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i yyy fi ijji ijf yi FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1985 LINCOLN, NE. JOURNAL 21 Ttacker takes advantage of every opportunity the junior varsity. He was frustrated State. He got a taste of big-time football winning." Smith and Reeves haven't stayed healthy, of course. Neither has Tony Holloway, the Comhuskers' fourth end.

There's been so much opportunity for those who can stay healthy enough that Tucker went out for only "four or five plays because my face-mask broke" in the Colorado Nebraska had to scrap to beat Colorado. The Comhusker defense contributed three fumble recoveries. That's the way it's been all season, and Tucker thinks it's going to continue as Nebraska makes a run at a fifth consecutive Big Eight title. He's not taking Iowa State lightly, i even though the Cyclones rank 95th in the nation in rushing offense, 99th in total offense and 97th in scoring offense. "I've watched them on film, and I dont understand," said Tucker.

"They've got good people." Maybe Iowa State just hasn't taken advantage of its opportunities. enough that he thought about asking the coaches if he could switch to linebacker in the spring Tucker knew he'd have to redshirt That was no problem. But his third year at Nebraska was the pivotal one because "I got to make some road trips," said Tucker. Before Smith came on strong and took his position as the fifth end, Tucker traveled to the Kickoff Classic and games at Minnesota and Oklahoma dence of his ability to know a good op portunity when he sees one. An all-city linebacker at Lincoln Northeast, he walked on.

He's always been a Nebraska fan, of course, but he's also always been a realist Because of the high cost of a college education, "if I would've gotten a scholarship offer anywhere else, Td have gone there," Tucker said. He was hardly an instant spending his freshman year backing up Scott Strasburger at defensive end on Brad Smith Noonan If it takes a big qualifies. from the hospital having "Gastroenteritis Webster defines stomach." Last week, that the returns to practice man to suffer from a big-sounding illness, Danny Noonan certainly The frfoot-3-inch, middle gaurd, who was released and returned to the practice field Thursday, was diagnosed as the sickness as "an inflamation of the lining membrane of the Probable starters OFFENSE Yr Hf Wt Wt Ht Yr Sr. 6-3 230 TE 236 -5s Sr. Sr.

6-0 275 LT 317 4-3 Fr. Sr. 6-1 270 LG 272 4-4 Jr. Sr. 6-6 275 259 6-3 Jr.

So. 6-0 250 260 6-3 Jr. Jr. 6-4 275 RT 255 6-3 Jr. Jr.

5-9 170 SE 188 6-3 So. So- 6-0 195 QB 183 6-1 Jr. Jr. 5-11 190 IB 215 6-3 Fr. Sr.

6-0 220 FB 212 5-11 Sr. Sr. 5-10 195 WB 206 6-3 DEFENSE NEBRASKA (M) No Name 80 Todd Frain 5 Tim Roth 70 B. Blonkenshlp 68 Bill Lewis 61 John McCormick 4V Tom Welter 85 Robb Schnitzler 7 M.Clayton 22 DougOuBose 26 Tom Rathmon 23 Roger Lindstrom NEBRASKA 89 Scott Tucker 76 Chris Spachman 95 Danny Noonan 96 Jim Skow 84 Gregg Reeves 44 Mike Knox Sr. 6-3 220 Jr.

6-5 250 Jr. 6-3 275 Sr. 6-3 250 Sr. 6-3 225 Sr. 6-2 235 41 MarcMunford jr.

6-2 230 5 B. Washington So. 6-1 205 Noonan was bothered by a boil on his knee. medication he'd taken for the boil had irritated Tom Osborne explained, "He did have some internal bleeding, which had them concerned. And he was in a lot of pain.

They were fearful of an ulcer at one time. I guess they even talked about surgery. I'm glad they didn't have to do that I think hell be able to play. He is feeling much better and got through practice all right." With Noonan's return, Osborne said Nebraska's injury situation is the best it's been in several weeks. "About the only guys who are definitely out," Osborne said, "are Rob Maggard and Dana Bnnson." Osborne said defensive end Brad, Smith (who missed the last two games with a broken and then infected hand) should play Saturday, and Tony Holloway, who couldn't play the last two weeks after suffering a bruised knee cap.

"had a good week of 32 Brian Davis Jr. 6-3 195 42 MikeCorl Jr. 5-11180 45 Chris Carr Jr. 6-2 195 Nebraska roster Kickoff: 1:30 p.m.. Memorial Stadium.

Broadcast: Omaha KFAB, Lincoln KFOR. KRNU. Iowa State roster 32 Brion Davis CB 4-3 195 Jr, 33 Dona Brinson WB 5-9 170 Fr 34 Todd Proflitt MG 5-11 2 Sr. 35 Kevin Parsons LB 4-3 230 Jr. 34 Mike Hedlund FB 4-0 220 So.

37 Doug Welniak LB 5-10 2)0 So. 38 Steve Forch LB 4-2 227 Jr. 39 Bloke Henning LB 4-2 220 So. 8 40 Jon Kellev IB 4-1 TOO So MarcMunford LB 4-2 230 Jr. 42 MikeCorl CB 5-11 180 Jr.

43 ToddMillikan LB 4-3 215 Fr. 44 Mike Knox LB 4-2 235 Sr. 45 Chris Corr 4-1 194 Jr. 44 Chad Doffer LB 4-1 229 Sr. 47 Don Wingard P-K 4-1 195 Sr.

i 4 LeRoy Etienne LB 4-2 225 i 48 Mlcah Heibel FB 4-2 200 So, 49 Ken Kaelin FB 5-10 215 Jr. 51 Pot Shaw LB 4-2 230 Jr. 52 Donnv Groskurth DT 4-4 240 So. 53 Jeff Sellentin 4-3 240 Jr. 54 Mark Cooper 4-1 232 Jr.

$5 RandvJobman DE 4-3 215 Fr. 55 John Nichols 4-2 240 So 54 Jack Noel 4-1 230 Sr 57 Keven Lightner OT 4-2 290 So 58 Lawrence Pete MG 4-1 275 So. 59 Jim Dittmer OT 4-3 255 Sr. John McCormick OG 4-0 250 So. 42 Jim School OG 4-3 255 So.

43 John Nichols 4-2 240 So. 44 Bred Johnson OT 4-3 275 Jr i No. Nome Pos. Ht. Wt.

Yr. i 48 Jim Luebbers 50 ChonnonMawdstey 2 Andrew Jackson TB 5-10 185 Jfs 51 Jeff Broswetl 4 Rick Frank PK 4-1 193 Jr. 52 Tim Iversen 5 KeyinColon DB 4-0 180 Fr. 55 ChrisMoere 12 Alex ESPinoso QB 4-1 192 Jr. 54 Willie Everett 12 Alan Hood TB 4-1 202 Sr.

57 Dennis Gibson 14 Rondy Richards LB 4-3 217 Jr. 58 Scott Benson 17 Bobby Petersen QB 4-5 205 Fr. 42 EricHuhndorl 18 Brian Refiner DB 4-0 185 Jr. 43 Vince Jasoer 20 Marques Rodgers RB 4-3 215 Fr. 44 John Smith 22 Aaron Manning HB 5-11 173 Jrv 65 Kevin Eggleston 24 Tony Tucker CB 4-0 182 Sri" 47 Brett Lawrence 25 Terry Shelley DB 44 204 Jr.

48 Ooug Van Sloten 24 Kent Anderson FL 4-1 194 Sr. 49 Keith Sims 27 Greg Butti FS 4-2 200 Jr. 70 Scott Brandt 28 Milon Pitts DB 44 183 Jr. -75 Bruce westemeyer 31 Paul Thibodeoux RB 44 190 Fr. 79 Mike Roberts 32DonPoprilo TB 5-11 205 So.

81 Danny Gantt 33 Kirk Thomas FB 5-11 210 Sr. 83 Jeff Wodka 35 Terrence Anthony CB 5-10 183 Jr. 84 Hughes Suffren 34 Al Wotson TB 4-1 211 Sr. 88 Tom Stawniok 37 Joe Henderson RB 44 195 Fr. 90 Greg Liter 40 Bobby Mackeft DE 4-1 200 So.

94 Jomes Butter 41 Anthony Mayte FS 4-3 204 Sr. 95 Bill Burthuven 45 Lester Williams OE 4-1 227 Sr. 94 Perry Loures 44 James Newbill FS 4-3 208 99BrodHenke ana earned a tetter. Last season. Tucker backed up Strasburger and Gregg Beeves on the right side.

In the spring, he moved to the left side, where he alternated with Smith. Because of an undistinguished spring "I never did get Tired up about playing football in the spring," he said Tucker went into this season expecting to play a reserve role. He could accept that "as long as Brad and Gregg were healthy and we were "The doctors thought hiss stomach rnaeh tukt.i Danny Noonan 45 Tim Roth 44 Phil Rogers 47 Ron Galois 48 Bill Lewis 49 Tom Welter 70 Brion Blankenship 72 RobMaggord 73 ToddCorpenter 74 Stan Parker 75 MikeHoefler 74 Chris Spachman 77 BIIIModas 78 Tiir. Rother 80 Todd Fraln 81 Brad Smith 82 PaulGongwistt 83 Brod Tvrer 84 Gregg Reeves 85 Robfi Schnitzler 84 Hendley Hawkins 87 Tom Banderol 88 Rod Smith 88 Broderick Thomas 89 Scott Tucker 90 Brian Moore 91 Tony Holtowoy 92 Neil Smith 93 Rod Reynolds 95 Danny Noonan 9 Jim Skow 97 Tony Palmer 98 Lee Jones 99 KenSheod OT 44 MG 4-1 OG 4-0 4-4 OT 4-4 OG 4-1 OT 4-3 OT- 4-5 OG 4-5 OG 4-5 DT 4-5 OT 4-4 OT 44 TE 4-3 DE 4-3 OE 4-1 DE 4-2 DE 4-3 SE 5-9 SE 5-10 TE 4-2 SE 44 DE 4-2 OE 4-3 TE 4-3 DE 4-2 DT 4-5 DT 4-3 MG 4-3 OT 4-3 OT 4-7 DT 4-1 MG 5-1! 275 245 Sr." 245 Jr. 272 Sr.

275 Jr. 240 Sr. 245 Jr. 290 Jr. 245 Jr.

245 Jr. 250 Jr. 250 So. 240 So. 233 Sr.

230 Sr. 215 Sr. 220 Jr. 235 Sr. 170 Jr.

180 So. 205 So. 195 So. 220 Fr. 220 Sr.

230 Sr. 205 Jr. 24S So. 245 Sr. 275 Jr." 250 Sr.

245 So. 230 So. 235 Sr. Cowboys By Mike Babcock Journal Sports Writer Muhammad Akbar, Alan Bannister, Andre Ivy, Mitch Jones outside of Stillwater, Okla, the names are hardly familiar, even to the most avid Big Eight basketball fans. "We're the most noiHlescript team without a name player in the conference.

The polls show' that also," said Paul Hansen, who's beginning his seventh season as head coach at Oklahoma State. What the preseason polls show is Oklahoma State at the bottom of the Big Eight exactly where the Cowboys finished a year ago. "Last year was my most frustrating in coaching," Hansen said "I really came in feeling I didn't have a last-place team, but I didnt develop it like it should have been (developed). There was no leadership." Considering none of his four returning players started more than six games a year ago, Hansen has had to build this team from scratch. The foundation is Akbar, a 6-foot-6 transfer from Seminole, OkUL, Junior College, where lie was the state's JC Co-Player of the Year and a second-team juco All-American.

The junior from Oklahoma City "is our best player when he's healthy," Hansen said. The problem is, Akbar hasn't been healthy since the first day of practice, when he pulled a hamstring. No matter what Akbar does, however, Bannister will be the biggest story in Stillwater this winter. The freshman fir vi i i MG RT RE LB LB LB IOWA STATE (3-5) Name No JeffWodka 83 Keith Sims 69 EricHuhndorf 62 C. Mawdslev 50 Vince Josper 63 Brett Lawrence 67 Hughes Suffren 84 AlexExpinosa 11 M.

Rodgers 20' Kirk Thomas 33 OonnyOantt 81 IOWA STATE Lester Williams 45 Greg Liter 90 Bill Berthusen 95 JimLuebbers -48 Tim Iversen 52 JeffBraswell 51 Dennis Gibson 57 Kevin Colon 5 Aaron Manning 22 T.Anthony 35 UE 234 6-1 Sr. 6-6 Jr. LT 260 286 249 215 224 '225 6-5 Jr. 6-5 Sr. 6-2 Sr.

6-1 Jr. 6-3 Jr. 6-0 Jr. 5-11 Jr. 5-10 Jr.

180 LCB 173 RCB 183 206 6-3 Sr. Anthony May ze 41 DE LB LB LB DE LB DE OG K5 OT OG OG OT OG OT OT FL TE FL TE DT LB DT OT DT 4-5 244 Sr. 4-3 254 jr. 4-1 224 Jr. 4-2 215 Sr.

4-2 213 So. 4-3 219 Sr. 4-3 222 Jr. 4-3 242 So, 4-4 272 Jr. 4-3 252 Jr.

4-2 259 Jr. 44 339 Sr. 4-3 252 Jr. 4-4 248 Sr. 4-3 317 Fr.

4-5 284 Jr. 4-7 269 Sr. 4-5 287 Sr. 4-3 204 Sr, 4-5 234 Sr. 4-3 190 So.

4-5 235 So. 4-4 240 Jr. 4-3 189 SO. 4-5 284 Jr. 4-3 242 Sr.

4-3 242 So. development changes more rapidly than that At the start of a recent scrimmage, Bannister played so wen, "I thought 'I'm going to start that Hansen said. "The second 20 minutes 'I cant play Actually, Oklahoma State does have a somewhat familiar name in Ivy, a transfer from Rogers State College in Clare-more, Okla. He's the brother of Hercle Ivy, who played at Iowa State. Although he stands only 64, "Andre's been my most efficient board man (in the preseason)," Hansen said.

Mitch Jones, a 6-3 senior guard, is probably the best of the four returning players. He averaged 13 minutes and six points a game last season. The other Cowboy lettermen are guards Anthony Andrews and Terry Faggins and forward David Taylor. Hansen has 10 new players on his team In addition to Akbar, Bannister and Ivy, the most prominent newcomers are 6-7 Jason Manuel, 6-foot Nolan Richardson and 5-11 Roshon Patton, all of whom are transfers: Patton was Akbar's teammate at Seminole Junior College. Hansen isnt complaining about the non-descript nature of his team.

He's convinced the Cowboys will make a name for themselves as the season goes along. "I like this group," he said. Nevertheless, he added, Td rather have players everybody krfows a lot about and I've got agents at the door saying, "Can we talk to your And I say, 'No, you cant" a no-name bunch By Mike Babcock Journal Sports Wrltar The way Scott Tucker remembers it, the first Nebraska football game he ever attended was the "Comhuskers' dramatic, 17-14 upset of Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium in 1978. Tucker didn't have a ticket Thanks to a friend, he got a one-time job as a souvenir vendor. As a result, he spent the first half in the concourse, sitting behind a table.

The second half, however, he watched. "The guy in charge let.me sit in the stands," said Tucker, who's now a senior defensive end for Nebraska. To some extent, at least, Tucker's first experience with Comhusker football illustrates a quality in this year's Black Shirt defense, of which he's a pari Tucker made the most of an opportunity, and that's the way it's been for Nebraska in 1985. The Comhuskers have been opportunistic After eight games, they're a plus-14 on turnovers, with 19 interceptions and 13 fumble recoveries. They rank third in the nation behind Ohio State and Tennes- CAA OCCa "Overall, what we've done very well defensively this year is, we've gotten a lot of turnovers," said Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne.

The Comhuskers hope they can continue taking advantage of opponents' mistakes Saturday afternoon when Iowa State visits Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. Nebraska is trying for its eighth consecutive victory after a 17-13, opening-game loss to Florida State. Tucker suited up but watched that game from the sideline, frustrated because the trainers wouldn't let him play. Two days earlier he had undergone minor arthroscopic knee surgery.

"It wasnt much. I thought I was ready to play," Tucker said. He was definitely ready to play in the Illinois game two weeks later, and when he didn't get in until late in the game, "I got a little discouraged," he said. He wears a coveted black practice jersey now, but "a couple of months ago, I djdnt know if it was aU worth it," be said. Tucker has always been one to make the most of his chances, so he was prepared to step in and start when Brad Smith, the end ahead of him, was beset by injuries this falL That Tucker is at Nebraska is evi Links to repeat By Ken Hambleton Journal Prep Editor A year ago, Lincoln High's boys gymnastics team had a lead of less than half a point after the first round of the State Gymnastics Meet and pulled away to win the championslup by more than a point After Thursday's first round in the state meet at the Devaney Sports Center, the Links have an even better lead.

What are the chances of a repeat title for Lincoln High this year, considering it has a lead of almost six points over second-place Lincoln Northeast, nine points over Millard South and more than 16 points over Omaha South? Try (a) superb, (b) very good, (c) excellent, (d) all of the above. "I pess that if we show up and do at least what we did today, things look pretty good for us," Lincoln High Coach Mark Shearer said after Thursday's first round of the meet before 953 fans at the Devaney Sports Center. "We only hit about 60 percent of our routines today and scored 151.40. We'd like to hit 80 percent and get up there around 152 or 153 for the he said. The race for the girls team crown is so close it probably wont be decided until the final event of Friday's which start at 5 p.m..

In the boys' all-around competition, Lincoln High's Sanyi DeGrazia leads the rare for the all nmnnil title hv slim 3fl I over Dennis Champoux of Lincoln Northeast 'j led all qualifiers in the hori: zontal bar, his final event and is second. in the pommel horse. Champoux is tied for first in the vault and Is second in the floor exercise. 1 1 "I would caU it a pretty average day for the team and me," DeGrazia said We didnt do anything terrible, but we didnt really go out and set some super i scores, either." DeGrazla's only serious I was a fall on his dismount on the Vf "We have a good score to build on for i the finals," the sophomore said, "and after'a pep talk among us tonight, we should be ready to hit our routines in the Shearer said he hoped for improved scores in the finals despite the edge the Links hold in the team race. I "We scored 144.

and 146 on the two days last year, but we have better depth 1 this year and we know we can score bet-: ter than the 151.4 today," be said. I In the girls' team race, Omaha Cen-' holds a lead over second place Lincoln East while Millard North is within two points and Lincoln North-' east is within three. All four are still in contention for the team title. ,4 Omaha Central counted on strong per- Co rVIWeTirC nana 99 in position 1 4 V'. No.

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S-10 200 Sr. 4- 2 190 Jr. 44 230 Sr. 5-11 180 Sr." 5- 8 170 So. 4- 2 205 jr.

5- 9 185 SO. Lincoln Northeast's Dennis score. I ft I i Big Eight Preview First In a series Oklahoma State Coach: Paul Hansen Newcomer to watch: Muhammad Akbar 6-foot-6, 210 pounds from Bolton, England, stands 7-foot-4 and weighs 250 pounds. Unfortunately for Hansen and Oklahoma State, Bannister's experience doesnt match his size. "He hasnt played a lot of basketball," Hansen said.

Even so, "he's picked up American ways very rapidly. The offi cials havent made a right call yet during our scrimmages. "The other day I told him I could see why the Revolution started." Bannister isn't likely to start a revolution in the Big Eight at least not for a while. "He's not really a complete player yet" Hansen said. "But I've got to use him some to bring him along.

I'm asking a lot out of someone so young. It's not fair." Eventually, Hansen hopes to get 15 points am 10 rebounds a game from Bannister, "and he's capable of doing that" For the time being, however, "it's a day-by-day process." Hansen's assessment of Bannister's Lincoln East Coach Oehlerking said his team had plenty of anxious moments en route to its win over Lincoln High. was kind of a strange first game because we'd get a string and then they'd get one," Oehlerking said. "I wasnt entirely sure which way it was going logo. "They had a very tough defense on us.

Even when we had good spikes, they were able to dig them up and get it back, But I guess we got some down at the right times." Solid defense Was a key, Oehlerking said "We prepare to play a complete game, not Just offense," he said "And we were able to play defense when we needed it tonight We didnt have a lot of act blocks, but we tipped a kit of their spikes and that gives the defensive player more time to get to the ball and maybe get under Jt" The Links, who ended the season 11-10, took a 64 lead, but East came back for a lead on two LHS errors, an ace serve by Holly three spikes hOuth Spethman, The teams traded leads before the Spartans ended the match on a pair of Links errors. Lincoln Christian eliminated by 14-point tear in C-2 East, LNE in district showdown "Both teams had their share of unforced errors. There were also some forced mistakes," Oehlerking said "If you can force the other team to make more mistakes, that's what it's all about" Lincoln High Coach Lana Peterson said serving was the determining factor. "We served tough enough in the first game to keep them out of their offense," she said of the Links' seven ace serves. "But they kept serving well, and we couldnt do anything with it "We had trouble with our service reception, and we never have had trouble with that It's hard when It comes down to the entire season In one game." Genrich said a long layoff from competition might have caused some of Northeast's problems.

"We havent had a match in nine days and the girls Just werent patient especially on blocking," she said. "We werent letting our defense play because of our blocking errors. We were too early (on the block attempt) every single time we had a mistake." Northeast had a 5-1 lead In the final See VOLLEYBALL on page 23 By Ryly Jane Hambleton Journal Sport Writer Myron Oehlerking's Lincoln East volleyball team got a good workout on defense in preparation for a district final match. On the other hand, Sandi Genrich would have liked her Lincoln Northeast team to have gotten more chances to play defense. Both win get plenty -tf defensive work, however, when they meet for the A-4 district championship Friday at 7:30 p.m.

at Lincoln Southeast's gym. Fourth-ranked East counted on its defense to earn a 15-12, 15-8 victory over Nos 7 Lincoln High in a semifinal match Thursday night while No. 2 Northeast held off a stubborn Beatrice team 15-9, 11-15, 15-4 to advance. Beatrice earned the right to play Northeast by defeating Lincoln Southeast 15-9, 15-12 in the first game. All three contests were at Southeast In the C2-2 district finale at Beatrice, Lincoln Christian was in command with an 8-1 lead in the third and final set, but Johnson-Brock charged back with 14 straight points to beat the Crusaders 7-15, 15-7, 15-8 and capture the title In" stunning fashion.

4 i jj. UAH. fOUJA LINCOLN JOURNAL Champoux vaults on way to a 9.3 i.