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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports
The KU basketball teams look ahead to their season openers. The women's team will play Myjava of the Slovak Republic at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday in Allen Field House. The men's team will have its home game against the California All-Stars at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
Kansas Volleyball
The volleyball team lost to Kansas State for the second time this season Friday night.
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Kansas Football
Monday
November 2,1998
Section:
B
Page 1
More action shots of the Sunflower Showdown plus the box score for Saturday's game.
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KANSAS 6. KANSAS STATE 54
Sunflower Shutdown
Wildcats pummel Jayhawks put Wegner out for season, possibly career
Offense struggles gains all-time low 44 yards in loss
By Jodi M. Smith
Kansan sportswriter
Wegner: Career could be over after second concussion.
The Kansas Jayhawk football team would probably like to.
Blame it on the rain.
On a slippery, slimy, wet and miserable afternoon Saturday, the fourthranked Kansas State Wildcats walked all over the Jawhaves, 54-6.
"We met a fine football team today, there's no question about it," coach Terry Allen said. "They had outstanding play and lots of talent. It was a long,
cold, wet after room.
Yes it was.
It was almost déla vu, as events were
But for a short time,
a tiny window of
opportunity appeared
to be opening.
Enneking also exited the game in the first quarter with a sprained ankle.
It was almost dea unfolding exactly as they had only a week before when Kansas pulled out an upset victory against Colorado.
During the second series of the game, Kansas defensive back Jamie Harris forced K-State quarterback Michael Bishop to fumble the ball on Kansas' one yard line. It prevented a Wildcat touchdown and it looked as if the Jay
And with Wegner out with a concussion for the second week in a row, there are doubts he will ever play again.
But this week, it wasn't meant to be.
"He's not in very good shape." Allen
said. "He cut his finger up and has sustained his second concussion, and I'll be surprised if he plays again this year.
"He's not in very good shape. He cut his finger up and has sustained his second concussion, and I'll be surprised if he plays again this year. He may be done-done."
He may be donedone."
Then, only seconds later, quarterback Zac Wegner left the game with a sliced finger and a concussion. Center Chris
hawks might have found the answer of how to stop K-State.
Wegner is a bit more optimistic.
"I have no concerns of my career," he said. "I get to play again next year. It is scary. I will be out for two weeks and then, hopefully, back for Iowa State. It is up to the doctors."
Wegner's concussion was not his most grisly injury. He cut the middle finger of his left hand.
But Alien and the team medical staff said Wegner was done for the season.
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Kansas State quarterback Michael Bishop holds off outside linebacker Tim Bowers. Bishop passed for 225 yards and a touchdown and also had two rushing touchdowns in Saturday's game. Photo by Dan Elavsky/KANSAN
K-State tandem too powerful for 'Hawks
Bv Brad Hallier
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas State's two marquee players were more than enough for the Kansas Jayhawks to handle in the Wildcats' 54-6 romp Saturday.
All American place kicker Martin Gramatica and quarterback Michael Bishop each had a stellar game.
Gramatica, winner of last year's Lou Groza award for the nation's top kicker, kicked four field goals, a Kansas
Bishop: Three two touchdowns in Saturday's game.
State record, and scored 18 points, another
record.
Bishop ran 13 times for 95 yards and two touchdowns. He also completed 16 of 26 passes for 225 yards and one touchdown.
Gramatica didn't blame the weather or the slippery surface for his two misses from 60 and 40 yards. He missed another from 41 yards, but a Kansas offside penalty gave him another chance from 36 yards, which he made.
The constant rain didn't make either of their jobs easy. Bishop fumbled twice at the Kansas 1-yard line on what appeared to be sure touchdowns. Gramatica missed two field goal attempts.
"You can't blame the weather," he said. "The one 40-yarder I missed, I just looked up too quick. It was a little windy, but not that bad. I'm just glad I could help the team win."
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said he thought there was little room for excuses.
"Martin was hitting at 60 yards before the game," he said. "If the snap and hold is good in any weather, he should make them."
"Obviously he is a good football player," Allen said. "He just made plays all day. I guess when the Purple Tide gets going, it pretty much is dominant."
Kansas coach Terry Allen talked about
Bishop on the game.
Bishop did have some problems during the game. With 10:52 remaining in the first quarter, Bishop carried the ball on fourth-and-one from the Kansas 39yard line.
Gramatica: Has 310 career points for Kansas State.
Kansas 32 yard line. He ran 31 yards, but cornerback Jamie Harris jarred the ball loose, and it bounced out of the end zone, giving the Javhawks a touchback.
"Michael needed to have two hands on the ball on that play," Snyder said. "Rain isn't a factor, only if the ball gets wet."
The Wildcats had the ball at the Kansas one-yard line. A mix-up on the snap resulted in another loose ball, and Bishop recovered it at the Kansas 28.
Bishop and Gramatica moved up school and conference statistic lists during the game. Bishop's l-yard touchdown pass to tight end Justin Swift put him in a second place tie with Lynn Dickey in career touchdown passes at K-State with 29. Chad May is the leader with 34.
Gramatica now has 310 career points, which is sixth on the all-time Big Eight conference scoring chart. Gramatica played in the conference for two years and is eligible for all records.
Kansas runner finishes fifth at Big 12 meet
By Matthew Friedrichs Kansan sports editor
Junior transfer Brian Jensen finished fifth at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
His finish was the best by a Kansas runner in more than 14 years and it helped the men's team finish sixth out of 12 teams.
Jensen said he tried to keep pace with eventual winner Adam Goucher of Colorado early in the race.
"I started out pretty fast and went with Goucher," Jensen said. "Nobody else tried, so I thought I would."
Unable to maintain Goucher's pace.
Jensen ran for two to three miles by himself before the other runners caught up with him.
"Then I tried to hang on," Jensen said.
Jensen's finish gives Kansas hope that at
least one Jayhawk runner will qualify for the NCAA Championships, which will be held at Rim Rock Farm, Kansas' home course north of Lawrence.
The Kansas women finished 12th out of 12 teams.
Colorado won the men's competition and Kansas State won the women's competition.
"He (Jensen) has paced our efforts all season," said Coach Gary Schwartz. "We were fortunate that Kevin (McGinn) and some of the other guys improved their times so Brian's efforts wouldn't be wasted. On the women's side, we've had a
The NCAA Midwest Regional will be Saturday, Nov. 14 in Wichita.
number of injuries that really hurt our finish. However, Diane (Heffernan) and Sara Brinkley really did a nice job for us today."
"We still have one more opportunity to qualify for nationals," Schwartz said. "We will take the next two
Jensen: Helped team finish sixth out of 12 teams.
weeks to prepare both physically and mentally to get ready for the regional meet."
The top two teams from the regional will qualify. The best third-place teams at various regionals also have a chance to qualify as a team. The top three runners not affiliated with a team qualify too.
Jensen is optimistic about his chances to qualify for the championships.
"It's going to be a good race," Jensen said.
Goucher will not be in Kansas' regional, but most of the runners Jensen competed with Saturday will be there.
"I'm hoping to finish top five again," he said.
Saturday, Kevin McGinn finished 23rd, and Andy Tate finished 41st.
Diane Heffernan was the top Jayhawk woman, finishing 46th. Sara Brinkley, who has led the team much of the season, finished 46th.
Kansas rowers lose battle to K-State, choppy conditions
The battle on the football field was not the only battle Kansas lost to in-state rival Kansas State Saturday.
By Matthew Friedrichs
Kansan sports editor
Cats adapt to conditions, sweep novice races to win
The K-State team won four of six races
at the Sunflower Showdown Regatta at
Clinton Lake Saturday and defeated the
Javhaws 14-11.
The novice Wildcat rowers appeared to adapt better to the rain, choppy water and cool weather than the Jayhawk novices.
- Kansas won two of the three varsity
  races but lost all three novice races.
war," said Kansas coach Rob Catloth.
Kristen Lonard, a sophomore rower in the Kansas Third Varsity Eight boat said the racing conditions were remarkably different than the previous weekend, when Kansas won the Head of the Iowa Regatta.
"We won the battle, but we lost the
"It was really cold and very wet," Lonard said. "You were drenched before you started."
The race course was marked by buoys from the Clinton Lake dam to the marina and
a strong tail wind pushed the racers and the water.
"The water, at times, was higher that the level of your oar," Lonard said.
one Kansas team stopped completely when one of the rows "caught a crab" meaning she couldn't get her oar out of the water and regain her stroke.
The choppy water made it difficult for the teams to catch the water cleanly, and
Nikia Rosenberger, Atchison senior and coxswain for the First Varsity Eight team that rowed the fastest time of the day, said her boat was focused throughout the race.
"It was very competitive coming off the line," she said.
And it was competitive throughout the race Kansas won by a boat length, which was the closest race of the day.
Despite winning the race, she said it was upsetting for the team to lose the regatta.
"We thought our team had more depth," Rosenberger said. "It's really disappointing to do your best and come up short."
SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN REGATTA RESULTS
Many of the novices were unused to racing against other teams. The fall competitions have been head races in which each team completes a course and the team with the best time wins.
Team Kansas State 14 Kansas 11
1. Kansas State 5:36.5 (5)
2. Kansas
First Varsity Eight
1. Kansas S. 16.2. 1 (B)
2. Kansas State
Second Varsity Eight
Third Varsity Eight
1. Kansas 5.56.4 {3}
2. Kansas State
First Novice Eight
1. Kansas State 6.05.3 {5}
2. Kansas
Lonard said the races Saturday were the first at high speed in difficult conditions for many of the novices.
But Catloth said that both teams raced on the same cold rainy course.
"The varsity eight was important for us
Second Novice Eight
1. Kansas State 6:34.4 (3)
2. Kansas
**Novice Four**
1. Kansas State 6:43.6 (1)
2. Kansas State
3. Kansas
Team points in parenthesis.
to win," Catloth said.
As for the movies, they're still learning.
"I'll be more interested in how it comes out in the spring for them," he said.
Kansas has its last fall practice on the water today before the team moves indoors and reduces practice hours for the rowing off-season.