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I Four Nebraska players earn berths in rugby tournament
The Nebraska men’s rugby team
| will travel to New Orleans, but it
will not be doing any partying on
Bourbon Street.
Mark Palmer, the Comhusker’s
| captain, said he and three other
individuals will be thinking exclu
| sively about rugby when they
compete in the Battle of New Or
leans. The battle begins on Friday
with a practice round, and compe
tition will be staged on Saturday
and Sunday.
\ Palmer said the event is prestig
ious because individuals must ci
ther be selected for it or earn a
berth through playing in a previ
| ous qualifying tournament. He said
the event is also the second step
players must take in order to be
included on the Junior Eagles, which
is the equivalent of a college All
America team.
“This is coat and tie,” Palmer
said. “It’s a very serious event.’’
Nebraska’s Dwight Bander and
James Hudson, as well as Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni
Mike Ferdig, earned berths in the
tournament by turning in stellar
performances earlier this season in
Dallas. The Husker trioeamed a 2
1 record in that competition while
representing the Great Plains Un
ion.
Palmer skipped the Dallas meet
in favor of traveling with the Lin
coln city rugby team to Jamaica,
but was still selected. He said fa
tigue will not be a problem because
he spent his holiday break training
in his native homeland of New
Zealand.
Palmer said having four Nebraska
players in the competition is a big
accomplishment. Last year, one
Husker player competed in the
competition.
“It shows our progress,” he said,
“and it shows people are begin
ning to notice our players.”
The Huskers, who will compete
in the Western Union of the colle
giate portion of the competition,
will open the tournament by facing
the Midwest.
■Chicago lineman chooses NU over Indiana and Arizona State
I A lineman from Chicago who
drew rave reviews from prep scouts
across the country has given an
oral commitment to the Nebraska
football team.
Joel Gesky, who was named
most valuable player of the Chi
cago Catholic League, chose Ne
braska over Indiana and Arizona
State. He was listed as the fourth
best prep guard by super scout
Max Emfinger.
In addition to Gesky, the play
ers who have given oral commit
ments include quarterback Matt
Jones of Michigan City, Ind., and
linemen Jon Pedersen of Grand
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Island, Zach Wicgert of Fremont,
Rob Zateehka of Lincoln and Terry
Connealy of Hyannis.
Fullback Cory Schlcsinger of
Columbus, light end Jay Spearman
of Sutton and running back Sebas
tian Small of Fayetville, N.C.,also
have committed.
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Nebraska forward Beau Reid grimaces while watching the
Cornhuskers’ win over Chicago State. A knee injury kept
| Reid on the bench.
] Scales, Reid not used to
i viewing game from bench
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
Two Nebraska starters found them
selves in an unusual position during
the Comhuskers’ 92-57 win against
Chicago State on Tuesday night, and
neither one liked it.
Nebraska guard Clifford Scales said
he and Husker forward Beau Reid
didn’t like their new roles on the Bob
Dcvancy Sports Center bench. Scales
was held out of the game with the flu,
while Reid was sidelined with a knee
injury.
Scales said it was difficult for him
to watch from the bench because he is
used to playing. During his three-year
career at Nebraska, Scales has missed
only two games — the Chicago Slate
contest and last year’s game at Okla
homa. He missed the 1988-89 road
matchup against the Sooners with a
knee injury.
Scales admitted that he didn’t like
watching the Chicago State game.
“It was tough,” Scales said. “I’m
very sick at this point, but I still
wanted to play.”
Scales said he had extra motiva
tion for the game because two of
Chicago State’s players are from his
hometown of Maywood, III. Cougar
brothers Rod and Lu Parker attended
Proviso High School in Maywood,
while Scales went to Westchester St.
Joseph.
“I grew up with them,” Scales
said. “So I wanted to play against
them.”
Scales said he had every intention
of playing until his flu symptoms
reoccurred after a pre-game meal.
“Heate somk spaghetti,’’ Nebraska
coach Danny Nee said, “and threw it
up.”
Keith Moody replaced Scales in
Nebraska’s lineup and responded by
scoring 10 points. Nee praised Moody’s
performance.
“Moody played excellent,” Nee
said. He played a flawless 20 min
utes (in the first half).”
Scales said he was not surprised by
Moody’s performance. In fact, he said
he was not surprised by any of the
Huskcrs’ performances.
In addition to Moody, the Nebraska
players who tallied double-figures in
scoring were forwards Ray Richardson,
Carl Hayes and Dapreis Owens and
center Rich King. Richardson and
Hayes scored 15 points each, while
Owens had 13. King finished w ith 14.
Scales said he was impressed with
Nebraska’s win even though it was
expected. Chicago State entered the
contest with a 2-13 record and had
lost its last two games to Southern
Utah Stale and Wright State.
The Cougars lone wins this season
have come against Northeastern Illi
nois and Grambling State.
“We have a good team,” Scales
said. “We know what we’re capable
of doing.”
Nee said he was proud of his team’s
performance. He said the 7-7 Huskers
overcame their short-handedness to
rout Chicago State.
“It’s obvious that we were short
handed,’’ Nee said, “but I was over
all pleased.”
Nebraska jumped on the Cougars
early, racing out to a 26-16 lead with
8:34 remaining in the first half. The
Huskers then used six points by Hayes
and five from Richardson to take a
43-23 lead at half time.
Nebraska continued to pound
Chicago State in the second half, using
9 points by Owens — two of which
came on a slam dunk that concluded
the contest - and 11 from forward
Richard van Poclgecst to pull away.
Scales said Nebraska’s success docs
not mean he or Reid will be perma
nent fixtures on the bench. He said he
plans to be healthy in time for the
Huskers’ game at Oklahoma State on
Saturday, while Reid is slated to re
return from an injury to his right knee
in two-to-three weeks.
Reid missed the first half of Ne
braska’s season with his injury but
relumed in lime for the beginning of
conference play. He appeared in four
games before being placed on the
injured-reserve list Monday.
Scales said he never wants to watch
another game from the bench.
“Right after this (interview), I’m
going home, going to bed and getting
well,” he said. “I want to be ready
for Saturday.”
