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Husker tradition
will remain intact,
kick returners say
By Erik Unger
Staff Reporter
Tyrone Hughes and Steve Carmer
are working to continue a tradition
within the tradition of Nebraska foot
ball - the Comhuskers’ history of
strong kick return teams.
“We have been stressing kick re
turns a lot more this year,’’ redshirt
sophomore Steve Carmer said. “It is
an important part of the game that
most people take for granted.”
Sophomore Tyrone Hughes, the
first-team punt returner for the Husk
ers, said it feels good to be following
greats like Johnny Rodgers, Irving
Fryar and Dana Brinson. He said he’s
sure of himself and the guys in front
of him.
“You have to know a lot, but I’m
confident enough to get the job done,”
Hughes said. “I have confidence in
the special teams. We haven’t lost
many guys.”
Last year Hughes won the Big
Eight punt-retum title and ranked No
7 nationally, averaging 15.1 yards a
return.
Carmer agreed that Nebraska’s
tradition of strong return units should
continue.
“There is no reason the kick re
turn team shouldn’t be as good as it
has in the past,” Carmer said. “If
everyone does their job and (the block
ing wall) is set up right, anybody can
run through it.”
Carmer has been working with the
first return team as a “personal pro
tector,” one of the deep backs in front
of Hughes who return short kicks but
whose main job is blocking.
He also is listed as the No. 2 free
safety, but said he doesn’t mind get
ting hit instead of doing the hitting.
“I have no fear of getting hit. I’m
used to it,” Carmer said. “I was a
halfback in high school.”
Hughes also carries double duty at
wingback.
“My main job is running back
kicks, but because of injuries (to first
team wingback Nate Turner) I’m doing
more wingback.”
Hughes is 5 -foot-9 and weighs 175
pounds. Hughes ran a 4.57-second
40-yard dash last spring, the fifth
fastest time for the Huskers.
“My size bothers me in my block
ing, but other than that not at all,” he
said. “I make up for it in quickness.”
That’s a lot like Brinson, another
small and quick wingback/kick re
turner, who Hughes said is a good
friend. But Hughes said Brinson told
him not to try to copy his predeces
sors, even in such a tradiuonally strong
spot.
HUMIKS
roundup
Cross Country - The team of 15
men and 13 women began work
outs Wednesday with everyone in
“fairly good shape,” Coach Jay
Dirksen said... Ivan van der Kolk’s
career at Nebraska is over. She
returned to Holland for academic
reasons. Her country would not
recognize the type of business degree
that she would have received from
an American university... Dirksen
said he is pleased with freshman
recruit David Iteffa from Fremont.
The eighth-year coach said Iteffa
could be the first freshman runner
he’s coached to make the top five.
Another freshman, Theresa Stelling
from Auburn has been running well
for the women’s team, he said. ..
Junior Tom Banks from Elkhom is
slowed by an infected toe and re
dshirt freshman T odd Elwood from
York has a sore arch.
JV Football - Graduate assis
tant coach Turner Gill said schol
arship recruits Todd Gragnano,
quarterback, Donta Jones and Terry
Connealy, linebackers, Calvin
Jones, I-back, Scdric Collins, wing
back and Ed Stewart, defensive
back will redshirt. “We’ll defi
nitely miss them," Gill said. “Those
guys w'ere top-notch athletes. But
the most important thing is that
they develop. We’ll be all right.
We still have a lot of good talent..
. About the heal: “All the players
are holding pretty well,’ ’ Gill said.
“We’ve been giving them breaks
every 3()minutes.It’skindof rough
on the offensive line. We’re only
one deep there.”
Softball - The team held its
first practice Monday, running timed
40-yard dashes. Coach Ron
Wolforth said the team does not
look as speedy as last year. . .
Wolforth said he hopes to sign two
pitchers by mid-semester... Amy
Killman’s knee rehabilitation is
ahead of schedule, Wolforth said.
But he said he will not push her,
and expects her back by March...
Khara Trenka is out after surgery
to repair cartilage damage in her
knee. She should be back in a week.
. . The Thaller sisters, Angie and
Rhonda, are no longer on the team.
Rhonda got marriedand quit, while
Angie transfered to Southeast
Community College to pursue her
interest in graphic design. . . The
team picked up three walkons in
Amy Trummcr, Balinda Malik and
Carrie Bice. Wolforth, who wants
speed, urges any former track stand
outs with softball experience to
tryout as a walk-on.
Volleyball - The team prac
ticed away from the sauna-like
atmosphere of the NU Coliseum
Monday, moving to a court in the
campus recreation center. The
Coliseum’s floor is under repair to
fix chips and splinters in the floor.
.. Linda Barsness’ knee is holding
up well, assistant coach John Cook
said, but Cris Hall, who has a bad
back, is limited in activity. She
may be kept out of hitting drills
today. “We don’t want to overuse
her,” Cook said... The team prac
ticed better after a dismal scrim
mage Saturday, both Cook and
Coach Terry Pettit said. . . Both
coaches said the trouble now is
getting the team organized as a
unit because there is so much talent
and players are being shuffled to
new positions. . . About starters:
“Normally by now we know who
our six starters are, but w e got a lot
of talent. We can play six to 10
players and not miss a beat.”
Fans storm field during game
Seoul, South Korea (AP) - Hun
dreds of baseball fans stormed onto a
field to protest their team’s defeat
Sunday night and hurled broken bottles,
trash cans, rocks and burning chairs
in a rampage that left nine people
hospitalized.
The rampage began three hours
into a game between two professional
teams, the Haitai Tigers and the Lucky
Group Twins. The Twins were lead
ing 10-0 in the bottom of the seventh
when the trouble started.
About 400 Tigers fans jumped over
barricades surrounding the playing
field and stampeded around the mound,
witnesses said. Another 20,000 fans
shouted and booed from their seats
Protesters hurled hundreds of bro
ken bottles, metal trash cans, rocks
and chairs which were set afire, wit
nesses and police said. The rampage
lasted 50 minutes until police inter
vened.
One of the injured was hit in the
abdomen by shards of glass and was
hospitalized in serious condition, police
said. Seven other spectators and one
riot policeman also were hospital
ized.
It was not clear what ignited the
protest, but w itnesses said supporters
for the losing team felt they were
being cheated.
The Twins went on to win the
game 13-1.
Fullback ready for first game
By Benji Greenberg
Stall Reporter
Nebraska fullback Omar Soto will
be in his third stage of football Satur
day at Memorial Stadium.
Soto who played prep football at
Miami High School and junior col
lege ball at Western Arizona, will be
introduced to the major-college style
of the game against Baylor.
Soto, who redshirted last season,
rushed for nearly 600 yards in 1988,
and he said he’s ready for football at
this level.
“I’m confident with the offensive
system run here at Nebraska because
itcomplcmenicd our offense in junior
college,” he said. “And I feel com
fortable and adjusted to it.
“I’m excited and anxious to start
the 1990 season and I’m ready to
contribute to the team,” he said.
“Division I football will be great
experience for me and I’m sure I’ll
have some jitters before my first
game.”
Soto will need to recover from a
hip injury he suffered in Friday’s final
scrimmage before Saturday’s game.
His hopes of playing remain high.
“I’ll need some recovery time to
see how it heals, but I won’t hold
myself out of the game unless it’s
necessary,” he said.
Entering the final week of prac
tice, Soto sits No. 2 on the depth chart
behind redshirt sophomore Lance
Lewis. Others battling for playing
lime at fullback include Tim Johnk,
Andre McDuffy and junior college
recruit Vince Hawkins.
Those five arc vying to fill the
vacancies left by 1989 seniors Bryan
Carpenter and Sam Schmidt. Soto
said he doesn’t mind the competition.
“What the fullbacks lack in expe
rience, they make up for in depth,”
Soto said.
He said he thinks Nebraska is ready
for Baylor. The game originally was
scheduled for Sept. 15, but was re
scheduled to accommodate ESPN.
“We’ve been practicing hard every
day and the whole team is dedicated
to having a winning season and that
starts Saturday night against Baylor,”
Soto said.
He said his performance was bet
ter during the summer.
“During the spring 1 put a lot of
pressure on myself to do my best, but
I found that didn't work,” he said. “I
want to play well for myself and for
the team and 1 want to satisfy myself
before the team because that’s impor
tant.”
“I want to go to the Orange Bowl
so I can play in front of the home
folks,” he said.