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Last fall, a tryout basketball camp was held for the
Husker junior varsity team. Coach Al Nissen selecter1 13 of
the walk-ons. Since then, however, he has seen his squad
dwindle to four.
"Some of them didn't get to play," Nissen said,
explaining why some quit. Others quit, he raid, because the
six-days-a-week practices were interfering with their studies.
Although four players do not make a team, the junior
varsity always manages to take the floor with a full squad.
They do this with the help of about four varsity players
who are sent down for junior varsity games.
For example, freshmen Rick Seidel and Mark Enright
were sent down for the last game, and they led the team in
scoring with 21 points apiece.
Nissen said Varsity Coach Joe Cipriano decides the day
before the junior varsity games who will play from the
varsity. He basss his decisions on such things as "who needs
more work or who's out of shape," Nissen said.
Because of the mixture of varsity and junior varsity
players during games, they have had some problems
working together, he said. These problems have been
lessened since his team adopted the varsity's offensive
plays, he added.
Nissen said he has been pleased with the play of his
team. The Huskers have won ail four of their games; and
they travel to Platte College Thursday for their first away
game.
"We're really good shooters," he said. "We spend a lot of
time with that, because there's not much else you can do
with four guys."
The four surviving players are sophomore Stu Nelson
and freshmen Marty Ficken, Larry Heyen and Mark
Mazankowski.
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Husker defensive tackle
John Dutton was the fifth
player chosen in the National
Football League draft Tuesday.
He was picked in the first
round by the Baltimore Colts.
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UNL's cageri werf defeated
by the Oklahoma University
Sooners, 85-63, Monday night
at Norman. Cold shooting hurt
the Huskers. They made only
36 per cent of their shots,
compared with 56 per cent for
Oklahoma. Jerry Fort led
Husker scorers with 25 points,
and Ricky Marsh added 17.
Brendy Lee led Husker
rebounders with 10. :
Seven Husker trackmen
have been declared
scholastically ineligible.
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Included were two senior
lettermen, middle-distance man
Larry Climato and sprinter
Karl Webb. Others were
freshmen sprinters Ron
Hoagland, Cliff Wells and
Neville Plummer, freshman
shotputter Joe Kessell and
sophomore hurdler Scott
Beerman.
The UNL women's
swimming team travels to
Concordia State College for a
meet tonight at 7 p.m. Last
Saturday, the team defeated
Kearney State, 80-65. There,
the Huskers took first in 1 1 of
the 17 events. Ginny Kincade
won the 1 -meter and 3-meter
diving events. Ruth Spencer
was the leading point-winner in
swimming events.
The UNL Rugby Club will
hold a meeting in the
northwest corner of the
Nebraska Union lounge
Thursday at 7 p.m. Anyone
interested in rugby is welcome
to attend. For further
information contact Tim Divis,
489-2790.
The Recreation Dept. is
offering two furniture repairing
and refinishing classes. The
first will begin Monday and
continue through May 3. The
two sessions are Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and
Tuesday and Thursday from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $10. For
more information contact the
Recreation Dept., 472-3467.
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Macaluso, 3-1, in the
190-pound class. Macaluso was
runner-up in the conference
meet last year. The other
Husker points came when Gary
Harnisch drew in the
126-pound match.
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All-native gymnasts
unique UNL squad
As athletic teams go at UNL, Coach Francis Allen's
gymnastics squad may be the most uniaue.
What makes this team different isn't the sport, but the fact
that alfteam members are Nebraska natives.
There are several reasons for this. According to Alien, "Five
years ago I didn't have the money to go out and buy a lot of
gymnasts."
Without the money to recruit out of state, Allen said, he went
after athletes from Nebraska and started training them on what
he termed "a long, extensive program."
Now he says he doesn't need to go out of state to recruit
gymnasts. "We're getting to the caliber where we're beginning to
be in national contention, maybe next year," he said. "In the
future, if Nebraska can't supply me with lite gymnasts I need, I
may go elsewhere to get them," he added
Promoting gymnastics in Nebraska is something Allen has
done to increase the quality of the Nebraska gymnast. Since
taking the reins five years ago, Allen has started gymnastic
programs in junior highs and he conducts a summer clinic for
youths that haven't reached their senior year in high school
National Collegiate Athletic Assoc. rules prohibit work with
athletes in their senior year of high school eligibility).
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"We've perpetuated the high school program in Nebraska,"
said Allen. "It was going pretty strong before, but we give them a
place to go before they get to high school, then they're on their
own." ,
"Coach Allen lets the kid be interested," said Gary Duff, a
sophomore from Omaha. "He just doesn't kick little kids out He
really helps them to think ahead, so I think they look forward to
coming here."
Everybody being from Nebraska has helped the team's season
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One aspect is unity. Freshman Kurt Mackie explained, Being
we're all from around the area (Lincoln and Omaha), we're all
pretty close and have been working together for years."
The close proximity makes it easier for the team to practice in
the off-season. Jim Unger, junior co-captain, said, "We can all go
home for vacation and still come back twice or three times a
week to practice." This enables the team to keep in shape, keeps
them close year-round and enables them to function as a team in
a sport that involves much individual effort.
Fan enthusiasm also has stepped up because the team
members are all Nebra&Kans. Proof? Henzlik Hall was filled to
near capacity at Saturday's home meet with Colorado. In
addition, a UNL booster club has been organized by fans.
One final point in which Husker fans can take pride is the rise
of the UNL gymnastics program from near the bottom of the
conference five years ago to the runner-up spot it captured in last
season's Big 8 tourney.
This rise in stature Is largely because of the dedication and
hard work of the gymnasts. But much praise should be given to
Allen, who built this program not only by making the most out
of what he had, but by showing foresight in building the sport
statewide, encouraging it at all levels.
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Wednesday, january 30, 1974
