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Small shot putter
topples Goliaths
Freshman Debbie Raddatz has a David and Goliath act
going as a shotputter for the UNL women's track team.
Every week, the 5 ft. 4 in., 140 lb. Raddatz competes
against bigger women, yet she has placed in the top three
in all four UNL meets. Last week, she hurled the shot put
40 foot IV inches against Kearney State College to sur
pass the 40-foot qualifying mark for the May 13 through
15 national meet. She is the first Husker to qualify.
"Sometimes when I get up against gigantic people, I
have a tendency to go, 'Oh, no,'" she said. "I'm pretty
little for a shotputter, so I try to make up with speed."
Raddatz, a physical education major, won the state
Qass A shot put title last year as a senior at Lincoln
Northeast High School. She, said she first became interes
ted in track, and the shot put in particular, in junior high
school.
"That was the only thing I could compete in," she said.
"I wasn't any good in running."
One of the adjustments she has had to make from high
school is competing with a larger shot. The high school
shot is eight pounds; the college shot is a pound heavier.
"It throws my balance off just a little," she said. "My
biggest problem is I never get my leg underneath me."
She said she also is bothered by a lack of knowledge
of her competitors.
"You don't have an idea of how far your competitor
is throwing," she said. "It's kind of scary-I like to know
what I have to shoot for."
The Huskers have a final tuneup Saturday at the Uni
versity of Nebraska at Omaha for the Big 8 Conference
meet the following weekend. Raddatz said she is shooting
for a finish in the top three at the conference meet and
that the winner probably will need a 43-foot effort.
In the outdoor season, she said that in addition to the
shot, she will try the javelin and possibly the discus.
According to coach Roger Capan, there now are only
16 on the first-year women's team. That lack of depth was
apparent in the Huskers' 79-12 loss to Kearney State,
which has had a team for several years. Raddatz said such
established teams are able to attract better athletes.
"We don't have a lot of depth; that's the biggest
problem," she said, "but eventually well be up there.
By Jim Hunt
Just as preparation is important for every basketball
game, scouting the opponent is an important part of that
preparation.
Scouting duties on UNL's basketball team are divided
between assistant coaches Moe Iba, Lonnie Porter and
Jennings Austin, and depend on each coach's recruiting
schedule, Porter said.
The Husker basketball coaching staff tries to scout
every opponent personally but sometimes is limited by
time and travel arrangements, Porter said. This season,
every team except California's St. Mary's College was
scouted personally.
The staff was able to look at St. Mary's team on a
movie loaned to UNL by the University of Southern
California. Porter said films don't tell the entire story of
the game, however.
"It is a tot better to scout In person," Porter said.
"We don't rely on outside people to scout for us (UNL).
"They can't tell you the small intricate details like
which phases of our offense would work best against their
defense and what would be our best defensive matchups,"
he added.
Porter said his scouting routine consists of writing his
report immediately after a game. He then goes back to his
motel room and prepares his finished form, which he goes
over again the next morning at breakfast or on a plane re
turning to Lincoln.
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Oklahoma State University's 7 ft. 3 In. freshman
center Lonnie Boeckman. UNL won the came,
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By Larry Stunkel
Whatever your impression was of- the adolescent
invasion during the state high school wrestling tourna
ment Feb. 20 through 22, multiply it fey three and you
know what to expect during the state high school basket
ball tournament March 11 through 13.
For those of us who like things tranouil, neat and
orderly, the basketball tournament can be a trauma
Having survived-three such events, I have compiled a list
of things to do (and not do) during the tourney.
First, it is 'necessary to be able to identify these
urchins. The older you are the harder this is. The most
obvious way is by the letter jackets. Not only do they
give you an idea of where the kids are from, but also who
the leaders are (best determined bv the amount of para
phernalia hanging from their jacket insignia).
Since high schoolers adhere to the same principle of
following their leader as theep do, this knowledge is
potentially useful in crowd control.
Li preparation, a good host will go the tore and buy
plenty or Sominex (for himself), Ripple Wine, Clearasil
I and trash cans With papir bags for lining them.
One. should also tie down anything that has "Unlver
1 sity of Nebraska" on it, os anything else that wnuld make
la potential souvenir (in the past this has ranged from
I bowling piiai from the Union Lanes to street 'signs).
During the tourney, one should avoid driving a car.
One reason is that parking space will be scarce during this
time (high schoolers think rhino boots are the latest ,
style in skiwear). Another reason is a few visitors will
want to see if their 450 Trans Am will lay a patch on
Lincoln Asphalt.
The best advice for survival is to stay out of elevators '
in residence halls and -out of the path to the commode at
night.
Riding the elevators can be time consuming (high
schoolers like to push all the buttons) itnd expensive,
especially if someone's bubble gum explodes all over the
back of your new suede jacket. , .
Foi those who must wake up early on Saturdays for
whatever reason, or who want to get to sleep before 2
a jn ear plugs may be necessary.
Finally, never make bets on what these kids will do.
Last year my roommate and I wagered on whether an
inebriated high school kkl would jump off second story
balcony at the encouragement of an equally drunk carload
of girls (who said they d all give him a kiss if he'd jump).
My roommate, two years younger than me, said the
guy wouli jump. I laid the kid wasn't druhk enough to
try it.
He jumjped.
The report then is discussed by the coaches, he said.
Iba decides the defensive scheme to be used and both Por
ter and Iba review the defensive matchups, which they
usually agree on about 95 per cent of the time, Porter
said. The coaches 4hen discuss the matchups with the
Huskers.
"We spend a lot of time watching films of our previous
games," Porter said. "We keep looking for things that,
worked or didn't work. -
"When we look at films we don't usually go back more
than one or two years," he said. "We might go back
further if the team has changed to a formation that they
used in the past."
Porter said the Big 8 Conference schools loac each
"other films of opponents. However, a school is forbidden
to send films of a Big 8 team to another school, he said.
Other scouting rules established by the Big 8 are that
no films can be taken at the Big 8 preseason tournament
and that a school can scout another Big 8 school only
once after the Big 8 tournament. In each game a jtaam
must declare who it is scouting.
Saturday's game against the Iowa State University Cy
clones (ISU) will be the last one scheduled for the three
seniors on the Husker's cquad. Seniors Jerry Fort, Larry
Cox and Steve Willis will lead the Huskers in the last game
in the Coliseum. Tipoff is 7:35 p.m.
The Huskers, 18-8 overall and 9-4 in Big 8 play, still
have hopes for a post -season tournament bid. A combina
tion of a Husker win and a Kansas State University loss to
Oklahoma State University Saturday would force a tie be
tween the two schools and a playoff for second place in
the conference and a possible NCAA tournament bid.
The Huskers also are hoping for a bid to the National
- Invitational Tournament in New York City.
. . UNL will go into the game with a two game win streak,
the latest being a 62-58 , victory over the University of
Kansas-only the second win att Allen Fieldhouse in
, Husker coach Joe Cipriano's 13 years at UNL. The Cy
clones snapped a seven game losing streak Wednesday
when they upset a much improved University of Okla
homa team 62-57. .
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. The Lincoln Track Club is sponsoring an indoor meet
Sunday at Doane College in Crete. Anyone not on a high
school or college team is eligible. There are nine events tor
men in three age brackets 18-29, 30-39, 40 and over.
Women have three events in 18-29 and 30 and over age
brackets. Entry fees will be taken at the Doane Fieldhouse
starting at 12:30 pjn. Competition starts at 1:30 pjm.
and medals will be awarded to the top three in each event.
For more information, contact Forrest Doling, 432-
8456.
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UNL's rugby team participated in the Tulane Univer-sity-Mardi
Gras Rugby Tournament in New Orleans Feb.
23 through 29, finishing sixth of eight teams.
UNL lost to the University of Wisconsin, 14-3 and to
. Tulane 12-7. The Huskers defeated Toronto University
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. Despite the sixth place finish, the UNL club won the
tournament's party trophy.
Husker senior basketball center Larry Cox has been
named to the Academic All-Big 8 Conference basketball
team for the second consecutive year.
Cox, a business major from Denver, has compiled a
3.28 grade point average.
Others named to the team are junior guard Cris
Barnthouse and sophomore forward Ken Koenings from
the University of Kansas, senior guard Clatk Maughan of
Oklahoma State University and Kansas State University's
Bobby Noland, a senior forward.
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Season tickets purchased for UNL basketball will aot
be accepted at the state high school basketball tourna-
ment March 11 through 13, according to UNL ticket
officials.
UNL students will be classified as adults and must pay
z a ticKet tor each tournament session. '
Tickets for the Thursday and Friday games will go on
sale at 10:30 ajn. and 5:30 pjm. on those days. Tickets
for the Saturday games will go on sa!e at 10:30 ajn. and
5pjn.
, UNL staff and faculty members' tickets also will not
be accepted during the tournament..
Bob Johnson, UNL 190 lb. wrestler, won one of two
individual trophies awarded at the Big 8 wrestling
championship! Feb. 27 through 28 In Ames, Iowa.
Johnson won the Most Pins in Least Aggregate Time
trophy, pinning two opponents in 4:05.
Applications are being accepted for the Collegiate
CroCountry Bike Ride starting June 21 Li Pueblo,
Colo. Bicyclists will travel on the Trans-America Bike
Trail and will arrive in Richmond, Va., about 45 days
later. Riders will cover 50 to 70 miles eachay and will
camp and stay in youth hostels, A maximum of 12 will
travel in each group of riders.
,p Cxxntntly . college students from 20 states haft joined.
If interested, write to Collegiate Bikecintcnnial, 615
,Ja(h'Sau?uit0 Cah" 9ms nd enclose a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
