Page four " —Guilfordian, December 7, 1983 II Sports Men's Team Suffers By Frank Salley The Guilford College Men's basketball team started this year supposedly with a reemergence to prominence. But instead they found themselves floundering with an early 1 and 3 record. This poor start can be attributed to a host of injuries and transfer in eligibility, transfers can't par ticipate until Dec. Bth. The result of this is that the Quakers are playing with only 8 men. In the Tipoff Tourney at Greensboro College the Quakers lost their first game to Musk ingan of Ohio. The Quakers led the first thirty minutes before fading away and losing 58-49. The Quakers had no one who could cool the hot shooting hand of Muskingan guard Mark Dempsey who singed the nets for 27. The Quakers were paced by Chris Lambert and Bobby Jones with 12 each. The next night the Quakers took on Adrian College of Mighigan only to meet the same fate. Going into the locker room at intermission the Quakers found themselves down bv eight. The Quakers made several threats at cutting this lead but never got any closer that 3 points. Playing with only four men, the Season Recapped By Doug Drotman Although student interest was low, the football teams' perfor mance was far from poor this year. The team finished with a 5-4-1 record but was very close to a 7-3 season. Every loss this season was to teams that "should have" blown the Quakers off the field. Teams the caliber of Lenior-Rhyne, Elon and Davidson are perenial powers and offer 23 scholarships as compared with 13 for the Quakers. With all but one 1982 starter returning, an experienced of fense was starting the season. Everyone expected a high power offense, but the Quakers were more of a ball control offense. Coach Forbes admits that the of fense did not live up to expecta tions. The offensive line was com prised of three seniors including all-district 26 second team per former Eric Scott. The line was at times awesome but often broke down in protection and sent the quarterbacks scrambling. The season opened with Earl Clinton as the outright number one quarterback but ended with Clinton sharing the job with senior David Cunningham. Clin ton's fine 1982 season was cut short due to a knee injury, leav ing him hoping to come back strong in 1983. Cunningham hit on over 55% of his passes and put coach Forbes into a dilemna when deciding on a starting quarterback. The receiving corps was com prised of two seniors and one sophomore. Clinton and Cunn ingham's primary targets were Greg Weaver (26-351), Buddy Halbert (31-368, 6td) and Mark Walker (17-212) Weaver and Walker concluded their careers this season while Halbert has two more seasons of eligibility. struggling Quakers lost to the visiting Bobcats 70-66, Bob Mang led Adrian with 17 points. The Quakers were led by Darryl Dozier with 19, Chris Lambert with 13, and Tommy Irvin with 12. The next opponent was Longwood College. The Quakers wanted to beat them badly because of a tension filled defeat last season. The Quakers finally put it all together offensively and defensively to come up with a 68-63 victory. The Quakers were led by Bobby Jones 21 pts., and Chris Lambert 15. The high scorer for Longwood was Jerome Kersey with 25. The Quakers then went on to Mars Hill. At Mars Hill the Quakers suf fered a relaspe. The great play they displayed in the win against Longwood had vanished. The of ficials called a very tight game with Bobby Jones picking up 4 first half personals. To make matters worse the young Mars Hill team shot 60% from the floor. They blew the game side open to defeat the Quakers 77-60. The Quakers were led by Darryl Dozier 26 points. Todd Blondin pumped in 24 for Mars Hill. Underclassmen Marty Hemric and John Montgomery gained ex perience helpful for next season play. The starting backfield of 1982 of Charlie Heard and Mike Reardon returned but were upstaged by Billy Holland and Terry Jones. Although Heard was the leading rusher with 440 yards he was frustrated once again when he was sidelined with another in jury. When Heard played he was dangerous as in his 142 yard ef fort versus Concord. The cliche, "Something good always comes out of something bad," was fit ting when Heard was sidelined. Jones got his first opportunity to prove himself and juked his way to 327 yards and 13 pass recep tions. Holland replaced Reardon as the starting fullback and rush ed for 315 yards. The defense in 1983 was pro bably the team's strong point. The defense had one shutout and kept all but three of their foes under 20 points. Coach Forbes pointed out that the linebackers would be his big play men and certainly correct. The foursome of Charles Kepley, Scott O'Kelley, Nicky Bazzle and Billy Smith dominated opponents' run ning games while picking off three passes between them. Smith made a smooth transaction from tight end to linebacker in 1983. With the experience and off season conditioning Smith may Ibe able to be a solid force next season. Coach Forbes praised backups Todd Shuping and Trent Tucker along with Kirk Knight. The secondary was led by All- District performer Fernell Jef ferson (Fint.) and senior Ashley Hassard. Kicker Bryan Wilson was the other All-District per former. I! j The Day-Student Intramural team won the Intramural Soccer Championship. Team members pic tured are: Front row—Alex Balestrieri, Mogomotsi Lentsoe, Brad Williams, Antonio Garcia, David Bradley; Back row—Colin VallanceOwen, Kevin Britt, Charles Lomax, Howard Ilolden, Karl Miller. Sports Q 1. What pitcher has thrown the most no-hit ball games? How Many? 2. What active player has hit the most pinch hit home runs? (a) Cliff Johnson (b) Rusty Staub (c) Jose Morales 3. Everyone knows that in 1961, Roger Maris set the all time single season home run mark when he hit 61 homers. Who has the National League record of 54 in a single season? (a) George Foster (b) Hank Aaron (c) Hack Wilson (d) Ralph Kiner 4 . Who is the last player to hit hour home runs in a game? (a) Mike Schmidt (b) Dave Kingman (c) Willie Mays (d) John Mayberry 5. Which player has hit the most leadoff home runs: (35)? (a) Pete Rose (b) Lou Brock (c) Bobby Bonds (d) Joe Morgan 6. Who is the last player to drive in over 150 runs in the Na tional League in a single season; what was the year and how many? (a)Tommy Davis (b) Johnny Bench (c) George Foster (d) Eddie Matthews 7. Pete Rose has compiled ten 200-hit seasons, which is tops all-time. What active player besides Pete has compiled the most 200-hit seasons, how many? (a) Rod Carew (b) Steve Garvey (c) Cecil Cooper (d) Jim Rice 8. Who is the only player to accumulate 400 homers and 3000 hits in the American League? 9 Although Ty Cob was able to steal home 35 times in his career, stealing home has become a lost art in the past few years. One active player, though, has stolen home 17 times in his career. Who is he? 10. Which player has never hit 3 home runs in a game 4 times in his career? (a) Babe Ruth (b) Dave Kingman (c) Ralph Kiner (d) John Mize (e) Willie Stargell. This week's stumper: Who is the only player to hit for the cycle in both the A.L. and N.L.? 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On the first day of regular season practice head coach Judy Flynn and assistant Tanya Holley took over and conducted other workouts emphasizing basketball skills with the team. This year's team returns ten players from last year's squad. Returning are co-captains Hope Dixon, and Tammy Strickland. Other returning players are Amy Parrish, Lisa Miller, Debbie Phillips, Lois Wright, Melanie Bledsoe, Suzanne Lowe, Sandy Bigelow, and Kim Keyser. New comers to the team are Sharon James, Kerry McKay, and Michelle Graves. The Lady Quakers have played five games thus far, the first be ing 66-85 loss to UNC-G Spartans. On November 21-22 the Quakers traveled to Elon for the H & R Block Tournament where they lost to Greenville 70-88 and the following day turned around to defeat ACC 62-58. On December Ist, the Lady Quakers suffered another loss to Elon in a high scoring game 94-102. Lois Wright was high scorer for Guilford with 30 points. The team is scheduled to play away at Wingate on December 3 and at home against Pfeiffer on December sth. Check the schedules to see when the next home game is, and come out to see the game.

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