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Western Carolinian Volume 63 Number 05

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western ■ • • arolmian Cats Prepare for Season Opener by Donald Costello The wait is finally over for the Western Carolina football team. The Liberty Flames will blaze into Cullowhee Saturday for the first game in the Bill Bleil era. "The players are tired of hitting each other, the coaches are tired of coaching against each other, and we are all tired of watching other teams play on television," said Head Coach Bill Bleil. Western will be the last team in the Southern Conference to start the season after five long weeks of practice. Bleil says the Catamounts match up well to the Liberty Flames who will bring in one of the more prolific passing offenses in I-AA football. Liberty won in impressive fashion Saturday against Glenville State, 56-7. The Flames ran up 580 yards of offense, including 202 yards passing in the first half by quarterback Ben Anderson. "We are really impressed with their passing combination of Ben Anderson to Courtney Freeman," said Bleil. Last season, Anderson passed Can the for 269 yards against the Cata- from the mounts on 22-47 passing with two interceptions. Freeman averaged 18.2 yards per catch last season and connected with Anderson on an 82-yard bomb in the game against Glenville State. Bleil said that the passing offenses of both Liberty and Western should lead to a very long, exciting game. One of the weaknesses of the Liberty Flames will be the secondary. Bleil hopes that quarterback Josh Brooks and the receiv- Cats contain the "Speedy" Courtney Freeman? Photo Liberty 1997 Football Media Guide. ing corps will be successful in exploiting the Liberty defense. "We're gonna throw the ball and try to establish a solid passing game," said Bleil. Liberty will come into Cullowhee looking to avenge the defeat at the hands of the Catamounts last season. The Cats rolled up 324 yards of total offense en route to the 20- 10 upset of the Flames. Liberty head coach Sam Rutigliano said that the Flames "gave the game away to Western" last year. Bleil commented on Liberty, "Like us, they turned things around late in the season and are on a mission to becoming a winning football team again." Josh Brooks is returning for his senior season with the Catamounts and is the leading returning quarterback in the Southern Conference. Brooks passed for 128 yards against the Flames in last year's game, along with carrying the ball for 38 yards and a touchdown. The Liberty game will be the debut of Mike Sellers and Kenya Crooks. Sellers transferred from East Carolina, and Crooks left Clemson after leading the Tigers in receiving last season. The defense for the Catamounts is less experienced than the offense, but a new look will emphasize quickness and aggressiveness. Bleil believes that Western has the best pair of safeties in the league in Johnson and Johnson. Eric Johnson was an all-conference selection last season as a freshman, and Cranston Johnson was the leading tackier on the Catamounts last season. The game will take place at Whitmire Stadium at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. It will be "Catamount Club Day" and club members will be giving away free purple-and-gold pom-poms to the first 10,000 fans. Defense Ready to Attack by Chad Garrett How many times have you heard the old adage, "Defense wins championships"? Well, chances are that if you have ever P'ayed sports on an organized level you have probably heard it repeatedly. Defense is the core of every great team. You will never find a S™1 team with an inferior defense. On the Western Carolina football team the key will be the defense. The defense will start with the four big g«ys up front in Western's multiple 4-3 defensive scheme. These four are the ones who will do all the dirty work, the guys who will toil in the trenches for the good of the entire team and usually go without recognition from anyone other than coaches and teammates. Anchoring the left side of the defensive »ne is Leander Dumas, a 6'5", 235-pound senior from nearby Waynesville, N.C. Dumas ,s one of two returning starters among the front our- He played in every game last season and recorded 36 tackles, including six tackles tor a loss. Leander is a three-year letterman and brings lots of experience to the table with 17 starts under his belt. Dumas' back-up this season will be 6'4", 226-pound junior Brandon Holloway. Holloway played in every game last season and got three starts at defensive end on his way to his second letter. Holloway made the switch from linebacker to lineman last season and responded with 28 tackles, two sacks and one fumble recovery. Jeff Patterson, a 6'3", 230-pound senior from Belmont, N.C, will get the nod as expected at the defensive tackle position. Patterson is a three-year letterman and the second of two returning starters on the front four. He has played in every game of his college career and became a starter at the beginning of last season. He went on to lead the team in sacks with four and tackles for a loss with seven. Patterson also switched from the linebacker position after his sophomore campaign. Patterson's back-up will be 6', 270- pound junior Anthony Jenkins. Jenkins, a native of Anderson, S.C, is a junior college transfer from Fort Scott Community Cpllege I in Kansas. While at Fort Scott, Jenkins received All-Jayhawk Junior College honors. Jenkins was a 1994 Shrine Bowl and All-State selection at Westside High School. The other starter at defensive tackle will be Phil Johnson, a 6', 246-pound senior from Shallotte, N.C. Johnson, a three-year letterman, played in all 11 games last season as a reserve defensive tackle and scored 13 tackles and one sack, including a career-high four tackles in a game against the eventual I- AA National Champion, Marshall University. Anchoring the right side of the defensive line will be junior John Scott. Scott played in every game last season and got one start at defensive end. He piled up 34 tackles including one sack, one tackle for a loss, and one fumble recovery. Scott also had a season-high eight tackles in a game against Southern Conference power Georgia Southern last season. These are the guys who will be Western Carolina's first line of defense when the opposing team has the football on offense. They are the guts of the defense, who fight without the spotlight and recognition given to the more high-profile positions. , by Greg Iredell Hello again everybody. This week's article is dedicated to Greg "Rhino" Rinehart. A lot of action this weekend, so let's get right to it. The WWF had a pay-per-view, "In Your House," on Sunday night. Brian Pillman defeated Gold Dust and won his wife for 30 days. He has been showing home videos called "XXX Files", filmed at a local hotel. Steve Austin was ordered to forfeit his tag-team belt by commissioner Sergeant Slaughter, who cited Austin's injury as the reason. Steve flipped and performed the "stunner" on announcer Jim Ross. The tag team championship was decided during a four tag-team match which saw the Headbangers win, thanks to outside interference by Austin. The Shawn Micheals vs. the Undertaker match was one of the most violent contests I've seen. Four referees were knocked out, three security guards beaten, and the Undertaker managed to rough up half the wrestlers in the WWF. On Raw, Slaughter stripped the intercontinental belt from Austin. For his efforts, Slaughter received a "stunner." It appears Vince McMahon is running Austin, who raised hell the whole show, out of the WWF. It was announced that Micheals and the Undertaker will square off in a steel cage at the next "In Your House." On WCW Nitro, the Four Horsemen challenged the NWO for the parody they did of Arn Anderson's retirement,which had me rolling on the floor. Hogan challenged Sting to a title match. What appeared to be Sting repelled from the ceiling, but it was a dummy that the NWO abused. Roddy Piper was named interim chairman of the WCW to replace the injured James Dylan. Piper announced the Four Horsemen will face team NWO at Wargames on Sunday. He also mentioned a Hogan vs. Piper cage match at Halloween Havoc, and promised to sign Hogan vs. Sting by the end of 1997. Be sure to keep your eyes open for the next NCW event at Bailey's. Any ECW contributions would be greatly appreciated. Send any contributions or comments to the Carolinian.

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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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  - Western Carolina University
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  - Date original: 1997-09-10
  - Date digitized: 2020-01-13
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  - Dimension: 14" x 11.25"
  - Pages: 16 pages
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - HL_WesternCarolinian_1997-09-10_Vol63_No05
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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