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f'o rr 71 7l di iT1 nib fi 71 'KI 1 11 1 II 10 £3' ii iiii A'S Vc 8 15 OMAHA WORLD HERALD Saturday ebruary 21 1998 COLLEGE SPORTS 9 NU OOTBALL TICKETS LADY JAYS 1 a A A 5TIHL TOP 25 1 Tony Dean Cobra II S8 Steel Irons $49995 TONY MS6r awo EB 27 3 7pm 7999 $19995 27999 $49995 5999 $7995 Highlander Whin Stand Bag Wlfoon Ultra 500 Competition Golf Balls (dz) $2995 1499 799 $1295 2 pc Out Golf Balls (dz) 13 1499 TOP LITE XL 18 Pack Golf Balls $1795 tfjgi 3999 i i Omaha's Value Leader MAXI LI WlHIII'lll I V) 0 3 to Graphite Woods (ea) c4Joc ictn Edge GCD S8 Steel Irons 899939999 5999 2499 (A to Some Husker ans Displeased About Ticket Price Hike 22 1 Record Is Best Start or Princeton 0 0 BY RICH KAJPLIST and STEVEN ITVOVAR WORLD HERALD BUREAU 3 to Reg $29995 SALE22999 5 0 TRACTOR SALE 10 Down NoHarast No Payments Til July 4 1998 I 1 VR 0 0 14847 INDUSTRIAL RD 330 1111 cff tom dokken Nationally acclaimed Oak Ridge Retriever Dog Show AMILY DAY SUNDAY MAHCH 1 irst 500 families receive a Coca Cola cooler and 6 pack of Coke with purchase of 3 admissions (1 must be an adult) fwfD Sponsored by CSC i Ray Scott m2 ow Omaha Civic Auditorium Lincoln This week's mail is bring ing an expensive notice to Nebraska football season ticket holders or many it's been an unwelcome delivery Several Husker fans said Thursday they were disappointed to see a 23 per cent increase on their season tickets Holders of about 51000 of Memorial 72700 seats were informed of the increase in renewal invoices sent out this week guess like to know where this money goes" said Janice Lutz of Arca dia Neb "1 do know there is a lot of expenses in travel and equipment and everything but 1 also know they get different things donated If it is needed fine People probably wouldn't mind if it was justified "But we were discussing if it goes up too much more if we were going to re new them 1 don't know" Norman Schroeder of Elkhorn 'said the university cannot blame infla tion which is low for the ticket in crease arc going up because we get fancier all the he said The cost of a season ticket for six home games will increase from $175 to $215 lot of schools raise ticket prices on an annual said John Ander son ticket manager The cost of season tickets for Ne braska faculty and staff also will in crease from $140 to $172 NU students i will pay 10750 for tickets next season up from $8750 last season Individual tickets for each of the sea first five home games against Alabama Birmingham Washington Kansas Missouri and Texas will cost regular season ticket holders $35 each A ticket for the final home game against Colorado will cost $40 Individual ticket prices for five of last season's six home games were $28 each A ticket to the Kansas State game last season cost $35 "It seems to me like a special game they can put any old price they want on it" said an Omaha woman who wished not to be identified we're senior citizens and they moved our seats way up high and a chore to climb all the way up there about ready to quit going" Anderson said his office has heard from unhappy fans always going to be a certain percentage that doesn't agree with what doing" he said I think ev erybody has to agree that Nebraska has the best football the country and it's well worth the price of The Huskers have won national championships in three of the past four seasons and have won 60 of 63 games since 1993 DAY SATURDAY EB 28 The first 500 students under 17 with an admission ticket receive a REE ZEBCO ROD REEL COMBO sponsored by Cfijorld'i'wrald 1 fl Creighton Pressure Ignites Blowout said have to make them respect us on the 3 point line Krissie and Angela hit some in the first half and when they do that it takes pressure off me 1 want them to shoot the ball when they get a chance because they're great shooters If open hit it" Creighton got on to a hot start tak ing a 14 1 lead with 13 minutes left in the first half The Salukis (9 15 6 9) hit double figures until there was 7:38 to play when Kristine Abramow ski converted a three point play to cut it to 23 12 Spanheimer swished a 3 pointer with 6 seconds left to let the Lady Jays go into hal ftime leading 41 27 have been a great starting team all CU Coach Connie Yori said think our players prepare themselves to play been a really good first half team and really pleased with our mental game preparation" Southern Illinois 27 At Creighton i 41 RS Illinois figrdley 3 8 14 7 Jackson 0 5 0 0 0 udson 5 6 15 11 Smith 1 1 44 6 Hoshelder 2 4 2 2 6t Traylor 1 3 1 2 4 Hathaway 5 9 3 4 13 Anderson 0 1 2 Morgan 0 0 1 2 1 Abramowski 59 1 1 11 Totals 23 49 14 61 Welle 3 12 1 0 12 26 Keller 1 7 0 2 3 afer 1 2 2 4 4 Timmons 4 10 04) 10 Spanheimer 4 5 0 11 Atkins 6 1 0 0 0 Sarnes 3 4 2 4 8 Sweeney 4 5 0 0 8 Larson 0 2 2 2 2 Buysse 0 0 0 2 0 Leix 26 0 0 6 Totals 27 54 16 26 78 3 polnt Creighton 8 17 (Keller 1 4 Tim mons 2 5 Spanheimer 3 3 Atkins 0 1 Leix 2 4) SI 1 3 (Jackson 0 1 Traylor 1 2) SI 43 (Jack son Abramowski 8) CU 25 (Hofer Spanheimer 5) SI 28 CU 11 Assists CU 22 (Keller 6) SI 14 (Hashelder 6) ouls CU 22 SI 19 ouled Bardley 3:01 None 532 Welle All Academic or the third straight year Carrie Welle was named to the Missouri Val ley All Academic team The senior forward from argo a first teamer leads the Lady Javs in scoring with 196 points and has a 18 grade point average Three Lady Jays were honorable mention picks senior guard Nikki Keller junior center Kristen Hafer and junior forward Jenni Larson HURRY QUANTITIES LIMITED SALE ENDS 32998 Simon Plaza 304 72nd Omaha (402) 392 4301 (just a chip shot south of 72nd Dodge) Princeton NJ (AP) Steve Good rich had 19 points and nine rebounds as No 9 Princeton established the best start in the basketball team's history with a 77 55 win over Harvard on ri day night In winning its 15th straight Prince ton (22 1 overall 10 0 Ivy League) sur passed the 1924 25 team that went 21 1 Before losing its season finale Harvard (11 12 4 7) has lost 16 straight to Princeton The Tigers increased their Ivy League winning streak to 24 and their ebruary winning streak to 32 Gabe Lewullis had 12 points for Princeton and Jamie Mastaglio scored all 10 of his in the first half Mitch Henderson added nine points and eight assists for the Tigers Harvard freshman Dan Clemente who missed the Crimson's first game with Princeton had 15 points Mike Scott added 13 After Clemente's 3 pointer pulled Harvard within 38 32 to start the sec ond half Princeton went on a 284 run to open a 66 36 advantage with 8:23 re maining The Tigers ended the run by scoring 19 straight as Goodrich ana Brian Earl had five points each Har vard went 8:03 without a point Princeton emptied the bench at that point winning its 13th straight Ivy League game by double figures Prince ton shot 58 percent from the field while limiting Harvard to 33 percent With Harvard holding a 16 15 lead midway through the first half Prince ton scored 12 straight to open a 27 16 lead The Crimson used the foul line to stay close hitting 10 of II while Princeton did not attempt a first half free throw After Harvard cut it to 35 29 3 pointer at the buzzer opened a nine point lead Henderson had six first half assists moving him into fourth place on all time list Hawkeyes Edge Buckeyes at inish Columbus Ohio (AP) A basket by Amy Herrig put Iowa ahead with three seconds to go as the Hawkeyes defeated Ohio State 74 71 riday night short jump shot which fol lowed a missed free throw by Jamie Lewis gave Iowa a 72 7 1 lead Tiffany Gooden then stole an in bounds pass and scored a layup for the Hawkeyes (15 9 overall 12 3 Big Ten Conference) with one second left Herrig scored 22 points Tangela Smith 20 and Nadine Domond 10 for Iowa Marrita Porter had 24 Larecha Jones 15 and Jamie Lewis 14 for the Buckeyes (13 1 16 9) Ohio State had taken a 62 53 lead the biggest of the night for either team on a basket by Lewis with 4:40 remain ing But Iowa scored the next seven points in 48 seconds to cut the margin to 62 60 with 3 52 to play The Buckeyes remained ahead until a tip in by Herrig tied the score 70 70 with 45 seconds to go Lewis made the first free throw in a two shot situation with 10 seconds remaining but missed the second to set up the winning bas ket Iowa Wrestlers Wallop ISU Iowa City Iowa (AP) Top ranked Mark Ironside won his 27th straight bout of the season and Lee ullhart earned a pin riday as No 2 Iowa beat Iowa State 32 9 the 22nd consecutive win over their intrastate ri val The loss dropped the seventh ranked Cyclones to 11 8 and denied Coach Bobby Douglas his 300th career vic tory Douglas 0 9 against Iowa has a 299 129 8 record in 25 years of coach ing The Hawkeyes who defeated ISU 28 10 in December in Ames been beaten by the Cyclones since 1987 and lost to ISU in Iowa City since 1977 was the kind of match we Iowa acting Coach Jim Za lesky said felt it was important to some momentum going into the Big en tournament We needed to wrestle with intensity and I felt we did that to Iowa State was weakened at 150 pounds and 190 pounds David Maldo nado was hospitalized Wednesday and the Cyclones had to forfeit that weight Anderson said the increase will raise an additional $2 million in revenue each season athletic department has a lot of expenses and costs are going up" An derson said have to look at addi tional sources of revenue" Charles Endorf of airbury said he blames a drop in ticket sales for the Nebraska basketball team for the foot ball increase they put a quality prod uct on the floor they sell the tick Endorf said basketball team should be self The ticket price increase comes on the heels of the school's announcement that it will require a 1500 per seat an nual donation beginning in 1999 for a group of about 1500 seats in five sec tions of Memorial west bal cony Those sections are being con verted to as part of a project that includes the construction of 40 skyboxes Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Byrne said at the time that the club seating plan and skyboxes will generate about $45 million in revenue annually Byrne was out of town Thursday and unavailable for comment about the ticket price increase they really need that much money" said Lutz who makes a IVi hour drive from Arcadia to Lincoln for games averaged it out taking each ticket and what made for donations to the Beef Club and each ticket is now costing us $57 Then you have the gas to go down to Lincoln then to eat one or two meals got a pretty expensive outing" Nebraska has played in front of sell out crowds in 220 straight games dat ing to the 1962 season Anderson said he think the increase in ticket prices will affect that string know for sure until April I which is when fans have until to re new their tickets" Anderson said if I were a betting man say have close to a 100 percent renewal PvdL Select Aqualite Golf Shoes $8995 iwWJCy Select GreenJoy Golf Shoes $4495 Golf Shirts $59 $69 while Zach Thompson pulled out at 190 because of an undisclosed injury His place was taken by Brad Horton who was pinned by ullhart in four minutes 34 seconds goal was to give our individual best Douglas said weren't optimistic about the team score but we wanted to leave feeling ready for the conference tournament The Cyclones fought hard That's something we can take into the tourna Iowa (13 3) won seven of 10 bouts Other winners besides Ironside and ullhart were Eric Juergens at 118 Jeff McGinness at 142 Kasey Gilliss by forfeit at 150 Gabe McMahan at 158 and Joe Williams at 167 The only setbacks were at 126 pounds where second ranked Dwight Hinson stopped Doug Schwab 8 1 at 177 where Matt Mulvihill decisioned Paul Jenn 12 11: and at heavyweight where Trent Hynek beat Wes Hand 5 4 Hinson improved to 22 3 and avenged a loss by disqualification to the freshman in December RAY SCOTT 25 SAT EB 28 gpm Bass ishing DAVE CSANDA 11am Daye ci im MARCH 1 Onm CsancSa Walleve Hsrw nnitf win jwmm comedian extraordinaire! 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Meat Loaf Canadian ried Chicken Shoreline Catfish Chef Sam Bonofedg 1X BOAT AND TRAVEL BY ELIZABETH MERRILL VORLD HERALP STA WRITER With a streaky Southern Illinois team coming to town the Creighton women didn't know what to expect Thursday night They certainly thinking blowout But after turning up the defensive pressure early exactly what the Lady Jays got in a 78 61 before 532 at the Civic Auditorium Creighton snapped a three game los ing skid by forcing 16 turnovers in the first half and putting together one of its biggest offensive performances of the season The Lady Jays shot 50 percent from the field and committed a season low 11 turnovers to move into third place in the Missouri Valley Confer ence at 13 10 and 9 6 just totally dominated the game with their pressure" said Salukis Coach Cindy Scott who's team had won four of its last five in conference play were as completely inept at handling their pressure as anything I've seen plays hard got to give them a lot of credit I like them and I like their chances of doing some thing big I think they can make some noise in the conference tournament big time God help us if we have to play them again" Senior forward Carrie Welle gave the Salukis fits from the start scoring a game high 26 points Her inside game was opened up in part by freshman guards Krissie Spanheimer and Angela Timmons who established outside shooting in the first half Spanheimer hit all three of her 3 point attempts for 1 1 points and Tim mons was 2 of 5 for 10 points around I think we had different people step it up Welle 7998 baby bear cub 7 LIVE TROUT ISNINU Bring the kids and come fishrig! 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