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4 Sports Western Carolinian/April 5,1984 Sports News And Views Russ Randolph Sports Kditor Western Carolina's baseball team is red hot. So is the tennis team, and the track team, and the softball team. In fact, to mention athletics at WCU this year is to mention excellence, perfection, and superiority, which combine to produce wins for Catamount fans. "This could be our best year in athletics ever," WCU Sports Information Director Steve White said recently. "We're somehow surprising everyone in practically every sport." A look back to the fall certainly confirms White's statement. After two consecutive losses at the start of what looked to be a very long football season, suddenly the dam broke, and the water is still rolling over Western's opponents. A championship in women's volleyball, a fine showing by the cross country and women's basketball teams, and an undefeated season at home for the men's basketball team have caused a light of recognition to descend on Cullowhee's athletes. Enrollment is up, construction is taking place, and the wins keep pouring in. But Western has the lowest, yes, lowest athletic budget of all the Southern Conference schools. How can this be? What is it doing for the Cats? "I think it's the attitude of the athletes that are starting to come to Western," WCU Athletic Director Bob Waters replied when asked that question. "They realize we don't have the millions of dollars the other schools have, nor do we have the best facilities or best anything. That's where the challenge comes in. It's much more rewarding to do more with less." Indeed, with the arrival of spring, Western is doing more and more and more. In fact, every spring sport at WCU is showing improvement and what winning is. The baseball team, for example, is leading their division in the conference with an unblemished 9-0 record, the best start of any WCU baseball team. Coach Jack Leggett's Cats have won 12 of their last 13 games, and coule well be the team to beat in baseball this year among Southern Conference schools. The tennis team is another fine example. Here's a team that has made a complete turnaround this year. Western has not had a winning tennis team in ■years, but you wouldn't know it by watching this .year's team. At 15-5, and 1-0 in the conference, Coach Charlie Bowen's team is off to the best start of any previous team. Of course, women's softball has been a winning tradition at WCU for decades, and this year is no different. Veteran head coach Betty Peek's Lady Cats are now 8-5 overall. What about track and field? Hasn't Western normally finished near the bottom of the Southern Conference? Well yes, they have, but things are changing. Western came away with five first-place ribbons last Saturday at Clemson, and is gearing up for what could be the best outdoor season ever. And is golf on the upswing too? It sure is. Coach Don Dalton and team have hopes of their best season yet, and are loaded with experience to make it happen. It's no wonder that we constantly are reading of banquets and awards ceremonies being held in honor of WCU athletics. Who knows? This could be only the start of things. Historians will remember 1983-84 as the year Cullowhee was put on the map. Catamount fans will remember it as the best year for sports, or the start of many years of winning. Aren't you glad you were here to see it happen? WCUpdate ,I«k' Fournier ____________ Staff V\ ritcr Thursday, April 5 Men's Tennis: WCU vs. Carson-Newman College, 2:30, Cullowhee. PAUSE - Community fellowship, worship, inspiration, student led. Baptist Student Union (Koinonia House), Every Thursday night at 9:00 pm. Friday, April 6 Men's Tennis: WCU vs. University of Tennessee- Chattanooga, 2 pm, Cullowhee. Baseball: WCU vs. Furman University (Southern Conference Game), 3 pm, Ronnie G. Childress Baseball Field. Concert: High School Choral Festival, 8 pm. Recital Hall, Music-English Building. Saturday, April 7 Overnight bicycle trip. Great Smokey Mountains. Through April 8. Sign up in advance at first floor office of UC. Beginning kayak trip, Tuckaseigee River. Sign up in advance at first floor office, UC. Day trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Sign up in advance at first floor office, UC. Baseball: WCU vs. Furman University (Southern Conference Game), 1 pm. Childress Baseball Field. Sunday, April 8 Beginning canoe trip, Tuckaseigee River. Sign up in advance at first floor office. First Annual Cullowhee I0K Run and Pi.za Fating Contest I pm. Pizza Hut. Monday, April 9 SPRING FLING. Through April 14. Black Awareness Week. Through April 15. Baseball: WCU vs. Clemson University, 3 pm, Ronnie G. Childress Field. Battle of the Bands, 3 pm, lawn of UC. B-4-9 Discussion Scries: "Baisc Needlework." 7 pm, Catamount Room, UC. Baseball Cats Looking To Clinch SC Tourney Berth The Cats Baseball Team is making headlines as they are coasting through their Southern Conference schedule and now stand at 9-0. The Cats swept two from East Tennessee last Friday. Photo By Mark Haskett WCU's baseball team took another step towards clinching a berth in the Southern Conference championship tournament with a three-game sweep of Davidson College last weekend. The Cats are halfway through their conference schedule as they have played the three other teams in the south division and own a perfect record. They have three series of three games each left with Furman, The Citadel, and Davidson before the conference tournament, April 27-29. Coach Jack Leggett's team can clinch one of the four spots in the tournament field with four more victories over south division foes. The school with the best record in the south division will host the tournament. The Catamounts have a three-game lead over The Citadel (6-3) in the south division standings. Davidson is 3-6and Furman is winless at 0-9. Appalachian State leads the north division with! a 6-2 mark. Marshall is 4-4J followed by VMI (3-4) and' East Tennessee (2-5). The Cats will be on the road Wednesday for a meeting with Clemson, a perennial national power, and will be at home this weekend for a south division series with Furman. A doubleheader is scheduled for Saturday followed by a single game Sunday. Clemson visits Ronnie G. Childress field next Monday. Sports Briefs Women's Sports WCU will restructure its women's athletic program according to an announcement by Athletic Director Bob Waters. The elimination of gymnastics immediately and the addition of five sports by the 1986-87 academic year comprise the restructuring plan that was approved by WCU's Committee on Athletics. The National Collegiate Athletic Association passed legislation at its annual meeting in January stating that its Division I member schools must sponsor compatition in six NCAA-recognized women's sports by the 1985-86 academic year and eight by 1986-87. The elimination of gymnastics leaves WCU with four sports for women-volleyball, basketball, slow-pitch softball and rifle. Slow-pitch softball is not recognized by the NCAA and a decision concerning the future of that sport at WCU will be forthcoming, according to Waters. Waters announced that tennis, golf, cross-country, indoor (winter) track and field, and outdoor (spring) track and field will be the sports added to WCU's women's program. "We have not reached a decision on which three of these sports will be implemented by 1986," he added. Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to help with the approximately 15 events of the 13th Special Olympics and Field Day scheduled for Friday, April 13, at the Western Carolina University track. Anyone, particularly WCU students, who would like to help with the events and awarding of ribbons should be at the track at 9 am. Competition begins at 9:30 am and ends at 3 pm. The all-day event is designed to provide athletic competition and sports training for persons ages 8 and up with handicaps or special situations. For additional information, contact Anna Bolick at 227-6282. Tennis Team Wins WCU's tennis team won two of three matches last week and improved its record to 14-5. The '84 Catamount netters have now won three more matches than any previous WCU tennis team in over 30 years of intercollegiate competition. WCU opened its Southern Conference schedule Tuesday in Johnson City, Tennessee against East Tennessee State and came out with a 5-4 win. Three other matches are scheduled on the Catamounts' home courts. Belmont-Abbey visits Wednesday, followed by Carson-Newman Thursday and powerful UT-Chattanooga Friday. Softball Heroics WCU's Lady Cats softball team used some last- minute heroics and clutch hitting to put together three come-from-behind victories in their last four games. Jill Blankenship's sacrifice fly scored the game- winning run to defeat UNC-Charlotte in the first game of a doubleheader at WCU Tuesday. Diane Wilkinson's single pushed anothergame-winneracross the plate in the Preretirement Planning Workshop: "Finances I", 9 am and 3 pm. Dogwood Room, UC. Health Fair, noon-6 pm. Grandroom, UC. Tuesday, April 10 Dr. Barbara Bateman, Workshop. 104 Killian. Preretirement Planning Workshop: "Finances II", Dogwood Room, UC, 9 am & 3 pm. Jackson County Red Cross Bloodmobile, noon-5 pm. Grandroom, UC. Through April 12. Theatre: "Tartuffe" by Moliere, 7:30 pm, Little Theatre. Through April 14. Exhibit: "Prints" by Tom Bradley, Chelsea Gallery, UC. Through May 10. Men's Tennis: WCU vs. Appalachian State University, 2:30 pm, Cullowhee. Baseball: WCU vs. University of Tennessee- Knoxville, Tennessee. Concert: Wind Ensemble, 8 pm, Recital Hall, M-E Bldg. Wednesday, April 11 Baseball: WCU vs. Cambell University (doubleheader), 1 pm, Childress Field. Men's Tennis: WCU vs. University of North Carolina-Asheville, 2:30 pm, Cullowhee. Dinner on the Lawn with "Stark Raven" at 4:30 pm, lawn of UC. Preretirement Planning Workshop: "Legal", 9 am 7 3 pm, Dogwood Room, UC. NCAEOP monthly meeting - "Sharing", East Wing Brown Cafeteria. 11:45 am. "Time-out", a student-led devotional, 9 pm. Wesleyan Foundation. Thursday, April 12 Preretirement Planning Workshop: "Health", 9 am & 3 pm, Dogwood Room, UC. FREE Film: "Bandwagon", Jackson County Public Library, 3:30 & 7 pm. Visiting Scholar Lecture: Ian Hornak, 104 Belk Bldg., 7 pm. PAUSE — Community fellowship, worship, inspiration, student led. Baptist Student Union (Koinonia House), Every Thursday night 9:00 pm. second game. Sunday the Lady Cats split a doubleheader with Appalachian State. The Lady Cats lost the opener 8-9, but Lori Willey came up with a sparkling two-run homer to win the second game for the Lady Cats. WCU will face Mars Hill in a doubleheader Tuesday, April 3 at home, and will travel to UNC- Charlotte for a rematch Wednesday, April 4. The Lady Cats are now 8-5 overall. Purple-Gold Game It has been four months since WCU ended its finest football season ever. Most of the players that led the Catamounts to the NCAA Division l-AA championship game in Charleston, South Carolina will be on the field again next Thursday, April 12, in WCU's annual Purple-Gold Spring Game. The intrasquad game will begin at 7:00 p.m. in E.J. Whitmire Stadium and is open to the public at no charge. Track Team Any doubts about WCU having its strongest track and field team in many seasons were removed last Saturday at Clemson University where Coach Don Millwood's team ran away with team honors although team point totals were not kept. The Catamounts came away with five first place finishes, three second places, and a third and fourth. WCU will participate in its first championship meet of the season this weekend when they travel to Davidson College for the Davidson Relays. JCCNAF Sponsoring WCU Presentation Jackson County Citizens for a Nuclear Arms Freeze (JCCNAF) and the WCU student-faculty nuclear arms race study group will co-sponsor a presentation by Nora Hallett on the campus of WCU, April 11, in a program entitled Nuclear Weapons in the Southeast: What you Should Know About the White Train. The "White Train," painted white to keep internal temperatures low, passes through the Southeast several times each year, transporting as many as 200 nuclear warheads from the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas to the Charleston Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina. Diane Coyle, spokesperson for JCCNAF, points out that at times this train is routed through North Carolina communities. The train also travels from Texas to the Trident submarine base in Washington State. The Fellowship of Reconciliation of New York, Jubilee Partners of Georgia and the Agape Community of Washington State are coordinating efforts to increase public awareness about the White Train. Ms. Hallett is touring the Southeast as a part of this effort. Ms. Hallett, National Coordinator of Area and Regional Development for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was previously the Director of the Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation and also a member of the Agape Community. In November, 1982, she was selected as one of five in the United States to represent the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign on a speaking tour in West Germany. Ms. Hallett will speak at the Belk Building on the WCU campus in the Auditorium Room 104 at 7:30 pm, Wednesday. April II. The program will also include a showing of last year's Academy Award winning film, "If You Love This Planet" with pediatrician Dr. Helen Caldicott. For further information, contact Diane Coyle (293-5801) or Dr. Don Pfost (586-5862). The public is cordially invited to attend FREE of charge. Lettersj From Page 3 have fun poking fun at our problem but our complaints are true. The residents of Reynolds do not wish to capitalize on another chance to belittle our university. We only wish for consideration and cooperation in solving our most embarrassing and worsening bathroom situation. Sincerely, Barry Bridges 323 Reynolds ARF Places Over 1,000 Animals Karen Lee Siepak Contributing Writer The Animal Relief Fund, an offshoot of the Jackson County Humane Society, has placed over 1,000 animals into foster homes since it was formed in 1981, according to Veronica Nicholas, president of the society. ARF was formed to provide unwanted dogs and cats with,homes and food. "We place strays and animals whose time is up at the shelter into foster homes until we can find permanent owners for them," Nicholas said. Pet food is donated at local grocery stores and then taken to the public library for distribution to those who foster animals. The Humane Society, run on donations and by volunteers, was initiated by the local Kiawanas Club, said Jay Hickes. He has been a member of the Jackson County chapter since it began 10 years ago. In addition to A.R.F., the society helped design the county animal shelter. "There are a lot fewer litters of pups and kittens found in garbage dumpsters since the shelter opened," Hickes said. The shelter has had 1,565 dogs since it opened one year ago, according to Nicholas. And, of those, she said about 30% have been place in foster homes. The shelter, located near the airport, is controlled by the county health department. "We just don't have the money to control it," Hickes' wife Georgia said. A dog or cat can stay at the shelter for up to 14 days before it is either put to sleep or taken by A.R.F. "If it were up to us, only the sick would be put to sleep," said Susan Clements, head of the shelter volunteers. Nicholas said that the shelter puts animals to sleep with an overdose of tranquilizer as a means to control their population. "But," she said, "some counties find that spaying and neutering is a cost-efficient means of animal control." In seven years, 4,500 dogs will be born if one female and her offspring are not spayed, according to Clements. For this reason, a major goal of the society is to provide a reduced-rate spaying and neutering clinic for the area. However, the immediate goal of the society is to gain more active members. The 23 volunteers at the shelter are not enough, Clements said. "Some help during the week, but the main service they provide is running the shelter on weekends," she said. "By keeping it open on weekends, we give people who work during the shelter's weekday hours an opportunity to come adopt a pet." Pets are also placed through periodic pet shows and through a weekly column in the Sylva Herald. The pet shows are important because people can get an idea of what a dog is like before they adopt it," Nicholas said. Volunteers are needed to help with the pet shows, to raise money, to collect food, and to work in the shelter a few hours each month. Anyone interested in being a volunteer should call Nicholas at 586-5647, Clements at 586-8045, or Hickes at 293-5018. 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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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