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Extra Point, 20-21 Deaths, 23 something to prove 'IIIIINI II I IHI IIMIUIII IIMIIIIII M1H' i- best linebackers ever at Nebraska. And now, facing his last' home game, No matter what happens Saturday, Nebraska and Oklahoma will play for at Complete rosters in Extra Point section. Page 10, 21. ma. Colorado has the fourth-best scoring offense and second-best scoring defense in the conference.

"Ml take nothing less than a super game by us to win this game. And this is the best team we've had since I've been here. We're tough like we've always been. "But there's a difference in the teams I played on here a couple'of years ago. By Ken Hambleton Journal Sport Writer Four years In the making, LeRoy Etienne knows his job as linebacker is not completed There are still the plays-he overruns.

There. are still some missed tackles. There have been other mistakes. "It's been a roller-coaster season," he said. "But my aggressiveness, my intensity and my desire to make the big plays is the same as it's always beea "And now, with our defensive line playing great, I can do so much more of what's expected of me." Through it all, Etienne has weathered the storm.

But as recently as Monday, Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said Etienne is deserving of All-Big Eight status and has proven to be one of the Probable OFFENSE Yr. Poe. No. NEBRASKA No. Player iv Morgan Gregory 62 Bob Sledge 45 Andy Keeler1 68 Jake Young 76 John Nelson 70 DougGlaser 43 ToddMillikon Steve Taylor 32 Ken Clark 29 Bryan Carpenter 21 Richard Bell 44 Gregg Barriot Ht.

Wt. 64 185 6-2 270 6-3 265 260 6-1 260 6-7 295 6-3 235 64 205 5-9 200 5-10 200 64 195 54 180 Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

Sr. LT LG RG RT TE QB Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

IBHB Jr. FB Jr. WBHB So. i WR 1 33 9 28 along with 31 other seniors, Etienne sairl hp wants to leave the fans with I something to remember Satur day when the No. 7 Comhuskers play host to No.

19 Colo-'rado at Memorial Stadium at 1:30 p.m. Leroy Etienne It's a special game for a number of reasons, Etienne said. "I still feel I have something to prove. We all feel we have something to prove in winning a Big Eight championship. We haven't gotten one yet" starters COLORADO (MM) Player Ht.

170 Jr. 265 Jr. 280 So. 270 Sr. 280 Jr.

295 SO. 235 Jr. 195 Jr. 190 So. 220 Jr.

180 So. 175 Jr. 84 Jeff Campbell Bill Coleman Joe Garten Erik Norgard Darrln Mullenburg Mark Vender Poel John Perak SalAunese Eric Bieniemy Erich Klssick Mike Prltchard Ken Culbertson 5- 9 6-5 6-3 6-1 6- 4 64 64 5-11 5- 6 64 5-11 6- 5 77 62 61 63 72 87 8. Alfred Williams Arthur Walker -Tom Reinhardt Cole Hayes KanavisMcGhee Don DeLuzio Michael Jones Oeon Figures Tim James Bruce Young DaveMcCloughan Keith English 230 So. 255 Jr.

255 Sr. 260 Jr. 240 So. 230 Sr. 230 Jr.

170 Fr. 200 So. 200 Jr. 185 So. 215 Sr.

6-4 64 64 6-5 6-2 64 6-1 64 5-10 6-1 64 59 29 17 7 12 85 KFAB (1110 AM), Lincoln KRNU (90.3 FM). W' ill I If DEFENSE 250 Sr. OLBLE 94 275 Sr. LT 83 270 Sr. MGNT 97 285 Jr.

RT 82 220 Jr. OLBRE96 240 Jr. WLB 49 89 Broderlck Thomas 84 Willie Griffin 96 Lawrence Pete 91 Kent Wells 42 Jeff Mills 49 Chris Callendo 47 LeRoy Etienne 8 Lorenzo Hicks 17 Reggie Cooper 4 Tim Jackson 10 Charles Fryar 46 John Kroeker 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-1 64 6-3 64 5-10 5-11 in the Big Eight He already is tied for third on the all-time CU single-season rushing chart with 1,210 yards. NU's Ken Clark is 10th in the country and third in the Big Eight and ranks sixth on the all-time Nebraska single-season rushing list He needs 177 yards in his last two games to move up to third all-time at NU. A victory for Nebraska Wilis put GI, Gering in state semifinal least a share of the Big Eight title Nov.

19. But both teams have expressed the (importance of winning this game. Colorado Coach Bill McCartney said he'd rather beat Nebraska than any other team on the Buffaloes' schedule. Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said a victory over Colorado is as important as any other this year. Etienne said the importance of the game is obvious.

5 "For the seniors, it's our last home game. The feeling is indescribable," said Etienne, a native of New Iberia, La. "I have learned so much, grown so rebuilt a personality and figured out why Tm even here. In four years here, you get a good idea of what you want out of life. "I feel likeTve built a relationship with a lot of people in Nebraska and that's a good feeling for someone so far from home," he said.

"We've built that relationship among our team. Our de-, fense has come together this year and we've had a great second half to this season on defense." The Nebraska defense will be given one of its toughest tests of the season Saturday, Etienne "Colorado has a good offense. It's one of those games where you have to prove yourself all over again as a defense. We have to control the line of scrimmage and well have to drill Eric Bieniemy into the ground and make him more tentative as a runner," he said. Bieniemy is the fifth-leading rusher in the country.

The CU offense, engineered by quarterback Sal Aunese, is the third- best rushing offense in the Big Eight, behind national leader Nebraska and the nation's No. 2 rushing offense, Oklaho- HII Class D-2 points and win 15-8. Arcadia then jumped to a 9-1 lead in the-third set and closed out the match with a 154 victory. I. The Huskies, 20-3, advance into the I 5 the We were tough and grinding and played with all guts.

Npw, I think we have more talent and we've learned a little more finesse," he said. Notes Osborne said Nebraska's victory over Colorado last year was a tribute to his team. "I didn't think we had much of a chance and I felt Colorado had a good chance to beat us. We were crushed mentally in the Oklahoma game and the loss to Oklahoma hadn't worn off." As for game plans, Osborne said nothing new. "The difference in this game will probably be kicking, and turnovers.

Well try to get a wedge look for something that works. Last week, it was the 32-38 tackle option that, if we had wanted to, we could have run every play and Taylor could have run for 250 yards. We spent a quarter probing Iowa State and then got something we could work with. When that opens it often opens something else." Colorado Is 7-2 for the first time since 1975 when it finished the season 9-2. The Buffs have won six consecutive road games best in the Big Eight.

CU running back Eric Bieniemy is the fifth-leading rusher in the country and second 4 4 -Z 'i 'f M. GAIL FOLDA LINCOLN JOURNAL net to Bellevue West's Sara Pershing Auditorium. its 3 big leads semifinals against Palisade, 18-3, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Pershing. Palisade rallied to defeat Chester-Hubbell-Byron 8-15, 15-8, 15-12 Friday.

Senior Lisa Ohme led Arcadia with 12 kills. Jennifer Bossen added 14 set assists, and freshman Cindy Ohme had four ace serves. Arcadia scored 20 points on her serve. Jessica Thorpe's 14 Mils led Sidney St Patrick, which finishes 14-8. i By Curt McKeever Journal Sports Writer Grand Island's power game at the net overwhelmed Class A second- ranked Bellevue West as the fifth- 1 ranked Islanders posted a 15-5, 15-10 victory Friday in the opening round of the Nebraska High School Volleyball Tournament at Pershing Auditorium.

Grand Island, 20-6, will face un-ranked Gering in a semifinal at 9:30 am Saturday. Gering knocked off No. 8 Omaha Gross 11-5, 15-5, 16-14 in its first-round match. The Islanders took a 9-2 lead in the first set as 6-footer Karen Washington had a block and three kills in the early going. Bellevue West was also plagued by three service errors, which seemed to help loosen up Grand Island.

It also allowed them to keep pounding away offensively. "We knew that we had to play offensively and I donft think we did that," Bellevue West Coach Joanne Kappas said. "We played defense the entire first game." The Thunderbirds, 20-6, finally got composed in the second set, rallying twice to, take a 10-8 lead. But after trading a pair of sideouts, Grand Island's Laura Luther served out the match. Bellevue West contributed to the run with three unforced errors, while Luther had a kill and Washington two to make it match point The Islanders secured it on their first try as Washington blocked a spike attempt -by Natalie Anderson.

1 230 Sr. 195 Sr. 200 SO. 190 Sr. 175 Sr.

175 Sr. Klckoff: Memorial Stadium. Radio: Lincoln KFOR (1240 AM). Omaha Hershiser with honor LOS ANGELES (AP) Another honor, more fame, more public attention. Orel Hershiser is learning about life as a celebrity.

"The biggest pressure so far has been on my parents, wife and friends," the Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher said Thursday after it was announced he was the 1988 National League Cy Young Award winner. "Today we ran an errand to buy Quinton (his 3-year-old son) some Orel HerehlMT clothes and people were stopping me and I couldnt help Quinton get things. "Things have changed that way and I hope things calm down." Hershiser, who already had collected the NL playoff and World Series Most Valuable Player awards, pitched still another shutout in the NL Cy Young balloting. He became the first pitcher in three years to be voted the honor unanimously. Hershiser accepted news of the latest award in his typically humble fashion.

"It's amazing for that all to happen to one individual and for our ballclub to be in the right spot at the right time and for me to be in the position I was," he said. "To say it was something of my doing was wrong. "I worked hard with the talent I was given and everything just worked, out perfect My career win go downhill from here. "It's easy to be humble now. I'm humbled by everything that happened," Hershiser added.

"Being humble is not something I work at I'm just blah by i The Cy Young capped an amazing year fgr Hershiser, who was baseball's most dominant pitcher over the final two months of the season and whose playoff and World Series heroics led one magazine to tab him "The New Mr. October." But the postseason had no bearing on the Cy Young voting; that balloting was conducted before the playoffs began. Hershiser got aU 24 first-place votes and 120 points in balloting by two members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in each league city, Cincinnati's Danny Jackson, who had an identical record to Hershiser, was. second with 15 second-place votes-, addsj SLB LCB SS FS RCB Wooten concentrates on future. Page 18.

would give the Comhuskers their 11th season of at least 10 wins. NU already has locked up its 20th consecutive sea- son of at least nine wins and its 27th season in a row with a winning record. Class A "I think that was one of the best games we've played all year," Grand Island Coach Cindy Wells said. "Their serving was poor and ours was good, and when we're serving, we're going to score some points. "I also thought that we dominated at the net It seemed like all of our hitters played pretty welL" Teresa Knuth led the Islanders with eight kills, while Washington had five, Kim Micek three and Luther two.

Bellevue West was paced by Anderson's five kins, while Susan Plambeck and Natalie Porter each had four. Gering's victory over Gross was the Bulldogs' fourth without a loss "at the state tournament Gering won the 1985 Class state title in its only other ap- pearance. Meanwhile, Gross fell to 0-6 -in state tournament appearances. "They're scrappy, that's for sure," Gross Coach Micky Gehringer said. "They were more consistent, much more consistent" Gering rallied from an 11-14 deficit in the final game, battling off three match points.

Tied at J4, Gering was put on offense after an illegal substitu- tion by Gross. Katie Ewing then hit a spike down the line to make it 15-14, and Claudia Corbin closed the match out with an ace serve. Class c-a Friday (At Protch Activities Center) First round: Republican Valley def. Eight Pop John 15-11, 154; Howells def. Winnebago 154, 15-7; Hastings St.

Cecilia def. Callaway 154, 15-5; Adoms-Owglas (144) vs. Oshkosh (15-7), 1:30 p.m. Semifinals Republican Valley (17-3) vs. Howells (144), 9:30 a.m.; Hastings St.

Cecilia (214) vs. winner of Adoms-DouglasOshkosh game (at Prasch), 10:50 a.m.; championship 7 p.m. (at Pershing). Class D-1 (All matches at frstring) Friday First round: Clarkson 074) vs. Shlckley (20-2), 5 p.m.; Lewlston (1) vs.

Polk-Hordvllle (10-7), Potter-DIx (2J-1) vs. Stuort (7), 7:40 P.m.;Loomls(154)vs.Paxton(17-l),9p.m. Saturday semifinals 12:10 p.m. and 1:30 P.m.; championship 7p.m. Class D-2 (All matches at Pershing) Friday First round: Arcodla del.

Sidney St. Potrlck 15-12. S-is, 154; Pallsode def. Chester-Hubbell-Byron 0-15, 154. 15-12; Hlldreth (10-9) vs.

Chambers (21-0), 12:10 p.m.,- Lowrence 054) vs. Silver Creek (13-3), Semifinals Arcadia (20-3) vs. Pallsode (10-3), 9:30 a.m.) other semifinal at 10:50 a.m.; pionshlp 5p.m. need to be A A 1 I Ike State volleyball results, schedule a- Grand Island's Karen Washington (28) hits the ball back over Heppel during Friday's first-round state volleyball competition at Arcadia capitalizes on 2 of Class A (All matchttat Pmiln Audltortom) Friday First round: Grand Island def. Bdlevut West 15-S, 15-10; Gering def.

Omaha Gross 11-15. 15-5, 14-14; Lincoln East def. Popllllon 15-3, 15-7; Omaha Westsldt 122-4) vs. Lincoln Northeast (20-t), 1:30 p.m. Saturday Semifinals Grand Island (204) vs.

Gering (lv-3). 9:30 a.m.! Lincoln East (28-3) vs. winner of Omaha Westslde-Lincoln Northeast same, champtenshla 5e.m. Class (AH matches at Pershing) 1 Friday First round: Wayne (M vs. York (l-5, p.m.; Grond Island Central Catholic (23-0) vs.

Woverly (y-12), :20 p.m.; Hastings Adams Central (11-0) vs. Ogallala (16-2), 7:40 p.m.; Beatrice (17-9) vs. Elkhorn (23), p.m.. Saturday Semifinals 12:10 p.m. and p.m.) ctMnv plonshlp p.m.

Class C-lV Frldoy (At John Prasck Activities Center) First round: Fremont Bergan (13-4) vs. Crofton (144), 5 P.m.; Cambridge (lt-4) vs. Wood River (11-0), 6:20 p.m.; Palmyra (13-7) vs. Centennial (17-4), 7:40 p.m.; Norfolk Catholic (134) vs. Cen tura (14-7), 9 p.m.

Semlflnats 12:10 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. (at Prasch); championship 9p.m. (at Pershing). Eighth-ranked Arcadia blew one big lead but held onto two others to defeat No.

4 Sidney St Patrick in three sets in Friday morning's opening match of the Class D-2 Nebraska High School Volleyball Championships at Pershing Auditorium. i Arcadia led 8-1 in the first set and went on to win 15-12, then took an 8-0 lead in the second set before Sidney St Pat roared back to score the next 15 II NUatMet ics; others emeageiwrous to Holdreg Mike Babcock Columnist i Nebraska football season tickets available to the general public are controlled by 13,000 people, only 22 percent of whom belong to any athletic giving club, Grace said. Ticket revenue is no longer enough to operate an athletic program for men and women, in which only two sports, football and men's basketball, bring in more money than they 'spend. "We Just need to get more people involved," -said Grace. Devaney appeared at Wednesday's banquet in hopes of attracting new South Central Big Red Club members.

The auction was a secondary concern. But It showed the fund-raising potential Dont believe tt? The winning bid on an aluminum bat and a baseball autographed by Devaney was $190. He still has the touch. boosters in other area communities, such as Minden and Lexington, he said. "There is no formal organization, no bylaws," Grace said.

"The whole emphasis is on fund y- Less than 4,000 people state-wide belong to Nebraska athletic booster clubs, according to Grace. They contribute approximately $1.7 million annually, which isn't bad until you consider the University of Iowa has 14,000 boosters who contribute $4.75 miUion a year, said Grace. Clemen receives about $6 million in contributions from 21,000 boosters and the University of South Carolina, located just down the road, receives nearly $5.5 million, according to Grace. Oklahoma leads the Big Eight Conference In booster-club contributions, he said. "We rank fifth or so." What's a football autographed by the 1988 'Nebraska team worth? At an auction held in conjunction with the South Central Big Red Club banquet in Holdrege Wednesday night and following a sales pitch by Nebraska Athletic Director Bob Devaney -the football was worth $975.

The-winning bid for a Cornhusker helmet, with Broderick Thomas' No. 89 on the back, was $750. The auction raised more than $7,000 for the University of Nebraska Foundation, evidence of the support the Cornhusker athletic program has In that area of the state. Devaney and the Foundation's Mike Grace attended Wednesday night's banquet, both to show their appreciation for the South Central Big Bed Club and to draw attention to it As is the case with every major college athletic program, Nebraska Is looking for new ways te raise money. And the South Central Big among them Andy Means, Todd Brown and Scott Strasburger in recent seasons, and Brian Edgren and David Edeal on this year's team.

Edgren, a middle guard, is from Holdrege. Edeal, a center, is from Loomis. Both are sophomores. Wednesday's banquet, the first of its kind, drew more than 200 people, among them former Nebraska athletic director Bill Orwig, who now lives in Missouri. Wherever he goes around the state, Devaney still packs 'em in.

The South Central Big Red Gub is a confederation of the members in all the area's -Nebraska booster clubs. The club is loosely organized, with approximately 35 to 40 members, mostly from Holdrege, according to DaroldTagge, a committee member and, yes, a cousin of former Cornhusker quarterback Jerry Tagge. The club is hoping for involvement by A Red Club represents one way Grace hopes will work. Grass-roots contributions. "This area has always been very generous," Grace said.

It may contribute more to Cornhusker athletics, in fact, than any other, "on a per capita' basis," said Grace. The Holdrege area also has contributed several players to Nebraska's football program,.