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Page 7 Men's Basketball looks for an edge The men ’ s basketball team has taken a roller coaster ride with an abundance of deep hills and large loops since the opening of the sea son. It lost four of its prime players: sophomore Brent Donatien, sophomore Cedric Brown, sophomore Rob Gra ham and senior Joe Bell. Ja son Lutz, also, was injured during practice and will not return untU next year. On top of all that, the Knights have been challenged by a few of the toughest teams. Despite these prob lems, however, the Knights have demonstrated determi nation and the wit to overome any possible pitfalls. The SA Equestrians compete in Panama Student posted as having the best American 3fii jiiiif/uii iojIb By Matt Peck Staff editor On Jan. 14-17 four St. Andrews' students were in vited to compete in the Copa de la Amistad, or friendly competition, in Panama. Shelby French the eques trian studies director at St. Andrews accompanied Su san; Yeahan, Kathy Kassel, Bethaiina'iPefry, and J.R. McCaulley to the three day event. Friends of the College Equestrian Program and a Colombian national, Mercha de la Garza, sponsored the trip. The four riders were mounted on three of La Garzas' horses with one bor rowed. She also rented a house for the four students to stay in. "She went ot UCLA, and wanted an American team to be in the competition." Com mented French. He went on to say that they fed the group, and drove them around. "She was great, and, lucky for us, she spoke perfect English." He later added. "The lifestyle down there is so different," French said, grooms only make $1 per day per horse. Full time domestic *ielp is about $50 a month. Everything down there was so cheap. We bought an arm load of bananas for a dollar." French concluded. The day before the com petition started, the riders tried out on their horses, and the owner dicided which class the lp3^.,^rpcL. The. classes ranged from 80 cm (2 feet, 9 inches) to 1.2m (4 feet, 3 inches). The three days of compe tition consisted of three rounds. Friday's round was a speed class, Saturday con sisted of speed and power, and Sunday's was a table II, timed first jump. Riders were not allowed to mount until they were four horses away from theirround. They were allowed to trot small fences more often than the others, and practice fences could not exceed the height of their respective competi tion. The competition was headed by the Federation Equestrian Internationale rules, and the courses were safe, colorful, and sophisti cated. Each days competition en joyed riders from all over Central America, Jamaica, and Guatemala, and prizes were awarded for each day s competition as well as over all. The overall winner of the three day competition was a fifteen year-old Panamanian named Albert Orlae. His trainer was Eric Hasbrouck, an American. Each night there was a party for the competitors, once on a yacht, and once on Tabogo Island, just off the The University ofNorthCaro lina at Chapel Hill has been seated as the #1 team after defeating The Florida State Seminoles on Saturday. By Jerome A. Baker Sports editor Knights, like the Lady Knights also end the season with a record of .500, lead by the popular John Church and his deadly three-pointer. Church may be one of the most sensational shooters under pressure that the Knights have had in 18 games; he has made a total of 49 points in 3-point shots. Another player who demonstrates a great bearing on the team is point guard Steve Hamilton. Hamilton is atwo-sport student athlete and is probably the most ener getic player on the squad. Fi nally, senior Shawn Colquiett lead the team in rebounds last year and it is likely he will accomplish this goal again. Shawn is not a flashy player, but he is surely a work horse. Ifone closely observes his playing technique, it is found that Shawn may score 15 points, 20 points or his highest this year. 25 points. An overview of the season: The Knights have obtained a record of 4-8 since Christmas, and they are apT proaching the end of the sea son with a remainder of six games before the CIAC tour nament begins. If the players push themselves.they may do better than expected. coast. The accommodations were fabulous, and well- staffed. J.R. McCaulley had the best of the American com petitors. He had clean scores aU three days of the competi tion. "We didn't understand the scoring," he remarked," I don't speak Spanish, and I was completely lost the whole weekend. My horse was great, very honest and a re ally good jumper." McCaulley added. McCaulley spent the win ter quarter in Southern Pines on an internship with profes sional trainer Don Sheehan. "Our riders learned to be agressive, and tougher," French added, "I can't think of a better way to broaden the horizons of these students." Lady knights play hard By Jerome A. Baker Sports editor The Lady Knights, now 6-11 overall and 4-5 in the conference, were able to end the season at an even .500. Since the Christmas break, the Lady Knights’ season has been a struggle, producing a record of three to seven and a losing margin deficient of ap proximately 26.8 points. One of the Lady Knights’ worst defeats came when they played Lees-McRae at Scot land high school. The final score was 53-105. Even though the Lady Knights are fifth in the conference, they should be able to advance in their stand ings before post-season play. Two conference teams remain to be played in the regular season. Number six ranked Pfiffer and number one ranked Belmcmt Abbey must be defeated to advance the Lady Knights to ahigherrank. All in all, the Lady Knights should end the sea son on a positive note with the leadership and scoring of the three seniors, Debbie Jones (9.3 APG), Barbara Stenger (10.9 APG) and Riki Point (8.7 APG).
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