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The Western Carolinian Page 11 Thursday, December 1, 1988 r "" "—■-■■■■ —■—— :- ;v:v;-;:;^vnV/;nMV,v;^^:;-;v;;vX';::-; :;■;■:■;,:-::, :-.. .■,::::;,; ,■:■.:..,: ::;>:.:.:. ■.::::;:;.;:;.;.,; ^,:,-^y-.<-::^^:: :■.■:■■■:,.■. ,.■.. :■::, .::■:■.:,.■. ,:■..:■:,:■: ■„„:::■„: :■.,:-:■:-,-::,:.::: ::.::v::::::..:: :. ,:■;:■:::::■,,:■;:■:::::::: ::>v::.:ataaW WCU All-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHECK LIST FIRST TEAM Two WCU football players named to All-Southern Conference team nk Toussaint Kennedy - S Geno Segers - DE SECOND TEAM John Martin - T Otis Washington - WR/KR HONORABLE MENTION Scottie Arant - DE iT.k KKrSSXSSSSSSSSSS Jay Mulwee - C Craig Williamson - S Two members of Western Carolina University's 1988 football team have been named to this year's All-conference Football Team. The honored Catamounts are defensive end Geno Segers and defensive safety Toussaint Kennedy. Both are seniors at WCU. The conference's co- champions - Marshall and Furman - along with third place finisher, The Citadel, led the first team selections with five players named from each of their teams. UT-Chattanooga had four players selected to the first team and Appalachian State had three representatives. WCU had two players named to the elite team while Virginia Military had no representative. East Tennessee State had no named to the first team. Three Catamounts were named to the all-conference second team./ They were senior defensive tackle Scottie Arant, junior offensive tackle John Martin, and senior wide receiver Otis Washington. The Citadel's Charlie Taaffe was named the conference's coach of the year after building the bulldogs into a championship contender and NCAA l-AA playoff team in only two seasons. Gene Brown, The Citadel's quarterback, was named the league's offensive player of the year and Jeff Blankenship of Furman was voted the conference defensive player of the year. Dewey Klein, Marshall's rookie placement specialist, was named the freshman of the year. Segers, a 6-4, 235 pound, three year starter from Kernersville, led the nation's defensive ends in total tackles (110) this past season as he had 55 first hits, 55 assists, 12 tackles for losses and seven quarterback sacks. He was the conference's defensive player of the week for his performance in the Catamounts win over East Tennessee State. Kennedy, who hails from Columbia, SC, finished the season with 120 tackles - the second highest total in WCU's football history. Hehad 68 solos, 52 assists, three tackles for losses, six pass breakups, and one interception. Washington, from Dillon, SC, led the nation in all-purpose running yards this past season with 2,086 receiving, kick return and rushing yards. He established five new Southern Conference records and nine WCU records for season and career kickoff returns and all purpose yards. He finished third in the conference in pass receiving with 49 catches for 907 yards and scored seven touchdowns. Arant, a three year starter at defensive tackle and end, hails from Greensboro. He was the 10th leading tackier in the conference last season with 110 stops, including 10 tackles for losses and six quarterback sacks. Martin was a second team all-conference selection as a sophomore. He is 6-4, 253 pound three year letter- man from Morganton. WCU also had two honorable mention all-conference selection in senior Jay Mulwee and junior safety Craig Williamson. ■"""""""""■» M«s—.»..I»I.IIJW« mmmiimmfi Season Campus Intramurals 1. Men's Intramural Swim Meet Results are as follows: L'vyilt Participant 25 yd Butterfly Del Foster 50 yd Backstroke Mark Chadwick 100 yd Medley Relay Prince, Ryan Foster, Sadler 50 yd Freestyle Del Foster 50 yd Breaststroke Mike Rocpke 100 yd Indiv. Medley Leo French 50 yd Inner Tube Brian McCarty Relay Greg Hogsed 200 yd Freestyle Relay Rusty Prince Dei Foster Ryan Sadler Johnson 2. Women's Intramural Swim Meet Results are as follows: Event Participant 25 yd Freestyle Patti Harrill 50 yd Freestyle Patti Harrill 100 yd Freestyle Teresa Prince 25 yd Backstroke Arianna Clark 25 yd Breaststroke Cindy D'Alessi 25 yd Butterfly Patti Harrill 50 yd Inner Tube Teresa Prince Relay Cindy D'AIessio 100 yd Medley Relay Collctte, Shee Team Time Sigma Phi Epsilon 12.0 Dougie and thc Freshmen 27.6 Sigma Phi Epsilon 54.6 Sigma Phi Epsilon 24.9 ROTC 32.7 ROTC 1:11.5 Lambda Chi Alpha 39.7 Sigma Phi Epsilon 1:44.9 Team Time Stammers 13.8 Stammers 29.4 Delta Zeta 1:11.0 Lil Devils 16.2 Delta Zeta 21.0 Stammers 14.9 Delta Zeta 47.8 Stammers 1:12.7 rrill, Richardson 3. CO-ED BOWLING RESULTS are as follows: All Campus Champions: Tony Bailey Winning Average: 135J Laura Breen Patrick Moore Winning Average: 134J Stacy Bishop Total Number of Participants: 26 All Campus Runner-Up: 4. MEN'S POCKET BILLIARDS RESULTS are as follows: International League Champion: National League Champion: American League Champion: Fraternity League Champion: Independent League Champion: Total Different Participants: Tim Curtis, Pi Kappa Alpha "B" Dave Brown, Street Survivors Angelo Karnezis, Hooterville Express Ritchie Tuttle, Sigma Phi Epsilon Brent Miller 5. Results of Co-ed 2-on-2 Basketball were as follows: All Campus Champion: Smooth Sailing Members of Smooth Sailing are Stephanie Elliot, Steve Baker, and Ivan Kuykcndall. 6. Results of the Water Polo were as follows: All Campus Champion: Lambda Chi Alpha All Campus Runner-Up: Sigma Phi Epsilon Atlantic League Champion: Seafood Atlantic League Runner-Up: Rooters Fraternity League Champion: Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity League Runner-Up: Sigma Phi Epsilon 7. Men's All Campus Tag Football Championship resulted in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity overpowering Space Mountain by thc score of 33 to 6. Sigma Phi Epsilon provided assurance to the fact that they had the best tag football team for 1988 on the Western Carolina University Campus. Members of thc Sigma Phi Epsilon team were as follows: Jeff Blake, Jeff Branham, Todd Currie, Richard Ferguson, Artie Fitzgerald, Burt Howard, John Kelly, Brent Sadler, Craig Stewart, Dwayne Thompson, Boni Wanner, David Wiggins, and Craig Durham. Congratulations to the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity!! 8. The Women's All Campus Floopball Championship resulted in the Brew Crew thumping the Lil Devils by the score of 8-0. After the first half the Score was deadlocked in a 0-0 tie. The second half was dominated by the Brew Crew as Julie Bennett scored the winning touchdown. Members of the Brew Crew were as follows: Susan Becton, Susan Auman, Susan Dockery, Pam Buchanan, Julie Edwards, Julie Bennett, Vctte Gibbs, Tammi Thompson, Rcneese Williams, Alicia Brown, Lori Crisp, Rina Allen, Shanon Gregory, Ginny Norris, Beth Smith. Congratulations to the Brew Crew!! continued lege football. In eleven games, Western squared off against seven nationally ranked opponents including the likes of Division I-A powers N.C. State and South Carolina, Division l-AA Powers The Citadel, Eastern Kentucky, Furman, ASU and Marshall. In four of Western's nine losses, 7 points or less decided the outcome. Marshall came-from- behind to beat the Cats by 7, The Citadel won by 6, UT-Chattanooga escaped by 5, and VMI pulled out the season finale by 4. The Cats record this season may not have been one of many victories, but every program has their down years and unfortunately this was a down year for WCU. The football team will make improvements during the off season, and footsteps will undoubtedly be heard from the Catamounts in 1989. Hats off to the coaches and players, because wins and losses should bear no comparision to effort Cats announce early signees Dave Possinger, WesternCarolina University's new head basketball coach, has announced the signing of two student/atheletes to the national-letter-of-intent during last week's early signing period. Both signees are currently high school seniors. The early signing period ends this Wednesday, November 16. The signees are 6-5 Robert Gaines who plays at West Iredell High in Statesville, NC and 6-6 Patrick Brown who plays at Suwannee High in Live Oak, PI. Gaines averaged 20 points and 8 rebounds along with 3 blocked shots, 3 assists, 3 steals as a junior. He was named to the 3-A foothills con ference all-star team and the All-northwest team last season. "Robert is a great athlete who can run, jump and shoot with the best we've seen in North Carolina," said Possinger. "He is playing inside for his team this season, but we project him as a perimeter player as he handles the ball well and is a fine outside shooter. I am sure everyone is going to be impressed with Robert as a player andasaperson. Heisfromafine family and has great work habits. Robert will be an integral part of our program," he added. Brown averaged 13.9 points and an eye-opening 13.2 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game last winter. He has almost as impressive figures in his sophomore season when he scored at a 10.8 clip and averaged 12.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks. He was named to several all-star teams after last season, including an all-conference, all region and all-area. "I'm not sure we could have signed a better athlete than Patrick Brown," stated Possinger. "He's got the talent and frame to be an outstanding Southern conference player, the strength of he game is around the boards, but he can also run the floor. Although he has high school grades and is a hard worker in the classroom, there is still a question on whether or not he will make his test scores to be eligible next season," he said. Withe one day left in the early signing period, Possinger said he had hopes of signing at least one more high school or junior college player. VMI 24, WCU 20 Western Carolina 6 14 0 0-20 VMI 3 0 12 9-24 WCU-Cox 50FG VMI-Hawkins 32 FG WCU-Cox 27 FG WCU-Jones 2 run (Cox kick) WCU-Baxter 27 pass from Smith (Cox kick) VMI-Stock 19 pass from Brown (kick failed) VMI-WiUiams 10 pass from Brown(pass failed) 4. Furman (9-2) VMI-IIawkins33FG VMI-Stock 25 pass from Brown (pass failed) FINAL 1988 DIVISION 1- AA FOOTBALL POLL (Voted on Nov. 20 by a four-man NCAA committee) Rank. School. Rprnrrl 1. Idaho (9-1) 2. Georgia Southern (9-2) 3. Western Illinois (10-1) DIVISION I FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY - AP WIRE WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 An -3,100 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Losl Penalties-Yards Time of Possession WCU 19 34-128 243 80 16-31-2 3-33 5-3 2-10 27:36 VMI 18 48-161 173 81 12-21-1 4-37 5-2 2-9 32:24 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 5. Jackson State (8-0-2) 6. Marshall (10-1) 7. Eastern Kentucky (9-2) 8. Northwestern State (9-2) 9. Stephen F. Austin (9-2) 10. (tie) Massachusetts (8-3) and North Texas (8-3) 12. (tie) Boise State (8-3) and Western Kentucky (8-3) 14. The Citadel (8-3) 15. Delaware (7-4) 16. Montana (8-3) 17. Middle Tennessee State (7-4) 18. Florida A&M (7-2-1) 19. Holy Cross (9-2) 20. Grambling (8-2) RUSHING-WCU, Terry 27-107, Jones 7-22. VMI, Council 32-89. McGrew 7-83. PASSING-WCU, Smith 16-31-2-243. VMI, .,„ . . _.„. T , , „ ._.____ Brown 12 21 i 173 NCAA DIV l-AA PLAYOFFS RECI-IVING-WCU, Washington 7-82. Schultz First Round School Record 1. Notre Dame 11-0-0 2. Miami (Fla.) 9-1-0 3. West Virginia 11-0-0 4. Florida State 10-1-0 5. Southern Cal 10-1-0 6. Nebraska 11-1-0 7. Auburn 10-1-0 8. UCLA 9-2-0 9. Arkansas 10-1-0 10. Oklahoma 9-2-0 11. Michigan 8-2-1 12. Oklahoma State 8-2-0 13. Clemson 9-2-0 14. Houston 9-2-0 15. Wyoming 11-1-0 16. Louisiana State 8-3-0 17. Washington State 8-3-0 18. Syracuse 8-2-0 19. Georgia 8-3-0 20. Alabama 7-3-0 BOWL GAMES Schedule/TV 3-58, Baxter 2-37, Mayfield 2-32. VMI, Stock 6-111, Council 3-33. Final Standings-Football Southern Conference Conference W-L-T. Overall W-L-T Marshall Furman Citadel App. St. UT-Chatt. VMI ETSU WCU 6-1-0 6-1-0 5-2-0 4-3-0 3-3-0 1-5-0 1-6-0 1-6-0 10-1-0 9-2-0 8-3-0 6-4-1 4-7-0 2-9-0 3-8-0 2-9-0 Saturday Georgia Southern 38, Citadel 20 Furman 21, Delaware 7 Western Kentucky 35, Western Illinois 32 Marshall 7, North texas 0 Northwestern St 22, Boise St. 13 Stephen F. Austin 24, Jackson St. 0 Idaho 38, Montana 19 E. Kentucky 28, Massachusetts 17 Quarter Finals DecJ (Sites and times TBA) Northwestern St. 10-2, vs Idaho, 10-1 Marshall, 11-1 vs. Furman, 10-2 Georgia Southern, 10-2 vs. S.F. Austin, 10-2 W. Kentucky, 9-3 vs. E.Kentucky, 10-2 Semifinals: Dec. 10 Championship: Dec. 17 at Pocatello, Idaho Monday, Dec. 12 California Bowl/at Fresno Western Michigan vs. Fresno St. 4pm (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 23 Independence Bowl/at Shreveport, La. Texas-El Paso vs. Southern Miss., 8pm (Mizlou) Saturday, Dec. 24 Sun Bowl/at El Paso, Texas Alabama vs. Army, 1pm (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 25 Aloha Bowl/at Honolulu Washington St. vs. Houston, 3:30pm (ABC) Wednesday, Dec.28 Liberty Bowl/at Memphis, TN. Indiana vs. South Carolina, 8pm (ESPN) BOWL SCHEDULE CONTINUED Thursday, Dec. 29 All American Bowl/at Birmingham, AL Florida vs. Illinois, 8pm (ESPN) Freedom Bowl/at Anaheim, Calif. Brigham Young vs. Colorado, 9pm (Mizlou) Holiday Bowl/at San Diego Wyoming vs. Oklahoma St. 8pm (ESPN) Saturday, Dec 31 Peach Bowl/ at Atlanta NC State vs. Iowa, 1pm (Mizlou) Sunday, Jan. 1 Gator Bowl/at Jacksonville, FL Georgia vs. Michigan St, 8pm (ESPN) Monday, Jan 2 Hall of Fame Bowl/at Tampa, FL LSU vs. Syracuse, 1pm (NBC) Citrus Bowl/at Orlando, FL Clemson vs. Oklahoma, 1:30pm (ABC) Cotton Bowl/at Dallas Arkansas vs. UCLA, 1:30pm (CBS) Fiesta Bowl/at Tempo, Ariz. Notre Dame vs. West Virginia, 5pm (NBC) Rose Bowl/at Pasadena, Calif. Southern Cal. vs. Michigan, 5pm (ABC) Sugar Bowl/at New Orleans Auburn vs. Florida St. 8:30pm (ABC Orange Bowl/at Miami Miami vs. Nebraska, 8:30pm (NBC)

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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  • Date original: 1988-12-01
  • Date digitized: 2019-09-05
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