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Ro By Matt Ward Gam?ceck Staff Writer Sigma Chi's Brent Rogers' * the Most Valuable Player, IV year's intramural flag footbal t. _ A _ 1 . . 4 f 1 someimng ne lanes in siriae. "Anytime you win a champi are so many players who dc congratulated," Rogers said team effort which won it and 1 named MVP-could have went l the team. I guess I was lucky t< Sigma Chi's 12-8 win ovei unueieaiea af ku was tneir football title in three years championship came in 1976. ROGERS WAS a member o and said he believes the 197 stronger in talent but this yeai tougher in terms of desire mination. Lacro By Teresa Mizzell Oamcceck Staff WrH*r "Lacrosse is an old Ind game. It's kind of like a c< bination of soccer, basketball i football," explained Mike Mai president of USC's Lacro U1UD. "Players can use either fine or physical abuse to accomp] the tasks of their positions, each team there is a goalie, th defensive men, three midfield and three attackers or offena men," he said. ACCORDING TO Maher, e; player has a stick with a net one end. This instrument, lacrosse stick, is used to cat toss or throw a rubber ball ab the size of a baseball. The gc arO A'VA' an/1 V u AU uliu at C IVA.OICU UII c< end of a 120-yard field. The obj of the game is to score by gett the ball into your team's goa "The game is pretty easy Fri Sati 10:00 gerst "In 1976 u came easy t )eing named skill," the IVP, in this year's tear 11 playoffs is Whenever tl hung in thei onship there we played.' iserve to be . "It was a A player ( [ think being to be a good to anyone on flag footbal 3 win it." member oft " previously team which second flag regular sea . The other state. "We had ? f both teams the Play?ffs t D0U1 teams -when j {ir o ieam was cornerback r's team was old position and deter- cornerba< sse acti pick up," Maher said, four fifteen-minute qu. lian a half-time. Ten mei >m- team play at a time, and one point per goal." ier, "WE HAVE about 2 sse the club right now. We practicing this fall sse played a few games j lish in shape; but our seasc On the spring. The club \ ree or 14 eames aeainst o ers ^ the Southeastern >ve League," he said. Maher said they a ach forward to a good se on year the team's recoi a "Last year was just i :ch, year. We don't have out schedule yet, but we d als to lose many games I ach he said. |ect "We have Bob Pich ing our leading scorers b? 1. have high expectatior to Mayer, a freshman. S BanBBaHBHBMMHMMa iday & urdav it Z< to 11:00 akes < re were really good, but things because our players had a lot ol Anderson native said. "This n was a fighting ball club flings got tough we iust sort ol re longer than the other clubs )f Rogers ability did not learn football player by just playing 1 at Carolina. Rogers was a he 1976 T.L. Hanna high school i was undefeated during the son and ranked first in the i real good team in 1976 but in we got beat," Rogers said. si came 10 Carolina I played for Sigma Chi, which was my at T.L. Hanna. After one year ck I played halfback too." Iveat U "There are other strong p arters with Greg Bicure, N n on each Pete Clements, You score Chris Vancher ai our two main de 5 people on have been ni i have been Enforcer;" and and have goalie, who s< ust to keep balls traveling >n begins in hour," Maher si 11 %! A.. -to 4 vtii piay jo ther teams Lacrosse ** re looking STj| 0 j ason. Last *d was 7-5. in average J a definite on't expect this year," pft ntin nf X/Vfc) viav v/i ick and we is for Phil ome of the j I P ' Befo Ch< i r u Bui f For J c award ' AND PLAY halfback was f did with exceptional ability & man Sigma Chi went to on During this year's playoffs a f Alpha Epsilon in the first r ! cnnnn in Cn.. * fl ? n ocuic in leivur 01 OrtCi OHJ, no screen pass from quart Coleman and raced 35 yard i which put Sigma Chi back in I ; they eventually won 12-6. "Brent doesn't talk much, corny to say that he does his field where it counts, but he Chi player coach Larry Ert "He's a versatile player on t he rightly deserves to be nai the playoffs." One of the many advant believes he has over most pe< football, especially flag footb is not a rPlnHuolv toll narcni ? - ? ?? ? M4I1 JJVi OWI only 5'10" and weigh 160 it's i SC s layers include: |M f~| [ike Melley and H liv our midfielders; nrl Tim Atlrincnn m ?u M. till Iivniiiauil^ * M fensive men who ]B i |f cknamed "the Kg Ross Evans, our IH , ometimes stops <H ChO 100 miles per J 11 h9b Jf ^^Kf'.v <vsv.aV,/I^ .^*" % .K<:n: Saturday, re the Game ampagne Brunch ) am - 1 pm fet for two with Vi one (does not incl all 777-8191 Top ol 18th flo in strid what Rogers tear away the flags win . He was the the ball." its big plays. The nickname "swiv igainst Siema to Rogers bv his teamr ound and the to move quickly before gers caught a chance to grab his flaj erback Ben Though Sigma Chi w s for a score players, Rogers will be the game that will return to next yea "WE'RE GOING to but it may be team next year," Roger talking on the a fou/ >v.nnio k<i? onmn , w M .V TV |/W|/<V MUt OUI1IC ' does," Sigma didn't play this year wil zberger said, holes. There's no reasor our team and it again next year." ned MVP for Yet, with all the succ had in flag football, F ages Rogers point out that he joint jple who play another important reasc all, is that he Sigma Chi I didn't do il , HCSnon T<~. ' ' " ? i. omtc i in uia 11 ior uie orotnerh )retty hard to people I wanted to kno <&?* cafeterl ? .... I IWnmr ' ? n> wviTiiiai. 11 VW I * I Special ^ rnntry Steak < ice of Two Vegetables HHHlNov. 13 - 19V Top of Care ,_l _./ |j|p , November After the Post-G Buff* 5:00 pm - bottle of champagne ude champagne) B for Reservati c i v>ui unna or of Capstone e 2n I'm running with el hips" was given nates for his talent an opponent has a gs. ill lose some of its one of a bunch who ir's team. have a heckuva s said. "We'll miss of the pledges who 11 be able to fill the 1 why we can't win ess Sigma Chi has togers is quick to ed bigma Chi for >n. "When I rushed t for the football, I ood of being with w." tlcfcland Mall j||? 2:15 A 4:00-1:00 liki I U *1.791 ilina 18 Game jj ame I et 7:30 pm $8.95 $3.50 ons