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Page 2 The Pendulum Sports January 22,1981 F ootball cont. from p. 1. year. Stanley Tootoo led the squad with 60 solo tackles and 76 assists along with his brother Ernie, who racked up 48 solo tackles and 74 assists. Noseguard Chris Worst spearheaded the de fensive line with 51 tackles and 68 assists along with 20 QB sacks. John Robinson and Adrian Robertson also gave opposing quarterbacks bad dreams with 14 and 17 sacks respectively. Charles Womack, Reggie Tice, Greg Bynum, and Mike Edmon son headed a secondary that produced 126 solo tackles and 16 interceptions. As the coaching staff con tinually pointed out, the 1980 season as well as the national championship was produced by a team effort of not. only the players but the community and everyone connected with the program. Tolley is Coach of the Year by Stephen Ballard Elon College’s head foot ball Coach Jerry Tolley is the NAIA Division I Foot ball Coach of the Year. Tolley, who led the Fightin’ Christians to the NAIA National Champion ship and 13-1 season record, received the honor through a vote of fellow NAIA coach es. In four seasons as Elon’s head mentor, he has an out standing 38-10-1 slate. Prev iously Tolley had been named NAIA District 26 Coach of the Year and shared SAC-8 Coach of the Year honors with Mars Hill’s Claude “Hoot” Gib son. The Fightin’ Christians captured the National Championship with a 17-10 win over Northeastern State University of Oklahoma De cember 20. The Fightin’ Christians also captured the District 26 title and SAC-8 co-championship in 1980. Tolley coached three All- Americans. including NAIA all-time rushing leader Bob by Hedrick, seven all-district players, and sixteen all-con ference stars during the ’80 season. In his first season at Elon, Tolley brought home a 9-2 record and number six flnal NAIA ranking. 1978 saw the Fightin’ Christians finish number two in the NAIA when they advanced all the way to the championship game before falling to An gelo State of Texas while finishing the season 11-2-1. Preceding the 1980 cham pionship season, the Fightin’ Christians struggled through a tough 5-5 season. Tolley was pleased to have received the award from his fellow coaches. ‘‘I feel very fortunate to have had this opportunity to receive such recognition,” said Tolley. “It’s as much an honor for my fellow coaches here at Elon, players on our fine team, and all those assoc iated with this great year.” A native of Eden, Tol ley attended East Carolina University where he lettered in footbdl and track. As a wingback, he set seven ECU records and played on two teams that held 9-1 records. Tolley served as an assist ant at Elon for ten years as defensive coordinator before assuming the head coach duties in 1977. He also serves as assistant professor in the health, physical edu cation, and recreation de- p>artment. Coach Jerry ToHey was chosen NAIA District 26 Coach M the Year. He also shares the SAC-8 coach of the year award with Mars Hill’s Coach Qaude “Hoot” Gibson. Staff photo. Intramurals—a winter wonderland by Mari Behrend Intramural sports are an integral part of Elon College life. During winter term, wat- erpolo, one on one and 3 on 3 basketball are being played. Waterpolo has 11 men’s teams divided into two di visions and 5 women’s teams. In division I men’s^Sig Ep A and Magnum Force are tied 2-0 for first place and Aqua Heels with 1-1 is in close second. In Division II mens, Sigma Pi is in first place with a 2-0 win. In the women’s division, the Dol phins and the Sharks are tied for first with records of 1-0. In the one on one bas ketball there are 30 men split into two divisions. Division I, men under 6 feet, Division II men, over 6 feet in height. One on one action begins tonight. Three on three basketball has 30 men’s teams and 7 womens. There are six divisions of mens teams. In Division I the Falcons hold first place with a 2-0 record. The Sharks are ranked second with a record of 1-0. Studio 26 ranks first in Division II with their scores of 2-0. Division III is being led by Sig Ep with a 2-0 record, with Labom and Skoal teams tied 1-0 each for sec ond. Three Blind Mice led Di vision IV with a 2-0 record, followed closely by the Oak- ie Doakies with a record of 1-0, while DA team holds first position in Division V and ICA second with records of 2-0 and 1-0 respectively. Division VI is led by the Heads 2-0 followed by the Scrotums 1-0 record. The women’s division of three on three is led by Tri Sig with a 2-0 standing, followed by ZTA with a close record of 2-1. Coming in third, the Starbursts and Hotshots are tied with one win apiece. All three of these sports will begin tournaments next week to determine the top winning teams in each event. Looking ahead at spring intramurals a wide variety of activities will take place. Five man basketball is to be offered. This has been popular in the past. Coach Karen Cardin says, “I had as many as 55 last year and anticipate more this year be cause of the large number of freshmen this year.” Rnnningback Bobby Hedrick gallops in for a touchdown in the NAIA championship game. Hedrick was chosen Offen sive Player of the game. Photo by Paul DeFord. A packed stadium estimated at 7,000 witnessed the Elon NAIA championship. Photo by Evan Setzer. Matmen win two Exciting wrestling by Vicki Blankenship “Drag his arm. Get out. Get a stance.” These in structions can be heard com ing from Coach Mackey Carden and assistant Coach Mike Cox during any wrestl ing competition. The Elon matmen are back in action and have won two consecutive matches since their return over Christmas break. The Elon wrestlers took a victory over Pfeiffer 31-22 and over Lynchburg College 35-17. Leading the grapplers has been Billy Ray Brown, 118; Jay Lineberry, 126; Mike Mazzacca, 142; Phil Wil liams, 150; Mike Romes- burg, 158; and Steve Martz, 167. Elon is now 2-3 in match es this season and they will be seeing more action in the Washington & Lee Tourna ment on Jan. 24. Elon will be the host for the Caro lina’s Conference on Feb. 10, starting at 11 p.m. in East Gym.
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