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Wednesday, February 20, 1991
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Sports
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Lamar University
Jolly to retire after Lamar falls twice
twenty seasons as groo|^s anc| Collins stop Cards
Lamar track coach
One of the most esteemed and
successful coaches in the history of
Lamar athletics has announced his
retirement
Sonny Jolly, who came to Lamar
as head track and field coach in
1971, announced Sunday that he
will give up those duties at the con-
clusion of the 1991 outdoor season.
Jolly will remain with the school
as a professor in the department of
health, physical education and
dance. In January 1990 he stepped
down as Lamar’s director of intercol-
legiate athletics, a post he had held
since June 1985.
“It has been an exciting 20
years,” Jolly said. “I have tremen-
dously enjoyed the opportunity to
coach at this level in track and field.
“I treasure fondly my experi-
ences in working with many great
athletes — the Thomas Erikssons,
the Jackie Harrises, the Doug
Hindses, the Midde Hamrins, the
Carolyn Fords, the Troy Amborees
and the Efren Gipsons. I’ve had the
pleasure and the honor of coaching
national champions and national
record holders.”
A 1964 Lamar graduate and a for-
mer Cardinal track letterman, Jolly
also holds a doctorate from the
University of North Texas.
After Jolly’s 1991 team concludes
■ its outdoor season, he will have one
more coaching obligation to fulfill —
that of an assistant for the United
States team for the Pan American
Games set for Havana, Cuba, Aug.
3-12.
“I view my selection to the Pan
American Games staff as more of an
honor for Lamar than for me person-
ally,” said Jolly, who will work with
the hurdlers, sprinters, relay special-
ists and decathletes.
Gary Gallup, who succeeded
Jolly as director of intercollegiate
athletics last June, said a search
would begin immediately for a new
head track and field and cross coun-
try coach.
“Sonny and I have discussed his
desire to be more active in the
instructional program,” said Gallup.
“He has made great contributions to
Lamar athletics over the years, and,
in particular, he is leaving the track
and field program on solid ground.”
The 52-year-old Jolly attained
unparalleled success as track coach,
collecting 22 conference champi-
onships, the most recent being the
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1989 American South Conference
cross country crown. During one
span from 1981-85, he coached 14
successive Southland Conference
championship teams in outdoor
track, indoor track and cross country.
“I take special pride in the con-
ference championships we won as
teams,” said Jolly. “Those champi-
onships speak not only of the quali-
ty of the athletes but of their dedica-
tion to excellence.”
In 1988 Jolly was head coach of
the winning U.S. National Team in a
By Don Norwood
UP staff writer
Sonny Jolly
dual meet against Great Britain. He
formerly served as an assistant coach
of the U.S. National Team in 1985,
and he has helped prepare the coun-
try’s top hurdlers for Olympic com-
petition.
In 1985, Jolly coached Thomas
Eriksson to the NCAA high jump
championship (with a record-tying
leap of 7-7 1/2), and he has coached
athletes who have set national
records in Canada, Sweden,
Argentina and Venezuela. He has
coached LU athletes to some three
dozen All-American decorations, and
his 1984 mile relay quartet finished
second in the nation.
Jolly earned SLC Coach of the
Year honors eight times in a 10-year
span, and he is a two-time ASC Cross
Country Coach of the Year. He is a
nine-time honoree as the NCAA’s
District 6 Coach of the Year for
indoor track, outdoor track and cross
country.
Although its 1990-91 season has
been one of rejuvenation and excite-
ment, Lamar’s recent two-game
homestand showed that its rise to
American South Conference promi-
nence may still be a recruiting class
away.
The Cards fell victim to two of
the hottest scorers in the ASC as
New Orleans’ Tank Collins led the
Privateers past Lamar 85-75 on
Thursday, and ASC leading scorer
Kevin Brooks helped Southwestern
Louisiana squeak by the Cards 96-
93 Saturday.
The losses drop Lamar to fifth in
the ASC with a conference record of
4-6,15-10 overall.
Collins was Mister Everything
for UNO, hitting 16-26 from the
field and 3-6 from the foul line for a
career-high 35 points. The 6-5 guard
also grabbed 12 rebounds, second
only to teammate Ervin Johnson's
14.
Collins is now third in the ASC
in scoring at 17.2 points per game.
UNO, however, fell out of the
Associated Press top-25 poll, receiv-
ing only 11 points and making them
the No. 34 team in the nation.
Atiim Browne, Bronx, N.Y.j
freshman, led the Cards against
UNO, sinking 6-17 from the field
and 6-12 from the charity stripe for
20 points. Anthony Bledsoe, Little
Rock, Ark., senior, contributed 15
points and a game-high four steals,
followed by Terry Bridgeman, South
Bend, Ind., junior, with 13.
Daryl Reed, Saginaw, Mich.,
senior, added 12 points and a team-
high nine rebounds and three
blocked shots.
Brooks, although hampered by
early foul trouble, showed why he is
the leading scorer in the ASC by hit-
ting 10-17 from the field and 3-4
from the foul line for 25 points.
Brooks, who picked up his third
foul at the 12:07 mark of the first half
and sat out until halftime, came back
with a vengeance in the second stan-
za, scoring all 25 of his points in the
half.
But Brooks’ efforts were outshad-
owed by Bledsoe, who had the game
of his career in his final home outing.
Bledsoe shot 50 percent from the
field and hit seven of eight free
throw attempts for a career-high 31
points, pulling down eight boards.
Browne put in another solid game
before fouling out with 3:32 to play,
hitting 6-7 from the field (3-3 from
three-point land) for 19 points,
adding eight assists. Mike Hall,
Early on it looked to be a blowout
as the Cajuns ran out to a 49-37 lead
at the half. But as Bledsoe heated up
in the second half, so did the Cards,
pulling ahead 87-85 with 3:45 to play.
But with 1:33 to go, an apparent
goal tending by USL forward Marcus
Stokes on a Reed jumper went
uncalled and seemed to deflate the
Cards as Southwestern Louisiana
scored six unanswered points to put
the game away.
Despite the two losses, the Cards’
15-10 record seems to have put the
memory of last year’s 6-19 nightmare
out of the minds of LU fans. Lamar
had a total home attendance of
70,682 for an average 5,437 fans per
game, up from an average of 1,629 a
year ago.
Lamar enters Thursday’s game
against Louisiana Tech ranked first
in the ASC in three team categories
— rebounding (42.2 per game),
steals (9.9), and turnover margin
(+5.2). Saturday, Lamar plays
Arkansas State, who received two
points in the AP poll.
In individual stats, Bridgeman is
Daryl Reed, No. 44, and Norther Gims
■NHlfet.
Photo by Brian Vincent
still ranked first in the ASC in jng with 16.5 average. Reed is the
three-pointers at 2.8 percent, and fourth-leading rebounder with 9.1
Bledsoe moved up to fourth in scor- per game.
Lady Cardinal golfers post historic win
By Brian Richardson
UP Sports Editor
The Lamar Lady Cardinal golf
team posted one of the biggest wins
in school history this weekend as
they captured 1991 Lady Gator
Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.
Lamar, coached by Pat Park, shot
the low round of the tournament for
the second consecutive day on
Sunday, putting together back-to-
back 307’s in cold and windy, un-
Florida-like conditions. The Lady
Cardinals won the event convincing-
ly, topping their nearest competitors,
South Florida, by 11 strokes.
LU’s Elsabe Hefer,
Bloemfontein, South Africa, senior,
paced the squad with a third-place
total of 229, including a 3-under-par
69 on her final round, that tied the
course record.
Lara Rose finished tied for
tenth. The Johannesburg, South
Africa, sophomore, shot a 237 and
was LU’s second-highest placer.
The tournament features some of
the best women’s golf programs in
the nation, including three teams
ranked in the top-10. Every team in
the tourney, including No. 21
Lamar, was ranked in the top-30.
After the Lady Cardinals (team
score 943) and South Florida (954),
the third and fourth-place finishers
were Louisiana State (956) and
Tulsa (956). LSU’s Kristi Coats
recorded a 3-day total of 224 to win
medalist honors.
Florida and Southern Methodist
posted team-totals of 957 and 960,
respectively, to finish fifth and sixth.
Other Lady Cards included in
the final team score were Louisa
Bergsma, Roodeport, South Africa,
sophomore, and Kim Brozer,
Yorktown, Saskatchewan, junior,
who both shot 241’s, and Katharina
Larsson, Karlstad, Sweden, sopho-
more, who finished with a 249.
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