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Grid woes linger... wait 'til next year
By Bill Kramer Sports Editor
Central Oklahoma's football team extended its school-record string of losing seasons to six, but 17 starters and four medical hardship starters return next year, giving the Bronchos much potential.
The entire backfield is back, including sophomore tailback sensation Tyrone Jones (901 yards rushing and seven TDs) and junior quarterback Mark Reiland (56-142 660 yards, 4 TDs).
Junior place kicker Lee Stamper, who booted eight of 11 field goals this year, and a bone-crushing youthful defense will also contribute to what should be a successful 1992.
The Broncho defense allowed just 270.5 yards in the final six games, after giving up 4-44.8 yards a game prior to that.
Linebacker Jason Melkisetian (the team leader with 100 tackles) and nose guard Ira Richards (who led down linemen in tackles with 61 and had nine sacks) are back, along with Junior free safety Maurice Davenport (who paced the secondary with 75 tackles).
Only two defensive starters graduate - defensive tackle Kenny Chamlee (51 tackles and seven sacks) and strong safety Jason Stubbs (69 tackles and seven broken-up passes). "We've got a lot of people coming back next year, and if we work hard in the off-season to improve ourselves, I think we've got a chance to become a pretty good football team next year," said coach Gary Howard, who finished his 15th year with an 83-65-5 career record, second best on the all-time charts behind C.W. Wantland's 104 victories. y
Cagers tip off 1991 Saturday at 8 p.m.
magazine's preseason NCAA II
By Justin Harper Sports Writer
Central Oklahoma's men's basketball team begins it's quest for a second straight Lone Star conference championship at 8 p.m. Saturday when the Bronchos play host to the University of the Ozarks (Ark.) at the Broncho Field House.
With a victory against the Eagles, UCO will have it's seventhstraight win home victory. Last year the Bronchos posted an unmatched 13-1 record on their home floor.
The Eagles have four starters back from last year's 13-17 squad, including 5-11 guard Marcus Hampton (15.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg) and 6-5 guard Anthony Porchia (15.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg). The Bronchos rolled to a 115-97 win against the NAIA school last season. UCO leads the
The Bronchos are ranked 17th in the nation by Basketball Times series dating back to 1989, 2-1.
top 20.
UCO failed to crack the official NCAA II top 20 last year but was listed in honorable mention twice. However, the co-LSC champs were not invited to the 32-team post-season tournament. The official NCAA II poll will be released in December. V
Bronchos "slip" to 3-7 in season grid finale
Junior quarterback Mark Reiland (with football) completed 10 of 25 passes for 110 yards Saturday, but UCO dropped a 21-12 loss to Lone Star Conference champion Eastern New Mexico. Reiland's former West Texas State teammate Roman Simpson (61) and departing senior tight end Robin White (87) provide pass protection. (Photo by Daniel Smith)
NCAA II top 20
-Basketball Tines magazine
1. Ashland (Olio) / Virginia Union 3. Cal State-Bakersfield 4. Bridegport (Corn) 5. Plnladelphia Textile 6. &Hamlin, (Ky.) 7. Alaska-Anchorage 8. Morehouse (Ga.) 9. Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 10. South Carolina-Spartanburg 11. Jacksonville State (Ala.) 12. California (Pa.) 13. North Alabama 14. Johnson C. Smith (N.C.) 15. California-Riverside 16. Grand Valley State (Mich.) 17. Central Oklahoma 18. North Dakota 19. Eastern Montana 20. Florida Southern 26-5 27-5 25-8 26-8 10-1 24- 6
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Runner vies for repeat
From staff reports
All-American runner Kyle Skartwed vies for his second-straight top-25 finish in the NCAA II cross country championships Saturday in Edwardsville, Ill.
Skartwed, a senior from Fort Worth, Texas, is UCO's lone qualifier after his second-place finish in the NCAA II South Regional on Nov. 9. Last year, he placed 14th in the 132-man, 10,000 kilometer run. "The course is a tough one with a lot of hills, and that's Kyle's strength," said coach Paul Parent. V
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Cager hopes polls are proved wrong
Lady cagers spank Ft. Sill by 58 points
By Ray Dozier Sports Information Assistant
By Bill Kramer Sports Editor
Central Oklahoma's women's basketball team is picked to finish Six players scored in double seventh this year in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll, despite refigures as Central Oklahoma's turning three starters. women's basketball team cruised
That won't happen if senior forward Lisa Lowden has anything to say to an easy 106-48 exhibition vicabout it. tory against Fort Sill Monday "We're going to have to prove them wrong," Lowden said of the prenight in the Broncho Field House. season poll, conducted by league coaches, sports information directors and reporters. "Although we don't have much height this year, our quickness will help us. Experience will also be a plus since we have some good players back. "We were mad about being voted seventh, so we'll have to dig down deep, win some games and prove them wrong." Coach John Keely said he thinks a key to winning more games this year is moving Lowden to power forward. The lone senior has played small forward for most of her UCO career. Lowden said she doesn't Rose State transfer Kara Kessler led all scorers with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Returning starter Ton'Nea Cox added 16 points and 13 rebounds for UCO. UCO shot 50 percent from the field, compared with only 23 percent for the Cannoneers and outrebounded Fort Sill 62-30. mind the change. The Cannoneers were led by "I played post in high school," she said. "I think a bigger opponent on Tonya Rowell's 10 points and four me will be a challenge and make me try to beat her, I'll work my hardest, rebounds. Evette Davis added try to go in to score. If not, I'll kick it out to one of the outside shooters." nine points, six rebounds and six
Lowden led Woodward to the state prep Class 3A playoffs three steals. times, whining the championship as a junior. She was an All-Stater as a Fort Sill trailed 61-19 at the half senior in 1988. Lowden was recrutied by several colleges, but she said and was down by as many as 60 at her respect for Keely is one reason she became a Lady Broncho. one point. "I was offered scholarships from several places, but coach Keely stayed in contact with me," Lowden said. "I heard the players here were really nice and he treats his players well. That's the main reason I came here. "Coach Keely emphasizes staying in school and making good grades. His door is always open to talk with him about anything. He cares about you as an individual more than as just a player." Lowden has been a model of consistency in her three years at UCO. She's averaged 43 percent from the field in her career, including 7.3 Lowden drives UCO in '91 Lisa Lowden returns as the lone senior on the Central Oklahoma women's basketball team. Lowden, a 5-8 forward from Woodward, scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in UCO's 106-48 exhibition win Monday against Fort Sill. (Photo by Khalid Awang) UCO's first real test comes Friday as the Lady Bronchos play the first of five-straight road games in the Pioneer Classic in Denton, Texas. UCO meets Southwest Baptist (Mo.) in the opener and Concordia Lutheran (Texas) on Saturday. points a game. Lowden hit 46 percent from the field last last year and av- eraged 10.5 points a game. This year Lowden said she believes some of her teammates will take 6 spikers' records broken up the slack on the outside. "We have some excellent outside shooters," she said. "We also have a lot of young kids who can shoot really well, which should be a big help. We should have some depth this year." "Everyone has a good attidtude, but we need to talk more on the floor to keep each other pumped up. I get motivated by going to the gym early to shoot. "Teamwork also gets me motivated, because you can't win by yourself. The whole team wins and the whole team loses." Prep golf star signs By Bill Kramer Sports Editor Although Central Oklahoma's volleyball team suffered through a 17-18 season, several school records were broken, giving secondyear coach Mark Herrin and the Lady Bronchos at least some consolation. The Lady Bronchos were 14-1 after a four-game win against cords in single-match attacks (270), single-match assists (73), single-match sets (190), singlematch assist percentage (.385), single-season assisted blocks (524) and single-match digs (146). Herrin said he was pleased the team did not lose composure in the midst of the late-season slump. "We're all disappointed with the way the season turned out," up, but we just couldn't get it going again." at getting better and we'll do what . we can to replace the players we're going to lose. Three players finished their UCO careers in last week's Lone Star Confernce tournament, including outside hitters Aimee Russell and Heather Devine and middle blocker Heather Mazeitis. From staff reports gious Texas-Oklahoma Classic. Southern Nazarene Oct. 1 before dropping 17 of their last 20 games, Herrin said. "We had it going early in the year and then got on a Among the top returnees next year are potential All-America
Guthrie prep senior golf stand"Jason's an outstanding player but they still managed to shatter slide that we couldn't get out of. candiates outside hitter Amy Parout Jason Freeman, a two-time rewho should only get better," said six school marks. The girls worked hard to get things ten and middle blocker Kristin gional champion, signed a nacoach John Wagnon. UCO established new team returned around and they never gave Vincent. V tional letter of intent with Central Oklahoma Monday. Freeman has placed first twice and second once in conference tournaments the past three years. He's also won two-straight regional titles and finished 10th in the Class 4A state tourney last spring with a 74.6 scoring average. If you smoke 4,000 hours a year, stopping for 24 won't kill you. Now Open in Edmond! 650 Draws Pool Tables • Shuffle Board
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WORLD WRAP continued from page 1 Technological emphasis gaining
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State education officials say a nearly fourfold increase in the number of college students graduating with degrees in computer science indicates the emphasis the world has put on technology.
A new survey by the state regents indicates business and education degrees remain the most popular at Oklahoma's colleges and universities.
Of the 11,348 bachelor's degrees awarded last year, 3,013 — or 26.6 percent — were in business and managementrelated areas. Education accounted for 2,204 — or 19.4 percent — of all bachelor's degrees. Following those two areas were engineering with 858 degrees; health professions, 835; social sciences, 636; communications, 556; public affairs and services, 420; and psychology, 397.
The regents noted that the fastest-growing academic area is computer science, which grew from 68 bachelor's degrees in 1976 to 312 in 1990, an increase of 359 percent.
Oklahoma's ballerinas honored
OKLAHOMA. CITY (AP) — The creator of a mural that honors Oklahoma's five world-class ballerinas says the artwork depicts more than just the beauty of ballet. "This painting is about our heritage," Mike Larsen, a Chickasaw Indian and prize-winning artist, said in a statement released at the ceremony held Sunday at the state Capitol. "It is a symbolic representation not only of the accomplishment of these ladies, but also of the essence of our lives conveyed through the arts."
About 500 onlookers, many of them state officials, came to the Capitol ceremony for the mural and the now-retired ballerinas. All five, who gathered for the first time, are American Indian. "Dance is a prayerful life made visible," dancer Mocelyne Larkin told the crowd, passing on a belief she said came from her Shawnee background.
Larsen spent about four months on the gigantic mural, a semicircle to fit in a natural arch of the Capitol's domed ceiling. The painting, which includes 25 people, measures 20 feet 4 inches across the bottom and is 10 feet 3 inches tall in the center.
Five wild geese flying at the top of the work symbolize the grace and beauty of the ballerinas.
Elkhorn schools cancel dances
ELKHORN, Wis. (AP)-- Elkhorn's schools have canceled dances until the state attorney general decides just how much slow dancing or kissing can occur before teachers must report it as sexual contact.
State law requires educators to report to county authorities any sexual contact between students under 16. Walworth County has asked for a report every time two students dance too close or a boy has his hand in his girlfriend's back pocket.
Teachers in the Elkhorn district said that was going too far, and the district on Friday suspended dances until it gets clarification from the state. Walworth County Judge Robert Kennedy said the activities are illegal sexual contact that could be called second assault and should be reported.
Americans becoming pessimistic
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are pessimistic about the economy and hungry for government action to strengthen it, said a poll released Sunday.
No one in the 1,003 person poll rated the economy as excellent, and 63 percent described it as fair, not so good or poor. Asked their biggest personal economic problems, 27 percent named rising prices and 24 percent mentioned unemployment or job security.
The poll found Americans trust Republicans more than Democrats to deal effectively with the nation's slipping competitive edge by a 39-27 margin.
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