Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Women lose rrom pmgm 74 I've ever seen for a young team that size. They're extremely well coached; they're a great ballteam." VALDOSTA SEEMINGLY hit every outside shot they took with ease and ooenpd nn a in.rv^int wh n-im ??? *v ivuu mill eight minutes to go. But the Lady Gamecocks were not to be denied one last effort. With Cheryl Autry's basket with four minufps tn on ramiino n..n^ O J VM.UHIIU puutu even with the home team at 90-90. Anaerson touied out of the game with six minutes to play and Sheila Foster fouled out with four minutes to play. Next, the referees called Rita Johnson for her fifth personal foul, and USC could not make another run at Valrinstn Parsons made it clear that she was not at all pleased with the officiating. "One of my biggest philosophies about the women's game is that those involved in the women's game have got to come to realize that a change is necessary in how the game is _ _ _ A ? * oinciaiea in certain parts of the country, she explained. "In South Carolina, one of my major con????? tU? 1 1 e ... i? is me iuciv ui awareness 10 tne national game as it is played today. It hurts us when we play out-ofstate. For example, tonight's game was more physical than anything that is ever played in the Carolina Coliseum. "A lot of npnnlp cqu if'o o " __ uu; 11 o u Hume juu, rarbuiih continued, "But if you're in the top twenty, you're going to get the benefit of the doubt. There was a girl here tonight that had four fouls early in the first half that didn't foul out of the game. The officials need to take that into consideration. We could have adiusted 01v^PictnGr * ! ' ' limited goals, i By Brett Friedlander "When I cam Sports Editor Olympics, I ca It is the goal of every youngster school," he expl to attain the highest level of sue- very hard for m< r*occ rw\caiK1a nn rr*o???V*?* ~ 1 * 1 vwo pwoiuiv, nu niauti niiai uic nine iu aujusi endeavor is. In the world of vived." amateur athletics, the goal is the Olympic games. Few ever make it HIS ENTRAP to the Olympics, and even fewer and a new trai have the g<x>d fortune to win a Mission Viejo, medal there. youngster new In 1976, a 16-year-old high school diving career, student from California named The Viejo reso Greg Louganis dived his way to the the coast f silver medal. The accomplishment hometown of Sai was amazing to most experts a chance to trs because the young American rated divers c defeated many of the world's best divers to win the award. LOUGANIS is now an 18-year-old freshman at the University of If I win. 1 MlOmi / Pin \ iHioiiii auu ma riUCUtTSls IK1>> o . , j followed i him to the in- If I QOtl t tercollegiate level. This past fft*) I fry weekend, he was in Columbia to "/ participate in the Southern In- good time tercollegiate Championships tA#|?04 bj -j diving competion. Louganis won on Wn3t I ITI Q< both the one- and three-meter GtOC boards by wide margins. During a break in thp artinn Louganis had a chance to look back and reflect on his experience at the coaching and re! Montreal Olympiad. "It was a allowed the really great experience to meet the medalist to coi international athletes because they provement. It wa were so warm and friendly," he where he began t said. "As far as the diving went, I Moscow games, was very pleased with how I did. I just couldn't believe I was there His next step . . . it's still hard to believe." from high schoo After the Olympics, however, on an interc t :~ u ? ,1 ? li juuuKcuua iiau aunic pruuieins wun Louganis chose his diving. Because of his success because of its I against world class divers, it was petitive diving hard for him to compete against reasons. high school competition again. As a result, he lost a lot of motivation "MIAMI HAS i and almost dropped out of the sport department, ar all together. major," he sai n ! to Valdosta H| to that type of officiating in maybe one year because I ' we'd be more used to it. The awareness of the offipi^lc U/hn Pilll thct mAIYtan'c* rtnrv>A in V-? vuii mv iruiiitii o game id IIUI l ll/lC. FOSTER SAID, "We were psyched because ?5 everyone was supposed to blow us off the map. If the | officials called a better game, we could definitely | have beat them. I couldn't believe some of the calls pi ||?|gtgp| they made on me, but I'm not going to let it get me down " ^ - Aside from the officiating, nobody could take anything away from the game itself. "This is the first time the girls have really risen to I the occasion with such awe," Parsons said. "Anyone seeing this team over the past two years in the Kfefjfefll Drocmm wnillH hn\;p tr? nnmnara K 0_ *v? V V vv Wllipul Ks VlilO gallic Willi lilt? best game any team has played under me. They ^ ,|1 stayed inand played with poise. I really couldn't BrS believe we could lose after we had played so well. If you look at every aspect of the game, what more could we have done?'' MBBBM ANDERSON commented, "I feel that everyone played a super game. I think everyone now realizes that it's down to the wire. We're going to be readyd to : ' ; nipv riomcAn ?i L' J "* ' V/AVItlUVll IV/i UIC ic-^iunai dig iMarcn 3 at S9K Spartanburg) and go into the regionals and play." JfipHpil Anderson finished the game with 28 points by ^ shooting 13-16 from the floor and hitting 2 of 2 free throws. Cynthia Jacobs had 20 points, Jean Walling had 19 and Foster added 16. Susan Taylor of Valdosta jjf ? ||l led all scorers with 33. The next home game for USC is tnnioht nftor men's game. The Lady Gamecocks will face Claflin. eg Louganis, hh unlimited talent ||f| ie back from the drama schools in California are so me back to high crowded, it would be hard for me to ained. 'That was get in. Also, at Miami I can get i, and it took some more individual attention, because to it. But I sur- the school is smaller. "The diving program is good at Miami too," Louganis added. JCE into college "They like to get me into the water IP ning program at twice a day. I'd like to be there RpStfflirl Calif., gave the more, but because of classes I incentive in his can't. Within the team there is a lot 1114 f?|y|? of competition. Melissa Brierlv rt, which is just up was fourth in the Olympics and rom Louganis' Greg Garlik was a former NCAA i Diego, gave him champion, that's a lot of talent." iin withother top>f his age. The But even with all the talent on the Miami squad, the one people come out to see is Louganis. IWITI1UIO uc* 1IU11 IfC, UI J lliC UUCHUUII he is getting, the young diver does that's fine. not feel there is any added . , _ " pressure on him to win. He said that S OK that although he would like to win tO h3V6 8 every time, his only goal is to dive { anu enjoy "Iiry ana dive well," he said. "If I win fine, and if I don't, that's 1^1 omg... okay too. I try to have a good time | Louganis and enjoy what I'm doing." EVEN THOUGH he has already I ? 3|i|&& accomplished much, Louganis is axed atmosphere still very modest about his own (Uvwr\i/^ cilnor oK!li?;/?< ' J 41?1 * ~ uutvi ai;iiiucs. lie AcllU llltfl fit* WHSfl I ffi icentrate on im- really thinking about the 1980 ,s at Mission Viejo Olympics as a goal just yet. 0 build for the 1980 Keeping his goals limited, he admitted he was looking toward the National Collegiate Athletic after graduating Association championship and the 1 was to compete Pan American games later this ollegiate level, year. to attend Miami USC te tradition in com- "I'd like to say that I'm better opponenl , among other now than in 1976, but I still have a day, the ( lot to learn," Louganis said. "I've g.Q shutc changed a few of my dives. I've got rharloc# i very good drama a more difficult list now. There is ^nariesic id that is my an awful lot to improve on, you can take on Pi d. "Most of the never stop." 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