:06.08; Valerie Brisco-Hooks, who took the women’s 300 yards in 34.21; Jimmy Howard, who captured the men’s high jump at 7-7; and Doug Padilla, who won the men’s 2 miles at8:28.59

the hole. A rather discouraging day, really,” said Stadler, a former winner of this event and a playoff loser last year. “But I foresee no problem. I’m hitting the ball very well. It’s just a matter of time until the putts start falling,” he said. Mudd, Stadler and Hammond each played their third rounds at Bermuda Dunes, with today’s round at La Quinta completing their circuit of the four desert courses. Cook, a resident of this resort area, got his share of the lead with a birdie-birdie finish at Indian Wells and today was scheduled at Bermuda Dunes.

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Before the fight, Witherspoon said he would concentrate on Tubbs’ 244-pound body, and he did. In the eigmth, the 227-pound Witherspoon, winning for the 24th time against two losses, landed several body shots early, then sent Tubbs reeling to the ropes with a left hook to the jaw. Just before the bell, Witherspoon was battering Tubbs’ body again. “Tony Tubbs is not a pushover,” Witherspoon said. “He was slipping a lot of my punches. He is the best slipper I’ve ever seen in boxing. Sonl went to a bigger target, the body.” Tubbs landed some hooks and body shots of his own, but spent most of the fight trying to push Witherspoon away. Witherspoon got $50,000 for his victory, which was $400,000 less than he got when he lost the WBC title to Thomas. Friday night’s win, in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000 in the 18,000-seat arena, evened Witherspoon’s title fight record at 2-2. Tubbs got about $125,000, by far his biggest purse, for his first defense.

Skiles to face same judge at Plymouth

PLYMOUTH, Ind. (AP) - The same judge who sentenced Michigan State basketball star Scott Skiles for drug possession will decide whether to revoke his probation. Skiles’ defense attorney had asked Marshall Circuit Court Judge Michael D. Cook to disqualify himself from considering the prosecution motion that could send Skiles to jail. But Cook on Friday denied the motion to grant a change of venue from the judge. He set a Feb. 21 date to hear evidence and determine whether Skiles violated the rules of his probation. Cook rejected the argument of defense attorney Charles Scruggs that the revocation motion was a civil, not a criminal, procedure entitled to an automatic change. Scruggs was required by law to show the judge was prejudiced against the defendant, but did not, Cook said. ‘Therefore, the court is going to deny you a change of venue from the judge,” he said. Skiles, who led Plymouth to the 1982 high school state basketball championship, was not present for the hearing. He is averaging 22.2 points per game in Big Ten Conference action for Michigan State, which has a 23 league record and 11-4 overall mark. Deputy Prosecutor David R. Holmes attacked Scruggs’ contention that the revocation was a civil matter. “It defies logic to argue this is a civil matter just because the nature of the burden of proof,” he said.

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