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Volume 57 Number 14 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 8 Thursday. November 21, 1991 Robert M Robertson Out of Bounds As if you didn't have enough football to watch over the holidays, here are THE BOWLS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN and may yet be. 1. The Kumquat Bowl...That fruit never did get the respect that it deserves. So what if it's got a dirty sounding name. 2. The Lite Beer Bowl. ..Great Taste vs. Less Filling. Finally we'll get to see who the real winner is, though I'm betting it'll be a tie. 3. The Prune Bowl...Another fruit thatgets no respect. Just because old geezers like them doesn't mean us young folks can't enjoy them also. So sit back, eat prunes, watch the prune bowl, and be as regular as you great-aunt Bessie. 4. The Tofu Bowl...Only granola bars and goat's m ilk are served at the concession stands. There won't really be a game, though, because anyone who easts tofu, granola, and goat milk wouldn' t like football anyway. 5. The Counseling Bowl...Starring any player who has ever abused a controlled substance, and if they went to college before going pro, then they're probably guilty. In other words, it will be a semi-preview to the All-Star Game. 6. The Cereal Bowl...Grape Nuts vs. Fruit Loops. Game Site: California: Land of the Fruits and Nuts. 7. The Holy War Bowl...Israel vs. The Middle East. Game Site: Armageddon. Halftime music by Gabriel and His Seven Trumpeters. 8. The Baptist Bowl...Wake Forest vs. Furman. Anytime you put a group of baptists together, get ready for one helluva fight. Literally and figuratively this would probably be the bloodiest game of the year. 9. The Polygamy Bowl...Brigham Young vs. Graceland College. If every guy brought his every wife, there would be a higher attendance than the Rose Bowl. 10. The Flake Bowl...Poets vs. Muscians. If anybody survives, then the audience will be the real losers. 11. The Mother of All Bowls...Baghdad University vs. Army/Navy/Air Force. Guess the point spread on this one. Pre- game MVP: Stormin' Norman. Pre-game waterboy: Saddam Hussein. 12. The Road Kill Bowl....The Fighting Armidillos vs. The Fighing Possums. Those armadillos aren't dead, it's the Statue of Liberty play, and those possumsaren'tplaying dead, it's a flea-flicker. 13. The Tidy Bowl. ..Sparkling blue water and Baby Ruths served at the concession stands. 14. The Alternative BowL.Attendence optional depending on personal bad taste. Halftime music by The Dead Kennedys. 15. The Refried Bean Bowl...Site: San Antonio. Sponsored by Pace Picante Sauce. Turns and Gas-X served at the concession stand. In other earth-shattering matters...Nobody asked me what my purpose in life was this week. My purpose is to harrass, badger, and provoke anyone and everyone in the public eye, ear, nose, or throat. Of course you already knew that. What hammerhead thought up that question, anyway? The Western Carolinian is not responsible for hot wind expelled on this page. Robertson has just figured out that he works for the state. Now all he wants to do is lean against shovels, drink coffee, and eat donuts. He already looks the part. You can catch him fixing the highway between Sylva and Waynesville. Until next semester... Old Mountain Jug remains in Boone, ASU 24-WCU 14 Derek Smolik Sports Writer Appalacian State dominated the second half of play on both offense and defense and sent the Catamounts to their fourth straight loss to end the 1991 season. The Cats scored on their opening possessions in the first and second quarters, on their way toa 14- 7 lead. Kevin Thigpen carried most of the offensive load in the first half, gaining 150 yards of total offense and scoring both Catamount touchdowns. Quarterback Derrick Harris was 6 for 13 for 92 yards and a touchdown in the first half. Harris hit several key passes in the half, including two on third downs. He threw the screen pass on which Thigpen scored. The key play of the first half came with only 3:20 left and the Cats up 14-7. WCU punter Kenny Pauley bobbled the snap on a punt attempt and was only able to get off an 11-yard punt, setting up ASU with the ball at the Catamount 29. It took the Mountaineers only four plays to capitalize on the miscue. The score came on a 1-yard run by freshman Chip Hooks and tied the score at 14-14. w«n$im BAUON Carolinian photo by Hunter tape Kevin Thigpen , #41, races down the sidelines chased by Mountaineer defender Tony Brown, #43. Thipen scored both Catamount touchdowns in the first half. The first ASU score came on a 34-yard run by quarterback D.J. Campbell. The score capped an 80- yard drive that took only 6 plays and 2:54 off the clock. The Cats offense was able to run almost at will on the Mountaineer defense in the first half, rolling up 131 yards. The Cats also had more total yards in the first half than the Mountaineers with a 209 to 202 edge. Appalacian started out the second half by driving to the Catamount 33, but Jay Millson's 50-yard field goal attempt was just short and the Cats took over. The Cats, however, were unable to capitalize both on the drive or during the entire quarter. The Cats were held to only 6 yards of total offense in the quarter, while the Mountaineers rolled up 117 yards. The Cats also only had one first down to ASU's eight, and held the ball for only 3:26 to ASU's 11:34. Appalacian's second possesion of the half started on their own 26 and they would drive 65 yards to set up a 31 -yard field goal by Millson, which made the score 17- 14. Western's next possesion started out with a 40-yard kick-off return by Kerry Hayes, but the Cats could not capitalize gaining only 2 yards in three plays. Pauley then, punted 42 yards to the ASU 10. The Mountaineers were unable to score on their next possesion, but were able to pin the Cats deep with a 42-yard punt to the WCU 1- yard line. Western gained only 9 yards in three plays and punted back to the Mountaineers. ASU then drove 45 yards in 6 plays to extend their lead to 24-14. The score came on a 3-yard See "Mountain Jug" page 9 Catamounts capitalize on leadership, win 78-60 Gaines and Boyd pace Western Carolina over Stockholm Capitals Saturday Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina University closed out its brief exhibition season by soundly thumping the Stockholm Capitals here in Cullowhee last Saturday night by a 78-60 count. In the second half, Western broke open what had been a fairly close ballgame . The Catamounts improved on a 37-28 halftime margin and with an increase in overall intensity, at one point had a 22-point lead with 6:54 left to play in the game. The Capitals were simply overwhelmed in the second half by the quicker and smoother play of the Catamounts and fell further and further behind. Junior forward Robert Gaines led the Catamount effort by scoring 17 points and pulling down four rebounds. Junior guard Maurice Williams and senior Terry Boyd also scored in double figures (with 12and 14 points respectively). Boyd, who recently underwent ankle surgery, was the leading rebounder for the Cats, hauling down 10 rebounds. "I feels we're making progress," said head coach Greg Blatt. "We're an improved team from a year ago. This year we have guys that can help take up the slack. We have solid leadership from older players. These type of games [exhibitions] are a good test for the season." Perhaps the only negative comment about Saturday's game would be that Western Carolina could not capitalize on several high percentage shots close to the basket. Still, the season is very young and practice may cure the team of this minor ill. "Tonight I was pleased with our chemistry," continued Blatt. "Our guys were helping one another. They played aggressively and did a respectable job." Robert Gaines Terry Boyd Cats take on Eckerd College in season opener Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina University will open the 1991-92 basketball season this Saturday in the Ramsey Center against Eckerd College. The Catamounts enter the game coming of fan impressive exhibition performance against the Stockholm CapitalslastSaturday. WesternCaro- lina struggled early, but caught fire in the game's second half and pulled away to a comfortable 78-60 victory. Junior forward Robert Gaines was the leading scorer for the Catamounts while senior Terry Boyd scored 14 points in just 20 minutesof playing time. Junior college transfer guard Maurice Williams and sopho more center/forward B.J. Thompson also had credible performances in last Saturday's contest. "This is going to be a fun team to coach and a fun team for the fans to watch," said third year head coach Greg Blatt. "This is a better team than we put on the floor in the past two seasons with more speed, quickness, and depth. Blatt also indicated that he will continue to use three guards in his starting lineup (Boyd, Williams, and junior college transfer ScottNewman) while Gaines and Thompson will start in the frontcourt. Robert and B J. have significant improvement in their games and Terry has picked up right where he left off at the end of last season," said Blatt. "Maurice and Scott are solid additions and will help to take offensive pressure off Boyd and Gaines." Eckerd College is an NCAA Division II school located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school competes in the Sunshine State Conference, one of the nation's premier Division II leagues. Eckerd posted a 10- 14 record last season. Lady Cat basketball ready for " Some giant Leaps" Western Carolina University opens its 1991-92 women's basketball campaign with a sense of optimism and excitement, as the Lady Cats take the court for the first time this Saturday against Winthrop College in WCU's Ramsey Center at 3:00 p.m. "I feel like we set the groundwork this past year," said WCU's head coach Janet Cone, who enters her second season at the helm of the Lady Catamounts. "We have gone out and gotten five new players that will definitely help our program, plus we have some young players that saw a lot of playing time coming back. If we can keep doing the things we need to do when we need to do them and be consistent, I think we will eventually make some giant leaps." Cone's squad is coming off a 4-23 season and, as expected, is a unanimous preseason pick for sixth place in the six-team Southern Conference. However, Cone who was appointed as the Lady Cats' mentor in August, 1990, has reason to expect more from her 1991-92 team after a year with free rein at recruiting. In guiding Mars Hill College to three winning seasons in her four- year tenure before coming to West- em, Cone showed what persistent recruiting and fundamental coaching can do for a program. "The players all know it's not going to happen overnight," she commented. Returning to help theLady Catamounts in their quest for improvement is guard Marlena Surratt, a 5-7 junior who is a second team preseason All-Southern Conference selection after averaging 11.7 points and 2.4 assists last season. Center Lori Lyons, a 5-10 junior who averaged over 11 points per game until" suffering a midseason injury last year, also received votes in the preseason poll. Threeof Cone's five newcomers are 5-11 or taller, with senior Regina Brown topping the list. Brown, at 6-1, was a four-year starter on WCU's volleyball team and was the conference's player of the year in that sport a year ago. Also expected to give the Lady Cats some size on the inside is 6-0 freshman ReginaDunlap, from Asheville's A.C. Reynolds High, and 5-11 freshman Christy Teaster from Sevierville, Tennessee's Sevier County High. Two transfers round out the list of newcomers. Malissa Sergent, a transfer guard from South East Community College who played one season of basketball at St. Leo College in Dade City, Fla., has been particularly impressive in preseason practice. Amy Reece, a 5-7 junior who transferred from Same Fe Community College in Gainsville, Ha., gives WCU experience at point guard. Winthrop College provided Western Carolina with two of its four wins last season with the Lady Cats winning by margins of 12 and 19 points, but should provide a good test on Saturday as the Lady Eagles return all five starters. That contest is the start of a busy first week of regular season for Western. UNC Greensboro, which went 21-9 last season, visits Cullowhee on Monday night for a 7 p.m. game. On Saturday, Nov. 30, the Lady Catamounts host UNC Charlotte, 23-6 last season, in a 3 p.m. event. UTC ends long, lackluster Lady Catamount volleyball season The end came quickly and decisively for the 1991 edition of Western Carolina University's volleyball team this past weekend. Tennessee-Chattanooga posted a solid 15-6, 15-12, 15-7 win over the Catamounts Friday night to eliminate WCU in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament in Boone, NC, and extinguish any hopes the Cats might have had of concluding their season on a high note. Despite a last-place league finish during the regular season with a 1-9 conference record, Western Caro lina had reason for optimism heading into the weekend after improved play over the last two weeks. A key win during that stretch was a 3-1 victory over UT-Chattanooga in the Charleston Southern Invitational, marking the Catamounts' first win over the Mocs after two early season losses that counted in the league standings. The third-seeded Moccasins were never seriously threatened, however, in the teams' final meeting. Hitting mistakes were costly for the Catamounts in the tour nament loss. After posting a .205 hitting percentage in the win over the Moccasins two weeks ago, Western could manage to hit at only a .009 pace against UTC Friday. Jennifer Ross, a sophomore, led the Cats with 12 kills in the match. UT-Chattanooga went on to lose in the semifinals to eventual tournament champion Appalachian State. Western Carolina ended its 1991 season with a 6-26 overall mark after going 22-11 in 1990. It was only the third losing season for WCU in the past 12 years. The team struggled for identity early this year, as its top player from the previous season, 1990 Southern Conference Player of the Year Regina Brown, had exhausted her eligibility. Ross emerged as the team's big hitter and led the team in kills (3.2 per game) and digs (2.2). The Catamounts lose two seniors off this year's squad, as Kristin Parker and Sherry Smith expect to graduate this spring. Parker, a regular starter this season and a four-year letter winner, averaged 1.4 kills, 1.3 as sists and 1.6 digs per game in 1991. Smith, a starter until sidelined by an injury late in the season, averaged .9 kills and .8 digs. Three freshmen on this year's squad saw considerable action down the stretch and should be key components for next season. Most impressive was Emily Tillotson, who moved into a starting slot late in the season and finished with the team's second-best hitting percentage at .185. Marian Simpson and Kristen Boyd also had significant contributions in their rookie year.

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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