Mondav. April 17, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
Quarterback Page leads blue squad to victory
by Scott Achelpohl
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas tailback Frank Hatchett sprints past the reaching arms of linebacker Cavan Howard.
Kansas reserve quarterback Ron Page was the unlikely hero for the White team against the Blue squad in the Kansas football team's annual spring game on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
The run sealed the 14-9 victory for the Blue squad.
However, junior tailback Frank Hatchette was the Blue team's saving grace, scoring the winning touchdown on a 24-yard run at the 3:02 mark of the fourth quarter, capping a 33-yard drive.
The Blue team consisted nearly entirely of first-string players, and the White team included the rest of the approximately 75-man roster. The game lasted 48 minutes instead of the customary 60 because of the low number of players.
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The touchdown, at the 7:21 mark of the third quarter, culminated a 35-yard drive and was Page's biggest play of the afternoon.
His effort overshadowed the performance of starting Blue team quarterback Kelly Donohoe, who played in his last spring game as a Jayhawk.
After a shaky start, Page, a redshirt freshman, completed nine of 15 pass attempts for 112 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Sullman.
Although Donoho outpassed
Page, completing 13 of 21 passes
for 132 yards, he threw three
interceptions, two in the third
quarter and one in the fourth.
Donoho did not pass for a
touchdown in the game.
The game's first score occurred on a one-yard run by Blue fullback Maurice Hooks at the 9:12 mark of the first quarter. The play finished a 70-yard drive that took seven plays in 2:48. Alex Chaffetz's extra point made the score 7-0.
The White team countered with a 19-yard field goal by senior place kicker Brad Fleeman at the 3:11 mark of the first quarter. The score remained 7-3 until halfway through the third quarter.
In the third quarter, Page's scoring pass to Stallman made the score 9-7.
But Hatchett's fourth quarter touchdown ended the White team's upset bid and scaled the victory for the Blue squad.
White team running back Maurice Douglas said the team executed well, despite the defeat.
"I think we just did a good job on the offensive side of the ball," Douglas said. "Ron (Page) had a great game, and the offensive line blocked well. Everybody just executed well."
Douglas led all rushers with 87 yards on 20 carries. He was named the game's most valuable player on offense.
Hatchett finished with 77 yards on 11 carries and one touchdown. He also caught three passes for 20 vards.
Blue team starting running back Tony Sandis ran for 59 yards on 11 carries. He also caught one pass for seven yards.
team ended drives and made the game closer than expected.
Blue team center Chip Budde said that a few mistakes by the Blue
"Those mistakes have tended to happen to us in the past," Budde said. "We thought we had them sorted out. We expected to play a little better and control the game a little bit more than we did. Stuff like what happened today comes from
lack of concentration."
Blue team strong safety Deral Boykin said the队 lacked enthusiasm until the second quarter when it had to execute to stop a surge by the White team.
Boykin intercepted Page twice in the fourth quarter, helping to seal the victory. He was named the
game's most valuable defensive player.
"As a whole, the defense wasn't enthusiastic at all," Boykin said. "We just expected to win until the second quarter, and then we had to play."
He said the Blue team's defense was caught off guard by Page's play.
"He had a real turnaround today," Boykin said. "In practice, he was not a threat at all."
Boykin said the team would learn an important lesson from the game.
"We learned that we can't take anybody for granted," he said.
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Breakaway
Bill Kirkelle, Lake Forest, Ill., junior, broke a tackle and looked to lateral in the Kansas-Oklahoma rugby game yesterday. Oklahoma defeated Kansas 6-4 in the third-place game of the Steininger/Western Rugby Football Union Collegiate Championship last weekend at Shenk Complex.
KU crew wins 16 medals in 28-team Topeka regatta
by Beth Behrens Kansan sportswriter
The KU Crew Club rowed its way to 16 medals during the weekend, including seven golds, at the President's Regatta at Lake Shawnee in Topocha.
The President's Regatta is one of the largest regattas in the Midwest. Kansas was one of 28 clubs competing.
One of the Kansas golds was the result of an upset in the men's open eight 2000-meter race. Coach Dan Jewett said the Kansas boat took first with its lightweight rowers, beating Kansas State, Wichita State and Minnesota.
The lightweight division for men is comprised of men weighing less than 160 pounds each, and the lightweight division for women is comprised of women weighing less than 130 pounds. Another division is made between novices (first year rowers) and varsity members (those who have rowed more than one year).
In the event men's open eight 2000, eight refers to the number of people in the boat, and 2000 meters is the length of the race.
An open race means everyone is eligible to participate in the event without restrictions. Restrictions that could be placed on races include collegiate standing, class rank and weight divisions. Generally, heavyweight crews are chosen to participate in open events.
"Our varsity men's heavyweight is essentially nonexistent," Jewett said. "We had one heat of variety heaviesweights last year and they showed some speed, but for some reason or another, those guys just were too aggressive, so he had to take up a lot of stack for the heavyweight squad.
"The men's open eight was an incredible race. I told them that if we
were going to win this race, they'd have to get off the line and get in front at the start and just stay there, and that's exactly what they did. They did everything I asked them to do, and it worked. There were a lot of surprised people standing on the shore when they won the race, and I was one of them."
The men also took first in the open lightweight eight 2000, novice four 2000, and open lightweight eight 400. The men took second in the novice eight 2000, novice lightweight four 400, novice lightweight four 2000 and novice lightweight eight 2000.
Men's team captain Wes Cocchan said the men did well overall, but the competition would only be tougher from this point on.
"The varsity men in both lightweight and heavyweight events, but they were actually lightweights," Cochran said. "The varsity crew will only be racing in lightweight events from now on. (Kansas) is recognized nationally as a good crew from the Midwest, but in the East where they have had crews for the past 100 years or so, we aren't ranked as high."
Kansas women took first in the women's open eight 2000, a race which Jewett said gave the women more confidence for beating Wisconsin next month. Although Wisconsin was not in the race this weekend, Jewett said the comparisons he made with the races Wisconsin had with Minnesota showed the women could have a chance to win the same event in the Dad Vail Regatta on May 12 in Philadelphia.
Wisconsin won the Dad Vail last year with overall point totals. This year, Kansas will be taking its best rowers to the regatta to race in what Jewett said was considered one of the premier collegiate regattas in the country.
A full length of open water means Kansas crossed the finish line a boat length ahead of Minnesota. The boats, which seat eight people, are 60 feet long.
"We didn't know how fast Minnesota was, but we were pretty sure we could race them," Jewett said. "The fact that we beat them wasn't too much of a surprise, but the fact that we beat them by as much as we did gave us more confidence about facing Wisconsin. We beat them by a full length of open water, meaning that we're in pretty good shape."
Jewett said the Kansas women were able to match up with other teams in strength but were lacking in experience because most of the women were novices last year.
Chicago senior Sarah Morrison, women's club captain and one of the women in the open eight event, said she didn't believe the Jayhaws lack of experience would have much effect on the race in the upcoming regattas.
"The girls in the boat are all pretty big," Morrison said. "Two of them are fourth year rowers. It would be nice if the novices had more experience behind them than they do, but they have had some relegation." The novices are mentally strong and have the killer instinct for winning."
The other events in which Kansas women took gold medals were the open eight 400 and the novice eight 2000.
Women took second in the open four 2000, open lightweight eight 400 and the novice eight 2000.
Jewett said the club members would be spending the next two weeks racing against each other to win seats for the next two regattas. The next regatta Kansas will attend is the Midwest Championships on April 29 in Madison, Wis.
Kansas men's and women's tennis teams win Big 8 matches
by Laurie Whitter
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's tennis teams each won another Big Eight Conference match yesterday, defeating Colorado 9-0 and 5-4, respectively.
the men's team, 8-18, has a 3-1 Big Eight record after losing to Oklahoma State and defeating
Oklahoma and Missouri last week. The women's team, 14-10, has a 2-2 conference record after losing to Oklahoma State and Oklahoma and defeating Missouri last week.
Kansas women's coach Eric Hayes said the Buffalores were a good match for the Jayhawks and a solid team that excelled in doubles.
"This team was strong, but we
had what it took to beat them," Hayes said. "We're still having a little trouble executing our doubles, and that was Colorado's strength today. They moved more than we did on the court. That's something we're going to work on in practice."
Hayes said that freshmen Eveline Hamers, Recie N rainychaudhuri and Elba Pinero played aggressive singles matches even though the
score often was close.
Hamers, who is ranked 25th nationally, remained undefeated in Big Eight No. 1 singles as she won her match against Colorado's Karen Myers, who was ranked 35th earlier in the year, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.
"Eveline played a really good match. It was a tough three-setter, but she managed to pull it out," Hayes said.
"I was proud of how Renee played in both singles and doubles. She set the tone of each match from the beginning." Haves said.
Pinero won her No. 4 match against Birgit Fink-Jensen 7-5, 7-6, and No. 5 player Raychaudhuri defeated Patricia Burbridge 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles, Raychaudhuri and sophomore Mindy Pelz defeated
No. 2 duo Fink-Jensen and Sonja Panajotovic 6-0, 6-4.
In men's action, junior Craig Wildey defeated Colorado No. 1 player James Johnson in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Wildey has played No. 1 for Kansas since John Falbo's back injury last weekend.
In No. 2 singles, Kansas sophomore Jeff Gross defecated Torin Schultz 7-6, 6-0.