The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1984 Page: 17 of 20
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POWDERPUFF
Jones clinches championship; Wiess wins first game ever
by Jay English
It's over and done with: the
powderpuff championship has
changed hands, belonging in 1984
to the girls in green from Jones
College.
The game last Saturday was an
upset. It upset the sportswriter, the
sports editor, and the other 220
members of Hanszen College ...
but it made a lot of other deserving
young ladies and a host of their
supporters very happy. Hanszen
College had a party last Friday
night, Jones had one Saturday
afternoon: on the field and in the
stands of the track stadium.
The game had to be an
attendance record for intramural
sports, as members from both
colleges and others as well turned
out by the hundreds to join in the
excitement. Most who were at the
game could've agreed on one thing:
Jones College "Fat women" would
look as good in the Cotton Bowl as
the Coogs would.
The game ended 24-6, but you
could sense that the game was
really a closer fought match than
the score would indicate as both
teams had fine game perform-
ances. Scoring for Jones were
Donna Andersen (2), Kim Smith,
and Ashley Wisner. These three
players in combination with
Nina Akai (Jones) runs from Jane Jord
receiver Nina Akai led the game
offensively for Jones. The Hanszen
defense and its fast, but basically
short secondary, was defenseless
against the Andersen/Akai
connection.
Hanszen speedster Jane Jordan
did what she could to cut off the
passes, but Jones kept on
marching down the field, scoring
on each possession early in the
game.
For Hanszen, Kristen
Swartwout finally scored her long
sought touchdown (she had at least
three called back this year) after
first-string running back Leslie
an (Hanszen). —M. Gladu
Neblitt was put out with a knee
injury.
The Hanszen offense was
bogged down throughout the early
part of the game by a Jones defense
led by Michelle Schultz, Stephany
Cooper, Lori Swann, and the
toughest noseguard in the
business, Angela Ravin.
The game represents the first
loss for Hanszen since their loss to
Brown back in 1982. Powderpuff
veterans still get misty
remembering that game, which
placed Hanszen as title runner-up
for that year as well.
Coach Jim West commented.
COED BASKETBALL
Oysters win battle among the sexes
by Mark Matteson
Last Saturday, the Oysters and
Snake in the Grass played for the
coed basketball championship
crown. True to the spirit of inter-
sex -tional finales, the contest was a
closely fought struggle in which the
Oysters managed to squeak by
with a 41-37 victory.
The game capped tremendous
seasons for both teams. Snake in
the Grass entered the contest with
a flawless 5-0 record which
included a playoff win over the 4-1
Lance and the Setshots, 37-34. The
Oysters, rebounding from a
season-opening loss to Split
Decision, won everything
thereafter. In their first playoff
game (sort of a wild-card game)
they defeated Making a Pass 38-30
and then went on to avenge their
sole loss by hammering Split
Decision. 50-38. Thus it came
down to one final game.
Both teams started quickly in
the first quarter. Fifty-two seconds
into the contest, Laura Dresser
gave the Oysters a 3-0 lead with a
bank shot (women's shots are
worth three points in coed ball).
Snake in the Grass retaliated
quickly with five points in the next
two minutes and kept it close for
the rest of the quarter on baskets
by Anne Peterson, Karen Neal,
Mike Glass, and others, and led at
the end of the quarter, 13-12.
The second quarter continued t.o
be a struggle. Dresser once again
opened the scoring, this time with a
lay-up. Mike Glass tied it up
eighteen seconds later on a twenty-
foot bank shot. The two teams
then exchanged two baskets each,
all on long jumpers, and the first
half ended as the game began, tied,
this time at nineteen apiece.
In the third quarter, the Oysters
began to pull away. After Glass hit
a fifteen-foot jumper Irom the
corner to put Snake in the Grass
into the lead, the Oysters stormed
back with eight straight points.
Tony Winfrey had six of those, and
Andersen contributed two on free
throws, to put the score at 27-21,
Oysters. Snake in the Grass
managed to check the scoring
binge, although they could do no
better than ending the quarter
down bv six, 31-25,
The fourth quarter was a race to
the wire. Just as the Oysters looked
like they might run away with it.
Snake in the Grass came back. The
teams exchanged baskets, but then
Anne Peterson scored on a five-
toot turn around jumper to brink
Snake in the Grass to within five.
After Dresser put the Oysters back
up by seven, with 2:53 left. Snake
in the Grass reeled off five straight
points. Moynihan nailed a five-
foot bank shot at 1:45, and then
Mike Glass brought the score to
37-39 with a twenty-foot jumper at
1:15. However, the Oysters
managed to hang on, and add
another Winfrey basket, making
the final score 41-37.
Both teams played well, as there
were several individual standouts.
The Oysters were led by a fourteen
point effort by Winfrey, as well as
Jim Peterson's ten points and
Dresser with nine. Anne Peterson,
Moynihan, and Glass all had nine
points for Snake in the Grass. In
conclusion, it can be said that two
in the basket is worth three when a
female shoots it, and the more
girls, the merrier.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Lady dribblers drop two '
by Antonio Torres
The Lady Owls basketball team
played their first two home games
last week. Unfortunately for the
Owls, they encountered defeat on
both occasions.
In their opening home game, the
Owls lost to Alcorn State, 80-
55.The Owls were dominated by
Alcorn. They lost the "battle of the
boards," 58-42. They committed
31 turnovers and shot 33 percent
from the field. In the first half
Alcorn shot 55 percent from the
field and that translated into a 14
point halftime lead from which the
Owls never recovered. Karen
Sowada attributed the rash of
turnovers to not playing "smart,
heads-up basketball." Holly Jones
had a good game with 19 points
and 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Last Monday, the Owls
succombed to the Roadrunners of
UT-San Antonio by a score of 77-
67. Although the score does not
reflect it, this was a hard fought,
close, and exciting game. The Owls
opened the game with a press
which slowed down UTS A's attack
and forced them to commit 14
turnovers in the first half. Poor
shooting, however, plagued the
Owls and they went into the locker
room down by seven points.
In the second half, UTSA
stretched their lead to as many as
12 points, but the Owls, led by
Kathy Skupin-Landry's eight
second-half points, cut the lead to
only two points on three occasions,
including one with only 2:37
left.From that point on, the game
turned into a strategic free throw
affair, and the Roadrunners
opened the gap to the final margin.
The Owls lacked the pressure of
Dede Brantley, their point guard,
who will be out of action until
January with a broken finger.
Brantley, normally a spark for the
team, was replaced by Skupin-
Landry. who filled in quite nicely.
"Jones just wanted it worse than
we did, and they got it. The party
we threw the night (and morning)
before the game just illustrates
how serious the whole college was
about the game. They have a good
team, and I'm proud of them. All
in all, it's been a good year for us, a
fun season, and that's what
intrarnurals are all about anyway."
Jones quarterback Donna
Andersen agreed, "The game was
so much fun; both colleges really
got into it." Also, and perhaps
most importantly, both teams
played a fair game despite the
"grudge match" potential, and
everyone walked away friends.
Both Andersen and West
commented on the good
sportsmanship displayed by both
teams.
Andersen attributed the success
of the Jones women to Coach
Harrison Latimer and I think that
both teams are already looking
forward to next year.
Elsewhere around the
conference. Wiess College won
their first game this weekend,
defeating Lovett 13-6. Tracy
Cohen had an outstanding day on
offense and defense running for
one touchdown and passing to
Kate Movnihan for the other. The
defensive standouts included Ana
Gonzales and Cohen.
For Lovett, Sharman Murphree
scored. Pat Takamine wanted to
congratulate the entire team
including a host of first year
players and coaches with special
commendation to Cathv Jones,
Murphree. Monique Baldwin.
Michelle Smith, Mary Davison.
Tricia Ownbv, and Millicent Coil.
Despite Lovett's lackluster
performance this season,
Takamine expects big things next
year when players and coaches
have more experience.
The game represented the lirst
win ever for the Wiess College
"Battle Sows," and Dee Dee
Haegelin, a Wiess tackle reported.
"We are just glad to finally win
one." Everyone who saw these girls
play this season has agreed that
they are looking better every game.
Brown College finished its
season with two wins this weekend.
The Saturday game vs. Baker
ended 20-0 with scores posted by
Amv Fredrickson, Dana
Mischlich, and Wendy Valka,
Sharon Nowotny of Baker
commended Cari Jacobscn on
offense and Cheryl Vocke on
defense, and summed up the
season by stating, "We had a good
season and had a lot of fun." Baker
had three touchdowns by Gretchen
Meyers, Kim Copeland and
Margaret Chang called back in the
game against Brown.
Against Will Rice on Sunday.
Brown won 13-0 with Crystal
Davis scoring all of Brown's
points.
It ended up like this:
Jones 6-0-0
Hanszen 5-1-0
Brown 4-2-0
WRC Baker 2-3-1
Wiess 1-5-0
Lovett 0-6-0
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