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Volume 57 Number 11 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 6 Thursday, October 31, 1991 Robert M. Robertson Out of Bounds Well I guess I'll have a helluva time making the Supreme Court. Lately, I've been criticized by a few unhumorous folks for being a troublesome person. I always thought that's what rabid columnists were supposed to be. In a few years you'll see me getting grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee, or my parole board, whichever gets to me first. In other important matters...Marshall got beat last weekend at Chattanooga. Betcha can't guess why. I think they must have eaten with Cecil on their way to UTC. Yes, they got food poisioning. Those poor guys had the back-door trots; Montezuma's revenge; the runs. They really earned theirname'TheThunderingTurds." At least they got their exercise and lost weight at the same time. In other important matters...Today is Halloween and that can only mean one thing. The Top Thirteen Halloween Sports. 1. Punkinball. Resembles Soccer. Anyone with a pumpkin on their front porch has established a playing field. The object is to kick the punkin without being caught by the Five-O, who will be dressed up as Roscoe and Enos. (Contributed by Douglas R. Pease). 2. Snag-N-Dash: Hide in the bushes and grab bags of candy from children. It's A quick way to accumulate vast amounts of candy without stumbling from house to house in a stupid outfit. Virgin Sacrifices: It's a great Halloween pastime prov ided you can find any. Virgins will be sacrificed at midnight. Bring candles for effect. 4. Bobbing For Jack-O-Lanterns: Really brave contestants can use a tub full of gasoline. Wimps can use water. Repainting Parking Spaces: With a huge crowd and teamwork, we can paint all the spaces on campus white. In addition, we can repaint the lots down by the Ramsey Center yellow for the faculty and administration. Nah, we couldn't really do that because they'd never make it to work and the campus would go broke. 6. Watching The World Series On Tape: I can't decide if this is a horror story or a tragedy. Ialsocan't decide who to burn at the stake: Justice for not touching third, or Smith for not scoring in the eighth inning of Game Seven. 7. Primal Screaming: The Carolinian holds these every Wednesday when we can't get the paper out early. If you live on the Hill, you may have heard us screaming out the windows of the Old Student Dungeon. Anyway, it's a good thing to do on Halloween, especially when you sneak up behind some freshman beforehand. 8. Papering Trees: The paper can come from rolls, or it may be used first. Visityourprofessors and thank them in a special way. Maps provided. 9. Bat Swatting: Wait for bats to dive-bomb you on the Lighted Tennis Courts. Contestants then use racquets to swat at the little leather- winged rodents. (Contributed by Derek Smolik, who's just after vengeance because he got bit once and contracted rabies and started foaming at the mouth, in fact he hasn't stopped yet). 10. Dog-Napping: Steal mangy dogs from unsociable cheapskates who leave their pit bulldogs out so that children won't come trick-or- treating at their houses. 11. Ghost Catching: Try to discover the secret of the third floor of the Moore Building. I don't think there are any dead bodies up there. I think it's just some weird band plot to turn everyone on campus into scaredy-cat geeks. 12. Snipe Hunting: Take your girlfriend into a dark field. If you don't know how to snipe hunt you can ad- lib it. Wear masks, it's kinkier that way. 13. Cat Squashing: See how many cats you can run over before daybreak. Black cats and white cats are worth 50 points each. Playful kittens are worth zero points and should be spared. Full-blooded Persian and Siamese cats are worth 25 points each. The Western Carolinian wishes to point out that the material in this column is fictitious. In fact we're not sure Robertson is even here most of the time. He always says that reality is in the mind of the beholder. Obviously our therapy is not working. Perhaps we should up the voltage. Catamounts lose fifth straight homecoming Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina endured another disappointing homecoming loss Saturday, as the Catamounts dropped a 16-3 decision at the hands of the Samford University Bulldogs. With the defeat, the Catamounts fall to 2-6 overall but remain 2-2 in Southern Conference play. The loss also extended the Catamounts' consecutive homecoming losses to five. "We can't be a good football team until we eliminate the mistakes," said Western Carolina second-year Head Coach Steve Hodgin. "We made some atrocious mistakes during the game." The final numbers illustrate Hodgin's point. The Catamounts turned the ball over twice on interceptions and were penalized eight times for 77 yards, including two separate 15-yard infractions for personal fouls. For Western Carolina, the tone of the game was set on the opening drive of the ballgame when the Catamount offense drove deep into Bulldog territory, only to have a fourth down conversion fail on Samford's 12-yard line. "Maybe we should have tried to get the points in the first quarter," said Hodgin, "But our offense has bogged down all year when we get inside the 20, right in the money zone. That is so frustrating for our coaching staff, because we were moving down the field. We should have been able to pick up the first down." Sophomore tailback Kevin Thigpen led all rushers with another over 100 yard game. Thigpen finished the day with 147 yards on the ground. The rest of the Catamount offense combined for 246 total yards; 196 on the ground, but only 50 in the air. Overall, the Cats averaged 3.8 yards per play. For Samford, Saturday' s win put Head Coach Terry Bowden past his father Bobby as the winningest football coach in the school's history with his 32nd victory, being at the helm of the Bulldog program for only five seasons. Bulldog quarterback Ben Wiggins had a solid performance against the Catamounts (15-31 for 136 yards), as did tailback Surkano Edwards, who rushed for 99 yards, including a nine yard touchdown sprint in the third quarter. "I feel good about our defense and I thought they played well," said Bowden. "I feel 16-3 is indicative of how the game was played and I saw no need of punching in another score there at the end of the game [Samford had the ball near the West- em Carolina goal line in the final moments of the ballgame]." For the Catamounts, the more immediate challenge is, according to Hodgin "We've got to play smarter." Carolinian photo by Stephanie Messer Freshman tailback, Chris Houston, #22, takes a hand-off from quarterback Derrick Harris and eludes a Samford defender in Saturday's game. Houston picked up three yards on the carry falling one yard shy of a first down. WCU plays at Marshall homecoming Cross Country runs to Championship on Saturday Derek Smolik Sports Writer The Western Carolina University men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Blowing Rock, N.C. this Saturday for the 39th annual Southern Conference Cross Country Championship. Injuries have hobbled the Cats in past weeks, but most of the runners are healthy and ready to go. The only casualty so far has been Chris Edwards, who is out for the season with an injury. Sophomore Mike Helms has not run at all in the past couple weeks, but will compete Saturday. He has the 10th best 8 kilometer (K) time among the conference male runners. On the women's side, junior Susie Gardner is a favorite to take the overall women's championship. She has turned in the third best 5K time among the women and her only loss to a conference runner was to defending champion Cate Pinchon of Furman. Both Pinchon and Gardner ran at the ASU Invitational last month and Pinchon beat Gardner by 13 seconds. There is a strong supporting castbehind Gardner though, with Rita Roberts, Elizabeth Ransom, Angie Pace, and Kim Ewbanks all showing great improvement in recent weeks. The women finished sixth at last year's meet. The men's team is led by Helms, junior Jason Whitworth, freshman Donnie Reuss, and senior John White. The men's team has also shown great improvement throughout the season and with a good race, could finish as high as second. East Tennessee is the three- time defending conference champion for the men and has the individual conference champion in Seamus Powers. Both Powers and ETSU are favored to win again. The men's 8K race begins at 10 a.m. and the women's 5K race starts at 10:45 a.m. at Moses Cone National Park in Blowing Rock. "I think we are better than we were last year...and I think a first division finish for both our men's and women's teams is a realistic goal," said Coach Danny Williamson. Derek Smolik Sports Writer The Catamount football team, coming off a tough homecoming loss to Samford, travels to Huntington, West Virginia to play 19th ranked Marshall in the Thundering Herds' homecoming. Both the Catamount's offense and defense played well last Saturday despite the loss to Samford. The Catamount defense limited Samford to a season-low 281 yards of total offense, and held Surkano Edwards to under 100 yards for the first time in fourgames. While on offense, sophomore tailback Kevin Thigpen rushed for 147 yards on 25 carries. The Cats rushed for a total of 196 yards, but could not produce a balanced attack in the air. The combination of Derrick Harris and Chad Greene produced only 6 of 17 passes for 50 yards with one interception. Marshall is coming off a loss to the University of Tennes- see-Chatanooga Mocassins last weekend. In the 38-31 loss, the Thundering Herd defense gave up 572 yards of total offense. The Marshall offense was without their starting quarterback Micheal Payton, who had a stomach disorder, but is expected to start this weekend against the Cats. Payton is the conference leader in passing yardage with 1,296 yards this season. Junior tailback Orlando Hatchett became the first Marshall back to gain 100 yards in 15 consecutive games and has 409 total yards for the season. Wide receiver Brian Dowler has caught 27 passes for 538 yards and a 20-yard average. The Marshall defense has been very susceptible to the run this season, which has been the Catamounts'offensive strength. Marshall is giving up 192 yards rushing while the Cats offense is gaining 184 yards per game on the ground. The Catamount passing game could also improve against the Thun dering Herd defense, which is allowing 210 yards a game through the air. Freshman Kerry Hayes has caught 18 passes for 232 yards and one touchdown. The Cats defense will have it's hands full with the Marshall offense, which is averaging 384 yards and 32 points a game. The Cats held the Samford offense in check most of the game last weekend but still allowed 16 points, which was more than enough for the win. As the case has been all year, the Cats once again hurt themselves with penalties. They had eight for 77 yards on Saturday and have 55 for 455 yards on the season. One that hurt especially was after the Cats had driven to the 1-yard line last weekend then had an illegal procedure penalty push them back to the six yard line. They eventually had to settle for the field goal. This weekend's game starts at 1:30 p.m. and will be shown on a tape-delayed basis on theSportSouth Network at 10:30p.m.Saturdaynight. Intramural Scene •CO-ED VOLLEYBALL TEAM SIGN-UPS will begin Monday, Nov. 4 and end at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11 in Office 13, Reid Gym. •WOMEN'S INTRAMURAL BOWLING will occur Tuesday, Nov. 5,6- 7:30 p.m. Sigma Kappa and Delta Zeta; 7:30-9 p.m. for Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha. Wednesday, November 6, 6- 7:30 p.m. for Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Mu; 7:30-9 p.m. Independent and Thursday, November 7th 6-9 p.m. Independents. •MEN'S TABLE TENNIS RESULTS: All Campus Champion "Singles" 4. - Greg Lovelace of Lambda Chi Alpha. All 5. Campus Runner-up"Singles"-James Gasparini 6. from Physical Force. All Campus Champion 7. "Doubles" - Greg Dominick and Naos Nyoclous 8. of Physical Force. All Campus Runner-up 9. "Doubles" - Marie Maddey and Sean Gury of 10. Kappa Alpha. INTRAMURAL POLL AS OF OCT. 25.1991 1. •TAG FOOTBALL 2. 1. Sigma Phi Epsilon 3. 2. Hooterville Express 4. 3. Kappa Alpha 5. Raiders 69er's 'A' Southern Knights Big Dawgs Big Yammies Sigma Phi Epsilon 'B' Sigma Chi Alpha •FLOOPBALL Purple Passion Gang Bad Company Zeta Tau Alpha PhiMu Alpha Chi Omega Scoreboard Fall Schedule 1991 Nov. 2 *at Marshall 1:30 Nov. 9 *atVMI 1:30 Nov. 16 * APP. ST. 1:30 Home games in BOLD TYPE * denotes Southern Conference Games Southern Conference Standings Conf. Overall Streak ASU 5-0-0 6-2-0 W4 Citadel 2-1-0 4-3-0 Wl Furman 2-2-0 5-2-0 L2 UTC 2-2-0 4-3-0 Wl WCU 2-2-0 2-6-0 LI Marshall 1-2-0 4-3-0 L2 VMI 1-3-0 3-4-0 L3 ETSU 0-3-0 1-6-0 L3 #GA So. •-•-• 5-3-0 W3 #competing as Independent until 1993 Last Saturday's Games Citadel 17, VMI 14 at Norfolk Ga So 20- Central FL 6 UTC 38 -Marshall 31 Samford 16-WCU 3 This Saturday's Games ASU at The Citadel 2:00 p.m ETSU at Furman 1:30p.m Youngstown St. at Ga So. 1:00p.m WCU at Marshall 1:30p.m W. Kentucky at UTC 7:00 p.m VMI at Virginia 1:00 p.m Saturday's Scoring Summary WCU 3, Samford 16 WCU 0-0-3-0—-3 Samford 7-3-6-0—16 SAM James, 6 run (O'Neal kick) SAM O'Neal 25 Field Goal WCU Shirley 22 Field Goal SAM Edwards 9 run (kick failed) Comp-Att-Int 6-17-2 15-31-0 Punts 5-158 6-178 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 Penalties-Yrds. 8-77 5-45 TimeofPoss. 29:42 30:18 Individual Leaders Rushing-WCU-Thigpen 25-147, Greene 5-26. Sam ford-Edwards 20-99, Ellis 8-20. Passing-WCU-Harris 6-13-50-1 Samford-Wiggins 15-31-136-0 Receiving-WCU-Henderson 1- 13, Roberson 1-14. Samford- Fisher 6-57, Rory 4-42. NCAA Div. I-AA Top 20 9. Delaware 7-1 10. (tie) Appalachian St. 5-2 Villanova 6-1 12. Western Illinois 6-1-1 13. Furman 5-2 14. James Madison 6-2 15. Boise State 5-2 16. NE Louisiana 5-2-1 17. SW Missouri St. 5-2-1 18. Samford 7-1 19. Marshall 4-3 20. (tie) Lehigh 6-1 GA Southern 5-3 1 Cross Country Nov. 2 SC Championships Nov. 16 NCAA District in Championships First downs Rushes-yards Passing W£y_ Samfprd 13 21 48-196 38-145 50 136 1. Nevada-Reno 8-0 2. Eastern Kentucky 6-1 3. Holy Cross 7-0 4. Northern Iowa 6-1 5. Sam Houston State 6-0-1 6. Alabama State 6-0-1 7. Middle Tennessee 5-2 8. New Hampshire 6-1 Volleyball Schedule 1991 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 Home Games in Bold Type * denotes SC Games Matt Lester was trans ferred to Atlanta earlier in the week to begin rehabilitation. Everyone at the Western Carol in ian is pulling for Matt. We hope that interested folks would send cards or letters of support to his family. The address is: 10425 Balmoral Circle, Charlotte, N.C. 28210

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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