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Volume 57 Number 15 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 6 Thursday, January 23, 1992 Robert M Robertson Out of Bounds It's a new year and by now everyone should be nauseated whenever they hear 1991- The Year In Review stories. I'm fed up with them also, so I'm not doing one. I'm tired of hearing about the tragic and dramatic stories of the year. I've got them all pretty much memorized by now. Anyway, every year is tragic and events are as dramatic as these yahoos make them out to be. So instead, I'm going to do 1992 The Year In Preview. As much as I hate making predictions, I'm going to amend the rules this time. A lot of things are going to happen and not all of them good, but most are delightful. The Southern Conference will begin an inquisition of its referees after every basketball game. This inquisition will be in the style of the historic Spanish Inquisition. Refs will be hanged, beheaded, squashed under weights, and will suffer various other tortures in the grand style ofTorquemada. Those who sing bass will be converted anatomically to sopranos. Dick Vitale will suffer an aneurysm and the word 'Baby' will no longer be a part of his vocabulary. After this unfortunate incident, Dick will become active in helping other mutes. Stan Pamfilis will be another unlucky soul in '92. During a highlight film, his teleprompter will go 'BOOM!' at the exact second that he recounts a dramatic homerun at Fulton County Stadium. Maybe Karen Coulon will orchestrate the accident. Doug Mead will be hired as Athletic Directorat WCU following Bobby Setzer's retirement. Chancellor Coulter will make the decision based on the fact that Ole Doug already knows all there is to know about sports at Western Carolina. However, Doug will be asked to resign after it is discovered that he is a closet homo sapien and heterosexual, and that his aunt Bessie really writes all his columns. WiltChamberlin will go back to college for his Math 101 course. There, he will discover that he only slept with 2.8 women instead of the entire population of Nevada. Then, he will enlist the help of a psychiatrist to combat these absurd illusions and to discover the source of his fatigue all those nights. Mike Tyson and William Kennedy-Smith will form a tag team wrestling partnership. Don King will promote it and they'll be called the High-Voltage Violators. Unfortunately, WWF rules do not allow men vs. women in wrestling events. So the poor guys will have to resort to judging bikini contests on the beaches in Florida. The U.S. Olympic Basketball 4eam will win the gold medal by defeating the Cuban National Team by a score of 176- 2. Cuba's two points will conie when Charles Barkley rips down the goal on a slam dunk. Unfortunately the goal will be Cuba's and the referees will be from the Southern Conference and won't know whether or not dunks are legal in Olympic events. WCU will have a tough time on Jan. 29 against the Clemson Tigers. However, the game will be a close one because new NCAA rules require that even neanderthal teams like Clemson be able to spell their names and compute their approximate ages. Therefore, Clemson will have to hire a team to play in the Ramsey Center. Once again, the Caro linian wishes to claim no responsibility for the wickedness expressed on this page. Robertson discovered over the break that Santa really doesn't exist. This revelation only pushed him far ther over the edge. Mountaineers thump Catamounts in Boone, 86-61 Robert M. Robertson Sports Editor Western Carolina continued to struggle Monday night in Boone, losing to Appalachian State 86-61 before a Varsity Gymnasium crowd of 3,968. The Catamounts shot 39.7 percent from the field for the game and trailed in rebounding 29-44. The Cats managed 50 percent from the 3- point arc, maintaining their second- place national ranking in three-point shooting. WCU junior guard Maurice Williams led all scorers with 18 points, while dishing out 5 assists. No other Catamounts were in double figures. Forwards Robert Gaines and B.J. Thompson each added nine points. Five ASU players were in double figures, with everyone scor ing except Rodney Peel, who dealt out nine assists. Steve Spurlock led App. scorers with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Western held as much as a six-point lead with 12:16 to go in the half before ASU started pulling away. The Mountaineers took the lead on a six footer by Chad McClendon. From there, ASU never looked back, extending their lead to 16 with 1:17 to go in the half. App. went in at half time with a 43-29 advantage. Western never pulled closer than 13 in the second half, and ASU led by as much as 32. The Mountaineers scored 13 out-of-18 field goals within five feet of the goal in the second half, as Western's inside defense fell apart. The Catamounts next game is on Saturday against Furman University at 7 p.m. in the Ramsey Center. ufl photo co*ru,j mark Hasten Maurice Williams WCU wins first Southern Conference game against Marshall Junior Robert Gaines breaks Ramsey Center Record with 44 point performance Robert M. Robertson Sports Editor Western Carolina won its first Southern Conference basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, against Marshall behind the brilliant play of junior forward Robert Gaines. Gaines broke the Ramsey Center record for most points scored with his44 point performance against the Thundering Herd. Gaines hit 14 of21 from the field, including five of eight from three-point range. Gaines broke the old RRAC record of 37 points set by John Taft of Marshall in 1989. Gaines's 44 points were the most scored by a Catamount since Henry Logan's 55 in the 1967-8 season. "The teammates made it easy for me," Gaines replied. "As far as wins, it's the greatest game for ■MA W me. "There was a game in high school when I scored more points, but we lost that game. As far as winning, it's the greatest game. That's the bottom line," Gaines added. By the end of the first half, Gaines had already turned in a career-best performance with 23 points. "What a great effort," said WCU head basketball coach Greg Blatt. "He was very relaxed, with comfortable, relaxed shooting." "A lot of his [Gaines'] urt pnoto courtesy Mark Haskell points were because of good passes." Western took the lead early on with two free throws by freshman forward Kevin O'Brien. Gaines then got a steal and scored Western's next four baskets to take a 5-2 lead. The Catamounts led by as much as six early on, before Marshall came back to take the lead with 14:31 to go in the first half. WCU trailed 17-18 with 13:39 to play in the half, when Gaines scored on a dunk, a layup, and a one- footer, to take a 20-18 lead. Marshall answered by taking a four point lead at the 10:10 mark. Gaines then came back with a 3-pointer, cutting the score to 29- 30. Marshall went back up by four on a 3-pointer by Harold Simmons. WCU freshman pointguard Scott Bradley answered with string music of his own to pull Western back within one. Sophomore guard Bobby Getter then gave the Cats the lead for the half on a 3-pointer with 6:44 to go. Western led by as much as seven with 2:30 to go in the half, but the Herd cut the lead to three going in, 44-41. The Catamounts only trailed once in the second half, on a 3 -pointer by Simmons, but there were seven ties. The score was tied at the 4:45 mark when Tyrone Phillips' layup made it 74-all. Western then pulled away, hitting 12 of their last 16 free throws, with junior guard Maurice Williams adding a layup and Gaines tipping in the last basket. Greg Dates was the only other WCU player in double figures, with 15. Williams added nine points and six assists to the win. Tyrone Phillips led, Marshall with 25 points. Simmons added 21. Daytona Beach Oceanfront Robert Gaines, #22, shoots over Marshall's Michael Peck, for two of his Ramsey Center record 44 points. Gaines earned Southern Conference player of the week honors for his performance. WCU Third Baseman Matt Raleigh picked preseason AH-American $20.00 Rate per person based on 4 to a room 1-800-822-7707 "On the world's most famous beach" Features: a Restaurant • Pool B*r • Lounge a Gift Shop a Heated Pool a 2 Sun Decks i=. Comfort Inn 3135 South Atlantic Avenue Daytona Beach Shores, FL 32118 904/767-8533 • Rated Excellent way iui in i. Senior third baseman Matt Raleigh has been named to Collegiate Baseball's 1992 Mizuno Preseason All-America team, comprised of the top NCAA Division I baseball players in the nation. Raleigh is one of two third basemen on the 25-men squad. The 5-11,195 pound native of Swanton, Vt. and Missisquoi Valley Union High batted .413 last season in leading the Catamounts to a second-place finish in the Southern Conference. Raleigh is a two-time all- conference pick and led the conference last year in home runs (19) and slugging percentage (780), and was second in runs batted in (67) and runs scored (60), second in hitting, tied for the lead in triples (5) and was third in stolen bases (20). He finished the year ranked tenth in slugging percentage and 36th in hitting. "I think it's a great honor for Matt," said WCU head baseball coach Keith LeClair upon hearing the announcement. "He's certainly worked hard enough over the last three years to become a preseason Ail-American. I feel that if he continues to work hard, relax and not put a lot of pressure on himself, he'll be an All-American at the end of the season." Raleigh has a chance this season to place himself at the top of several WCU career record lists. His 43 career home runs currently rank third best on Western's career list, and he also ranks fourth in career RBIs (166). He was named as a second-team selection on the 1991 American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division I Atlantic Region Baseball Ail-Star team and has been a first-team All-Southern OPI photo courtesy Mark Haskell Matt Raleigh Sweat Over Something Else Besides Grades. Conference Tournament selection for two years. Western Carolina opens its 1992 season on February when the Catamounts play at the University of South Carolina. WMMWMWIla ■Jfc «■■■■■ ■ V" ■ * ■ ■ ■ ■-■ mu Mother Earth ■« r -NUTJ5JTION- ■" "■ For All Your ■ m Nutritional Needs p* ■" SAVE$$$ "■ a- with our many in-store SALES. please come & compare 115 S. Main St. 456-3216 !■■■■■ I ft Order your ring now and win a trip to the sun. The Grand Prize in this year's Jostens Sweepstakes is a trip for two to your choice of Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Daytona Beach, Padre Island or Aspen. It includes air fare, hotel and $500 in spending money. You haven't entered yet? No sweat, lb be eligible, simply go to the Jostens display and place your ring order by January 31,1992. DATE: Jan. 27, 28, 29 DEPOSIT: $20.00 PLACE: WCU Bookstore JOS 1 ll/NS TIME: 11:00-4:00 No purchase necessary Sweepstakes ends January 31,1992. See official rules for details. 92-472

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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