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Lincoln welcomes Stars By Andrew Strnad Staff Reporter The city of Lincoln is about to welcome a new sports franchise. The Lincoln Stars are the new est member of the 12-team United Stated Hockey League, and they play their first of 54 games on Sept. 28 in Sioyx City, Iowa against Sioux City. The Stars will play their first home game at the Coliseum Ice Arena at Nebraska State Fair Park on Oct. 25 against the Omaha Lanc ers. * The USHL is made up of play ers between the ages of 17 to 20, and is considered the top Junior A hockey league in the nation. The USHL current franchises include the Des Moines Bucca neers, Dubuque Fighting Saints, Fargo-Moorhead Bears, Green Bay Gamblers, North Iowa Huskies, Omaha Lancers, Rochester Mus tangs, Sioux City Musketeers, Thunder Bay Flyers, Twin Cities Vulcans, and the Waterloo Black Hawks. Omaha, Des Moines and the defending champions from Green Bay are objected to be the front runners far the league crown as the USHL expands for the third con secutive year. The league serves as a pipeline for young players who plan to make the transition to collegiate and pro fessional levels of hockey. Coaching the Stars in their in augufal year is former Fargo Moorhead coach Steve Johnson, who was last year’s league coach of the year. _. ; . - Johnson has had two tryout camps and hopes to get his new team of 25 players out on the new ice of the Coliseum Ice Arena by Sept. 10. “We want to find the most com petitive kids who are going to work hard and be committed to winning,” Johnson said. Johnson was a former college hockey star as a member of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. He helped lead his team to a Western Collegiate Hockey Asso ciation title and a national champi onship. The WCHA is considered the best collegiate conference in the nation. Next fall, the University of Nebraska at Omaha begins play in the league. “Hockey’s a fun sport, and we hope that we can show the city what it’s all about,” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of fast-paced action with a lot of contact, so I think the people of Lincoln are going to en joy the atmosphere.” More than $3 million is being spent to renovate the Coliseum, which holds approximately 4,100 people. Season tickets have already readied 2,990. A student discount hasn’t been offered, but group sales are avail able. Because the state fairgrounds are not on UNL’s City Campus, the Stars also plan to sell alcoholic bev erages during home games. Tickets for the Stars*27 home games can be purchased by calling 474-7827 (extension 10). Rinkside seats are sold out, but mezzanine ($10), reserved ($9) and general admission ($8) seats are still amuMbte; - Huskers set to scrimmage for last time From Staff Reports The Nebraska football team went through a light workout Thursday in preparation for its final preseason scrimmage today at Memorial Sta dium. The scrimmage, NU’s last before its Sept. 7 season opener against Michi gan State, is closed to the public. No. 1 split end Brendan Holbein, who has been suffering from a pulled hamstring, returned. “Depth at the comerback spot has improved,” said Coach Tom Osborne, with Michael Booker, Leslie Dennis, Mike Fullman and Ralph Brown all practicing Thursday. Fullman has been hampered by a groin injury during pre season workouts. True freshman Mike Brown, the No. 3 left comerback, missed practice with an injured shoulder. Football PicksJ^^flK I Washington Stat Colorado | BootoaCoDefi at Hawaii Need extra cash? We can hold your personal check until payday! We cash all paychecks and provide Western Union services at 2 locations close to campus. 2055 ’O’ Street 1106 N. 27th 476-6727 435-4352 Get Suspended The First Week of School All Suspended Mountain Hikes at Final I - ' , KBU/rompogelO , Kavanagh gave the Wildcat faithful a rea son to drool in anticipation with an MVP per formance inlast year's Holiday Bowl. He en tered the game with KSU leading 13-7 after Miller was carried off on a stretcher. After his first three drives, die score was 33-7. He finished die game 18 of 24 passing for 242 yards and four touchdowns, which tied the Holiday Bowl record. “That was a big confidence booster for me,” Kavanagh said. “Offensively, I hope we pickup where we left off.” Coach Bill Snyder said he is confident Kavanagh cm continue the current successes of Wildcat quarterbacks. “Brian played significant time in five ballgames last year and really played well in each and every ball game,” Snyder said. “It's not a surprise to us.” In addition to the quarterback spot, the Wild cats return a veteran offensive line and All American wide receiver Kevin Lockett. Jimmy Dean replaces Mitch Running at the other wide receiver spot. .. .. v ' The running back position took a hit when Eric Ificksott suffixed a season-ending injury, and the defense was also hurt by cornerbnck Joe Garden’s injury in fall camp. He will not return until the Nebraska game, Oct. 5 in Manhattan, ^, Kan. Otherwise, the secondary is strong with All American Chris Canty and seniors Mario Smith and Clyde Johnson. Canty will play both ways against the Red Raiders, taking more than 10 snaps as a wide receiver, a Kansas State official said Thursday. The question many KSU fans have now is how can the Wildcats improve in the tough Big 12 Conference. The Wildcats have won nine games for three straight seasons, one of only three Division-I football teams to do that. Last season, they won 10 games for die first time since 1910. “We’ve made some progress,” Snyder said. • “We’ve gotten our program a little bit better year in and year out We’reon solid ground. The next level for us has always been to get a little bit better.” Young Cougars to test NU ttiU from page 10 _ Coach Terry Pettit said this weekend—the secood week ofaspan in which Nebraska plays two matches on 15 straight weekends— was 4%e*rehithufor thelollghal]l,’,Pettit said ^’renot making short-term decisions. We are trying to make decisions tomake us avery sound volleyball team.” While NU returned four players with start ing experience from last year’s national cham pionship team, BYU returns four starters from a team that went 21-9 before losing to Michi gan State indke second round of the NCAA Three of those players — Korie Rogers, Heather Whittaker and Andrea Petrilli—com bined to play in 94 matches last year. As All-American Lisa Reitsma leads Ne braska, another All -American, Amy Steele, car ries the Cougars. Steele, a junior middle blocker, averaged 4.08 kills and 1.55 blocks per game — 14th best in the nation—last year. The Cougars wiU be without the team's lone senior, All-Western Althletic Conference out side hitter Gale Johnson. Johnson broke a bone in her left foot more than a month ago, but she will return nod week. Playing without Johnson not only talcesa key player out ofthe starting rotation, Michadis said, but it also takesa tremendous leader offthe floor. Gretchen To’o a 6-foot-5 1/2-inch outside hitter from American Samoa transferred to BYU over the summer, but she will redshirt this sea son. TWo fairly inexperienced setters will be on, the court Fiona Nepo is starting her fourth ca reer match for NU, and BYU starts freshman Anna-Lena Smith. » “It’s an advantage that we played last week-, end,” Pettit said, “but I don’t know how much of an advantage. Early in the season we see im provement week by week, and I’m hoping that we are comfortable on the court ” |P% !!■ I. 11 Wl ll'IWI I II I I III IWI 1 mill p»H | Mil m HH I Hey! Did you know there is a Harley I* Davidson Dealer in Lincoln?! thing too! Because , this is just a hint of you find there. Leathers, Biker i Blue Jeans, \ T-Shirts, I ns \ a whole lot more !. ' • i T-Shirts with your UNL Student ID Frontier Harley Davidson 2801 N. 27th Street 1 > Open: M-F 9-7, ! | | Sat. 9-5, Sun 11-3 m 466-9100 L.. . ...----- . n|M ||H :