THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 11A
SPORTS
TRACK
Track team hurdles to eighth place in ranking
The Kansas men's track and field team is ranked eighth in the country on the trackwire. com Web site.
Kansas was number 15 last week.The Trackwire ranking projects the Top 25 teams in the nation and how they will do in the NCAA Indoor Championships, held on March 10 and 11.
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The men's and women's teams will participate in the ISU Classic in Ames, Iowa, and the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend.
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Former Rams coach heads to Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions hired Mike Martz after all.
The former Rams coach became Lions offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Wednesday, a week after he turned down the job for financial reasons.
Martz interviewed with new coach Rod Marinelli and team president Matt Millen nine days ago, but said last Thursday he wasn't taking the job because, "It just didn't work out with the money."
Contract terms weren't disclosed.
The Rams fired Martz on Jan.
2, the day after St. Louis finished 6-10. He sat out the last 11 games recovering from endocarditis, a bacterial infection of a heart valve, but has been cleared to return to coaching.
Martz led St. Louis to the playoffs in four of his five full seasons, including a Super Bowl after the 2001 season, and helped the franchise win the 2000 Super Bowl as offensive coordinator.
The Rams went 51-29 in the regular season and 54-33 overall during his five full seasons as head coach.
The Associated Press
INTRAMURALS
'2 Good' is just good enough
BY HEATHER RIFEL
hrrief@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
Cody Cansler, Shawnee freshman, drives the ball down the court during an intramural game Tuesday evening at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Cansler, a guard for 2 Good 4 a Name, had several assists during the game in which his team defeated the Title IX All-Stars.
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
The game got off to a sloppy start, but 2 Good 4 a Name collected its cosposure and proved to be too good for Title IX All-Stars, winning 49-21 Tuesday night at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
Poor shooting and mental errors hurt both teams in the beginning, but 2 Good 4 a Name was able to overcome the problems. The game was played at an aggressive pace.
2 Good 4 a Name was led offensively in the first half by Melissa Casto, Leavenworth freshman, Janessa Gerber, Garden Plain freshman and Brandon Bernard, Overland Park freshman. 2 Good 4 a Name's cohesiveness was evident throughout, especially when Cody Cansler, Shawnee freshman, stole the ball and passed it to Casto for an easy lav-up in the first half.
Clark Kebodeaux, Olathe sophomore, was the leader both offensively and defensively for Title IX All-Stars, but his team could not overcome a 27-9 halftime deficit.
The second half was dominated by Cansler, who led his team in scoring and steals. Cansler said after the game that he was just happy to come away with the victory.
"Our team played tough, and
we hustled in order to get the win." Cansler said.
On the other side of the ball, the Title IX All-Stars players said they didn't capitalize on opportunities that could have had them on the winning end.
team had killed us and the fact that we didn't make our shots," Kebodeaux said.
"The number of turnovers our
Kebodeaux said he thought that his team would play better once it played more games together.
Edited by Timon Veach
INTRAMURALS
Fists of Fury burn to victory
BY CAKE KEFFER
cekeer@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
victory against Kappa Sigma.
Tuesday night's intramural basketball game between Kappa Sigma and Fists of Fury began and ended the same way — with fire from Fists of Fury.
Kappa Sigma center Brandt Pyle, Halstead junior, and his teammates fought back by grinding out points in the paint and refusing to give up the ball.
Within the first two minutes, Fists of Fury point guard Jake Stover, Buhler junior, made two three-point shots sparking an early 15-point lead and an eventual 61-58
Pyle scored 20 points in 15 minutes during the first half, which narrowed Fists of Fu's lead to 35-29 at the half.
In the second half, the Fists of Fury tried to shut down Pyle, but the extra attention didn't phase him.
Pyle scored 30 points during the game.
"I really didn't think about it," Pyle said. "I just did what needed to be done."
At the 6-minute mark, Pyle brought Kappa Sigma back into the game with a three-point play that tied the game at 53 points.
A hard-fought lay-up from Stover rekindled the Fists of Fury's momentum and secured the team's victory.
Edited by Cynthia Hernandez
NFL
Michaels goes to NBC for football broadcast
Al Michael's appears headed to NBC after ESPN hired former quarterback Joe Theismann, Washington Post columnistTony Kornheiser and Mike Tirico as its Monday night broadcast crew.
Michaels had been with ABC since 1976 and had been the play-by-play voice of "Monday Night Football" since 1986, when he replaced Frank Gifford.
NBC takes over Sunday night games next season from ESPN. John Madden.
The Associated Press
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
+ Men's golf at Hawaii-Hilo all day, Walkoloa, Hawaii
TODAY
FRIDAY
♦ Softball vs. Florida, Wilson/DaMarini Tournament, 10 a.m., Houston
+ Softball vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Wilson/De-Marini Tournament, 2 p.m., Houston
Baseball at Stanford, 7 p.m.,
Palo Alto, Calif.
Player to w a t c h :
Jared Schweitzer. the senior first baseman went 5-of-7 with two RBI last Saturday against Hawaii-1.
Track, Tyson Invitational, all day. Favetteville, Ark.
Track, ISU Classic, all day,
Ames, Iowa
+ Men's golf at Hawaii-Hilo,
all day, Waikoloa, Hawaii
SATURDAY
♦ Softball vs. Texas A&M-
Corpus Christi, Wilson/De-
Marini Tournament, 6 p.m.
Houston
Softball vs. Houston, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament, 4 p.m., Houston
Men's basketball vs. Iowa State, 3 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
+ Women's basketball at Missouri, 3 p.m., Columbia, Mo.
Baseball at Stanford, 3
p. m., Palo Alto, Calif.
Track, ISU Classic, all day, Ames, Iowa
Track, Tyson Invitational, all day, Fayetteville, Ark.
Softball vs. Oregon, Wilson/DeMarin'Tournament, 10 a.m., Houston
SUNDAY
ment, 10 a.m., Houston
♦ Baseball at Stanford, 1
p.m., Palo Alto, Calif.
IS YOUR HIGH SCHOOL LISTED BELOW?
57th Annual
Principal-Counselor-Student Conference
Wennesday, February 15, 2006
Kansas Union Ballroom
Student Conferences
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Your high school counselor needs you! Please stop by and visit with a representative from your high school any time between 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. This is your opportunity to share your KU experiences and transitions from high school to KU with a representative from your high school Kansas High Schools
Abilene
Atchison County Community
Bishop Seabury Academy
Chaparral
Cheney
DeSoto
Downs
El Dorado
Eureka
Haven
Hiawatha
Holton
Jefferson County North
Jefferson West
Lakeside
Lawrence
Maize
Olathe East
Olathe North
Olathe Northwest
Olathe South
Osage City
Osawatomie
Piper
Pleasant Ridge
Rossville
Royal Valley
Scott Community
Shawnee Heights
St. John's
St. Mary's
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas More Prep-Marian
Ulysses
Valley Falls
Waconda East
Wellsville
West Smith County
Out of State Schools Lee's Summit Notre Dame de Sion Rockhurst St. Teresa's Academy
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