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‘Long weekend’ ends; 7 Huskers drafted.
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
With the 199th overall pick in the National
Football League's draft on Sunday, the Pitts
burgh Steelers ended the longest weekend of
Nebraska comerback Barron Miles’ life.
Miles was the third Comhusker selected by
the Steelers, and it pushed the total number of
drafted Nebraska players to seven.
Pittsburgh also took offensive guard Brenden
Stai in the third round and outside linebacker
Donta Jones in the fourth round.
“They have to find a different way to do this
thing,” Miles said by phone from his home in
Roselle, N.J. “This was the longest two days
I’ve ever had to sit through. There is nothing in
the world to explain it. It was a horrible wait.
I’m just glad it’s finally over.
“The funny thing was I started sweating the
second I got the call from Pittsburgh. I didn’t
sweat die entire twodays, but once I got the call,
I couldn’t stop sweating.”
ZachWiegert was the highest Husker chosen
when he was selected by the St. Louis Rams in
the second round as the 38th pick overall.
Wiegert, the 1994 Outland Trophy winner,
said he was expecting to go higher.
“I was hoping to go a little earlier, but if there
was a team worth waiting for, in the second
round, it was St. Louis,” Wiegert said. “I like
playing in the Midwest... It seems like you get
a lot of fan support.”
Kansas City chose Troy Dumas in the third
round, the New York Giants took Rob Zatechka
in the fourth round and Detroit selected Cory
Schlesinger with the 192nd pick.
Miles, who said he would report to Pitts
burgh next week, said it would be nice to have
Jones and Stai at the Steelers’ rookie camp with
him.
“Even though we might not see each other
too much because we’re at different positions, it
will be a big help to have those guys there,” he
said. “It’s going to be an eye opener once I get
there, and it will be nice to see some familiar
faces.”
If Miles sticks with his comerback position,
he will have one of the best teachers in the
business — All-Pro defensive back Rod
Woodson.
“They have a great secondary in Pittsburgh,
especially with Woodson,” Miles said. “He’s a
great athlete and a great player. I’ll never be
ashamed to ask him for advice.”
After waiting for 198 picks to hear his name,
Miles is ready to get to work.
“Now that the wait is over, it’s time to prove
myself,” he said.
The Associated Press coatrtbated to this story.
Softball team’s rally falls short
By Trevor Parks
Staff Reporter
Iowa State pitcher Debbie |
Nease held an edge on Nebraska |
softball shortstop Ali Viola all
day.
That advantage culminated |
with Viola grounding out to sec
ond base with the bases loaded
and two outs in the top of the
seventh of a 6-5 Nebraska loss
in the second game of a double
header.
The 35-17 Comhuskers won
the first game 8-3 before falling
in the crucial second game in
front of a crowd of286 at the NU
Softball Complex Sunday.
But according to coach
, ,> Rhonda Revelle that may not be
enough.
Revelle said the loss might
have hurt Nebraska’s chances at
winning its first Big Eight title
since 1988.
“As far as the Big Eight
Championship, we need some
help to win it with five loses,”
Revelle said.
The Huskers rallied as they
tried to avoid that fifth confer
ence loss in the second game.
Nebraska trailed 6-1 after the
19-16-1 Cyclones rocked Husker
starter Angela Blackwood for
six runs in three innings.
The Huskers, without pitcher
Stacie Stafford, looked to
Melanie Raimondi to stop the
bleeding.
Raimondi did just that allow
ing two hits in three innings.
Blackwood said Raimondi, «
who only made her fourth and
fifth appearances of the season,
did a great job.
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Nebraska softball player Rachel Dunham slides into second
during the Huskers’ 8-3 win over Iowa State Sunday. Dunham
was called out.
Stanford wins title,
Huskers take second
By Mitch Sherman
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska men’s gymnastics
team put forth its best effort of the
season Friday night, but the
Comhuskers didn’t have enough juice
to overcome Stanford, which won its
third national title in the last four years
at the NCAA Championships in Co
lumbus, Ohio.
The Comhuskers, who placed first
in Thursday’s preliminary competi
tion, scored a season-high 231.55
points Friday in the final round, losing
to Stanford,which scored232.4points.
Penn State placed third at 229.775.
“The way I see it,” Nebraska coach
Francis Allen said Sunday, “is that
Stanford was about one-tenth better
than us. I thought they got a few scores
here and there. But I’m sure they felt
that way about us, too.”
Senior Richard Grace defended his
parallel bars title by winning the event
for the second straight year with a 9.8
Saturday night in the individual finals.
Grace also won the all-around cham
pionship on Thursday night.
Also on Saturday, senior Rick
Kieffer captured the national title on
the high bar with a 9.8375.
Nebraska, which has finished first
or second at the NCAAs in 15 ofthe
last 17 years, won the national cham
pionship a year ago by defeating
Stanford in Lincoln. The Cardinal won
the title in 1992 and 1993.
Allen said he could not be happier
with his team’s performance, despite
the second-place finish. All-arounders
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Top-notch pitching effort saves
final game in weekend series
By Jeff Griesch
Senior Reporter
Cody Winget gave the Nebraska
baseball team its best pitching perfor
mance of the season to lead the
Comhuskers to a 4-0 win over Iowa
State at Buck Beltzer Stadium Sun
day.
The senior right-hander from
Murray, Utah, and Nebraska’s No. 1
starter, entered the game with the
team’s highest ERA at 11.12.
With a complete game two-hit shut
out, Winget improved to 3-3, shaved
his ERA to 8.07 and salvaged the final
game of a three-game series for the
Huskers.
The Huskers moved to 9-11 in the
Big Eight and 27-18 overall. The
Cyclones moved to 19-15 and 10-9 in
the conference.
Nebraska lost 7-1 Friday night and
13-3 Saturday. The Huskers also
dropped a doubleheader to the Cy
clones Wednesday to lose the season
series.
Nebraska coach John Sanders said
he was pleased with the way the Husk
ers bounced back Sunday.
“We were a little tired, a little fa
tigued and each player had to dig
down and give a little extra to get up
for this game,” Sanders said. “I was
proud of their effort.”
But Nebraska third baseman Jed
Dalton said the Huskers missed an
opportunity to move up in the confer
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Dy miign siwniHtn
Senior Reporter
Twenty-five minutes into the 46th annual
Red-White spring game Saturday afternoon at
Memorial Stadium, only one Nebraska quarter
back had made a dent in the Comhusker de
fense.
And he isn’t eligible to play for another 16
months.
Over the next 35 minutes, the Nebraska
offense assaulted the defense, totalling 74 points
and 1,055 yards, including 558 yards through
the air.
Scott Frost, a sophomore transfer from
Stanford, threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to
tight end Tim Carpenter one minute into the
second quarter, igniting a spring offensive ex
plosion that ended in a 40-34 White team win.
Saturday’s culmination of spring drills, the
White squad’s first victory since 1989, saw
seven spring records broken or tied, all on the
offensive side of the ball.
Coach Tom Osborne said with the exception
of the spring game, the defense dominated the
majority of the spring, which was a good sign.
“Ideally, you’d like to see your defense come
out ahead a little bit,” Osborne said. “If you just
run up and down the field all spring, usually you
aon t nave a very good lootoall team.
Some of Saturday’s highlights:
• A record attendance of 39,771 one day
after 40,278 packed Memorial Stadium for a
national championship celebration on Friday
night.
• Three Frost touchdown passes, including
two to split end Riley Washington, who caught
a spring-game record three scoring passes. Frost
completed 10 of 17 passes for 158 yards.
• Tommie Frazier’s228yards passing, which
broke Frank Patrick’s record of 216 yards, set in
1968.
• The surprise first-quarter appearance of
Frazier as a punt returner. The senior quarter
back returned one punt for five yards. “I’m a
little uneasy about it,” Osborne said.
• A spring game record 184 yards receiving
from Reggie Baul. Baul scored two touchdowns,
including an 80-yarder from Frazier.
No quarterback decision will be made until
August, Osborne said. Frazier outgained Brook
Berringer242-105 Saturday.
Frazier said, “I don’t see it as a quarterback
competition. I am not worrying about what
(Berringer) is doing, and hopefully he’s not
worrying about what I’m doing. The only thing
we can control is the way we play.”
l-back I odd Uhlir, whose ov-yard fourth
quarter touchdown run broke a spring-game
record, led all rushers with 114 yards on nine
carries.
Brian Knuckles, a redshirt last season after
transferring from Coffeyville (Kan.) Commu
nity College, led the Red squad with 99 yards on
15 carries.
NOTES:
•Redshirt freshman split end Kenny
Cheatham, who caught four passes for 90 yards
Saturday, is a Husker to watch next fall, receiv
ers coach Ron Brown said. Brown said the 6
foot-3, 200-pounder had JJ. Stokes-type po
tential.
Cheatham, a three-sport star in high school,
said last week that he would like to try basket
ball next fall. “Pll goout next year, talk to coach
(Danny) Nee,” he said. “But now I’m just con
centrating on football. That’s what I’m here for
right now, to take care of business. Then after
the season, we’ll see.”
• Washington, who led the white team with
four catches for 103 yards, said he would like to
translate spring improvement into fall success.
“I want to be the go-to guy,” the junior wingback
said. “When its third-and-10,1 want to be the
“If you just run up and down
the field all spring, usually you
don't have a very good football
team. ”
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Nebraska coach
man. I don’t mind the pressure.”
• Tight end Matt Shaw, a senior last season,
was awarded the Tom Novak trophy on Satur
day. Shaw, a former walk-on from Lincoln East,
was a two-time Academic All-Big Eight selec
tion and a 1994 first-team GTE Academic All
American.
• The Guy Chamberlain Trophy was awarded
to defensive tackle Terry Gonnealy, also a se
nior last fall. Connealy, a defensive tackle from
Hyannis, had 42 tackles and 7.5 sacks last
season. Connealy is a two-time first-team GTE
Academic All-American.
