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HOCKEY
Hockey Club works on team unity
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER
bschuster@kansan.com
Whether on prime time television or a Friday afternoon, football is always an acceptable occasion for a mass gathering. The KU Hockey Club couldn't agree more.
While Turner Gill was busy trying to orchestrate a comeback against Southern Mississippi he, and the rest of the football team, were unknowing participants in an event planned to bring another team closer together.
Last Friday night, the hockey team piled into the corner area of the 23rd Street Brewery and
watched the football game, shared stories and made new memories throughout the game.
The get-together was part of an effort to bring the team closer as a unit. With plenty of new freshman joining, the team looked to establish an off-ice relationship between the returning veterans and the rookies.
It was the first time the team had ever organized an off-ice get-together and it appeared as though there would be more. The mood was light and carefree, and except for the football game, the night was a success in the eyes of the team.
It wasn't the normal lunchroom
setting with the youngsters sitting by themselves; the veterans quickly spread out and spent time with their new teammates.
With four games behind them the team had more than enough to get the conversation flowing.
Grant Worden, alternate captain and veteran defenseman, was looking for the night to be a success.
"Usually our get-togethers are unorganized. If things go well we might try and get some more of these set up," Worden said.
With a grueling season schedule already in progress the team takes pleasure in off-ice activities. Practice twice during the week,
and games on weekends take up the majority of the time the team has together. Team bonding activities are a fresh way to get the team together without the stress of the season to worry about.
"The more we get together outside of hockey the better we will be as a team." Worden said.
With tough games coming up, including two games against Mizzou, the team wants to create as much chemistry as possible. Watching football, it seems, is the way to do it.
— Edited by Anna Nordling
Espinosa and Morse help Nationals win
MLB
WASHINGTON Danny Espinosa hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning and a triple, and Michael Morse added a solo shot, helping the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Wednesday night before a crowd of 12,213.
September call-up Espinosas fifth homer barely cleared the out-of-town scoreboard in right field off the second pitch from reliever Jeff Fulchino (2-1). Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez walked Justin Maxwell leading off the inning.
Espinosa scored Washington's first run of the game after tripling in the third, coming home on lan Desmond's infield single. Morse's 12th homer came on Rodriguez's first pitch of the fourth.
Tyler Clippard (11-6) earned the win despite allowing two inherited runners to score in the seventh.
Nationalists starter Jason Marquis pitched into the seventh, allowing seven hits and two runs. He's allowed two or fewer earned runs in five of his last seven starts, showing signs of coming back after having right elbow surgery in May.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Rodgers brothers are an asset to Oregon State
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BOISE, Idaho — More often than not, an Oregon State offensive play ends with the ball in the hands of a Rodgers.
James, a senior wide receiver, and Jacquizz, a junior tailback, are brothers from Richmond, Texas. They have combined to produce more than 60 percent of the Beavers' offense this year — and James is responsible for nearly all of their kick-return vards.
Stopping the diminutive but elusive brothers will be the overwhelming key for the Boise State defense in Saturday's showdown between the No. 3 Broncos and No. 24 Beavers at Bronco Stadium (6:12 p.m. MDT, ABC).
"You just look at their stats every game and you can tell how we've done." Oregon State coach Mike Rilev said.
In the opening loss to TCU,the brothers combined for 285 all-purpose yards.
In last week's defeat of Louisville, they combined for 397 yards.
. They don't usually have to wait long.
"Both of us love having the ball in our hands," Jacquizz said. "We just try to make plays when we get a chance."
Jacquizet gets about 20 carries a game and caught 78 passes last year. He has 3,691 yards from
scrimmage and 38 touchdowns in 26 college games. He became the only freshman ever named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in 2008, when he carried 37 times in the Beavers' upset of No. 1 USC.
"He has as much agility as any player I've ever seen," Boise State coach Chris Petersen said. "He can stop and start on a dime. . . If it's clogged up, that's almost to his advantage."
James touched the ball about 10 times a game on offense last year, including 91 catches. He also gets the ball on fly sweeps from the wide receiver position and occasionally as a tailback in a two-Rodgers backfield.
He also is a dangerous return man. He leads the nation in all-purpose yards (226.5 per game) and ranks in the top 20 in punt returns (14.0) and kickoff returns (30.1).
He has 25 touchdowns in 40 college games.
"(James) is a threat to go the distance at any time," Boise State special teams coach Jeff Choate said. "He's as good a combo return guy as there in the country. It's very rare to find a guy who has the knack and the skillset to be good at both."
So hard to find, in fact, that James was barely recruited - despite playing his high school football in intensely scouted Texas.
A friend called Riley in January 2007 to recommend James. Signing day was about a month away.
James (5-foot-7, 188 pounds) visited and committed.
Jacquizz (5-7, 191), a year behind him and holding eight offers but none to the elite programs in the Texas area, only visited one school
Oregon State.
"That one phone call really impacted our lives," Riley said. "James is one of the great all-purpose players in America and Quizz is one of the best all-around running backs in America. Besides that, they have really impacted our team with who they are as people."
The Broncos hope to prevent them from impacting Saturday's game. Tackling will be crucial — and Boise State has done a solid job in that area so far this year.
"They are two very dynamic individuals," defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski said. "... They're fast and quick and very athletic, but they are also strong. They have great balance. You don't see them go down very many times from an arm tackle."
Some of that is athleticism.
Some of it is attitude.
"Tremendous desire to win," Riley said. "Their competitive edge is out of the roof."
lacquizz, for example, rushed for 132 yards last week against Louisville to break a three-game
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Texas Christian Stansly Maponga (90) grabs the leg of Oregon State Jacquit Rodgers (1) during the second half of play at CowboyBases in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, September 4, 2010.
drought between 100-yard games.
drought between 100-yard games. He was still frustrated after the game — a 35-28 win.
"it's a win," he said, "but me, I'm not satisfied."
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
North Carolina players serve will serve suspensions
RALEIGH, N.C. — The NCAA will require University of North Carolina starting defensive backs Kendric Burney and Deunta Williams to repay benefits and serve suspensions, the school announced Wednesday.
Burney must sit out six games and Williams four games after being ruled in violation of NCAA agent benefits and preferential treatment rules, according to a school news release.
North Carolina will appeal the length of the suspensions.
The violations occurred when Burney took trips to Atlanta, Las Vegas and California and Williams made two trips to California. Although both players paid for part of their travel expenses, the NCAA has ruled that there are still benefits they must repay.
Burney received $1,333 in benefits and must repay $575.19 to a charity of his choice in order to regain eligibility, while Williams received $1,426 in benefits and must repay $450.67 to charity.
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