Sports
University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 25, 1987
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Game 3
Kansas Jayhawks
Coach Bob Valesente
Record: 0-2
Louisiana Tech
Builds
Coach Carl Torbush
Record: 0-3
Last Week: The Kent State Golden Flashes spoiled the Jayhawks' home opener with a 31-17 victory.
Probable Starters:
Offense:
Last Week: The Bulldogs were defeated last Saturday by Mississippi State 14-13 at Starkville, Miss.
WR - 1 William Vaughan, 5-11, 185,
LT - 70 Jim Daves, 6-26, 280,
LG - 70 Jay Allen, 6-3, 255, Jr.
LG - 84 Budge, 62, 2, 290,
RB - 84 Boudoir, 62, 2, 290,
RT - 85 Bryan Howard, 6-5, 285,
TE - 89 Brad Wedel, 6-5, 230,
OB - 14 Kelley Donohoe, 5-11, 175,
TE - 89 Terrell Terell, 5-11, 190;
RB - 24 Mickey Rourke, 5-11, 190;
RL - 34 Romine Carewell, 6-0, 190;
PK - 29 Lola Klemp, 5-10, 195.
LE - 2 Rod Wight, 6,0-175, Sr.
LT - 75 Todd Lassl, 8,5-290, Jr.
LG - 64 Mike Endley, 6,3-250, So.
LG - 10 David Peretz, 6,1-240, So.
RT - 80 Michael Turner, 6,2-290, Sr.
TE - 85 Pam Gannady, 8,2-220, So.
OB - 13 David McKinney, 6,2-215, Br.
RB - 32 Garant Powell, 6,1-190, Sr.
RB - 10 Marlon Barker, 6,1-180,
P - 1 Faddy Doyle, 5,1-110, Sr.
PK - 1 Mahta Stover, 5,117, 170.
Defense:
LE- 90 Eldridge Avery, 6; 235, 28
LE- 91 Tim Adams, 6; 255, 28
LE- 97 David White, 6; 245, 28
LLB- 113 Riley Clinton, 6; 235, 28
LLB- 139 Clayton, 6; 235, 28
MLB- 19 Curie Moore, 6; 220, 28
RLB- 25 Dickens Broeden, 6; 230, 28
RCB- 16 Mit Garner, 5; 110, 20
RCB- 16 Mit Garner, 5; 110, 20
BC- 8 F守民 Menton, 6; 200, 28
MS- 32 Mavin Manton, 6; 410, 21
P- 48 Rich Reigh, 5; 110, 180
LE— 90 Mike Williams, 6-1, 200, Jr.
LN— 79 Mike Wood, 5-8, 240, So.
NG— 66 Courtney Wallace, 6-0, 280, Jr.
RE— 66 James Blackinlaw, 5-11, 220, Sr.
LB— 45 Eldorne Osborn, 6-0, 205, So.
LB— 43 Glenell Sanders, 6-0, 225, So.
LCB— 23 Napolien Farrow, 5-10, 190, Rs.
RCB— 20 Warsey Swain, 5-10, 185, Rs.
LSB— 27 Richie Sims, 5-11, 190, Sr.
P— 7 Barry Hickgroundh, 6-1, 190, Fr.
Series: This is the first meeting between the Kansas and Louisiana Tech football teams. In fact, this will be the first time the Bulldogs have faced a Big Eight Conference opponent.
History: Bulldog coach Carl Torbush was an All-American football and baseball standout at Carson-Newman and played professional baseball for one season for the Kansas City Royals minor league organization.
Coverage: The Kansas-Louisiana Tech game will be carried locally by the Kansas Jayhawk Network. The game can be heard in the Lawrence area on KLZR (106 FM) and KLWN (1320 AM). Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Kansas' Memorial Stadium. Radio station KJHK (90.7 AM) will also provide coverage of the game.
'Hawks must beat Louisiana Tech to avoid tying second-worst skid
Bv CRAIG ANDERSON
Staff writer
Another day of reckoning will be upon the Kansas football team tomorrow when they play the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium.
"It's time for us to put up or shut up." Kansas coach Bob Valesente said. "We're the best practice team I've ever been around. When we play on Saturdays, though, we tighten up. It makes us look slow and indisecive."
Kansas players said they had good practices again this week. Based on the Jayhawks first two games against Auburn and Iowa, the team will be guess how the team will play and tomorrow.
"Everyone has been hitting harder this week in practice," Isham said. "I think the way we've been practicing this week will carry over into the game."
"It seems like the coaches have been on us more this week to get us to push ourselves," he said. "Everything has been more intentional. I'm sure we'll be a different team."
Kansas will be out to its current nine-game losing streak that spans the past two seasons. If Kansas loses tomorow against the 0-3 Bulldogs, it will tie the second-longest losing streak in Jayhawk football history. The streak would equal a 10-game losing string that occurred during the 1978 and 1979 seasons. Kansas' longest losing streak ever was 17. That spanned three seasons between 1953 and 1955.
"I know the streak is there," said senior guard Steve Isham. "I also know, though, that we have more talent on this team than our team that was 6-6 two seasons ago. We have more depth at all positions. I realize that the team still has to prove that on the field."
Freshman fullback Maurice Hooks said the coaching staff was doing its part to get the team ready for the game.
The biggest change the offense has to make is an improvement in its running game. In Kansas' first two games, the team has rushed for 97 yards in 42 carries. Junior tailback Darryl Terrell is the leading individual rusher with 37 yards, but has averaged only 2.6 yards a carry.
If there was any spark in the running game during Saturday's loss to Kent State, it flickered briefly early in the third quarter. That was when Hooks and fellow freshmen tailback Frank Hatchett started the second half in the backfield together Hatchett rushed for 27 yards in seven carries before suffering a lower-back bruise. The 5-foot-10 and 183-pound tailback should be able to play against Louisiana Tech, said Lynn Bott, director of sports medicine.
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I know the streak is there. I also know, though, that we have more talent on this team than our team that was 6-6 two seasons ago. We have more depth at all positions. I realize that the team still has to prove that on the field.'
Steve Isham
"I'm going to look at them a lot more this Saturday," Valesente said of Hooks and Hatchett. "They could give us a lift."
senior guard
The lack of a running game last week is still is a concern, said offensive coordinator Gary Huff. He said the backs ran hard against Kent State. He said he was disappointed, though, because the veteran Kansas offensive line hadn't been aggressive enough.
A healthy Bob Pieper would help cure some of the offensive line's woes, Valesente said.
Bott said Pieper, a 6-foot-5 and 285 pound senior tackle, would be able to play tomorrow. Pieper had started 23 straight games at tackle before missing last season because of a broken foot. This season he was sidelined with a knee sprain and missed the Jayhawks' first two games.
In an attempt to shore up the ground game, Kansas will use a two tight end formation during the game to get extra blocking. Senior Brad Wedel, who moved to this week, and sophomore John Baker will be the primary tight ends used in this set.
its running game to only 134 yards. Tech lost the game 14-13.
In Tech's first game at Baylor, their defense was equally impressive, giving up only two touchdowns in a 14-3 loss. Valesenko said that kind of team Louisiana tech would have
"I'm sure they'll be fast and aggressive," he said. "They're capable of beating anything."
Valesente said he wouldn't put too much emphasis on how Louisiana Tech would play
"I'm more concerned about us than what they are going to do," he said. "I'm looking for discipline and intensity from us. It is critical for our players to become more excited about playing football for the University of Kansas."
Some Jayhawk players won't be in action tomorrow because of injuries — junior cornerback Johnny Granderson with torn knee ligaments; senior punt snapper Rob Poster with a concussion; and freshman Autreineth with an ankle sprain. Grandemin and Autemeith had been on the second team last week before their injuries.
Cross country meet will provide big test for women's team
By MIKE CONSIDINE
Staff writer
Susan MacLean and her Kansas women's cross country teammates face their first big test tomorrow in the Illinois Invitational.
The Jayhawks have finished second in each of their first two invitations but have not run against high-caliber competition. Teams that at Illinois include Nebraska, Northweston, Purdue and the host school.
"A lot depends on positioning in the first mile," Coach Chiff Rovello said. "Some of our girls are not used to big meets where they have to go out, from the start. If we can handle that well, we should finish fairly high."
MacLean said, "I heard the course was flat and, with the good competition, it should pull me through for a walk. I hope the team is pulled through, too."
MacLan finished fourth at the Husker Invitational and second at last week's Jayhawk Invitational. The fourth-best hightest ever by a Kansas freshman.
"Last weekend I had to take the lead," MacLean said. "This weekend I know I'll have people ahead of me. That'll be a help, I think."
The Fergus, Ontario, native said she had started too quickly because of nerves and because she was diddled up. She but more hilly Canadian courses.
MacLean recruited Kansas rather than the other way around. She considered Dartmouth, but couldn't afford tuition. So MacLean, who plans a career in sports medicine, shopping for colleges that had medical schools and also offered track
cal schools and also offered track.
Ravello offered a scholarship with
their name.
MacLean said she chose Kansas to be home the campus reminded her of her.
"I was really surprised," she said. "I expected it to be flat. My friends think it's all cornfields."
MacLean also felt at home because Rovello's training methods were like those of her high school coach, Allen Keele. Last year, coached by Keele and Frank Corning, MacLean led Central Wellington District High School to the provincial championship.
"It wasn't a question of whether she could run," Roveto said. "But half-milers generally don't put forth the effort to become good cross country runners."
MacLean's early success at KU was surprising because she was billed as an 800- and 1,500-meter runner.
The Illinois Invitational should give an accurate reading of the team's performance.
"I can't wait to get there and go," senior Trisha Mangan said. "I think everyone's got the feeling that this is the race. We're all ready to run."
The men's team will send a partial squad to the Cavalier Cup Invitational at Johnson County Community College.
Coach Bob Timmons said the meet will help determine the fourth team to qualify.
"It gives us a chance to get a good look at the rest of the athletes and see who ought to be filling in," Timmons said.
Jayhawks trounce Cloud Co.
By DARRIN STINEMAN
Christmas has come early for the Kansas baseball team.
The Jayhawks took advantage of endless mises made by Cloud County Community College last week at Thunderbirds 38-at 148qley Field.
"The amount of runs was deceiving," said Kansas coach Dave Bingham.
Despite that fact, the evening was by no means a waste of time for the Jayhawks. The team has been struggling offensively this fall, but Bingham said he saw some improvement in the victory.
“At times tonight, we really found ourselves,” he said. “It’s something we’re still working on. I think it was a good night for us.”
It was definitely a good night for sophomore third baseman Jeff Spencer, who had three hits in five at-bats with a home run and four runs batted in. Junior catcher Justin Fischer hitting with three hits in four at-bats, including a home run and a long double to center field.
Spencer's homer came with two on and two men out in the final inning. When the ball descended into the trees in left-center field, the Kansas dugout let out a roar as if it was a game-winning hit.
In a way, it was. Bingham said the team went into the bottom half of the inning pretending they were two runs behind to simulate a game situation. When a team is leading by more than 20 runs, it may have to get a little imaginative.
Fred Sadowski/KANSAN
KU pitcher Brad Hinkle delivers a pitch against Cloud County Community College. KU beat Cloud County 35-8 in a15-inning game yesterday at Quigley Field.
Bingham said Cloud County was the weakest team Kansas has faced this year, and "I'd just as soon spot all those clubs four
runs and see if we can come back.
Winning is an attitude. If you
believe you can win, you've got a
chance to win."
Kansas again played a 15-inning
Volleyball team heads to Iowa State for second conference encounter
By ROBERT WHITMAN Staff writer
When the Kansas volleyball team lost three home matches last weekend, coach Frankie Albizt said she wasn't sure if the队 was ready for its Big Eight Conference matches.
Staff writer
But the next conference match is tomorrow, ready or not. The Jayhawks, 4-7, will travel to Ames, Iowa, to play Iowa State in a 7 p.m. contest and their second conference match of the season.
The first conference match was a three-game thrashin' in Allen Field House at the hands of nationally ranked Nebraska. That match started a five-match loss streak for Kansas. The latest loss was Tuesday against Central Missouri State, the
The Jayhawks will also playNorthern Iowa at 1 p.m. Sunday in Cedar Park.
The point of playing a tough non-conference schedule is to harden the Jayhaws for the Big Eight matches, she said.
"I hear they're doing really well," she said. "Iowa State is always on their home floor, no matter how good they are. They have a rowdy crowd and went five games with last year and the last one was really close."
"It's a little early for us, but there's nothing we can do." Albiz said. "We played a little better against Central Missouri State."
No. 1 rated team in NCAA Division II.
In fact, all the games were close. The Cyclones won the match 12-15,
15-11, 15-11, 14-16, 14-16
But Albizt said Iowa State should give the Jayhawks a tough match.
The conference matches are
important because the Big Eight tournament seedings are based on the record of head-to-head matches between conference schools. Since seven schools in the Big Eight have volleyball teams, the team with the best record gets a bye in the first round of the conference tournament. Oklahoma State does not have a volleyball program.
It is most likely that Nebraska, the only nationally ranked team in the Big Eight, will be seeded number one. The national championship fight is for the remaining six spots.
The teams that finish fourth or fifth will play each other in the conference tournament to see who plays Nebraska in the semifinals.
Kansas was third in the conference's regular season with a 5-5 record, but had to defeat Oklahoma in Norman in five games to do so.
Talks to end NFL strike stall; both sides report frustration
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Talks aimed at ending the NFL strike stalled yesterday with two key management negotiators heading home, the weekend's games wiped out and the two sides as far apart as ever on free agency.
The owners' chief negotiator said that six to eight weeks of hard bargaining remained if the free agency issue was resolved.
On day three at the picket lines, confrontations continued as players at three camps tossed eggs and beer bottles and smashed windows of vans carrying substitutes to work. One player, Green Bay's Charles Martin, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Talks recessed yesterday evening and were scheduled to resume at 9:30 a.m. today.
"Neither side moved from their position," he said. "If this is the only issue that is prolonging the strike, then it could be a long one."
Jack Donlan, the owners' negotiator also gave no indication that an end to the deal.
"There's nothing further to talk about," Tex Schramm, president of the Dallas Cowboys, said before the team defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers' president.
Union head Gene 'Upshaw said, "They told us, as far as free agency, that if it was 30 years they would not buy freedom. So we got problems."
The union wants unrestricted free agency for players with more than four years' experience; the owners have offered only to reduce the compensation teams receive when players go elsewhere.
"I think I've been saying for about two weeks we've got from six to eight weeks of real hard bargaining on a lot of issues and I honestly believe that we could get there on those issues except for the issue of free agency." he said.
While it may take as long as two months to finalize a new contract, the strike could be settled immediately if payment in principle is reached. Donaldson said.
"We've got to get to work," he said,
"but that doesn't mean players can't be playing. I love to see them back."
Donlan and Upshaw continued to bargain into last night.
"At this point we have not made any progress," Upshaw said after nearly eight hours of talks. "Management does not expect that they will not compromise at all."