Sports Weekend
Friday, November 10, 1995 Page 9
Nathan McKinney
Plenty of time
left in season
for pheasants
It’s 4:28 a.m. You’re already
awake watching your alarm, antici
pating its shrill invitation to get out
of bed. Normally the thought of
getting up at 4:30 would provide
little incentive for excitement.
But this is the opening day of
pheasant season. The cackling of
roosters bursting into flight and its
concurrent heart pounding electric
ity has been with you all night,
making it impossible to sleep.
Soon it will be time to follow
your fidgeting and equally excited
dogs into a freshly harvested grain
field to resume a yearly tradition.
This scenario was experienced
across the state last weekend as the
most prominent of Nebraska’s fall
hunting seasons opened.
Andy Shipshock, a fisheries and
wildlife major, reported a spectacu
lar opening weekend with plenty of
birds and perfect hunting weather.
Every hunter in Shipshock’s party
took home the limited number of
pheasants for each day, along with
several quail.
With most of the birds found on
Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) land, the best hunting seems
to be on private lands in the west
ern part of the state.
The tall switchgrass and uneven
contour of the unworked CRP fields
can be taxing on a hunter’s legs,
lungs and mental stamina. The
heavy cover also makes the pres
ence of good hunting dogs a neces
sity.
It takes a durable dog with a
keen nose and instinctive breeding
to flush these ground-loving birds.
But when the feathered whirlwinds
finally explode into the crisp morn
ing air, the frenzied rise in adrena
line gives both hunter and dog the
satisfaction of a successful hunt —
regardless of the accuracy of the
shotgun.
If you decide to go in pursuit of
Western Nebraska’s abundant
pheasant and quail populations,
Shipshock suggests obtaining per
mission from private landowners
ahead of time.
Nebraska farmers are friendly,
and are usually quick to give per
mission to those who ask. But at the
same time, trespassers are seldom
tolerated. Another etiquette point
that shouldn’t be overlooked is that
even though many farmers may be
up enjoying the sunrise at 5 a.m.,
that doesn’t necessarily mean they
are ready for company.
Although the hoopla of opening
day is over, pheasant season in Ne
braska will last until Jan. 31. There
is still plenty of time to gather some
friends and dogs, and head for the
fields. Even if your friends aren’t
able to hit the broad side of a bam,
and your dog is more house pet than
hunter, you can still bag a truly tra
ditional Nebraska experience.
McKinney Is a third year law student
and a Dally Nebraskan columnist
Jon Waller/DN
Nebraska wingback Clester Johnson is tackled by Iowa State’s Tim Sanders after making a reception during the Huskers’ 73-14
win last Saturday. Nebraska will play at Kansas Saturday.
Huskers expect battle with KU
- By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
If it isn’t enough motivation that
Kansas is ranked 10th and that
Saturday’s 2:34 p.m. game in
Lawrence, Kan., might determine the
conference title,
Nebraska players
can just use
memories to get
ready.
Two years ago,
an undefeated Ne
braska team was a
two-point conver
sion away from
being upset by the
-;- ^-3 jaynawKs.
Tomich Nebraska quar
terback Tommie Frazier said the
Comhuskers learned a valuable lesson
in the 21 -20 squeaker in Lawrence in
1993.
“We’re expecting it to be in a battle
the whole way through the game,”
Frazier said. “We went down there
with the attitude that we were going
to blow them out and we didn’t. They
made us play the whole 60 minutes,
and we know that will be the same this
year.
“Last time, we went down there
and took them too lightly. I don’t think
that’s going to be the case this year.”
Billie Winsett OH 5*11 Sr.
Kate Crnich OH 5-11 Jr.
Christy Johnson S 5-8 Sr.
Allison Weston MB 6-0 Sr.
Lisa Reitsma OH 6-4 So.
Stacie Maser MB 6-0 Fr.
Aycan Gokberk MB 62 Sr.
Missy Aggert S 5-9 Sr.
Jen Wood OH 6-0 Jr.
Ashley Mullis OH 5-11 Sr.
Meg Fitzgerald OH 5-11 Sr.
Julie Stanhope MB 62 Jr,
Melissa Peterson OH 6-0 So.
Patrice Arrington OH 5-10 So.
Sarah Rappard OH 61 Jr.
Meredith VanHom S 5-10 Fr.
Beth Anne McGill OH 5-6 Fr.
Heidi Luehmann MB 61 Sr
The 8-1 Jayhawks arc dramatically
different than the 1993 team because
of senior quarterback Mark Williams,
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said.
“I think their quarterback has
played better than they thought"
Osborne said. “Once in a while a guy
will all of the sudden be THE guy. He’s
become a very steady player. He’s got
mobility, he’s a good thrower and a
good runner."
Williams, whom Osborne said is
having the same kind of senior sea
son as former Husker quarterbacks
Gerry Gdowski and Keithen McCant
did, ranks first in the Big Eight in
passes completed, second in comple
tion percentage and third in yardage.
But Osborne said the offense didn’t
stop with Williams.
“I’ve been very impressed with
their quarterback,” Osborne said.
“He’s really stepped up his play as a
senior. He can throw and run. The two
running backs are excellent, and
they’re interchangeable as far as I’m
concerned. So they have a strong of
fense.”
Nebraska linebacker Jared Tomich
said the Jayhawks possess the most
balanced offense the Huskers would
see this year.
“They have a quarterback that can
run and pass,” he said. “They have two
See KANSAS on 11
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UQY yO Lawrence, Kan.
Saturday, 2:34 p.m.
Kansas
SE 7 Reggie Baul 5-8 170
LT 75 Chris Dishman 6-3 310
LG 67 Aaron Taylor 6-1 305
C 54 Aaron Graham 6-4 275
RG 69 Steve Ott 6-4 290
RT 70 Eric Anderson 6-4 300
TE 87 Mark Gilman 6-4 240
WB33 Clester Johnson 5-11 210
QB 15 Tommie Frazier 6-2 210
FB 22 JeffMakovicka 5-11 225
IB 30 Ahman Green 6-0 210
PK 20 Kris Brown 5-11 190
WR1 Isaac Byrd 6-2 180
LT 54 Rod Jones 6-4 300
LG 62 Chris Banks 6-2 285
C 65 Jared Smith 6-1 265
RG 77 Cleve Roberts 6-6 290
RT 79 Scott Whittaker 6-6 290
TE 89 Jim Moore 6-3 245
WR6 Ashaundai Smith 5-6 160
QB 15 Mark Williams 6-1 180
RB 22 L.T. Levine 5-10 190
RB 2 June Henley 5-11 195
PK 36 Jeff McCord 5-9 220
LOLB 93 Jared Tomich 6-2 250
DT 55 Christian Peter 6-3 300
DT 95 Jason Peter 6-4 275
ROLB98 Grant Wistrom 6-5 240
SAM 56 Jay Foreman 6-1 220
MIKE 41 Phil Ellis 6-2 225
WILL 43 Terrell Farley 6-0 200
LCB 20 Michael Booker 6-2 190
RCB 8 Tyrone Williams 6-0 185
ROV 10 MikeMinter 5-10 190
FS 9 TonyVeland 6-2 205
P 19 Jesse Kosch 6-0 180
OLB 16 Keith Rodgers 5-11 200
DT 90 Dan Dercher 6-6 255
NT 70 Brett McGraw 6-1 275
DT 57 Kevin Kopp 6-4 260
OLB 49 Chris Jones 6-2 225
LB 38 Jason Thoren 6-2 230
LB 41 Dick Holt 6-2 238
CB 17 Dorian Brew 5-10 175
FS 24 Maurice Gaddie 5-10 185
SS 2 F. Hammonds 6-2 195
CB 37 Jamie Harris 5-10 165
P 19 Darrin Simmons 6-1 205
Coliseum clash set for Sunday
By Trevor Parks
Senior Reporter
When the Nebraska volleyball
team plays host to Florida at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the NU Coliseum, the
Cornhuskers may think they are look
ing into a mirror.
That’s because according to coach
Nebraska Terry Pettit, the Huskers and
the Gators are very similar teams.
Combined, the two teams have won
48 straight matches and 75 consecu
tive games. For the season, the Gators
have lost only four games and hold the
longest winning streak in the country
at 27 matches. Nebraska has lost three
games this year, but the Huskers have
won 63 games and 21 matches in a
row.
Pettit said top-ranked Nebraska,
21-1, and 27-0 Florida, ranked No. 3,
have two of the best players in the
nation in Husker Allison Weston and
Gator Ay can Gokberk. Gokberk is
averaging 4.59 kills a game and has a
nation-leading .467 hitting percent
age.
“She’s a left-hander and they use
her the same way we use Lisa
(Reitsma),” Pettit said. “What they do
defensively and offensively is very
similar to us. It will come down to little
things.”
Also possibly at stake, Pettit said,
is the national volleyball playcr-of
the-year trophy, an award for which
Gokberk and Weston are top candi
dates.
Another interesting matchup is be
tween two of the best setters in the
country. Florida’s Missy Aggert is av
m
eraging 11.6 set assists a game, while
Christy Johnson of Nebraska averages
13.5 assists a game.
One thing the Huskers will have to
do is play consistently for an entire
match. Middle blocker Jen McFadden
said Nebraska still hadn’t played a
complete match this year.
“We need to go out strong and stay
strong, rather than slack off in the sec
ond game like we have against our last
two opponents,” McFadden said.
“Mentally we need to toughen up a
bit to face that type of competition,
but physically we’ll be alright.”
The Huskers have been tough to
handle, sweeping two top 15 teams in
the last week. But Nebraska has trailed
in the second game in both of those"
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