The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, November 22, 1985 Page: 9 of 10
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A coaching legacy will come to a close
and 13 ACU seniors will end their
careers Saturday when the Wildcats
meet East Texas State in Commerce.
The game begins at 2 p.m.
BTSU head football coach Ernest
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some pain of a season that began with
high expectations and is ending in
anguish.
Of the 13 seniors six are members
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ENMU
The ACU golf team came in a close
second in the Lone Star Classic to
Eastern New Mexico losing the last
four boles of the 54 played this Tues-
day and Wednesday at the Fairway
Oaks Country Club. ENMU won with
a score of 946 followed by ACU with
950.
The two teams were tied at 636 after
36 holes Tuesday.
The medalists for the tournament
included senior Chip Seltzer of Grand
Blanc Mich. who placed second
overall with a score of 232 and first-
place finisher Kawika Comer of
Angelo State who shot a 229.
Coach Vince Jarrctt said the tourna-
ment was a high-scoring one for all the
teams because of the weather. Golfers
were buffeted by the West Texas wind
Tuesday and Wednesday cold
temperatures affected the play.
Other LSC teams participating were
East Texas State which placed third
with 962; Angelo State following with
966; and Howard Payne with 1008.
Texas A &I did not compete.
Other participating Cats included:
sophomore Chris Goodspeed of
Dallas who shot a three-day total of
241; senior Mark Anthony of Fort
Worth who shot 243; freshman Todd
Booneau of Dallas who shot 245; and
freshman Grady Bruce of Dallas who
shot 246.
The Classic was the first annual
LSC fall tournament. This tourna-
ment was the last of the fall for the
Cats who will compete in eight tour-
naments next spring one of which will
be the 108-hole LSC championship in
April.
ASU volleyball
reigns in LSC
tournament
Wildcats third
By KERRY COLE
Assistant Sports Editor
Angelo State University once again
proved itself to be the cuss of the Lone
Star Conference sweeping through
the LSC volleyball tournament Mon-
day and Tuesday in Moody Coliseum.
The Rambelles LSC champions
four consecutive years defeated once
beaten East Texas State for the cham-
pionship. ACU fell to East Texas
Tuesday afternoon in the losers'
bracket final.
ACU defeated Eastern New Mexico
in four games Monday afternoon
12-15 15-10 15-13 and 18-16.
The win matched ACU with top-
ranked Angelo State whose only con-
ference loss had come at the hands of
the Wildcats in Moody Oct. 8. The
Rambelles had defeated ACU twice in
San Angelo.
The match began at 8:50 p.m. 50
minutes late due in part to power
shortages that delayed play three times
Monday.
ASUrs Frances Williams a 6-0
sophomore dominated first-game play
as the Rambelles won 15-4.
The entrance of Jana Moore
freshman from Fearland and Tammy
Taylor sophomore from Monte Vista
Colo. into the second game helped the
of the league's most productive pass-
ing offense which will face the Lone
Star Conference's least effective
defense.
Jason Embry senior guard from San
Antonio Lee Craig Huff senior tackle
from Round Rock; Greg Foiter senior
tackle from Humble; and Bill
Holloway senior tackle from Decatur
wllJ provide the protection for the
most productive facet of the Wildcat
offense Rex Lambertl
Lambert! sophomore from Odessa
Permian threatens to break ACU and
LSC records for yards and touchdown
passes in a season. He has 2678 yards
and 21 touchdown passes in 10 games
this season and is well within reach of
Clint Longley's record of 2719 yards
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Randy Hoverson with his "Family" practice Jersey exhibiting the
Cats' unity prepares for Saturday's home opener In Moody. (Photo
by Rick Patterson)
Cats put up a better fight. The
Rambelles' 6-0 junior Tanya Daniels
broke a 15-15 tie with two scores to
finish the game.
ACU never trailed In game three
holding a 10-3 lead at one point. The
Cats' effective blocking never allowed
the Rambelles to get in the game as
ACU took a 15-9 victory.
The play of ASU junior Rcgina Cole
sparked the 'Belies in the fourth and
final game. After ASU took a 12-5
lead three ACU errors finished the
match.
The loss was ACU's first of the
season in Moody Coliseum.
"In the Angelo match we played
well" Coach Moore said. "We didn't
just crater. We did have several service
errors that hurt us but those have
plagued us all season. But I'd have to
say in the Angelo Match we played the
best we played in the tournament.
"We were disappointed to lose to
Angelo." Coach Moore said. "But I
told 'em 'Hey you played good. And
you have nothing to be ashamed of.'
They're strong. And I don't think we
have anything to be ashamed of with
the way we played Monday night."
East Texas State coming off a five-
game win over Eastern New Mexico
played ACU immediately after its vic-
tory and shocked the Cats with a three-
end 23 touchdowns.
However he is coming off his
worst performance of the yenr throw-
ing for only 132 yards and three in-
terceptions against Texas AM. He has
gone the last 10 quarters without a
touchdown pass. The ACU offense
has scored only one touchdown in the
last nine quarters of play.
World-class sprinter Arthur
Williams senior from Midland Lee
has not been a dominant factor in the
receiving department but is a constant
threat. He will end his athletic career
at ACU as will senior tailback Rodney
Mathis from San Antonio Southwest.
Defensively the Wildcat .have
seven players who will bid farewell as
seniors. From the front line defensive
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Familiar sight
Senior Debra Griffin left watches as fellow senior Stacy Atkinson at-
tempts a hit during the Wildcats' three-game loss to East Texas State
Tuesday In Moody Coliseum. The match marked the last of the
game sweep. All-tournament member
Angie Neylon was a key to the Lions
15-6 15-9 15-10 victory which pro-
pelled ETSU into the championship
match with Angelo State.
"It was very disappointing" Coach
Moore said. "We just didn't get it
together. I thought about it a really
long time We're oy far a better team
than East Texas. I still believe in
overall ability we are the better team.
We had a lack of communication. We
had a lot of service errors. We just
didn't have it together. I don't think it
careers Saturday
tackles Steve Jacobson and Robert
Fiore are starting their last game.
Tackle Paul Wells also will be lost to
graduation but he ended Ids season
two weeks ago against Angelo State.
Archie Green senior front Bryan
will leave a vacancy in the defensive
end position that he has held down for
four years.
In the secondary Terry Don Barr-
incton ahd Todd Williams who both
play safety will Vacate one spot to
graduation and Thomas Wilson a
defensive back who will captain the
special teams units will play his last
game.
The Wildcat defense ranks fourth In
the LSC and will be expected to hold
back East Texas State's conference
Hoop slate opens in Moody
By KERRY COLE'
Assistant Sports Editor
ACU's men's basketball team will
open its 1985-86 season Saturday
night when the Cats play host to Mary
Hardin-Baylor Saturday n night in
Moody Coliseum at 8 p.m.
Monday Paul Quinn College of
Waco will visit Moody. ACU will be
in Iowa City Iowa Nov 30 to take on
NCAA Division I Iowa.
The Wildcats defeated Mary
Hardin-Baylor 100-72 last year at
home.
"We're ready to get going" senior
guard Darryn Shearmire said. "The
ones who have been here know what
it's like to win. What we did last year
just gives us that much more incentive
to win this year to do even better."
Shearmire said several players have a
chance to see action Saturday.
"Everybody in practice has been doing
Women face tough
Oy THOMAS GRAHAM
Sports Editor
Traditionally the Wildcat women
have had a difficult basketball schedule
to prepare them for Lone Star Con-
ference play.
And women's batketball coach Burl
McCoy is starting his 1985-86 squad
off with a difficult road trip in prepara-
tion for the conference race that will
begin in mid-January.
The Wildcats open this schedule
Saturday against Pan American
University in the South Texas city of
Edinburg. The team then travels to
College Station and Belton to meet
Texas A&M Monday and Mary
Hardin-Baylor Tuesday.
The team's home opener is Nov. 30
against East Texas State.
was a lack of desire. Everybody wanted
to win.
"We were sore and stiff which is
very common" she said. "But you've
got to work it out and keep going. And
that's what East Texas did better than
we did."
Angelo State's seniors took charge in
the final match against East Texas.
Connie Bryan and Susie Dorwaldt led
the Rambelles to the title 15-8 15-1 1
10-15 and 15-7
Bryan and Dorwaldt both made the
all-tournament team along with ACU
leading offensive attack Wcs Smith is
the LSC's leading receiver and will be
catching the ball from Mike Trigg
who missed five games because of a
shoulder injury.
Running back Donald Lee provides
the running balance to the ETSU
offense.
The motivation for both teams ta
win the season finale is prevalent.
For Hawkins a win would mean en-
ding his career on an upward beat
while for Payne it would keep his team
above the .500 mark. Payne's worst
record as a head coach was 8-8 in the
Canadian Football League.
Fiore said ETSU Would surely want
to win the game for Hawkins but add-
ed that the team would like to give
really well" he said.
NAIA schools are allowed to work
out from the beginning of school
while NCAA schools start later in the
school year. Shearmire said the fact
that Mary Hardin-Baylor and Paul
Quinn "have got a month and a half on
us" may be a factor.
He said ACU will continue its runn-
ing style offensively combined with a
force-the-action type defense. "That's
our main thing this year" he said.
"We'll be running on offense and put-
ting pressure defense on 'em."
He said the defense probably will be
the key for the Cats in early games. He
predicted that ACU which scored 121
points last year in its home opener
against East Texas State could put a
lot of points on the board again Satur-
day. "If we take control of the game
it'll be a high-scoring game" Shear-
mire said.
He said Mary Hardin-Baylor "had a
Last year the Wildcats' schedule was
given a 2.8 power rating the highest of
the Southwest Region which propell-
ed them into the NCAA Division II
playoffs ahead of several other schools
that were also being considered.
The 1985-86 schedule is even
tougher.
Coach Burl McCoy entering his
tenth season with a 169-99 record said
he was trying to get a lot of Division I
schools and some good NAIA Division
I schools in an effort to boost the
power rating again this year.
McCoy said the power rating will be
important when the playoffs come
around but LSC play comes first and
he is centering his attention on prepar-
ing for conference.
His squad consists of six returners -four
of which are starters and eight
seniors' four-year careers at ACU.
Is expected to be a key to next
Chlsm)
senior Stacy Atkinson Other all-
tournament members were ENMU's
Jcne Howell and Alice Fortes of East
Texas State.
Coach Moore was not entirely disap-
pointed with the Cats' showing in the
tournament.
"They gave a lot" she said.
"Everybody gave a lot. And I felt like
even in the East Texas match in each
person's heart I think they were giving
it the best they could give. It just
wasn't clicking"
The coach said there are good things
Payne the game as well.
"I have a lot of respect for Coach
Payne" Fiore said. "He really tries to
work with you. He is a Christian in
every sense. He is very optimistic and
is a team coach."
The game also has it's motivations
for a group of seniors who would like
to erase some memories of a difficult
and disappointing season.
"It's gonna be a hard fought battle'
said Korc. "You know they're gonna
give it their all. And we want to win it
for our own satisfaction."
Barrington said a win Saturday in
Commerce would do more than just
lift the teams record to 5-4-2.
"It just kind of helps ease the pain"
he said of a closing day win
pretty good squad. But they didn't
play together that well." However he
warned that this year's team will be
different.
Shearmire said Coach Mike Martin
"did a good job in recruiting this year.
We've got a bunch of super-talented
people and their great individuals
too."
He said the trip to Iowa will be a
tough test for this team.
"I think it's going to be pretty ex-
citing" he said. Some people expect
ACU to lose at Iowa but Shearmire
said "We're going up there with the
intention of winning. Anybody can
beat anyone on any given night."
He said this kind of non-conference
schedule should help the Cats. "It
really docs a lot of good for us" he
said. "It really tests you as a person"
he said. "There's some talent that's
superb quality. They really put you to
the test."
schedule
talented recruits who he said should
oil get some playing time. He said this
long road trip will let him know which'
of the newcomers will sec the most
time on the court.
But the spots are not open because of
inexperience.
"We're stronger this year" said
senior guard Deonna Moore from
Portervillc Calif who averaged 12.9
points per game earning a spot on the
ail-LSC team. "Anybody he puts in
the game will give us a new look. He
did a really good job of recruiting last
year. Almost everyone of them has a
winning attitude from high school."
McCoy values a winning attitude
and suggests that it could fit right into
the tradition that he is building at
ACU. "Tradition counts for
something" he said.
Sophomore Sharyn Renner right
year's program. (Photo by Brian
to be found in a season in which the
Cats finished 14-17.
"One thing that was comforting
about It all we finished second in the
conference which is the best we've
ever fmished" she said. "We beat
Angelo State for the first time in
several years. We were in first place in
the conference for several weeks We
were ranked as high as ninth in the
region. Considering our experience I
think that says a lot for what we did.
And I think we have a lot to be proud
of."
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