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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
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Ch<
i
r u
Bui
f For
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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
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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
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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
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