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Volume 57 Number 26 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 6 Thursday, April 23, 1992 Robert M. Robertson Out of Bounds This is the last Out of Bounds ever to be published on this campus. To some, this will be a happy occasion. Still others will continue to burn me in effigy. And others may be saddened. NOT! However, I hereby copyright the title of this column for my possible future use and/or for protection against plagarizers. Just in case my English degree is worth something, I may want to draw from my one brilliant idea from my past. I always go fishing on Easter break, this year was no different. I had to see if my luck had abandoned me because my skill doesn't seem to be worth a damn anymore. Fortunately for my sanity, Lady Luck was with me on Good Friday cause me and my dad caught 21 crappie, white bass, and bream. Those white bass were real mean bastards. They'd raise their dorsal fins and try their damndest to impale you with those things. It was maddening. But I got the last laugh. They all ended up on the dinner table Saturday night. Those little scutters didn' t look quite as perky after we rolled them in cornmeal and boiled them in oil. Overall it was a relaxing time, and speaking of relaxing... I envy Bobby Setzer. He gets to retire this summer and spend all his time hunting and fishing, which is how God meant for retirement to be spent. Unless he's got a wife. Then, she'll have him painting the blue room, digging up weeds, carrying out the garbage, and hanging curtain rods, which is NOT how God meant for us to live out our days. Now I'm depressed. I only have 42 years left before retirement. Then I can spend all my time hunting and fishing. Except the old wife will have me hanging curtain rods, carrying out the garbage, digging up weeds, and painting the blue room. It's going to be a long life. Laettner was in the news...again. This time there was some garbage in the Winston-Salem Journal about him not being eligible to play because of some GQ article. The only thing he wasn't eligible for was marriage to the opposite sex. I think perhaps this whole cockamamie story was concocted because some graduate of Wake Forest was upset because they only beat Duke once this year. And to think they were only one of two teams to accomplish that this year. For my opinions on Wake, see "Out of Bounds" in the Sept. 12, 1991 issue. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone this year who contributed to my column. If it wasn't for you, I would have had to find someone else to pick on. In other words, thanks for being easy targets. My thanks to... Editor Head Cheese, for wearing ugly ties and dressing formally every day. You earned your nickname, Felix. The Cullowhee Five-O, for giving me tickets every single day of my collegiate experience. Onedayl'll buy a Hardee's franchise and trade ham biscuits for a full pardon. Auxilary Food Services, for not making me eat there every single day of my collegiate experience. I couldn't have made it with See "Final" Pg. 7 Cats edge Piedmont in 8-7 shootout Derek Smolik Sports Writer Pinch hitter Phillip Grundy hit a two-out, two-run homerun to give the Western Carolina baseball team an 8-7 come from behind victory over Piedmont, Tuesday in Cullowhee. The score was tied at 6-6 going into the bottom of the eighth. Sophmore Mike Tiddick singled to start the inning. Hewassacraficedto second by Mike Hilton. Brendan Hooven struck out before Grundy's game-winning hit. "I just got a good pitch to hit...he (pitcher Chet Kendall) had pitched a good game, he just got a ' Ufl photo courlresy iTark Haskell Phillip Grundy pitch up and I hit it...It felt really good," stated Grundy. Piedmont tried to come back in the top of the ninth inning off winner Drew Posey (2-0). Chad Blackman led off the inning with a single, Chris Altmann then fouled out for the first out. Byron Puckett then hit a double to left to put runners at second and third. Puckett went 4-5 on the day with two homeruns, two doubles, and three RBI's. After Puckett's hit Brad Tweedlie relieved Posey. Chris Altman grounded out to third to score Blackman. Tweedlie then coaxed a ground out to end the game. Tweedlie earned his second save of the year. "Brad did a good job today for us...Phillip and Matt both hit big homeruns for us," commented coach Keith LeClair. The Lions started out the game with a bang scoring three runs on three hits in the first Rick Woodruff led off the game with a rain- aided triple to center, he scored on Chad Blackmon's homerun. Two batters later Byron Puckett hit the first of his two homeruns to give the Lions a 3-0 lead. The Cats came back in the bottom of the inning with a single run. Rodney Hennon led off by reaching on a two base error. Scott Lymann moved Hennon to third with a single, and Hennon scored on Matt Raleigh's ground out. In the second inning the Cats broke out on top with five runs on three hits and were aided by two Lion errors. With one out Mark Strieker singled to right, after Hurst fouled out Eric Whitson and Hennon walked back to back. . Scott Lymann started the offensive explosion with a single scoring Striker and Whitson. Matt Raleigh then stepped up to the plate and deposited his 23rd homerun of the season over the left-field foul pole to make the score 6-3 at the end of two innings. See'Tiedmont" Pg. 7 Catamounts capture conference Western wins regular season title; earns first seed in crown SC tourney Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina claimed the 1992 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Saturday afternoon in Cullowhee by beating East Tennessee State University by a score of 6-3. "Its a great feeling to be conference champions," said first year head coach Keith LeClair. "I'm awful proud of these guys. We had a good team effort." The Catamounts aggressively ran the basepaths, which led to WCU's first two runs of theballgame. Eric Whitson grabbed two bases on a sacrifice bunt by Rodney Hennon advancing from first to third. Scott Lyman then doubled Whitson home, putting the Cats up 1-0. Lyman then scored on a passed ball and throwing error on ETSU's catcher David Cloud and the Cats led 2-0. "With the win blowing in like it was today, you got to make things happen," said LeClair. But the Bucs came back in the top half of the fourth inning. Rod Walker socked a lead off double and then scored when Dallas Rinehart doubled into right field. In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Catamounts exploded for four runs. Phillip Grundy scored on a delayed steal. Marc Strieker drew a throw when he stole second and at the same time Grundy broke for home. Whitson then doubled home Strieker and later scored from second when Rodney Hennon cracked an infield single. Hennon then stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch from ETSU hurler Eric Heidel. Hennon scored when Lyman singled up the middle and the Catamounts led 6-1. The Bucs scored two more runs. Nathan Dunn smashed a solo home run in the fifth. David Cloud scored when Catamount left fielder Scott Lyman dropped a line drive from the bat of Dunn in the seventh inning. Western Carolina pitcher Patrick Kendrick picked up the win for the Catamounts while Dan Carolinian photo by Hunter Paps WCU shortstop Eric Whitson slides in for the score against ETSU. Whitson is batting .321 with 44 hits and 20 RBIs. Kysllinger got the save, his fifth of the season. Heidel took the loss for ETSU. "If we don't win thecon- ference tournament and go to the regional, it would be very disappointing," said LeClair. "Next year, I think we should cut down the loses. We lost four games (conference) and to me that's too much. There's always room for improvement." Carotinion photo by Hunttr Pape Strike three, out three, game over. This ETSU batter got caught looking as Western completed their series against the third-place Bucs, winning all three games and taking the conference regular-season championship. Western takes two from conference rival ETSU WCU pounds Presbyterian 16-5 Victory marks 30th for 1992 Catamounts Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina pounded out 19 hits and snapped a brief two game losing streak by thrashing Presbyterian College 16-5 Thursday afternoon here in Cullowhee. The Catamounts scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back. Scott Lyman and MattRaleigh scored when Joey Cox doubled, then Mike Tidick swatted a two run homer, his fifth of the season. The Cats got three more runs in the bottom of the second, two of which came when Raleigh singled in Roy Hurst and Eric Whitson. Raleigh collected four hits and drove in five runs for the game while Hurst contributed three hits to the Catamount effort. Western Carolina added OH pnoto by Mark Hasktlt Mike Tidick Blue Hose. The victory marked Western's 30th win of the season. The Catamounts have now won 30 or more games eight times in the last nine seasons. Jimmy White Sports Writer Western Carolina swept a very important Southern Conference baseball doubleheader Friday afternoon in Cullowhee over East Tennessee State University by scores of 5-3 and 3-0. With the two victories, the Catamounts clinched the number one seed for the conference tournament and are assured of at least a share of the regular season conference championship. In game one, the Bucs' Greg Phillips socked a lead off home run in the top half of the first inning. ETSU added another run in the top of the third when starting pitcher/ designated hitter Dallas Rinehart singled home Nathan Dunn. But then the Catamounts exploded for four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, effectively sealing the fate of ETSU. Designated hitter Dwayne Bradley singled into right field, scoring Scott Lyman and Joey Cox. The Cats took the lead when Roy Hurst poked a two run single which scored Bra dley and Mike Tidick. The Catamounts added one more run in the fifth when Bradley went 2-3 for the game and collected three RBIs. Catamount Hurler Phillip Grundy picked up the win for Western while Rinehart took the loss for ETSU. Western Carolina got all the runs they would need in the home half of the fourth inning of game number two. Joey Cox hit a two run home (his 15th of the season) over the 375 sign in right field. Bradley then reached first on the BUCs' firstbasemanRod Walker's error. Dan Derosia came on to pinch run for Bradley and was promptly driven home by a triple swatted by the Cats' Mike Tidick. Catamount pitcher Jack Kimel scattered four hits over seven shut out innings of work to pick up the win while Rod McCrary took the loss for the Bucs. History was made for Catamount slugger Matt Raleigh in game two. Raleigh successfully stole his 20th and 21st bases of the season, becoming the first Catamount ever to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in a single season. Lady Cat hoopsters add late signees four runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh to account for the Cats' final 16 run total. Mike Manning picked up the win for WCU while Elton Pollock took the loss for the Sports Information Western Carolina University's head women's basketball coach Janet Cone concluded the April late signing period with the announcement of two players who inked with the Lady Catamounts this past Wednesday. Kristy Garrett, a 5-7 guard from Sylva's Smoky Mountain High, and Alicia Brittain, a6-0cen ter from Cpnover, and Newton- Conover High, join three early signees as the newcomers to Western's 1992- 93 basketball squad. Garrett is a two-time all-conference performer who netted several honors this past season. She averaged 12.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest, plus handed out 4.3 assists and made 3.6 steals. The point guard was named to play in the East-West All- Star contest plus was an All-Western selection as a senior, she was also named to the all-tournament team in the Western Regional playoff's under Coach Cindy Simmons. Brittain was an all-conference pick this past season at Newton- Conover where she netted 14 points and nine rebounds per game for Coach Sylvia White's 2-A state champion- ship team. She is expected to see See "Signees" Pg. 7

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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