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3ronchos rewrite the record books

y James Gutzmer iortstlinter r he Bronchos' football team practically rewrote the school record book "ter an outstanding 1998 Cason. Nine players put their Imes in the record book 19 fferent times this season. thnny Luter finishes his career A. two new first place spots, a cond, and a fourth. Luter set e career record for tackles at ;7. He also set the assisted ckle record with 164. Luter nishes his career in second ace for career assisted tackles ith 293. eggie Donner, UCO's Harlon ill Trophy finalist will return :xt year, but he put his name in ;e record book three time. Reggie Donner Donner finishes second in single season rushing yards with 1,546. He took the fourth position in single season scoring with 114 points. Donner was fourth in allpurpose yards with 1,583. Ronnie Gulikers leaves the Bronchos with four first place Johnny Luter records. He got first in single season extra points with 43. Gulikers took the first position in career extra points hitting 100. He also tied for first in single season field goals (12) and career field goals (29). Johnnie Jones will return next Johnie Jones year having three first place records to his name. Jones holds the first place position in single season punt returns with 37. He tied for first in single season interceptions with 11. Jones also captured first in career punt returns (94). David Simpson took the first place position in career punts with 238 yards. Alton Lusk moved into the first position in single season kickoff return yards with 482. Scott Condict moved into seventh in single season passing yards accumulating 1,498. Ryan Logan took eighth in single season rushing yards with 1,206 yards. Todd Barnes took tenth in single season receiving yards totaling 549 yards. The Bronchos finished the season 12-1 and had a 14 game winning streak ended by Texas A&M-Kingsville 24-21 in overtime of the NCAA Division II playoffs. Seven UCO players named to all-region

Sophomore defensive lineman Jason Rempe makes a tackle during UCO's playoff game against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Rempe had 57 tackles with team highs in both sacks and tackles for a loss. (Staff photo by Lacy Amen) ^4 A even Central Oklahoma players, led by Harlon Hill

Trophy finalist Reggie onner, have been named to the )98 Daktronics, Inc., NCAA ivision II All-West Region )otball Team. 5ining Donner as first-team embers of the elite squad were ,fensive linemen Aaron Chester id John Fitzgerald, defensive iernan Jason Rempe, linebacker ihrmy Luter and defensive backs randon Carder and Johnnie +-nes. nester, Donner, Fitzgerald, Jones td Luter were all the leading te-getters at their positions. he Bronchos also had two cond-team selections in placecker Ronnie Guilikers and fensive lineman Claude Davis. CO won its first-ever Lone Star onference championship this ';ar and finished the regular ,ason 11-0 and ranked No. 1 in CAA Divison II. The Bronchos

Chadron State 21-19 in a rst-round playoff game before Ring to Texas A&M-Kingsville a 24-21 overtime thriller to iish 12-1. CO had the most first-team ,cks with seven, while TAMUK five and California-Davis three. Ten other teams all had one first-team selection. Donner, a 5-9, 208-pound junior tailback from Eagle Lake, Texas, is one of eight finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy that goes to the NCAA II Divison Player of the Year. He rushed for 1,546 yards and 19 touchdowns on 271 carries, the second-best singleseason rushing figure in UCO history. Chester and Fitzgerald were the ringleaders of an offensive line that helped UCO average nearly 350 yards a game in total offense. Chester is a 6-2, 273-pound senior tackle from Plainview High School in Ardmore and Fitzgerald is a 6-5, 300-pound junior guard from Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City. Rempe, a 6-2, 259 pound sophomore end from Kingfisher, had 57 tackles with team highs in both sacks (eight) and tackles for loss (22) while also tying for the team lead in fumbles caused (four) and fumbles recovered (three). Luter, 6-0, 205-pound senior from Lawton High School, had a teamhigh 146 tackles this season, including 17 tackles for loss and four forced fumbles. He was a second-team All-American on the 1996 Daktronics, Inc. Divison II team before missing last year to injury. Carder and Jones, both products of Eisenhower High School in Lawton, led a UCO secondary that allowed opponents to complete only 39.2 percent of their passes this season Carder, a 6-3, 205-pound senior strong safety, finished with 101 tackles, 11 passes broken up, three interceptions and three forced fumbles. Jones, a 5-7, 165-pound junior cornerback, topped the team in passes broken up (20) and interceptions (11) while adding 67 tackles. He tied a single-season school record with his 11 interceptions. The Daktronics, Inc., Divsion II All-West Region team was selected by sports information directors of member institutions of the West Region. All first-team members now go on the Division II All America ballot, joining firstteam picks from the Midwest, Northeast and South regions in nationwide voting of SlDs. —UCO Sports Information

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