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Volume 57 Number 5 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 7 Thursday, September 12, 1991 Robert M. Robertson Out of Bounds How can I make fun of Wake Forest? They've got all the brains and their parents make all the money. After all, the parents pay enormous amounts of greenbacks to the stuffed shirts of the Forest and make their kids bust their humps in high school, j ust so they can learn how to stick their noses up at us. How can I make fun of that? I'm just a po' boy from Hickville that don't know nothing. Still I've got to try. To be so smart, what they call themselves has got to be idiotic. The school's name is Wake Forest University, but they call themselves Wake. When I think of a wake, I think of depressed people, wearing black, about to put a dead body into the ground. Oh well, if that's the way they want it. Or a wake is that thing that you can' t leave near boat landings. Everytime I go fishing in a boat, they have these orange and black buoys bobbing near the dock that say "NO WAKE". I think that applies on dry land also. In other important matters...After much long and serious thought, I've come up with 10 new intramural sports that the intramural office should consider sanctioning. 1. Climbing Up The Alumni Tower: The first to place a 10,000 gallon Hefty bag on top is the winner. (Thanks to Douglas Pease for the excellent contribution) 2. Rappelling Down The Alumni Tower: Thosenotwantingtojump at the end of the race can rappell down, with or without ropes, depending on intelligence level. 3. Five-0 Chasing: After all possible tickets have been written, we can chase them down to Hardee's, cause that's when they're going their fastest. The first one to scarf down ten bucks worth of biscuits is the winner. My money's on the Five-0 in this event. 4. Nude Greasepit Volleyball: We could hold this event down in the Ramsey Center. It'sasureway to finally bring in a big crowd. If we charged admission and sold beer we could get North Carolina out of hock. 5. Pie Eating Contests: We definitely couldn't use food from Dodson or Brown, but if we did, we could hold a race to the bathrooms afterwards. Any survivors could be involved in the bed race up to Graham Infirmary, not the Old Student Union. 6. Pie Tossing: There are bound to be some pies left after event #5, so we can aim them at the Five-O. The most accurate tosser gets a year's free pizza at Pizza Hut and would probably win the SGA election for President next year, or maybe even become Chancellor. 7. Nailing Jaywalkers: This would be a freestyle event open to the most creative and engineering. Participants choose between vehicular homicide or assault with a deadly weapon as their means of doing in the perpetrators. The event could be held anywhere, but in front of Scott dorm would be most appropriate. The Five-0 traffic directors could serve as referees and scorekeepers. 8. Demolition Derby: Students vs. Five-O. Extra points awarded based on how many new vehicles the Five-0 are forced to buy with our ticket money. 9. Finding The U.C: Maps included butcompasses are optional. Starting points will be at random sites around campus. Freshman will start from the Music/English Building; Sophomores from the Forsyth Building; Juniors from the Western Carolinian, not Graham Infirmary (we don't do shots); and to make it fair, Seniors will start from Lulu's Cafe. 10. Racing Up The Hill: This would be an open-class event consisting of foot racing and daring bike and auto runs. The race would be just like the one up Pike's Peak. The road is just a little worse here. The first one to make it to the top without flying off the edge or crunching it against the wall would be named winner. Cats clash with Demon Deacons Sat. Robert M. Robertson Sports Editor The Western Carolina Catamounts travel to Winston-Salem for their second game of the season Saturday, Sept. 14, to take on AUantic Coast Conference opponent Wake Forest at Groves Stadium. WCU, 0-1, will be looking to rebound from their 48-0 loss to the University of Georgia two weekends ago. It will be Wake Forest's opening game of the season. "We are going to have to move up to another level of intensity and execution if we plan to be more successful against Wake Forest than we were at Georgia," said Catamount head coach Steve Hodgin. "Our emphasis is going to be on becoming a more polished team in terms of execution. We made too many mistakes all over the field at Georgia. Our offense had too many missed assignments and the defense had some big breakdowns. The effort was there on both sides of the ball, but not the total execution," Hodgin added. Important for offensive execution will be quarterbacks Derrick Harris and Lonnie Galloway. Both players are likely to share duties as they did against Georgia. Harris started against the Bulldogs and completed 6 out of 10 passes for 46 yards and rushed for 16. Galloway played the second and third quarters, completing 4 of 9 passes for 30 yards and rushed for 37. Tailback Kevin Thigpen is another important facet of the offense important for Western's success. Thigpen compiled 78 yards against Georgia. He averaged 3.2 yards in 10 carries and caught live passes for 46 yards. Freshman wide receiver Kerry Hayes earned Southern Conference freshman player of the week for his efforts at Georgia. Hayes totaled 129 all-purpose yards in the Georgia game, 95 of those yards coming on four kickoff returns. Hayes gained 23 yards on two punt returns and 11 yards on two receptions. Leading the defense last weekend was sophomore safety Julius Grant, who racked up 13 tackles against Georgia. Grant is joined by cornerback Willie Williams who had seven tackles and two breakups. Free safety Stanley Marrow, a 5-11, 197 pound sophomore made 13 tackles against the Bulldogs. Linebackers Kenny Banks and Tom Bodine also combined for 17 tackles. Players to watch when Wake Forest has the ball are quarterback Keith West, tailback Anthony Williams, and tight end John Henry Mills. West stepped in as back-up for seven games last season, and compiled 679 yards with six scores; and completed 15 of 28 for 229 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Vanderbilt. Williams, a 5-11,198 pound senior, led the ACC in all-purpose yardage last season with 146 yards per game. Williams was also fifth in the ACC in rushing with 866 yards, scoring nine touchdowns in the process. Mills, a first team AU-ACC pick last season, caught 46 passes for 623 yards and three scores. Mills ranked third in the ACC in receiving. Wake Forest has an all-purpose playerinGeorgeCoghill. Coghill had 67 tackles and four interceptions as a cornerback last season. Coghill led the ACC and ranked seventh nationally in punt returns with 14.5 yards per return last season. Saturday's meeting will be the third in both schools' histories. Wake Forest leads 2-0, winning 31- lOin 1982 and 21-0 in the 1983 WCU dream season. Inthe31-101oss,WakeFor- est led 17-10 late in the third quarter before scoring twice in the fourth quarter to put it out of reach. Three Deacon interceptions in the fourth quarter also helped secure the win. Western's last loss of the 1983 season came against the Demon Deacons, as WCU went on to post an 11-3-1 record and go all the way to the NCAA Div. I-AA championship game. The Catamounts compiled 317 yards, driving into Wake territory six times, but could not reach the endzone in the 21-0 loss. Cross country men place first; women third Derek Smolik Sports Writer The men's and women's Catamount Cross Country Teams took the first step towards establishing themselves as contenders in the Southern Conference with strong showings Saturday at the WCU Invitational. The men's team started off by tying the Division One, University of GeorgiaBulldogs at 40 points. The men's team was led by sophomore Mike Helms who finished fourth overall with a time of 27:08 for 8 kilometers (5 miles). Right behind him was junior Jason Whitworth and senior John White, who finished fifth and eight overall respectively. But the tie was earned by two newcomers to the team, freshman Donnie Reuss and transfer sophomore David Hopkins. Both out- sprinted Bulldog runners to give the men's team the tie. The women' s team also had a strong showing. Led by junior Susie Gardner's fourth place finish the lady catamounts finished third out of five teams, behind only Georgia and Georgia State. Gardners time of 19:24 was her best time ever for a five kilometers (3.1 miles) race. Following her was sophomore Rita Gardner with a time of 20:13, good for ninth place overall. Williamson was happy with the women's performance. "Our three, four, and five runners need to stay closer together, not split up during the race," said Williamson. The word "team" seemed especially appropriate when referring to the men's teams' performance on Saturday. Helms, Whitworth, and White ran together for over three miles and were never more than 200 yards apart. Donnie Ruess, David Hopkins, Max Boswell, Van Culpepper, Chris Ed- TDXtDirftS §©TO@Ib<D)ffl Football Volleyball Fall Schedule 1991 Volleyball Schedule 1991 Cross Country Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 2 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 at Wake Forest *atETSU *FURMAN *at The Citadel at G A Southern *UTC SAMFORD *at Marshall *at VMI *APP. ST. 7:00 7:30 7:00 7:00 1:00 1:30 2:00 1:30 1:30 1:30 Home games in BOLD TYPE * denotes Southern Conference Games Southern Conference Standings Conf. Overall Streak VMI 1-0-0 1-0-0 W2 ASU 1-0-0 1-1-0 LI UTC 0-0-0 2-0-0 W3 Citadel 0-0-0 1-0-0 Wl Furman 0-0-0 1-0-0 Wl WCU 0-0-0 0-1-0 L7 Marshall 0-1-0 0-1-0 Wl ETSU 0-1-0 0-1-0 L5 #GASo. •-•-• 1-1-0 Wl #competing as Independent until 1993 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 5 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 30 *UTC Georgia St. *ETSU GA Tech *Furman thru UNC-C Invit. *App. St. *Marshall Charleston So. UNC-C *UTC GATech thru Mercer Invit. ♦Furman *App. St. ♦Marshall Clemson 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 TBA 7:00 7:00 11:00 4:00 7:00 TBA TBA 7:00 7:00 3:00 7:00 Cross Country Schedule Sept. 14 Clemson Invitational Sept. 21 App St. Invitational Oct. 5 UNC-C Invitational Oct. 19 N.C. Collegiate State Championships Nov. 2 SC Championships Nov. 16 NCAA District III Championships Home Meets in Bold Type Saturday's Men's Results 1. Georgia (tie) WCU (tie) 3. Georgia State 4. Winthrop wards, John Miller, and Matt Grey all were close behind and broke up into several groups of two or three runners pushing each other on. "I felt we had a chance if we stayed together. At about the three mile mark I began to feel sluggish, but just tried to hold on with Mike," said Whitworth. "It didn't matter who finished higher on the team as long as we did well against the other teams," added Helms. In recent years fan support at home meets has been almost non-existent. But at the races Saturday there were 50 to 100 people cheering on the Cats. "We greatly appreciated the support we got at the race," Williamson said afterwards. "They helped me when I was tired late in the race, helped me to push all the way to the end," David Hopkinssaid of the fans attending. All of the runners on both teams echoed these sentiments and said that they hoped to see support at some of their away meets. The Cats will not have another home meet until next year. Aninterestingfactaboutthe meet is that it ended in a tie. There are no tie breakers in NCAA Cross Country competition. According to the rules, 'a tie is a tie', and that was why the meet ended in a tie. In most high school competition there is a tie breaker. S ince scores are determ ined by adding up the finish place of the top five runners on the team, the tie is broken by which team's sixth man placed higher. In the event that the sixth men tie, it goes to the seventh men and so on. In the race Saturday Max Boswell out-sprinted the Bulldog's sixth man by seven seconds. Using this tiebreaker, the Cats would have won. The Cats travel this weekend to Clemson, South Carolina to participate in the Clemson Invitational. Lady Cat volleyball loses 3-0 to Clemson 5. Carson-Newman Nov. 1 thru Nov. 2 Chrlstn So. Invit. TBA Nov. 5 UNC-A 7:00 Nov. 7 *ETSU TBA Nov. 15 thru Nov. 17 SC Tourney TBA Individual Men's Results PjK£ 1. Dear 2. Campbell 3. Newton 4. Helms 5. Whitworth School Georgia State U. of Georgia Georgia State WCU WCU Intramural Scene 1. Intramural Run and Stay Fit Program and Swim and Stay Fit Program participant sign-ups begin Wednesday, Aug. 28 and operate until the deadline on Wednesday, April 22. Intramural fitness t-shirts are awarded to any faculty, staff, or students obtaining 300 miles in the Run and Stay Fit and 75 miles in the Swim and Stay Fit Programs. 2. Badminton: Intramural Women's "Singles" (sorority and independent) on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 on Reid Gym main floor. 3. Tennis: Intramural women tennis "doubles" for sorority and independent occurs on Tuesday, September 17 at 4:00-6:00 on the lower tennis courts. 4. Results of the men's bowling are as follows: All Campus Champion: Trent Redmon Game 1-122 Game 2-158 Game 3-193 Average for 3 games: 157.6 All Campus Runner-up: David Dalton Game 1-167 Game 2-158 Game 3-119 Average for 3 games: 148 Home Games in Bold Type * denotes Southern Conference Games Individual Women's Results 1. Butler U. of Georgia 2. Blrkett U. of Georgia 3. Poteet GA Southern 4. Gardner WCU Dawn Cook Sports Writer The Lady Catamount's volleyball team dug into their first home game, against Clemson, last Tuesday Sept. 10, losing 15-9,15-7, and 15-3. Although notapparentby the final score of each set, the Lady Cats started each game with eagerness and energy, taking a 7-0 lead at one point before falling before a Lady Tiger barrage of points. That energy did not sustain the Lady Cats through the Clemson rally. "Working on confidence and enthusiasm," according to senior Kristen Parker and junior Angell Kirkpatrick, would be an aspect the team will work on this season. Both Parker and Kirkpatrick agree that more support from fans is needed to give the team a boost of confidence. "We're going to work on better on-court communication," Kirkpatrick added. Tuesday's loss dropped the Lady Cats to 1-4 despite winning a match last weekend at the Appala chian State Invitational Tournament. The Lady Catamounts started the tournament by winning against Catawba 10-15,15-7, 15-3, and 15- 9. Western went on to lose against James Madison 10-15, 16-14, 4-15, and 9-15. WCU then fell to the Lady Bulldogs of UNC-Asheville, 12-15, 11-15, and 4-15. "The team is playing very well even though half the starters have little or no playing time last year," Howell said. "We are still experimenting with lineups so a little tentativeness is expected, but we are also experiencing some strong play and leadership from the veterans." Coach Trish Howie feels confident in her squad and says that this can be the best team yet. Coach Howie, along with her squad, still look forward to the Southern Conference Tournament in the future, and aim to win. The Lady Cats' next match will be Friday Sept. 13 against the Lady Moccasins of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in Reid Gymnasium at 7:00 p.m. WCU B LOCATED ON CAMPUS TORE 227-7346 Monday - Friday v

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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