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Lacrosse: Is There A Future
by Hal Soden
For those not familiar with
the game, lacrosse is perhaps
the fastest team sport played
by man on his two feet. It is an
extremely physical game
possessing beauty, finess, and
precision team work. Invented
by the American Indian,
lacrosse resembles field hoc
key and is played using a stick
or long-handeled pouched
racket.
A team consists of ten
players working together to
advance the ball across the
field and into the opposing
team's goal like soccer. From
start to finish the name of the
game is "action" in the form
of raw body contact as well as
finess, requiring each player
to be top physical and mental
condition. Thus, Lacrosse
offers supreme excitement
and involvement to the
spectators.
Lacrosse is a varsity sport
here at Guilford, and has been
for the past four years. The
program was founded by a
group of interested students
having mixed backgrounds in
the sport, along with John
Hardy, a local lawyer with a
knowledge of the game
volunteering as coach.
The athletic department
furnished the developing team
with uniforms, equipment,
and the football field for
games. Since then, little or no
new equipment has been
provided, the games have
been at the soccer field, and
Coach Hardy has left the
program unfortunately due to
his expanding law practices.
Last year Tommy Saunders,
a graduate assistant football
coach having absolutely no
knowledge of the game, was
assigned the coaching position
by the athletic department.
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This spring, Saunders is
switching to track, and
Charles Forbes, another
football coach also never
having been exposed to the
game, has been assigned the
coaching position.
In an interview with Dr.
Herb Appenzeller, the athletic
director, he stated that for a
time the athletic department
was considering dropping the
lacrosse program and making
it a club sport, thus cutting all
financial support. Now that
the budget has improved,
however, the department is
planning to escalate financial
support to the program in an
effort to bring it up to the level
of the other sports programs.
Appenzeller is optimistic
about the future of the
program. He places his
confidence in Forbes' coach
ing ability, which he believes
will give the lacrosse program
the basic continuity needed for
further development.
When talking with several
of the returning players,
however, I discovered they all
came up with the same overall
suggestion. "We need a coach
with authority who is willing to
devote both the time and the
effort needed to go onto the
field and take control", they
said.
Jay Plaisted, sophomore
and leading scorer last year,
stated, "We need a strong
coach capable of drawing the
team together and creating a
unity among teammates."
Dave Turner, a senior with the
team since its beginning
stated, "The lacrosse program
has been stagnate for the past
two years. What the team
really needs is a coach
knowledgeable in lacrosse,
and able to show even the
experienced players new and
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This year's team has more
talent and depth than ever
before. The returning players
are Dan Sommerville, David
Turner, Jay Plaisted, David
Rosenzweig, Richard Perry,
Bill Baker, Mark Weston, Paul
Huges, Ted Harrington, Bruce
Hendricks, and Paul Fribush.
Adding to the talent already
present are a few talented
freshmen who will fill many of
the gaps that resulted in last
year's disappointing 1-5 losing
season.
Yes, the lacrosse does have
a future. The talent, enthu
siasm and tremendous amount
of potential is here. However,
in order to build, the lacrosse
team must have the support of
the entire school, including
the administration, alumni,
athletic department, and most
important, the students. The
team also needs a coach,
whether it be Forbes or
someone else, to gain the
respect of the players and
instill pride into the team.
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Intramurals
The Basketball intramural
season is here! Schedules
have been distributed to those
players who signed up for
teams, but even if you didn't
sign up, come on out and play!
There are extra schedules in
the gym, but for convenience
we also have it partially
printed up here. For more
information, contact Mrs.
Clark in the gym or Frankye
Boyles or Mark Buckley,
intramural student coordi
nators.
Craft Center
Receives Wheels
The Craft Center has three
new kick wheels thanks to
Dave Maclnnes and Stephen
Ellison. They painstakingly
put them together on Saturday.
The metal parts came in a kit
by Brent; Dave bought the
plywood to finish it up. The
flywheel is weighted by bricks
glued and clamped into place.
Hopefully these will be
finished by next week.
Staining and varnishing will
take place on Tuesday
(tonight) if anyone would like
to help. For more information,
contact Carta McAdams or
Stephen Ellison.
In the Swim
The hours for free swim
ming at the Greensboro
College Pool are as yet still
unsettled, but the GuUfordian
plans to run the completed
schedule in next week's issue.