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Volume 57 Number 22 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 8 Thursday. March 26, 1992 Robert M. Robertson Out of Bounds I've decided that Marty McFly, or whoever it is on the Voices page, doesn't deserve a rebuttal in this column. He's just too insignificant. I guess I' ve run out of people to slam this week. The refs of the SC are now back in their padded cells, Doug Mead is no fun anymore, and the umpires call pretty good games. At least it looks that way. I'd be hard pressed to watch a baseball come hurling past at 80-plus m.p.h. and call it strike or ball. Thus being the case, I'll leave them alone. For now. Western needs a new Athletic Director. Well we don't need a new one, but it would be a good idea to get one when Bobby Setzer retires at the end of this semester. I nominate Victor Kiam for new AD of the Catamounts. Derek and Jimmy are always whining that they can't get into the girls' lockeroom for post-game interviews. With Vic in there we'd be a shoe-in for those semi-nude conversations. Unfortunately, Ole Vic can't do the job alone. He simply hasn't the smarts. So Western needs to hire a director for each individual sport. There are plenty of other unemployed figures out there willing to work. I'm sure Buddy Ryan would like to quit his job selling hot dogs at Soldier Field to oversee the football program. And while he's down here, he could devise a killer defense that would insure the most fatalities on the astroturf. And since Hakeem Olajuwon doesn't seem to have anything better to do, he can help out Western's inside game. We promise not to work him too hard, and if his arthritis acts up again, we'll give him a season off. Even though the baseball team doesn' t need any help, Western would benefit from having a legend like Pete Rose around to teach our boys the belly slide. But the real benefit would be from the gambling revenues brought in from Pete's betting. Pete bets on Western, Western wins, Pete splits the winnings with the department, Seles hates to be called "Grunting Monica" for her vocal activity on the tennis courts. But at least she got the reputation from the courts and not the bedroom. Ijusthopethat Martina didn't give her the nickname. Dwight Gooden, Vince Coleman, Daryl Boston, and Mike Tyson must all be related. These guys need to let the big heads do the thinking for the little heads for once. In other words, they need to keep their horses in the stables. I say if they're guilty, they can join the San Quentin Sports Club with "Iron Mike." McGyver to the rescue...Edi tor Head Cheese, Pancho, earned a new nickname this week. When the dad-blasted computer printer broke down last night, Mac got in there with his Swiss exacto knife and Scotch Tape and fixed the problem. Well, he gave it a try anyway, only Macgyver wouldn't have burned his fingers. Billiards is a decadent pastime...Never before have so many taken so much from so few. My abrasive buddy, Lawerence Taylor (no kin to Lawerence Taylor), and I won a billiards tournament a couple weeks ago. And now we're going into the finals as 1,000,000,000,000 to 1 underdogs. I got circled by one of the sharks the other day. He beat me four games to none and then proceeded to tell me he's only been playing for four months. NOT! I didn't dispute him because it's prudent to keep quiet in a pool hall. Guys have had their jugulars ripped out for shooting off at the mouth. He's just lucky that I left my loaded cue stick at home. Shooting for the stars...I was in gun handling class Tuesday and a couple of illiterate professors came jogging down the trail. Not only did they ignore the warnings that there were females with guns in the area, they had on ugly shorts. The one in yellow neon was oblivi ous to the fact that a vengeful Sports Editor with 12-guage skeet shot was drawing a bead on his butt. He would have been picking steel shot out of his gluteus maximus for weeks if we'd all opened fire at once. I've always thought that a scared, moving target was a lot more challenging than a little clay disc that just doesn't understand that it's about to die. Robertson slipped a little bit farther into dreamland this week. We' ve tried to bring him back, but all he does is drool and stare when he's not hunting and pecking at his favorite manual typewriter. We get the most response when we mention editing his col umns. Then he gets downright hostile and smart-in-the-mouth. The Western Carolinian assumes no responsibility for the bile spoutedon this page. If you take this column seriously, seek help immediately. Cats sweep the Eagles, take first place Derek Smolik Sports Writer The Western Carolina baseball team took over sole possession of first place in the Southern Conference by sweeping three straight games from the Georgia Southern Eagles Sunday and Monday in Cullowhee. Led by the strong pitching of starters Phillip Grundy, Jack Kimel, and Russ Chapman the Cats limited the Eagles to only two earned runs in the series. For most of the series the Cats' bats were quiet, but were able to get the hits when they needed them and finally exploded in the final game. In the third game the Cats scored 18 runs on 16 hits and smashed four homeruns on their way to an 18-6 win. The Cats started quickly, scoring six runs in the first inning with the big blow coming on a three-run homerun by Marc Striker. The Eagles closed the score to 7-3 in the inning before the Western exploded. Western scored 10 runs on nine hits, including two homeruns to expand their lead to 17-3. Starter Russ Chapman (4- 1) pitched five innings, allowing one earned run on five hits, walking two, and striking out four to earn the win. Dan Kyslinger worked the last two innings for the Cats allowing one earned run on five hits, walking none, and striking out four. In Monday's first game, the Cats scored all their runs in the second inning on a two run homer by Mike Tidick, his second of the season, and a two-out single by Rodney Hennon. The Eagles scored a single run in the fifth when Chris Peterson singled, moved to second on a passed ball, was advanced to third on a ground out and scored on a wild Carolinian photo ay Hnnur rapt Slide, DiMaggio! Slide! Mike Tidick, sliding, scores on a Roy Hurst single up the center. Dwayne Bradley, # 31, came in the clean way with Eric Whitson, #16, cheering them on. The Cats scored 10 runs in the fifth inning. for a three game series. Behind GSU is Furman with a 5-4 record, Appalachian State with a 3-5 record, The Citadel with a 2-6 record, Marshall, the victim of sweeps by both GSU and WCU, with a 2-6 record and VMI, the only team to beat the Cats in conference play this year, with a 2-7 record. The Cats were scheduled toplayasinglegameagainstGeor- gia on Wednesday, but it was postponed due to rain and will be made up today at 3:00. The Cats were also scheduled to play Presbyterian today. That game has been tentatively rescheduled for April 16 in Cullowhee. The Cats then continue their conference schedule this weekend against ASU, with two games on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. They then travel to UNC-A on Tuesday and host Tennessee Tech on Wednesday. The Cats swept a double-header from Tennessee Tech last Friday. pitch. Starter Jack Kimel went the full nine innings in the game for the win, his fourth of the season and the twenty-seventh of his career, a WCU record. He allowed no earned runs in the game on seven hits, with two walks and five strikeouts. "I felt that we played really well (in the series), pitched extremely well, got timely hitting in the first two games and played excellent defense," commented Coach Keith LeClair. The series continued a resurgence by the Cats of late. They have now won ten of their last eleven games and 13 of 16 after a 1-7 start to the season. The sweep of Georgia Southern moved the Cats up from second to first place in the conference. The Cats overall record is now 16-12-1 and 8-1 in conference play. The three straight losses to the Cats moved theEagles down to third place in the conference. In second place behind the Cats is East Tennessee State with a 6-2 record after a double- header sweep of the Citadel last weekend. A half game behind the Bucs are the Eagles with a 6-3 record. This weekend the Buccaneers travel to Georgia Southern WCU sweep begins in the rain Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina's baseball team claimed a 3-0 victory over Georgia Southern Sunday here in Cullowhee. The Catamounts got strong pitching from sophomore Phillip Grundy. The right-handed hurler tossed 11 strike-outs in seven innings of shut out baseball over the conference leading Eagles. Todd Greene, Georgia Southern's preseason All-America pick by Baseball America magazine, was held to just one hit in three tries at the plate. As a team, the Eagles racked up only two hits for the game. Western jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Matt Raleigh stroked his 12th home run of the season. The Cats added two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth when Grundy sacrificed Scott Lyman home and when Raleigh trotted across homeplate for a second time via an error by the Eagles' third baseman Kevin Hallman. The game only took one hour, 37 minutes to complete and was played in less than ideal conditions. A persistent, cold drizzle delayed the start of the contest for over one hour and a steady sprinkle fell throughout the course of the contest Western signs 15 pigskin recruits Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina University head football coach Steve Hodgin can' t stop sm iling about this year's recruiting effort. And with good reason. The Catamounts, who struggled to a 2-9 record last season, have 15 signees which includes 10 in-state products and one junior college transfer. "We were able to go after and, in most cases, got our first choices, and I feel good about our overall recruiting class," said Hodgin. "We made further progress in competing and beating our oppo nents in recruiting like Appalachian, The Citadel, and East Tennessee." One of the most highly touted players that the Catamounts landed was Andrew Jordan, a 6-6- 250 lb. tight end from West Charlotte High who played the last two seasons at North Greenville Junior College in Greenville, SC. "We're especially pleased about getting Jordan," said Hodgin. "We recruited him two years ago and I'm glad we finally landed someone with his talents and abilities." Hodgin also said that he was pleased with signing the "Lower Richland Connection" which produced running back Kevin Archie (5-11, 196) and wide receiver David Patton (5- 10,160). So why did WCU have such a good year signing players? "The reason we signed so many good student athletes is because of the faculty here at Western," said Hodgin. "They have done an outstanding job. The warm feeling that our recruits and they're families get when they meet with our faculty is our biggest asset. And the way you build a good program is by bringing in good student athletes." "I can really feel the pendulum starting to swing in our direction." WCU 1992 Football Recruits Kevin Archie, a 5-11, 196-lb. running back lower Richland High and Hopkins, SC Donnell Brinson, a 5-11, 175-lb. defensive back/tailback from Southern Wayne High and Mt Olive, NC Chris Brice, a 6-0, 190-lb. defensive back from Rock Hill High in Rock Hill, SC Trade Elkins, a 6-3, 250-lb.. offensive lineman from Hendersonville High Hendersonville, NC Mark Howell, a 5-9, 185-lb. running back from Wilkes Central High in Moravian Falls,NC Andrew Jordan, a 6-6, 250-lb. tight end from West Charlotte High in Charlotte, NC, who played the past two seasons at North Greenville Junior College in Greenville, SC David Patton, a 5-10, 160-lb. wide receiver from Lower Richland High and Columbia, SC Anthony Quinn, a 6-2, 230-lb. outside linebacker from 71 st High in Fayetteville, NC Jeff Rogers, a 5-9,190-lb. running back from Bunn High in Bunn, NC Chad Stewart, a 6-2, 220-lb. tight end/ fullback from Northwest Guilford High and Oak Ridge, NC Todd Stewart, a 6-2, 170-lb. quaterback from Statesboro High in Statesboro, GA Micheal Stewart, a 6-0, 210-lb. fullback from Mooresville High in Mooresville, NC Derek Summerour, 6-2, 285-lb. defensive lineman from Gainesville High and Flowery Branch, GA Campy Walker, a 6-1,190-lb. outside linebacker from Starmount High and Boonville, NC Curtis Whitley, a 6-4,237-lb. tight end from Rosewood High in Rosewood, NC Carolinian photo by Hunter Pape Junior Russ Chapman fires one In during Monday's rout of Georgia Southern. Western's game against Georgia was postponed until today because of inclement weather. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. The first contest between UGA and WCU resulted in a 13-11 victory for the Cats, snapping a 14-game win streak for the 17th-ranked Bulldogs. OP! photo by Mark Haskttt Catamount head football coach Steve Hodgin

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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