Wednesday, October 27, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Pain sidelines Axtell during practices
B Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
Kansas forward Luke Axtell, who broke a bone in his nonshooting hand Saturday at practice, has had the injury reexamined and is on track with the originally diagnosed recovery time of two weeks.
Axtell, who injured the hand during a team drill, said that the injury was just one of those things and that he was not going to let it get him down.
"I'm doing all right." Axtell said with his hand slightly bandaged. "It was just a freak accident, there's nothing I can really do about it."
And do nothing he has. Axtell
said that the pain had been so severe that in practice all he
able to do was watch.
Despite not being able to run, shoot or play,
Axtell said that he had be e n watching intently while trying to pick up on what K ans s
Axell: is out for two weeks with a broken bone in his hand
coach Roy Williams was teaching.
Axtell's injury occurred when the team was practicing a play. The play is designed, so that two of the guards on the floor cross on the baseline and fade to each wing. As Axtell came across the middle, he and the other guard, Marlon London, got tangled up, and Axtell's hand got pinched between their chests.
"It's a lot harder to pick up when you're not out there doing it," he said.
"We were just running a play," Axtell said. "There wasn't even any defense out there. Sometimes it's just something that is painful for a while and then goes away, but when I got to the x-ray room, I knew it was broken."
Axtell immediately realized
"I thought to myself, what the heck," Axtell said. "First I had to sit out a year last year and now maybe more. I began wondering if I was ever going to play for this school."
the injury's potential.
Williams also said that Axell's practice capabilities had been limited to standing.
Williams said that the time would come for Axtell to play, but for now both were just waiting until the pain went away, and he could start to move his hand.
"Today, he shot some one-handed shots, but we just have to wait until he stops having pain," Williams said. "Of all the players on our team, he's the one who could least afford to
have this happen, because now he's got to do so much conditioning to catch up."
Axtell doesn't think he'll be too far behind.
Axtell will begin running again on Thursday. He said that the pain had gotten less and less severe each day. On Monday he could barely shake it, but yesterday he said he thought it was doing a lot better.
"I shouldn't be too far behind, he said. "There's no telling. You use your hands for so much in basketball — I just hope I don't reinjure it."
Axtell will play in Kansas' preseason games, but will be ready to play when the regular season opens at home against Fairfield on Nov. 19.
- Edited by Jamie Knodel
Three Big 12 rivals ranked
Wildcats, 'Huskers, Aggies shoot for bid at bowl games
by Michael Rigg
sports@kanson.com
Kansan sportswriter
According to the first Bowl Championship Series rankings of the season, three Big 12 Conference teams officially can be considered among the nation's elite.
Kansas State, Nebraska and Texas are all sitting among the top teams in the nation.
The poll, which was announced late Monday night, has the Wildcats at No. 5 in the rankings, the Cornhuskers checking in at No. 7., and Texas ranked No. 10. The rankings take such factors as overall record, where the respective teams stand in both the Associated Press and Coaches' poll, and strength of schedule to determine the nation's top teams by using a computer formula.
The top two teams in the rankings will play for the national championship in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 4.
If the winner of the Big 12 does not play in the Sugar Bowl, that team will travel to Tempe, Ariz., to play in the Fiesta Bowl.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Coming into last Saturday's game against then No. 10 Texas A&M, many Sooner fans wanted Oklahoma to put up a strong showing against the Aggies. Some even thought the unranked Sooners could pull off an upset.
But that's exactly what the Sooners did to Texas A&M in handing the Aggies their worst loss since 1901. Oklahoma completely dominated the Aggies 51-6, out-gaining them by 322 yards and turning the contest into an offensive shootout between Sooner quarterback Josh Heupel and Texas A&M gunslinger Randy McCown. Aggie coach R.C. Slocum, who stated in the week prior to the game that
his team could not match up with the offensive forces of the Sooners, was not happy following the loss. "It really wasn't a shootout
we got shot, said Slocum, who was denied his 100th career victory.
"With the circumstance of playing here, them having an extra week to prepare for us, I knew that we would have to play well and really play
better than we've been playing to win this game and we obviously didn't do that."
Oklahoma, which plays Colorado on Saturday, moved into No. 24 in the AP poll. Texas A&M plummeted to No. 22.
Texas
If you ask Texas coach Mack Brown, Saturday's 24-20 win against Nebraska was the first game of the rest of the Longhorns' season.
"After seven weeks,
we asked our guys to start over." Brown said.
"We are now 10 in our new season,
and the worst thing
and the worst thing we can do is start looking down the road."
Still, Brown admits how tough it will be for his team not to look past Saturday's game against Iowa State and toward the rest of Texas' schedule.
"To be as inexperienced as we are and look ahead would be a critical error." Brown said. "It is easy to do after a big win, and our team has played much better after losses than after wins this year."
The Longhorns still have to battle in-state rivals Texas Tech and Texas A&M and — if the Longhorns' cards fall right — possibly Nebraska or Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game in San Antonio on Dec. 4.
- Edited by Julia Nicholson
Three athletes honored for giving a little back
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportswitter
Three Kansas student-atletes have been recognized as community champions.
Seniors Cynthia Dahle of the soccer team, Amanda Reves of the volleyball team and Risa Petty of the rowing team have excelled in the classroom and have been named Jayhawk Scholars. That accomplishment, along with community volunteer work, have helped all three become Bank of America Community Champions. Each is now a finalist for the Big 12 Community Champion of the Year award.
All three are social welfare maiors.
"This program recognizes student-athletes for an effort that many times goes unnoticed, being a good student and giving back to the community," said Pat Michaelis, Bank of America senior vice president. "Community involvement is important to us at Bank of America and we are proud to recognize these athletes who are champions on the field and in their communities."
Dahle spent last March working with Americorps in Philadelphia, volunteering in elementary schools. She also has coached youth soccer teams and volunteered at the Hilltop Child Development Center in Lawrence. She said community involvement was very important to her.
Reves spent last March helping inner-city kids in Detroit. In addition, she has worked with Lawrence and Denver Boys and Girls Clubs and many
other local community service organizations.
"I like to give back because I've been so blessed in my life and I also enjoy doing it because I can see how I've made a difference in other people's lives," Dahle said.
pretty has been a playground supervisor in Lawrence for two summers and worked for the Meals on Wheels program. She also has volunteered at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Adopt-A-Family and she helped with a Catholic youth organization.
"It's definitely something I wanted to be recognized for." Petty said. "It's nice to get a specialized honor for things I do outside of rowing."
Each school in the Big 12 Conference had three nominees for the Champion of the Year award, and each school will receive $3000 from Bank of America towards the schools' scholarship funds.
Edited by Matt James
Penalty at regatta bumps Jayhawks from eighth place
By Shawn Linenberger
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportswriter
Kansas' second varsity-boat finished the Club Eight Division at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston Saturday in a big way.
River Star boat dock. (A) But Kansas was given a one-minute penalty for colliding with or failing to yield to another boat. The two bridges mark the sharpest turns of the 3.25 mile race.
Of so inexperienced, the thawed页面 to the direction of coxswain Jennifer Page, finished their race in eight place with a time of 1904.76, 44 seconds behind the race champion, Riverside Boat Club (Mass.).
Members of the second-varsity boat said their boat never collided with any boats.
"Sometimes you can get penalized if you don't yield to someone else," said assistant coach Jennifer Adams, "But at Boston it's so congested that they usually don't penalize you unless there's a collision."
The ruling plummeted the "Hawks to 38th in a field of 73 boats. The team is appealing the infraction. The
Jayhawks will not know the actual decision for two weeks because it wasn't considered priority since the team would not have received a medal.
It's a priority to the Jayhawks, though. Teams coming within 5 percentage points of the champion boat earns an automatic bid to next year's Head of the Charles. Percentage points behind the first-place team are determined by subtracting the first-place team's time from the lesser placed team's time. The difference is divided into first-place team's time to decide how many percentage points separate the two teams.
Without the penalty, Kansas was about 4.6 percentage points behind the leader, which would have given the Jahayhaw an automatic bid next year. The automatic bid would have allowed two more boats from Kansas to be entered in the random picking of remaining boats. Teams further than five percentage points behind this year's winner will be in the lottery for next year's remaining positions.
Page doesn't care whether the judge's decision will stand.
say.
"We know that we raced well and came in eighth and that's all that matters," she said.
The Jayhawks were excited about the second-varsity's initial finish, considering Page was coxing, or navigating, her first Head of the Charles Regatta, a race that's known as a "coxswain's race" because of the numerous turns and bridges the coxswain must navigate through and under.
Page attributed her success to first-varsity coxswain Nikia Rosenberger, who showed Page a navigation and safety video about the race.
**Vice versa about the Hate** Nikia showing us the video was the most beneficial thing." Page said. "Nikia showed me how to approach turns and bridges."
During practice last Friday in Boston, Page also said Rosenberger showed her what other coxswains were doing and what their points were. Points are focal spots coxswains constantly maintain downstream to stay on the best course for upcoming turns and bridges
Kansas' next action will be this Sunday at the Head of the Iowa Regatta in Iowa City, Iowa.
- Edited by Brad Hallier
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