October 16,1992
Intramurals stay afloat in downpour
Doug Brumley
Sports Editor
Q—
When it rains, it pours.
Just ask Joyce Clark, director of
Intramurals.
Rain has plagued this season of
intramurals, resulting in the post
ponement of many soccer games
as well as the cancellation of the
one day co-ed kickball tournament.
Clark and the participants have
perservered, however, and have put
together quite a successful season.
Flag football, which Clark says
benefited from mostly beautiful
weather, has concluded. The Day
Hops Nasty Boys took the champi
onship, with Milner Ist floor com
ing in second place.
The champions will face a team
from Greensboro College on Oc
tober 29 at 5 p.m.
Soccer has concluded it's regu
lar season and has now reached the
finals. In the men's division Day
Hops will face Milner 3rd on
Wednesday, October 28 for the
championship. Game time is 5 p.m.
In the women's division, the
Bryan women will take on the team
from Binford in a best-two-out-of
three series. The championship
series begins Wednesday, October
28 at 4 p.m. The second game will
be held on Sunday, November 1,
and the final game, if needed, will
be held on Wednesday, November
4.
Currently, there is a challenge
Quakers strong, but continue streak
Klley Holder
Staff Writer
The Guilford football team trav
elled to Ferrum College this week
end hoping to end a three-game
losing streak, but the Panthers post
poned those hopes for another
week.
Ferrum, charac teristicall y one of
the best teams in NCAA Division
111, pacified the Quakers with a 34-
4 romp on Saturday.
This was a mild loss compared
to the 61-13 spanking that Guil
ford took from them last year in
Greensboro.
Seventeen seconds into the
game, the Panthers ran for a 65
yard touchdown on their first play
from scrimmage.
To the Guilford defense's credit,
this was all they could muster in
the first quarter. The Quakers'
first score was a safety on a blocked
. pun* by junior Rob Davenport.
The Patithfers converted quickly
* four more times in the next two
tennis tournament in action. The
tournament will continue until
Thanksgiving.
The rain that drowned out the
kickball tournament cancelled
what would have been the season' s
first co-ed event. According to
Clark, the tournament had a great
response, in that there were a lot of
sign-ups. Clark hopes to resched
ule the event, but a full calendar of
intramural acivities from now un
til Christmas break may deem that
impossible.
In the immediate future for
intramurals is volleyball. Play be
gins on Sunday, November 1. It is
not too late to sign up. Anyone can
join the team at its first scheduled
game, or by contacting their unit
representative.
A couple of events are on the
horizon. The Cert Trident co-ed
volleyball tournament is one. The
dates of this event are to be an
nounced at a later date. Then be
ginning on Sunday, December 6 is
the Schick 3-on-3 basketball tour
nament.
In an effort to improve commu
nication with regards to intramural
schedule changes and updates, an
intramural hotline has been estab
lished. The hotline, 316-2485, is
changed frequently to notify par
ticipants of new schedules and
events. Information that is not on
the hotline can be obtained by call
ing 316-2160.
An intramural bulletin board also
quarters, averaging three plays and
72 seconds per touchdown drive.
The combination of Renado
Hairston, D.W. Perdue, and Dav
enport scored the other two points
for the Quakers on a quarterback
sack in the end zone.
Guilford's offense, riddled with
inconsistency for most of the sea
son, held the ball more than half
the game (33:53) but gained only
109 yards of total offense and no
points.
So far this season, the Quakers
have had possession of the ball 53
minutes more than their opponents
but scored 46 fewer points.
"Our offense was sporadic,"
states coach Mike Ketchum. "How
ever, freshman Reuben Burton and
sophomore Jim Bob Bryant played
quarterback and did a fine job."
The Quakers'.were. 4 for, 19 on
third-down conversioris. Punter
Phil Lemons was forced to kick a
school record 13 times, averaging
over 39 yards with-the longest be
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contains pertinent intramural in
formation, such as schedules and
tidbits about upcoming events. The
bulletin board is located in the base
ment of Founders Hall.
Clark hopes students take ad
vantage of the hotline and bulletin
board in order to keep up with the
latest happenings in intramurals.
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Flag Football
Champions: Day Hops Nasty
Boys
Runners-up: Milner Ist
Champions play Greensboro Col
lege, Thurs., Oct. 29, 5 p.m.
Soccer
Men
Championship game
Day Hops v. Milner 3rd, Wed.,
Oct. 28,5 p.m.
For the lastest intramural information call the intramural hotline: 316-2485
ing a 67-yard boot.
"Our effort was good,"
Ketchum. "It was as good, if not
better, in this game than in any of
our other games."
"We fought the wholegame, and
that was good to see."
"We played well on defense but
we missed some tackles that re
sulted in points for them."
Besides the good effort of the
whole team, Ketchum saw a bright
spot in the play of the younger
players.
"We put our second-string of
fensive line in against their first
string defensive line, and our guys
did well."
"Daniel Bennett also did a good
job on the defensive line."
Guilford is now 1-5, but that
doep not seem to bother Ketchum.
„V "I've/been around two other
teams that were 1-5 at this point in
the season. Those were the' 88 and
'B9 GUilford teams. This team is
better than both of those. All- we -
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Soccer
Women
Championship series (Best of
three)
Bryan v. Binford
Ist round: Wed., Oct. 28,4 p.m.
2nd round: Sun., Nov. 1
3rd round: Wed., Nov. 4
Tennis
Challenge tennis tournament
in progress until Thanksgiving
need is some consistency."
From here on out, the Quakers
will try to improve their 0-1 con
ference record. All that's left for
them are four ODAC rivals.
Ferrum improved its record to 2-
3.
For the next two weeks, Guil
ford will be home for two confer
ence matchups.
On Saturday, October 17, Guil
ford will host Bridgewater Col
lege.
The Eagles have only one win
this season. It came this Saturday
with a shutout of Methodist: 27-0.
According to Ketchum, "They
are very similar to us. They have a
young offense. We both have good,
sound defenses."
'Their record is the same as ours,
but they have had a tough sched
ule, They've *dpne \ypl] as far as
getting belter frotn w£cfc to week."
; As to any prediction's aboHhis
ifcaffchup,' Ketchum say?, "IVspill
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Volleyball
Teams begin play Sun., Nov. 1
It's not too late to sign up!
Cert-Trident co-ed volleyball
tournament
To be announced
Basketball
Schick 3-on-3 basketball tourna
ment
Play begins Sun., Dec. 6
don't play well the week after we
play Ferrum because the guys tend
to get down on themselves, but this
year we are better off psychologi
cally than in years past."
This weekend's game will be
the "100 th Year of Football" con
test. This is to celebrate the Quak
ers' long-running tradition of
intercollegiate competition. Game
time is 1:30 p.m. at the Armfield
Athletic Center.
Next week (October 24), the
Quakers will face Emory and
Henry. They are picked to finish
first in the ODAC.
"They have exceptionally strong
offensive and defensive lines, and
they have some good runners," says
Ketchum.
"They beat Ferrum last year, so
that should say something., They
•are as good as any4eam face
' this year." • ,
The Quiricers are scheduled to
, hit the
r Athletic C!U4er., '
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