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Hilltop Views
Cheerleaders advance to Nationals
MEGAN McELLIGOTT
The St. Edward’s University
MEGAN McELLIGOTT
Japanese baseball defeats SEU
Team from
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SEU graduate student looks
forward to fall sports season
Fantasy Football draws fans
of the real game to the Web
game against
SEU baseball
Japan takes
fourth annual
Karaoke
Coffee House
The undefeated All-Stars’ ros-
ter of 23 players was selected
from a list of 5,000 potential
host that the All-Stars have
been coming here ever since.
In their four years of visiting
season. When the temperatures advance of a helmet and shoulder pads. Still,
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Film: Bewitched
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lost a game.
changing, each weekend sees
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Student Contributor
Summer may be the season of the legs, but
fall is the season of the gamer, and it is this
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St. Edward’s cheerleaders practice in the Recreation and Convocation Center. They are preparing for national competition, which they advanced to for the
first time following a cheerleading camp as Souther Methodist Universtiy, July 28-31. Nationals will be held during spring break in Daytona Beach; Florida.
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far have been positive.
“Last year we had eight
“Who’s the Sauce Boss”
Salsa & Queso Tasting
South Congress Market
The St. Edward’s University
baseball team lost to the
Japanese All-Stars, 6-2, in a
goodwill exhibition game on
Tuesday, Sept. 20.
This is the fourth con-
secutive year the All-Japan
University Nanshiki Baseball
Association All-Stars have
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come to Texas. The team’s
first visit to Texas in 2002
was supposed to begin with an
exhibition match against the
University of Texas. When UT
backed out at the last minute,
SEU offered the All-Stars their
baseball diamond for practice
and their team for competi-
in some corners of our fair nation — begin ball season is 162 games
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Nanshiki Japanese All-Stars visited SEU last Tuesday and won 6-2.
tion. SEU was such a good Takayanagi Masahiro, has been
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— can be healing.
Another reason to rejoice at the arrival of
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lions of other good, decent, and red-blooded It is the game of eternal youth
Monday, September 26,2005 HEALTH & FITNESS —
so appreciative of the opportu-
nity SEU offers the All-Stars
each year that he hopes one
year the Hilltoppers will visit
Japan for a game.
Although there are no plans
for a trip by SEU players
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and the Nanshiki Baseball is all too happy to host the
Association. The team’s visit team when they’re here.
to Texas is funded by a grant “Win, lose, or draw, it’s just
from the Nanshiki Association a good experience. It fits well
and is overseen by Nanshiki with our Global Initiative,”
Chairman, Tomoshige Ryuichi. Farber said.
The 12-day, four-game good-
will tour of Texas also included Special thanks for this article go
stops in Abilene, San Antonio, out to fellow St. Edward’s student
and Houston. Haruhiko Kato for translating my
The All-Stars’ Head Coach, conversation with the Japanese team.
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begin dropping and the leaves — at least there is no good explanation for why the base-
worship at the First United Church of the $25 million per season, owners simply wish to
Almighty Pigskin. make the players work a few more hours.
Yes, football is in the air and we Americans Still, I cannot get truly excited about base-
are as varied in our rituals in regards to the ball until the very late summer, as the pennant
game as we are with our rituals in actual races heat up. Will the Red Sox keep the
church services. I, for instance, subscribe to Yankees out of the playoffs? Can the Astros
the ancient and venerable tradition of beer hold on to the Wild Card? Will my beloved
and pizza (occasionally opting for such exotic St. Louis Cardinals once again dominate
ethnic fare as nachos), whereas a certain the National League and perhaps right the
acquaintance of mine, who shall go nameless wrongs of last year in the Fall Classic? Let us
as he owes me a large sum of money for an hope so.
outstanding Super Bowl wager, swears by beer For this sportswriter’s gambling dollar, fall
and chili. is where the action is, and this fall promises
Whatever you eat or drink, the point is to to be a good one. Stay tuned, sports fans,
enjoy the games. In this world wrought with and next time we will get into the joys of Bar
the horrors of war and hurricanes, sport allows Games. Until then, keep living “The Sporting
us to realize that life does indeed go on, that Life.”
all doesn’t have to be sadness and destruction.
Even if games are nothing more than a few Razook is a graduate student pursuing a mas-
hours of escapism, I would argue that this is a ters degree in Liberal Arts. He is originally from
healthy thing — that to laugh at Randy Moss Oklahoma and hopes to graduate in seven years.
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cheerleading team will girls on the cheerleading
advance for the first time this team and now we have 22,”
year to the national competi- Cheerleading Coach John
tion during Spring Break in McCargo said. “This has just
Daytona, Fl. been a phenomenal change.
The cheerleaders qualified We used to do basic stunts
for this honor during cheer and cheers, but now we have
leading camp at Southern progressed to more intense
Methodist University in routines. We have a lot of
Dallas, on July 28-31. During hard workers and they want
the week, the team learned to win just as much as I do.”
new cheers and stunts. In Along with the increase of
order to qualify for nationals, participants, the stunts and
a squad needs to earn at least cheers are more advanced,
two first-place ribbons. At Their practices include
the end of the week, the SEU basket tosses in the air and
team earned three first-place backhand spring flips that are
ribbons. Two were awarded executed easily.
for team’s cheers, and the “It’s exciting having a large
other was for a fight song. group of girls,” Cheerleader
The cheerleading team Nathalie Iracheta said. “We
trains two hours a day, three all have a strong bond. Each
times a week. Four of the of us are learning together
hours are conditioning and and improving each day.”
two are spent on tumbling SEU cheerleaders focus on
in a gym. In addition, each performing at the volleyball
cheerleader must work out at and basketball games annu-
least three hours a week. ally. The team also tries to
The team will start working attend at least two to three
on their routine three months games of all other sports,
before nationals and add two For more information about
to three extra practices a cheerleading or becoming a
week. Two weeks prior to member of one of the spirit
nationals, they will practice teams, contact Coach John
about 20 hours a week. McCargo at johnpm@admin.
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The 2005 Fantasy Football in the last 10 years has their rights,” Urquiole said.
Draft gets underway and the popularity really taken off. The fantasy football league
first pick is Peyton Manning The Fantasy Sports Trade owner acts as the general
of the Indianapolis Colts. Association was created in manager, assembling his team
The news reverberates in 1998 to promote fantasy of stars and role-players, and
basements, offices and on the sports and according to its making sure he has the right
Internet in the weeks leading mission statement, to serve mix of players to pass, rush,
up to the National Football “as the unified voice of the kick and defend. The league
League season. Fantasy Sports Industry” owner has to choose the start-
Fantasy sports have become The Internet has further ing lineup for each week’s
the new craze in America, boosted the popularity of game and he must make sure
Among its draws is that it fantasy sports. While base- that the best players are play-
gives fans a chance to man- ball is still popular, fantasy ing each situation. Several
age their own team. Daniel football’s popularity is on the different leagues are in place,
Okrent of New York is cred- rise. Because it is now easier each with its own rules.
ited with creating the first to obtain player statistics Fantasy football will contin-
fantasy sports league. At the and follow the season, col- ue to prosper because sports
start of the season, Okrent lege students are finding the fans love the idea of being
and some of his friends, all game appealing. St. Edward’s in charge of their own team,
of whom followed baseball University Sophomore Iker It makes them feel as if they
closely, organized a league. Urquiole said he is in five are actually a part of football,
They picked players and then different leagues. There are and this makes watching the
chose a winner; using real sta- many different reasons why games even more fun.
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