Inside Sports
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WSU
Wichita State University
Sports
Wednesday
February 3, 1999
Section:
B
Page 1
Wichita State basketball star Maurice Evans missed practice yesterday as his feud with coach Randy Smithson continues.
College Baseball
SEE PAGE 3B
The Kansas baseball team prepares for a new season in a new stadium.
SEE PAGE 4B
Pro Football
Walter Payton announces he has a rare liver disease and needs a transplant to live.
SEE PAGE 5B
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Kansas women to battle Colorado
By Matt James
Konson sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
When Brooke Reves graduated from Denver's Manual High School in 1996, most of the Big 12 schools, including the local Colorado Buffaloes, showed little interest in her. Now, three years later, it's payback time.
Reveys will face the school that let her slip
away at 7:05 p.m. tonight at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawk forward averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds per game her senior season at Manual and was named to the USA Today honorable mention All-America team, but the Buffers never called.
That lingering memory made the Jayhawks' 76-65 loss at Boulder on Jan. 20 painful for Reyes.
"It was hard to lose at home, especially since I had quite a crowd," she said. "It's difficult because (Colorado) didn't do much in-state recruiting when I was in high school. I wasn't much of a prospect, so it's a big deal for me to beat a team like that."
Colorado spoiled Reves' return to the state when it jumped
out to an early lead, and the winded Jayhawks never could muster a comeback.
Reves: The Denver native is ready to take on Colorado.
"That was an embarrassing game for us," Reves said. "We ran out of gas. It just wasn't our game, and we didn't play defense like we know how."
The team's play in that Colorado game may have been hard for Reves to stomach.
but the Wichita State transfer has been anything but a disappointment for the Javhaws this season.
Since Coach Marian Washington put her into the starting lineup five games ago at Nebraska, Reves has transformed herself from a role player into a team leader, earning the respect of her teammates and
See 'HAWKS on page 4B
The Starting Lineup
KANSAS
JAYHAWKS
16& 6 Big 12, 6-3 overall
G LYNN PRIDE 6-2 JR.
G JENNIFER JACKSON 5-10 So.
C NAKIA SANFORD 6-4 Sr.
F BROOKE REVES 6-0 So.
F JACLYN JOHNSON 6-1 So.
Field House • Lawrence, 7:05
TV: Ch. 3, 13 and 29
Radio: KLWN, 1320 AM
Kansas forward Jackyn Johnson elevates for a shot during Sunday's game against Kansas State. The Jayhawks are scheduled to play the Colorado Buffaloes today at 7:05 p.m. Photo by Kate Levenson/KANSAN
Club sports allow students to compete meet new people
University offers many opportunities
By Melinda Weaver Kansan sportswriter
Students who compete in club sports at the University of Kansas often find that meeting new people can be as rewarding as winning a competition.
The range of sports clubs varying from rugby to water skiing are available for students as long as they pay the required dues to compete. Because of the assorted options, club sports draw a variety of students into the program.
Laura Lavid, treasurer of the lacrosse team, joined the club when she saw a sign advertising club sports. She said she had played the sport when she lived in Virginia.
Lavid, Wichita sophomore, said she enjoyed meeting people with similar interests, but that was not the only advantage the club offered.
"It was a good way for me to get exercise," Lavid said. "I'm not a very self-motivated person, but the club helped me get involved."
The club teams are not required to compete strictly with other universities. Many teams are invited to participate in invitational where they can play against various teams.
Clubs such as water skiing and judo compete in individual competitions. With each victory, points are added and scored for the team, similar to the system used at track competitions.
The lacrosse team competes on a collegiate level and has played against teams such as the Air Force Academy, Texas Tech University and Purdue University.
While many club teams do compete at the collegiate level, some only want to develop the skills of its participants. The Ki-Aikido club is one example.
Ki-Aikido is a martial art in self-defense. Eric Neuteboom, Ki-Aikido club's president, said the goal of the sport was to immobilize the attacker without hurting him. There is no kicking or punching involved.
"We teach coordination of the mind and body." said Neutebuch, Colorado Springs, Colo., sophomore. "We also teach breathing techniques and meditation."
"You meet people you'd never think you would meet, both students and sensai," Neuteboom said. "For example, we bring in a monk to teach us meditation."
Neuteboom said the biggest advantage of participating in club sports was meeting a variety of people.
Rick Rosensteeng, director of sports clubs, said his job was to lead the clubs administratively and deal with issues such as money and practice facilities.
Students are welcome to participate in any club sport even if they have little previous experience.
"It itches a competitive environment that people don't get if they aren't offered a scholarship," said Kevin O'Rourke, president of the crew club.
Until 1988, sport clubs were sponsored by the Athletics Department. When the growth of the program caused a strain on the department, the teams' members found another outlet recreation services
"When you are a student and carrying a full work load, it is hard to manage money, practice schedules and locate facilities," Rosenstengle said. "I try to put that together for them, so they can do what they want to do."
For more information about the clubs offered at the University contact Rick Rosenstengle at 864-3546.
Commentary
Fans watch a celebration parade in downtown Denver following the Broncos' Super Bowl victory. KRT photos
OENCORE
Columnist celebrates at home this time
By Matt Tait
Kansan sportswriter
For Broncos fans, myself included, the last two years have seemed like a dream. After suffering through the pain and humiliation of being on the short end of three Super Bowl blowouts in four years, our time has finally come. The Broncos, no matter how many they lost in the past, now have accomplished something only six other teams in
NFL history have; They are back-to-back Super Bowl Champions.
After watching last year's exciting victory against the Green Bay Packers here in Lawrence, I decided that this year it would only be right to return home to Colorado, where the Mile High Magic be felt with every deep breath and on every street in every store.
Once the inevitable was official,
and the Broncos had beaten the New York Jets, which ensured their return to the Super Bowl, I got on the horn and booked a flight to Denver. I figured it was the best place to be, next to Miami, on this Super Sunday in January.
After last year's victory, I drove the streets of Lawrence and, as I expected, found little excitement. My team had just ended not only a
personal Super Bowl drought, but also an entire AFC Super Bowl drought, and there was no one to celebrate with. Watching the game with hundreds of Denver fans in the state of Colorado was exactly what I envisioned when I booked my flight. All Broncos, all the time — and anti-Dirty Birds, all the time.
Every two-yard run by Terrell Davis was a good effort, and every
pass thrown away by John Elway was a smart decision.
When the game was over, n
On the contrary, every two yard gain by Atlanta's Jamal Anderson was a good defensive stop, and every time Chris Chandler threw the ball away, it was "nice throw, buddy."
See WIN on page 4B
Allen loses promising Notre Dame quarterback
Zak Kustok chooses school closer to home
By Mike Harrity
By Mike Harrity
Kansan sportswriter
There was only one thing former Notre Dame backup quarterback Zak Kustok didn’t like about the Kansas football program — its location.
And after a two-hour talk with his parents in their Orland Park, Ill., home Monday night, Kustok decided to attend Northwestern University, backing out of the nonbinding oral commitment he had given to Kansas
coach Terry Allen last fall.
The decision to play at Northwestern weighed heavily on the fact that the university was only an hour's drive from his home.
"I am real close to my family, and that was a huge part of my decision," said Kustok, who will sign a national letter of intent with Northwestern today. "My decision didn't have anything to do with being displeased with anything at Kansas."
Kustok, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 215 pounds, said his decision Monday night was more difficult than the one he faced after graduating from Sandburg High School in 1997, when he chose Notre Dame instead of the University of Michigan or Northwestern. He was recruited to Notre Dame by Lou Holtz, who was replaced by Bob Davie before Kustok's redshirt freshman year. After Davie implemented an option offense, Kustok fell on the depth chart and decided to transfer last fall to Moraine Valley Community College.
Since transferring, Kustok, who has three years of eligibility remaining, has been recruited by the University of Miami-Florida and the University of Wisconsin among others.
Kansas immediately moved to the forefront of Kustok's thoughts after he met Allen last fall. And it was his relationship with Allen that made the decision to attend Northwestern so difficult.
Allen visited the Kustok family Thursday after learning of Zak's recruiting trip to Northwestern. Their talk that night during a three-hour dinner at an Italian restaurant only strained Kustok's brain further.
"You can tell when you talk to people whether they're feeding you what you want to hear or whether they're speaking from the heart, and I know that Coach Allen speaks from the heart," Kustok said, after informing Allen of his decision.
Kustok's mother, Jeanie, is happy that her son's decision is finally made.
"His father and I felt that it was totally Zak's decision because he was the one that was going to be going to the school and playing football," she said. "We're happy that we'll get to watch him play more often, but I know that he's going to miss Coach Allen."
Although Kustok is happy to be heading to Northwestern, a certain amount of sadness still lingered yesterday at the mention of Allen's name.
"I've known Coach Allen the last four or five months, and I fell in love with him — not just as a coach, but more as a person," Kustok said. "When I talked to him (Monday) night, he told me that he was glad that he got to know me and told me good luck at Northwestern.
"Hopefully we'll be able to meet in a Bowl game someday," he said.
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