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wrw a "jfM Lr Outdoor Recreation 12 13 Scoreboard 14 i imday orldJBerald OMAHA NEBRASKA DECEMBER 13 1987 SECTION 16 PAGES Winning Ways Entice on a layup with one second left Satur Please turn to Page 5 Col 1 I ISU Remembers Gives JaysGame to orget By Steve Sinclair in Omaha Orr said his knee against the Bluejays Although Creighton Coach Tony Bara Grayer 6 foot 5 star injured Please turn to Page 4 Col 1 reshmen Rally UNO to 3rd PIace inish Imide Sports Sronalthe Grandstand points in the fifth game to defeat the Page 3 Oklahoma placed nine players on the way and senior fullback Lydell Carr are freshman Brenda Baumann saved the match points with kills UNO crept ahead i5 14 then lost three match Please turn to Page 8 Col4 and Eric loyd 8 Michael Kelly Sports Editor By Steve Sinclair World Herald Staff Writer Oklahoma tied a record by placing 11 players on the 60th World Herald All Big Eight Conference football team Nebraska landed six players on the 25 member squad I back Keith Jones offensive guard John McCor mick defensive end Broderick Thomas defensive tackles Neil Smith and Tim Rother and linebacker LeRoy Etienne The World Herald team is the oldest in the Midlands and the only All Big Eight team chosen by a vote of the coaches With 11 selections top ranked Okla homa tied the record set by Nebraska in 1984 the start of the season writers and people who follow football felt that Oklahoma had the predominant talent in the Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said I guess been kind of borne out with these final selections almost double 3rd Straight League Title Oklahoma placed 10 players on last World Herald squad tying 1971 national championship team for the next most chosen from one school The Sooners 11 0 play second ranked Miami for the national championship Jan 1 in the Orange Bowl or the third straight season Okla Phil JohnsunWorld Herald Keith Jones carries during the 42 3 victory over Iowa State The All Big Eight running back rushed for 1232 yards in 1987 to rank eighth in the country UNO bounced back from loss to Central Missouri to finish with a 35 6 record erris State 40 9 served once in the fifth game with a 14 12 lead and twice when the score was 14 13 some key hoops for Rekeweg led the 5 4 Buskers with 17 points Clifford Scales Pete Manning and Beau Reid each added 10 Scales left the game with an ankle injury The extent of the injury was unknown Satur day night! Hargain topped the 2 3 Ducks with 14 points Brett Coffey a junior out of Omaha North added 12 Nebraska went ahead for good with 5:34 to go in the game when Buchanan The Associated Press Creighton Coach Tony Barone center and guard James arr No 11 react to a call during the first half Iowa State broke the game open with a 16 2 run midway through the half that opened a 48 21 lead knew we were going to be ready to he only missed one game Orr said he I play because of the incident that hap play as well as he is capable the pened over there last he said rest of the season were waiting for this game since The Cyclones considered the' loss to jine ctay jet! Grayer got hurt lhey re ally came out and The game the Cyclones forget was their second game of the season a year ago and Creighton's opener Iowa State was coming off a final 16 finish in ithe previous National Colle The UNO basketball team threatened in its 109 87 victory over iuaue rages Youth was served in World Herald Staff Writer Amesj'Idwa The Iowa State bas ketball team forget team was really ready to play ISU Coach Johnny Orr said in a world class understatement The Cyclones won their fifth straight game Saturday demolishing Creighton 115 73 Saturday before a sellout crowd of 14206 at Hilton Coliseum Iowa State had pointed for the game Athletic Association tournament since last year oo loss to Lreignton a basketball victory over Oregon The Ducks had cut lead to 63 62 on a three point basket bv Tonv Har gain who also plays wide receiver for in game In the end of the the Oregon football team game we kept our composure and With 10 seconds to go the Cornhusk forced them to make a couple of mis Henry Buchanan drew a foul He takes at the end We rebounded well at sank both ends of the onpand one op the end of the game and that led to Bo Jackson Returns To KC as Raider outfielder Bo Jackson returns to Kansas City today as a running back for the Los Angeles Raiders Page 13 TRADE: Golden State acquires Ralph Sampson and Steve Harris from Hous ton in exchange for Joe Barry Carroll Page 15 Michigan school 11 15 11 15 15 6 15 4 16 14 before an estimated 900 at the Uni versity of Nebraska at Omaha ield But Lori Schutte Ruth Evans' and House In the championship match Cal State Northndge defeated Central Missouri State 15 4 16 14 12 15 12 15 16 14 or No 2 will mean a lot to us to win the last game especially down the when we look back at what doneJ this Nebraska win any titles this season But the Huskers have extended the bowl streak to 19 straight (the top current run in the country) appeal to have clinched an 18th straight Top 10 Please turn to Page 7 Col And the reason they won out was win ning Lewis whose brother Rick finished his career at Kansas State this season as a backup fullback said he want to suffer in a losing program was a hard Lewis said then it so hard After see ing what my brother went through I want to get tied into a losing tra dition situation is just so different at Nebraska The way they talk the way you are treated just a winning feeling not like that at KU or Please turn to Page 7 Col 1 Creighton and injury the start ing point for their disappointing 13 15 season Grayer held to nine'poirits last sea son against the Bluejays finished with 30 Saturday making 10 of 14 from the field and 9 of 10 from the line He also grabbed a game high 10 rebounds is a great great great great Kansas Standout to Commit By Lee Barfknecht WORLD HERALD BUREAU Lincoln winning football tradition has helped the i Comhuskers gain a fourth oral com mitment just two weeks into the re cruiting season Lance Lewis a running back linebacker from Scott City Kan (pop 4500) said in a phone interview Satur day that he will sign a letter of intent i with Nebraska in ebruary 5 The 5 foot ll 200 pounder who rushed for 1600 yards this season said the Huskers won out over Kansas Kan 1 sas State Missouri and Arizona State Growing In Leaps Bounds The most incredible play seen in sports this fall occurred over the weekend and when it ended the ovation stopped the game The sport is volleyball and not the backyard version you may have played at a picnic a game of speed power cleverness cunning You leap and you dive and you slam and you block The game is played high in the air and low on the floor you dig? The top four NCAA Division II teams in the country out of about 160 that started the season played for the championship at the University of Ne braska at Omaha ield House and a crowd estimated at 2500 showed up ri day night Richard Schultz the new ex ecutive director of the National Colle giate Athletic Association had attended the American at UNO on the eve of the inal our Well the UNO Lady Mavs were playing Central Missouri State a team with the wonderful nickname of for female donkeys and the Jen nies were serving ahead 11 8 with the match tied in games 1 1 ifteen points wins the game three games the match The court is 30 feet by 60 Thenet is' seven feet four and a half inches high and I have no idea why that half inch is there Whatever the numbers a game of many dimensions Revelation Tommy Thompson 6 foot 7 senior forward for the UNO basketball team watched with interest He plays volleyball and loves it Thompson comes from one of Oma most famous basketball families: His father Dean Sr played at the uni versity (1953 57) and Tom is closing in on his dad's point total of 883 Dean Jr is the UNO leader with 1816 I still had college eligibility Tom Thompson said go to a school in California and play California is the traditional mecca of the sport the home of most of the Olympic players But Nebraska with nary an ocean in sight has become a beachhead for the volleyball The Division I and Division II na tional coaches of the year last season were Terry Pettit of Nebraska and Jan ice Kruger of UNO The Huskers na tional runners up in 1986 were elim inated riday night one step from the 1987 inal our The Lady Mavs third in Division II last year made the inal our again this year One of the few non Califomians on the 1984 US silver medal team was Ju lie Vollertsen of Palmyra Neb Tension So the Jennifers serve and the first pass goes to the setter who lofts the ball softl skvward A Lady Mav leaps early and fakes a spike trying to distract the Central missuun ueiense wnne a teammate tot lows slamming the ball into a double By Doug Thomas block two opponents leaping together World Herald Staff Writer at the net their arms hioh rendv tn hlnck with thpir hands nnne nose whatever UNO erris State volleyball match for Central Missouri controlled the ball Mrd place in NCAA Division II setting it slamming it back at UNO It served back went on like this for perhaps half a min TZ et serves from reserve freshmen ute maybe more but it seemed like ey Nicolas and Deb Eickholt brought five The tension built the UNO back from a two game deficit and gasps got louder as first Ruth Evans avs fought off three match and then Lon bchutte and Colleen Hurley of UNO made saves The Jennies kept pounding the Lady Mavs kept digging sometimes with one arm Both sides kept the ball alive with dives somersaulting and bouncing to their feet and you knew this was some thing to behold Except that UNO really needed this to get the serve back You can score only when serving After and from the crowd UNO's Amy Gradoville slammed the ball between two blockers and the Lady Mav fans erupted In Tribute After that burst from the crowd the applause began and then people began standing here and there as if it was dawning on everyone that they had just witnessed one of those moments in sports a moment to savor to appre ciate to admire and suddenly ev eryone was standing The applause and the cheering grew Central fans joining in and it was clear that this was not just a par tisan roar but a tribute to the players on both teams Play halted and the ref eree wisely let the fans go It was thrilling inally he signaled the server to re sume play and the fans were seated Alas it wasn't night The serve went into the net and no ond in this unforgiving sport UNO lost the ball the momentum some morale and the match An hour afterward Connie Claussen the UNO athletic coordinator who coached the Lady Mavs to a na tional championship in softball in 1975 sat in her ield House office tired from a week of preparations for the nationals event and disappointed for her players and coaches you realize how big a crowd we would have drawn tomorrow night if we had won?" she said would have needed to bring in extra bleachers" Last year UNO set a Division II at tendance record of 3004 at a con ference game highly promoted with tickets $1 each This weekend fans paid NCAA prices $6 and $4 and got their worth This sport of jumps and dives could grow in leaps and bounds coaches are allowed to vote for their aid sound who maio tha unv inv VY11 uuina went wiueiccucu iu win inc uwii players uunay VOie Cua not COme league championship A from Oklahoma Pat Jones selections to the World Herald Vote Osborne squad include junior quarterback Ja Osborne said the quarterback vote melle Holieway a three time pick Ne surprised him braska junior Steve Taylor supplanted "Steve played very very well" Os Holieway as quarterback on this bome said certainly got my vote" Associated Press and United Press In Holieway missed last temational All Big Eight teams both two games with a knee injury that re chosen by members of the news media quired reconstructive surgery in me woria Herato coacnes nai loting Holieway received five votes AP and UPI All Big Eight teams Holie layior two ana UKianoma btate soon i omore Mike Gundy one Though the two Sooners voted to the World Her Basic for Bowl: Win Wanted By Lee Barfknecht WORLD HERALD BUREAU Lincoln With its hopes for Big Eight and national championships gone fifth ranked Nebraska resumed football practice Saturday with a more basic goal for the Jan 1 iesta Bowl against No 3 lorida State "You just want to All Big Eight defensive tackle Tim Rother said go down have some fun and win the game the only way to go That attitude means the 16 1 Comhuskers let up in preparation for the 10 1 Seminoles two hour workout in full pads after a 13 day layoff from contact was evidence of that practice any different whether going to the Orange Bowl the iesta Bowl or whatever tight end Tom Banderas said game you play is important because not playing for the national championship mean you going to try as hard as you can Everybody tries to knock you off every week so you have to be All Big1 Eight linebacker Steve orch said the Huskers knew their national title hopes were slim after losing 17 7 to Oklahoma Nov 21 No 2 Miami turned it into a two team race Dec 5 with a 20 16 victory over South Carolina setting up an Orange Bowl showdown with No 1 Oklahoma knew a lot of things had to go just right and they orch said you nlav to win vou olav for a Creighton Coach Tony Barone better record and vou trvto finish No 3 Said we had to do was get the ball to Grayer orr said He was unstoppa Die Grayer said the Cyclones played withemotion ''L vW wanted to show something to bur fans as well as he said felt the loss to Creighton last year was the beginning of a bad season for us We just want that to happen 6 Huskers on All Big 8 Team OU Ties Mark With 11 Honorees service teams Carr a repeat choice on the World Herald squad also missed last two games because of a knee injury Carr might play in the Orange Bowl said Merv Johnson OU assistant head coach Johnson said Holieway and CatT de serve their All Big Eightpositions rf what we call' fox holers Johnson said tough kids The tougher the game is the better they Please turn to Page 6 Col 1 Huskers Top Oregon 67 62 Rekeweg Shot Caps NU Win By Jack Hall portunity to increase the NU lead to 65 SpedaltoTheWorM lleraM On Oregon ensuing trip down the Eugene Ore Rekeweg scored court Jeff Craw'ford made an errant on a lavuo witn one secono lett batur Dass Rekewep prahhpd the bnir nnd day night to complete Nebraska's 67 62 scored just so happy with the perform ance of my 'Nebraska Coach Danny Nee said kids grew up a lot tax' 1 3 4 WE 41 llilflt lx bv A' i Sg 4 1 Wtw J' dLvCSSH? JO atT" A Ilk Ol rea 1 7 A 5 xx jy hVozcei World Herald Eight Team Offense Pos Player School Yr Ht WL Hometown Jamelle Holieway Oklahoma Jr 5 11 180 'Carson Calif Thurman Thomas Oklahoma StSr 5 11 195 Missouri City Texas Keith Jones Nebraska Sr 5 10 180 Omaha Lydell Carr Oklahoma Sr 6 2 225 Enid Okla Hart Lee Dykes Oklahoma St Jr 6 4 206 Bay City Texas Keith Jackson Oklahoma Sr 6 3 242 Little Rock Ark Greg Johnson OklahomaJSr 4 300 Moore Okla Jon Phillips Oklahoma Sr 6 4 '275 Tulsa Okla John McCormick Nebraska Sr 6 2 270 Omaha Mark Hutson Oklahoma Sr 6 4 280 ort Smith Ark Bob Latham Oklahoma J'Jr 6 5 '265 Claremore Okla Tom Whelihan Missouri Sr 5 11 197 Carrollton Texas Defense Player School Yr Ht Wt Hometown Darrell Reed OklahomaSr 6 2 225 Cypress Texas Broderick Thomas Nebraska Jr 6 3 235 Houston Neil Smith Nebraska Sr 6 5 260 New Orleans Tim Rother Nebraska Sr 6 6 265 Bellevue Kyle Rappold Colorado Sr 6 0 245 Colorado Springs Colo Dante Jones Oklahoma Sr 6 2 225 Dallas LeRoy Etienne Nebraska Jr 6 1 230 New Iberia La LB Sim Drain Oklahoma St So 6 2 210 Stillwater Okla Rickey Dixon Oklahoma') Sr 5 10 187 Dallas David Vickers Oklahoma Sr 6 4 198 Tulsa Okla Erik McMillan Missouri Sr 6 2 196 Silver Spring Md Mickey Pruitt Colorado Sr 6 1 205 Chicago Barry Helton Colorado Sr 6 4 190 Simla Colo I.