Cardiac Quakers End With Thrillers
BY DOUG DROTMAN
In danger of their first losing
season since 1976, the Quaker
football team came from behind
to earn a win and a tie in their last
two outings to end the season at
5-3-1. Both games went down to
the final minute before the out
come was decided.
Terry Jones raced for 177 yards
on 26 carries as the Quakers
upset Catawba 23-17. The victory
not only assured Guilford their
sixth consecutive winning
season, but also marked the first
time since 1976 that the Quakers
have defeated Catawba.
The victory was not sealed until
Todd Shuping, Rex Tuggle and
Mike Green stopped Catawba's
Jim Parent on a fourth and six
from Guilford's 13 yard line with
only 42 seconds remaining.
Parent's five yard dash came up
one yard short giving Guilford
their fifth consecutive triumph.
The Indians blew an opportuni
ty to win in the final minute when
they had a first and ten from the
Quaker 17. On first down,
quarterback Brian Watts' end
zone pass, intended for Kenny
Watkins, was broken up by an
acrobatic Kieran Byrne. After
fullback Reggie White (13-57)
dashed for four yards, to
Guilford's 13, Watts panicked and
threw the ball away to stop the
clock at 42 seconds. Since
Catawba still had a timeout, and
42 seconds was plenty of time to
get off two more plays, Watts
move was an obvious blunder.
The Indians tried to pick up the
first down, but Parent came up
short.
Guilford got on the scoreboard
first after Kurt Knight recovered
a Ray Littlejohn fumble at the
Catawba 20 yard line on the In
dian's opening possession.
Following two incomplete passes
and a scramble by Jeff
Schreiber, Guilford settled for a
38 yard field goal from Rick Herr
ing.
A Realization Of Sports
BY DOUG DROTMAN
When I came to Guilford, four
years ago, I never thought this
article would come from my pen.
As a sports management major,
and a hardcore sports fan, the
ability to get directly involved in
the sports program was a key
factor in my coming to Guilford.
The sports program, which at the
time offered nine varsity sports
(6 men, 3 women, added to
Guilford's attractiveness.
Coming from New York, I had
a hard time adjusting to the em
phasis plact upon high school
and college ! . by the media.
Another pet p. ve of n ne (and I
am ashamet ~u it; was
women in "Why are
women trying to compete when
men are clearly better?" I
thought.
Catawba came right back to
take the lead, when Parent
(14-78) capped a 10 play 80 yard
drive by avoiding five would-be
Quaker tacklers on his way to a
nine yard touchdown run around
left end. On the drive, the Indians
exhibited a potent wishbone of
fense, as quarterback Watts con
fused the Quaker defense. All ten
plays were on the ground with the
big play being Watts' 27 yard run
into Quaker territory.
The Quakers came back im
mediately as Schreiber hit tight
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•lerry Amnio (75), Trent Tucker (50) and Todd Shuping (84) Stack up a Concord ball carrier.
photo by Mary Hippler
end Alex Brogan with a three
yard scoring pass. On the drive,
Guilford showed they could
match Catawba's ground game
as Terry Jones carried the ball
eight times on the drive for 39
yards.
Catawba came right back,
marching from their 25 yard line
to the Guilford 10 before Little
john fumbled a pitchout and in his
effort to avoid Quaker tacklers,
was dumped for a 19 yard loss.
Freshman Randy Brown was
forced to nail a 45 yard field goal
to tie the game at 10.
My views on women in sports
began to change last year when I
became Assistant Sports Infor
mation Director. By attending
more female sporting events I
began to appreciate the effort
given, sportsmanship exhibited
and comradery between women
athletes. Although I did ap
preciate the women, I still did not
feel they deserved five varsity
sports.
What has changed my views
was my work as S.I.D. this past
semester. In my job, I have work
ed closely with women's soccer
and volleyball and more recently
women's basketball. Volleyball
coach, Gayle Currie was the clin
cher in bringing out my realiza
tion.
Coach Currie and her athletes
approach sports with the same in
tensity (if not more) as their
male counterparts. I realize that
Quaker Sports
The offenses continued to move
at will, as Guilford came right
back to score on a 32 yard
Herring field goal. Jones and
Johnny Hines did the bulk of the
work carrying on eight of the nine
plays. Coach Charles Forbes took
a page out of the Catawba
playbook as Schreiber teamed
with Jones on an option play for a
23 yard pickup into Catawba ter
ritory.
The see-saw battle finally took
a definite turn when Quaker
defensive end Trent Tucker
recovered a White fumble at the
Catawba 25. After Jones raced
for 16 yards, Hines burst up the
middle for a nine yard score and
a 20-10 Guilford advantage at the
half.
Catawba closed the gap to 20-17
when safety Jay Aldredge in
tercepted a tipped Schreiber
pass, intended for Marty Hemric.
Catawba preceeded to drive 53
yards on 12 plays before Watts
utilized the option and his
elusiveness to avoid Engleby,
Shuping and Byrne and score on a
15 yard run.
I too had gotten caught in the
commercialism and "win at all
costs" attitude of professional
and college sports. Correct me if
I'm wrong, but with all of the
academic, drug and illegal payoff
controversy plaguing college
sports, I have yet to hear of
Christina Washburn, Stephanie
(Steve) Howe or the female
Dominique Wilkins.
Women compete just as hard,
train just as intensely and from
what I've noticed, are more
dedicated than male athletes. A
major difference is that women
realize a career in professional
sports does not exist. They are,
therefore, in the true sense
' 'student-athletes.''
This week the Lady Quaker
basketball season begins. If there
are any other doubting Thomas'
on campus, come out and watch
some female sporting events.
When you're watching you won't
see the acrobatics and slam
dunks but what you'll see is
sports - competition and team
work.
The Quakers upped their lead
to six points when Herring con
nected for his third field goal of
the afternoon. This time from 26
yards out. The score broke 15
minutes of scoreless play which
saw both defenses put in outstan
ding efforts. The field goal was
set up when Lamar Boykin
returned a Rob Linder punt 22
yards to the Indian 37.
In the Quakers 7-7 tie against
Concord College, last second
heroics would not come
Guilford's way as Herring blew a
24 yard field goal attempt with
only 48 second remaining. The
usually reliable Herring missed
three field goals, in all, on the
cold and wet playing field. Going
into the game, Herring had miss
ed only two field goals in 13 at
tempts.
Concord held onto a 7-0 lead for
most of the game as a result of a
17 yard strike from quarterback
Mark Rhyanych (7-15-93) to
flanker James Bradley. The
score culminated a 12 play 71
yard drive that Concord mixed
both run and pass.
Statistical Leaders
RUSHING ATT YARDS AVG TD
T. Jones 143 823 5.1 3
Hines 71 342 4.8 3
Shepherd 45 192 4.3 1
Tart 36 162 4.5 1
RECEIVING No. YARDS APC TD
Brogan 19 274 14.4 2
Peacock 8 90 11.3 2
Ellis 8 127 15.8 1
PASSING ATT COMP YARDS INT TD
Schreiber 105 40 431 4 6
DEFENSE INT Tackles Assist? Fum Rec.
Byrne 6 16 1
Shuping i 2 fi 29 0
Boykin 1 30 • 0
P. Smith \ *4 1
Engleby 0 2 6 3
Tucker 0 •> 20 2
Tuggie o 36 45 t
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Guilford's tying score came
after a strange turn of events. To
open the second half, Guilford
followed a 32 yard punt return by
Cedric Ellison with a pair of first
downs. When the Quakers could
no longer move the ball, punter
Donnie Redmon booted a high
hanging punt to the Concord one
inch line.
Instead of the Quakers benefit
ting from the fine special teams
play, the Mountain Lions pro
ceeded to drive all the way to the
Quaker four yard line. The drive,
mainly on the ground, took 22
plays and consumed 12 minutes.
A ferocious and emotional
Guilford goal line stand
spearheaded by Engleby, Tuggle
and Ken Bethea stopped six Con
cord tries from inside the 10.
When kicker Fernando Ortiz blew
a 22 yard field goal attempt.
Guilford had escaped still trailing
only 7-0.
Starting from their own 20 yard
line, Guilford put their only sus
tained drive together marching
80 yards on 11 plays. The biggest
play of the drive came when
Jones raced up the middle for
eight yards. When Jones was hit.
he coughed up the football, which
bounced out of bounds 12 yards up
field. Six plays later, Jones
caught his second pass of the
season, out jumping two Concord
defenders, for a 22 yard score.
When the post season awards
were given out, four Quakers
were honored as All-District 26
performers. Offensive guard
Alan Foley, tailback Terry Jones
and defensive end Trent Tucker
received the honor for the second
consecutive season while corner
back Lamar Boykin was acclaim
ed for the first time. Tucker and
Foley are juniors while both
Jones and Boykin are seniors
from Lumberton. N.C.
Also boasting recognition from
the group of district coaches were
nose tackle Kurt Knight, offen
sive lineman Kamus McNair a.id
kicker Kick Herring. All thre?
received honorable mention.
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