The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, February 17, 1984 Page: 8 of 8
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WAR WHOOP; February 17 1984
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Coaching job attracts quality candidates
The search for a new McMurry
College head football coach will
likely come to a conclusion In the
next week or two according to
McMurry athletic coordinator
Johnnie Ray.
More than 30 applicants have
expressed interest In the position
which became vacant earlier this
month when Rodney Murphy
resigned to enter private busi-
ness. Interviews with top candidates
will begin taking place shortly
Ray said with a final decision to
'83: The Year in Sports
When Pcnn State head coach
Joe Patcrno sits down to tell his
grandchildren the story of Snow
White he can look back to 1983
and reflect that he and Snow
White had something in common.
In College Park Pcnn. the
song was "someday my nationat
title will come." Well Snow
White eventually got her prince
and on the first night of 1983
Lions QD Todd Blacklcdge spar-
kled and Curt Warner outrushed
Herschcl Walker to give the
Nitany Lions their national cham-
pionship In a 27-23 victory over
Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
That was the Tint night In 1983
the beginning of a very good year.
The Baltimore Orioles won the
World Series; Pete Rose found a
new home; Johnny Bench and
Cart Yastrcmski said goodbye to
the baseball diamond.
Carl Lewis won heavy medals
in Helsinki in track and field and
Billy Olson became the first to
clear 19 feet in the pole vault.
And finally Dr. J and Phila-
delphia got their NBA ring. North
Carolina State's win over Houston
for the NCAA title last April will
forever rank as one of college
basketball's great upsets.
It was a year in which profes
slonal athlete on high money
salaries attempted to purchase
drugs and got caught. It was a
Women
It happened.. .finallylli
The McMurry women's basket-
ball team ended a season of
frustration Monday night with a
convincing 78-61 win over Con-
cordia Lutheran making the
team's first victory in the last 24
games.
Tina Beat freshman forward
from Wylie was the biggest
factor as she hit a season-high 37
points including 14 of 24 shots
from the floor. Tcrrl Brockroan
the elder statesman of the team
as a sophomore broke Into double-figures
for the first time this
season as she found her outside
shot and got a couple of layups on
steals.
The Indians even out-rebounded
their opposition from CLC
which was a little bit taller. Sherri
Thelsen who started in place of
the recuperating Sandy Bolen
(who was in the hospital the week
before with ulcers) led the
charge with a 12-rebound perfor-
mance. The celebration following the
game was as frantic as expected
for a team which entered the
game with an 0-19 record.
Players friends and family
members ran onto the court to
congratulate each other for bring-
ing the losing streak to a halt. In
keeping with the "Fun Bunch"
tradition started by the McMurry
come before the end of the
month.
"I am extremely Impressed
with the large number of high
quality candidates who have ex-
pressed interest in the job" said
Ray who has received calls and
applications from coaches
throughout Texas and several
other states. "There arc top-
notch people both within and
outside our program who have
applied. Making a final decision
will not be easy."
Ray wilt recommend to a com-
TODD 2
BYNUM
year that drugs which arc sup-
posed to build strength came to
the top at the Pan American
Games and sent 16 "muscle
bound" athletes home.
The event that told us all that
there was still a human being
Inside the highest paid athlete
was mid-day centre court at
Wimbledon On one side was Tim
Mayotte on the other side of the
net was Kevin Curren. Mayotte
won the first set 6-4 and lost the
next 6-7. The next Curren fought
back to win the tie breaker am)
the match. It was match point for
Curren for the fourth time he
then served blistering serves to
Mayotte's backhand. As the ball
bounced by Mayotte Mayotte
dropped his rocket and applau-
dedapplauded it seemed not
only his conqueror himself but
their match and tennis itself.
The Centre Court crowd rose to
applaud them both and when
Mayotte reached across the net to
shake hands Curren embraced
him. That was sportsmanship
that was what it was all about
and hopefully we'll see it a tot
more in '84.
finally victorious
men's team the women gathered
at mid-court for their imitation of
the jumping "high-five."
The Indians are hoping their
new-found success combined
with their continual improvement
over the last weeks of the season
can net them a few more wins.
They are on the road Saturday to
face TIAA foe Sul Ross in Alpine.
Next Tuesday night they will
host top-ranked Texas Wesleyan
In a 5:30 p.m. game.
The team then wraps up the
season a week from Saturday in
another showdown with the other
TIAA also-ran Austin College.
Needless to say the team is
looking forward to that game with
great anticipation.
In the earlier showdown be-
tween the two previously wlnless
teams the Indians let AC slip up
on them at the end of the game
and escape with a 63-62 win in
Sherman. Brockman almost be-
came the Tribe's instant hero that
afternoon when she stole an
inbounds pass at the buzzer and
made what appeared to be the
winning basket. But as the buzzer
sounded the officials' whistle
-blew. Brockman was called for
traveling before the shot and the
two points were not allowed.
The Indians have done nothing
but talk about the rematch since.
McMurry cut its own throat that
mittcc (composed of himself
McMurry president Dr. Thomas
Kim academic dean Dr. Paul
Jungmcycr and physical educa-
tion department chairman Dr.
Ralph Hester) which candidates
will be given interviews. Follow-
ing that step a final selection will
be made.
Ray attributes the high level of
interest in the opening to "the
high quality of facilities we have
now and the successful track
record of the program. It has
Indians need win over Lobos
to stay in race for TIAA title
By TODD BYNUM
The McMurry Indians take to
the road tomorrow night to face
the Sul Ross Lobos. The road has
been a very unfriendly place for
the Indians this season. They are
9-4 at home but only 3-9 away.
The Indians are also in a
different position than last week.
After a TIAA loss to Tarlcton the
Indians can no longer control
.their own destiny. They must win
and hope Tarleton gets beat in
order to claim an outright cham-
pionship. Tarleton will have no
easy time of it either playing
both Austin College at Sherman
this weekend and then Sul Ross
and Alpine the next.
Last weekend was the first of a
two-game road trip for the Tribe.
The first part was disastrous and
coach Hcrshcl Klmbrcll can't
pinpoint the reason.
"I don't know" he said. "We
lead all the way and could've
won but didn't." It was a dismal
62-59 loss for the Indians who
shot only 39 from the floor.
Bat playing only four teams in a
conference is rough. If the In-
dians win this Saturday It will be
the third time this year they've
beaten a talented Sul Ross team.
This time they will have to do it on
the road.
day by missing 18 of 32 free
throws. Beat who is one of the
top free-throw shooters in the
TIAA was particularly frustra-
ted. She was only 2-oM2 from the
line.
But the other factor which
contributed greatly to McMurry's
loss in that meeting wa' the
suddenly-inspired play of the
Lady Roos. AC had been ave-
raging only 34 points a game but
erupted for 63 winning points.
Ann Hughes who had been the
team's only offense was ex-
tremely accurate with her outside
shot. But post Laura Meyers who
had not been scoring well heated
up for 18 points.
"We're anxious to get to play
them ogoln" McMurry Coach
Verna Wilson said in an under-
statement. "Wc don't feel like we
played near our capabilities with
them last time and we want
another chance to prove our-
selves." "I only hope wc can get as
vocal a crowd as they had at their
place" she continued. "If wc can
get a good cheering section going
for us I think it will make a
difference."
She hopes McMurry's student
body which has contributed
greatly to the men's team home-
court advantage will bring its act
In early next Saturday.
become quite an attractive posi-
tion. And we've learned there
arc a lot of coaches out there who
arc looking for this type of
environment and program."
The fact that the Indians will be
returning the majority of their
starters from a Texas Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association
(TIAA) championship season in
1983 is also attracting a lot of
interest.
Ray says the committee rea-
lizes the importance of filling the
If the Indians are to fall out of
the slump they will have to get
double figure from all the star-
ters. This team however is in
good shape with the adversities
that have happened.
"I think wc are in good position
for the amount of tilings that have
happened "Klmbrcll continued.
"Losing players from last year;
losing players this year; we've
come a long way and we have still
got a chance to win the confe-
rence and go on to the playoff.
But all we're worried about now is
the conference."
But let's go back to the start.
Track season opens Feb. 23
with men's triangular meet
The McMurry men's track
team will make its competitive
debut next Thursday Feb. 23 in a
triangular meet with Howard
Payne University and TIAA foe
Tarlcton State.
The meet which will be the
first held on McMurry's new
5160000 synthetic surface track
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position quickly because now is
the height of the recruiting sea-
son. But he points out that the
McMurry program has not suf-
fered during the interim period.
"The current staff has been
doing an exceptional job keeping
the off-season program going.
And we have continued to have
prospects visit the campus and
express Interest in coming to
school here. They realize with
our long tradition of quality
coaches that whoever wc hire
will be first rate."
This team on paper shouldn't
even be in a position to win the
conference. The only place it
shows is on the road and they
will get a chance to prove they pan
win on the road Saturday. No
matter what it says on paper
about the Indians they always
have a shot.
The Indians will return home
for the final TIAA game of the
season against Austin College
next Saturday. In the meantime
they must tangle with highly-
ranked NAIA District 8 foe Texas
Wesleyan next Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. in the Hunt Center.
will begin around 2 p.m. Thurs-
day afternoon and will be over
around 5:30 p.m.
The Indians have a number of
returning athletes off last year's
track team as well as an abun-
dance of new faces. A look at the
team may be found in the next
issue of the War Wboop.
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