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Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, February 17, 1982
Sports
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Nebraska's Bill Scheer wrestles to a 134 win against Missouri's Brad Mosley in a 190-pound match earlier this
season. The Huskers meet Central State Oklahoma Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Wrestlers face formidable opponent
in meet with Central State Oklahoma
By Jeff Goodwin
With no Big Eight schools on the rest of the schedule,
you would think Nebraska wrestling Coach Bob Fehrs
could relax.
Wrong. Nebraska's opponent this weekend - Central
State Oklahoma - should be a tough one, Fehrs said.
"Central State is an excellent team," Fehrs said. "They
were the NAIA national champions last year and they
have six wrestlers on their squad who were national chann
pions last year."
Fehrs said he thinks the Huskers can beat Central
State, but it won't be easy.
"They're not in the same category as Oklahoma or Ok
lahoma State," Fehrs said. "We can beat them, but we'll
have to prepare ourselves mentally and physically."
Fehrs said the Huskers have been getting good perfor
mances out of five wrestlers - Johnnie Selmon at 142,
Ray Oliver at 167, Jim Scherr at 177, Bill Scherr at 190
and heavyweight Gary Albright.
"We expected them to do well," Fehrs said, "but we've
been pleased and a little surprised at how well Albright
has done, considering he's a freshman."
Fehrs said Selmon, Oliver, the Scherr brothers and Al
bright have good chances of going to the NCAA cham
pionships. He said the meet also offers the Huskers a chance to
get another win under their belts before the Big Eight
championships Feb. 27 and 28 in Lincoln.
Fehrs was realistic about Nebraska's chances of win
ning the Big Fight championships.
"When you look at the fact that we will be wrestling
against the top three teams in the country, you would
have to say our chances of winning the tournament are
literally none," Fehrs said.
However, the competition should help to bring out the
best in his team, he said.
"It definitely presents a challenge to our wrestlers."
Following Drake loss,
Husker women ready
to take on Bearkittens
By Ward VV. Triplett III
After a 102-74 loss at the hands of Drake Saturday
night, the Nebraska womens' basketball team will play
Northwest Missouri State with hopes of improving an
1 1-13 season record. Tipoff is at 7:30 tonight in the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
"Northwest has very good shooters and previously
beat Iowa State, who finished fourth in the Big Fight,
by 18," UNL Women's Basketball Coach Colleen Mat
suhara said.
"I talked to some people at Central Missouri and they
said Northwest was a really scrappy, hustling type of
team," Matsuhara said.
The Bearkittens, who carry a 16-9 record into to
night's contest, arc averaging 73.8 points per game while
allowing an average of 64.7. The team is led by 5-1 1 for
ward Jodi Giles, who scroes an average of 18 points per
game. Four other Bearkittens also average in double fi
gures and the team has been out-rebounding opponents
by five a game.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to utilize our press more than
in the past few games. We spent a lot of time in practice
Monday with it, because if we're going to press, we should
be able to see some benefits," Matsuhara said. "We need
to start getting some steals off it."
Matsuhara said she hopes the Huskers can put the
Drake defeat behind them in time for tonight's game and
the weekend road trip to Iowa State and Drake.
Drake, who improved its record 19-5 with the Sat
urday win, was led by Lorri Bauman, a 6-3 sophomore
all-American candidate who scored 41 points. The 41
broke Andre Smith's scoring record of 34 for the Bob
Devaney Sports Center, and Bauman's 15 for 15 perfor
mance at the free throw line tied Jack Moore's free throw
accuracy record set last week against Oklahoma State.
"Bauman got a lot of her points just going over our
players," Matsuhara said. "Devensively, our players
did everything they were told to. Bauman just scored
anyway."
"We were just plain overpowered, out-shot, out-rebounded,
and out-hustled. That basically says it."
The Huskers will go with Kathy Hagerstrom, Janet
Smith, and Cathy Owen in the starting lineup, with
Debra Powell, Chris Leigh and Kelli Ben son the cand
idates for the last two spots.
"Cathy Owen has been playing a lot more assertively
lately and Janet Smith has been going to the boards a lot
more as well. We still need some scoring out of Janet
though," Matsuhara said.
Hagerstrom is the team's leading scorer. The No. 2
and 3 scorers, Powell and Crystal Coleman, were listed as
unlikely starters as of Monday. Powell "hobbled around''
practice Monday, Matsuhara said, and Coleman has been
slowed by fatigue caused by improper diet.
"Coleman is almost certain to be doubtful for all of
our games this week," Matsuhara said. "If her condition
doesn't improve, she's not going to make the trip to Iowa.
It would hurt us because we really need her passing and
speed out there," Matsuhara said.
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- 1 The scene: A' department store, any ; department:
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nana mat suaGeniy appears, brie turns to see a. man
dressed , in a blue suit with a United. States Olympic
Team emblem over the pocket. , - ' , v
"Who are you?" Janice says. ' 4 ",
, ."Never mind who I am,' the guy says': ''Suffice it to
say that I am somebody who is interested in seeing the
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. Olympics. -
"TTien youre in the wrong place Janice says.
"This is a department store, not a gym.'
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."And just in time, too. You almost bought the wrong
pair of pantyhose. ; "l k .- -' ' .'
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" . "Ill bet you do, and that's why the Russians beat us
in the Olympics ; i- .
v That's a lot of responsibility to put on a pair of
pantyhose , Janice says . , , . 1
' "Oh, it's just not your pair of pantyhose, it's every
pair of pantyhose that is not the official pantyhose of
the United States Olympic Team. ; :-
fin a way: I am a brochure; a brochure of products
.that have' the official seal of approval of the United -States
Olympic Team. Like these pantyhose," he says, '
- snapping up a package with a little red;, white and blue
emblem in the corner, "See that patch? Thit tells you :,
: that these pantyhose are helping to support our Olym- . '
pic team. You do want to support the Olympic team, -don't
you?" - 'K ' . . .
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' v "Good,", the man says! "Here, take two.' :You can
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" some new shoes : in a " month or two,' Janice says. .
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Olympic Games are not going to wait for you to buy- 1
". shoes. Now come along over here, he says, grabbing' x
her by the arm and whisking her; along. She doesn't ; ;
touch ground agiin until they reach the shoe depart-: ;
ment. The guy grabs a pair of, you guessed it official .
Olympic shoes, and shows them to her A f- - ."
' "Great shoes, aren't they? People tell me that they '
are more comfortable than anything youTI ever wear,'
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had Jo" shovel more 'than your share of sidewalks arid
driveways, eh?", , ,- . - Vs .
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can fix you right tip with the official snowplow of th6 "
. United States Olympic-Team!" - -"Snowplow,
huh?" ' . . ,
: -"Sure. And anything else for the. complete home
body; barbecue p't, carpeting, appliances, furniture' ;
wallpaper arid" paint, ; woodworking tools, pet food
plant fertUizef, anything at all. And after a long day of .
working around the house, you can collapse in comfort
on the official mattress of the United. States Olympic"
Team."; . v -
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'Wouldn't it be easier if we just paid the athletes "
and eliminated all of this hocus-pocus with the prod--'
UCtS?"- ; .
; L"Are you kidding?" says the man. "If we gave our
athletes money to trajn, it would ruin the spirit of the
Olympics.": ' 4 ; :
- "I guess not," Janice says. "But I bet for a modest
donation you would explain it to me." .