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UNL
poweriining team hopes
Ey Jim Kay
The Nebraska powerlifting teem direc
tor Boyd Ejisy ess Nebraska's hfeh fin
fch at the AAU National Powerlifting
Championships at an indication of thins
yet to coins for the team.
Nebraska finild second to - Texas
A3.ll University test weekend it the meet
in StHwater, Okkhoma. Following Neb
raska's impart sdve performance, Ep&y pre
dieted the team may be national champs
next year, although their point total fell a
little short this time.
Thirty-eight points won it last year for
Montclair State (NJ.)," Epley said. "And
AMI was second with 37 points. So we
felt the 51 points we scored should have
been enough."
Texas AIM won the meet with 53
points. Scoring goes to the top 10 places
in each individual weight division. Winners
score 12 points toward the team total.
Nebraska had two individual winners,
junior Mike Arthur at 132 pounds and
freshman Tim Evans in the 181 -pound
Record set
"Arthur set t national collegiita record
in the dcadlift of 505 pounds," Epley said.
"And Evans probably had the most out
standing lift of the meet when he broke the
old squat record by 80 pounds."
Evans set two national collegiate and
American teen-age records with the squat
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lift of 620 pounds and a 1 ,535 pound total
for all his lifts.
Freshman Bill Toscas, though .finishing
sixth in the 165-pound class, izt an Ameri
can teen-eje deadlift record of 540 pounds
in his weight class.
Other top finishers for UNL were fresh
ir.:n Monte Loflng, second at 114 lbs.,
sophomore John Dicr, third at 123,$cpho
more Chris Euechle, ninth at 1 14, fresh
man Mike Daurhcrty, ninth at 143, and
freshman Walt Docrne, ninth at 242 lbs.
"They all did a very good job," Epley
said, "and they all contributed to the
team effort. We had four or five oppor
tunities to win but we didn't. This was
the largest powerlifting meet ever held
with 193 lifters from 50 schools. It was
also the first team ever sent by Nebraska."
Epley was optimistic about, the
future cf powerlifting at UNL with so
many underclassmen on his team.
"" have a good chance to win it next
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year,' Epley ssSd. "The thing is we have
the structure to have a good team with the
Recreation Dept. and advanced weight
lifting programs here at the university.
Mike Arthur is really the coach and I'm the
director. It's a good structure and a coed
set-up."
The powerlifting team receives no rip
port from the UNL Athletic Dept. or the
Student Fees at UNL. The 14 team mem
bers who .represented Nebraska at the
AAU meet payed their own way, Epley
said.
The team's next competition will be
Saturday at the Nvbra-ca State Power
tfting Championships. Epley said the meet
is an AAU open meet as far as ag group
goes but that it was limited to Nebraska
state residents.
"The University team wQ be entered as
a team," Epky siiJ."Ths main competi
tion will come from the Lincoln Health
Club, the Omaha Aihlstic Club, and a
team from Alihnce csScd the Ironmea."
Cold, windy weather greeted more than 140 Husker
gridders in a hard-hitting initial spring practice Wednes
day. Husker coach Tom Osborne said he expects to cut the
squad to 120 in a week and down to "a little more than
100 at the end of spring practice," -
One Husker starter from last year who missed the
opening drills was fullback Dodie Donnell. Osborne said
Dsnr.53 was not able to finish his required winter training
feeeiise cf a class conflict. But once he finishes it, he will
ois the squad, Osborne said. . .... ''. ,
Another Huckcr from last year, sophomore tight end
Erian Horn, has decided not to join the team this year.
"He told us last week that he had other interests,"
Osborne said of the Omaha native. "He said he wanted to
work on his school work. He had a speed problem at tight
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UNL started spring football practice Wednesday. One cf the 147 players trying out for the team practices Hocking
against a blocking sled. Spring foorbaH wZl end with the annual Red-White game April 30.
W
lancman-iea inxramurai
win open leaaue division crown
When the name James Wightman is mentioned one
probably thinks of Cornhusker football. For the past
two seasons Wightman has been a linebacker for Tom
Osborne's team.
This past intramural basketball season Wightman
showed he can be a successful basketball player too.
He formed a 16-member team, the Elites, that com
peted in and won the open league division. The league
was open to anybody, according to recreation director
Gail Wiedow.
1f they wanted to, the starting members of the var
sity basketball team could form a team," Wiedow said.
The Cites, after losing its first two games cf the
season, finished strong winning its last 10 in a row. In
cluded in that streak was a victory over FJV.C, the a3
uriversity intramural champions.
Whitman said many of the 16 players on his team
were former high school basketball players, including
linker footbaH player Junior KiHer from Midland,
Tex.
"Junior was hearl'y recruited cut cf hh school for
tactba3," Wightman said. Wightman said MlHer and
Anthony Mitchell were two of the leading scorers on
the team.
T,e were a run and gun team," Wightman said about
ti team's offense. Dcfenavely, we pkyed a man-to-"msn
when we faced a tall team and a zone when we
fliyed a quick team.
the diss season is not finished, Wightmaa said. The.
team will play at the State Penitentiary Friday. They also
have plans to play a charity game for sickle-cell anemia
following spring football practices against Kappa Alpha
Psi .fraternity and a game against a University faculty
team.
Intramural championships were from Feb. 28 through
March 16. Winners ir the respective divisions were:
Fraternity A Division, Alpha Tau Omega, 28, and Sigma
Chi, 26; Fraternity B Division, Sigma Phi Eps2on, over
' Tau Kappa EpsOon, 36-30; Fraternity C Division, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, 29 and Farm House 27. . -
The winner cf Readence IM A Division was Abel
10A over Harper 9A, 28-24. Residence liall 6 Divi
sion, Abel 33, 34, and Abel 113, 30. Residence IL3
C Division was Harper 310, 33, and Abel 3C, 19.
The winners in the Independents division's were:
Independent A Division, S.A.C., 36 and Awrrge White
Team, 35; Independent B Division, RU. Rebels, 41 and
Hoopers, 35; and Small Fry Pee Wees, 45, and Phi Delta
Thcta, 35.
In the all-university championship game FA.C,
downed Alpha Tau Onrga, 42-23.
According to Wiedow 305 teams competed in r.tra
mur&Is this year, compared with 2S9 the year before.
"We were very pleaad with how the i-.tramural pro-
gram went this year," Wiedow said. Tcbg tile to use the
Coliseum realy helped.
"We had double the floor space aid we were able to
start the prr.es later and get dene viJi then ea:licr.,
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end so we moved him to the inteder Lne." v . . .
Ohio State transfer Dsn Rice a!r wl .miss spittg
practice after undergoing back ripry Monday.
Senior Stan Waldemors who played offensive guard last
year, has been switched to offensive tackle . 4
Oibcrne added that his fifth year at the Husker helm
could be the toughest.
"I'm not more confident than a year ago," he said.
"We have further to go than a year ago. We're so inexper
ienced at so many positions and have a lot more to
accomplish."
. Osborne said he thinks the squad is in a little better
shape this year,- '
4We had them run a mile and a half today and we
couldnt find anyone who couldn't run it in a reasonable
time."
Osborne said he expects a battle at the quarterback
position between senior Randy Garcia and junior Tom
Sorley. , -
"But I think people hinge too much on that position,"
he added, .
Osborne said the adverse weather "wasnt ideal, but
we got some benefit out of the practice. It's pretty tough
to practice with the cold and the wind blowing." -4
Three new coaches greeted the Huskers. Lance Van
Zandt from Kansas University is UNL's new defensive
coordinator. Gene Huey from New Mexico Univ'y is
the Huskers new tight enti-wingback coach. .Charlie
McBride from the University of Wisconsin will handle the
defensive line.
Osborne joked that because of two new coaches from
the South (Van Zandt and Huey), the rest of the Huskers
will have to learn to speak Southern.
sports quiz
1 . How many years has Tony Sharpe been baseball coach
at UNL?
2. UNL has had three first team AU-Americans in base
ball. Who are they?
3. True or False. Besides being the head baseball coach at
UNL Tony Sharpe also has served as an assistant
basketball coach.
4. Who was the leading hitter on the 1976 Husker base
ball team? .
5. Which Husker pitcher led the Huskers in strikeouts and
eamed-run average last season?
6. Which of these players has the record for the highest
Husker batting average for a career? (A) Bobby
Thomas, (B) Don Brown, (C) Steve Smith or (D) Stan
Bahnson.
7. Which team was the Big 8 baseball champion last
season?
8. True or False. Norm Glismann has the UNL record for
the most home runs in one season.
9. What was the Huskers' final record in baseball last
year?
10. Who did John Sanders replace as assistant baseball
coach at UNL?
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