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SKflS^9E69E?i?BB3^ii?S?ll ' ,,**+?y-* 2., <\ ' * v - "- -~ Four teams tootball chc By Jim Corbett Staff Writer For the first time in fiye years, AFRO or Sigma Chi will not walk away with the intramural Flag Football crown. Defending champion AFRO ('77, 79) and Sigma Chi ('76, '78) were both knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. Top ranked KaDDa Aloha, independent Mnnrp Alumni Sigma Alpha, Alpha Epsilon, and AFROTC all advanced into today's semi-final round of piay. Each team hopes to advance to the championship game which will be played on Thursday night at7:00attheP.E. Center field. KA, behind the passing of Keaver Prickett, broke AFRO's eighteen game unbeaten streak with a 13-0 shutout. Prickett completed nine passes including two for touchdowns as KA coniinued their streak of scoring at least two touchdowns each game this year. rricKeu nit Davis Coleman with a 21 yard scoring strike with less than a minute to play in the first quarter. Prickett came back to hit Bill Duffy on a 15-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to wrap up the scoring and the game. K A advanced to the semi-finals by beating Bates House 19-0. Bates had beaten Maxcy 6-0 in overtime to advance to the The Hoop Coop ContPfit u/innpr "The Hoop Coop" was selected as the winning entry in ! the "Name That Cheering Section Contest" sponsored by the USC men's basketball team. The winning entry was submitted by Bob Caldwell, a graduate student in j Business from Bloomfield, N.J. | For hie u/ir?nir?r? ^-'J 11 _ ^u55caiimi, v^ctiuwcn win receive a 12" I black and white television, courtesy of head basketball ! coach Bill Foster. Caldwell's winning slogan was selected by a ten person panel of judges. Nearly two hundred entries were submitted in the contest. CALDWELL'S ENTRY was praised for its ability to uniquely combine a catchy basketball term with the Gamecock mascot. "The Hoop Coop" will be printed on j T-shirts to be worn by USC students at Carolina basketball games this season. Coach Foster would like to extend his sincere ap\ nr<uviDt<An oil ~ "f"1 * 1^. ^.ullUii ivj an me uat siuaenis wno participated in the contest. His only regret was that there could be only one winner. Rogers, Herrm? By Richard Meyers at winning the trophy alter Assistant Sports Editor njne Weeks Of the 1980 The contest for the coveted collegiate football season. Hpicman Trnnlw annoorc 11 ? - ' " rvugers, a 0-Z, ZZU pound have narrowed down to a two tailback, received his first man race between national television exposure Carolina's George Rogers Saturday when the and Purdue's Mark Herr- Gamecocks dropped a 13-10 mann, with eight other decision to Georgia. In that players having outside shots game, Rogers gained 168 Tennis Team \ wins tourney \ By Mark Gilliam J Staff WrHvr ^ Coach Ron Smarr's USC men's tennis team captured first 3 place in the South Carolina Intercollegiate Tennis Championships this past weekend at Sam Daniel Courts. Now jfl Smarr is preparing the Gamecocks for a more important 9 tournament. I .act U/PplrpnH firnlinn limn fiirrt of ? 4 L. . ...vn'u.M, vuiuuua nun live ut SIA aill^lC^ Illctlt'Ilt^) US well as two of three doubles. USC, with 32 points, edged out ; 11 other teams. P'urman gained second place honors with 24 I points, followed by Clemson with 21 and Lander with 20. THE SINGLES WINNERS for Carolina were Ulf Petterson, Darren Roberts, Chuck Hodgin, Trevor Raul and Brian McDonald. In doubles action Hodgin and Fetterson defeated a Clemson pair, 6-3, 6-4, and McDonald and Jose Neto smashed a Fur man duo, 6-1,6-2. P Tnis fan we ve won three team championships," he said. "Fall tennis helps to decide who will play in the NCAA indoor tournament in February. That's our main concern |jj right now." "This weekend we are hosting a big head-to-head tour- s| nament, with a strong field of eight teams," Smarr added. ? SOUTH CAROLINA; N O. State, Wake Forest, Clemson, Minnesota, Tennessee, North Carolina and Duke will be i| comoetinc in the Eishth Annuwl use Fail hp*,.*?* 08 m_ w w?,? ? ?w ? ? ? vidiii) icaui Championships. The matches will be at 9 p.m. and 1 p.m. 11 beginning Friday and ending with the finals Sunday on the Sam Daniel and Maxcy-Gregg Courts. ? battle for impionship quarter quarterfinals. SAE UPSET Sigma Chi behind the running of Adger Rice and Richard Clayton. Rice returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown and ran 23 yards with an interception to score the winning points in a 19-6 win. Clayton dashed any hopes of a Sigma Chi comeback with a 25 yard interception return ior me inira score. Brent Rogers went 25 with a screen pass for Sigma Chi's only points. SAE again turned to Ricc and Clayton to defeat Snowden Machine in the quarterfinals. Rice scored on a three yard burst and Clayton returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown as SAE beat Snowden Machine 13-0. Snowden Machine had edged Sigma Nu 6-0 on a 32 yard pass from Davis Powers to Nieko Corontzes to gain the quarterfinals. Surprising AFROTC returns to the semifinals for the second straight year. AFROTC squeaked into the playoffs on the last day of the regular season and then defeated Thornwell 27-0 in the first round. AFROTC then squared off with Phi Kappa Sigma in a classic playoff duel in quarterfinal play AFROTC held a slim 6-0 lead with less than a minute to play, only to see quarterback Bill Cantillion rally Phi Kap to a the tying score. Both teams scored on fourth down plays during the first overtime, but each failed to add on the extra point. The battle continued through four more overtimes before AFROTC scored on a 15 yard pass from Joe Standridge to p^lt/1|r 1 - A pnAmn *? ?- ? ? * *' " vviiuli\ vfan.n;y. /\r i k, men neia kiii tvappa on defense to advance to the semi-finals against KA. INDEPENDENT ENTRY Moore Alumni moved one step farther than last year with a 7-6 win over Skoal. Moore Alumni lost to AFRO in last year's quarterfinals, but gains the semi-finals against SAE. Moore Alumni scored first in the independent showdown against Skoal. QB Bill Halladay fired a pass into the end zone from the ten yard line that was tipped by two Skoal defenders into the arms of halfback Tom Kennedy to draw first blood. Skoal had a chance to tie the game, but was intercepted in the end zone in early in the third quarter. Skoal finally got nn t hn Krvo rv* irltno ? f *L x ^ v?i niv- /vyui vt iniviv?dy mi uu^n nit? iuunn (juuncr and lined up for the tying extra point. But a halfback option pass was batted down at the line of scrimmage. Skoal had one final scoring threat halted when Brad Cederdal intercepted a long pass with less than 30 seconds remaining for Moore Alumni. Skoal, a first year independent team, got by Woodrow 6-0 to gain the quarterfinals, while Moore Alumni squeaked by Chi Psi 6-0 to set up the matchup. The final Gamecock Intramural Flag Football poll and the championship game story will appear in the Friday edition. inn Ip^Hinnfrnr yards on 35 carries, but he and average per game, and fumbled late in the fourth is first in average per carry quarter deep in Georgia among rushers with more territory, which may have than 20 attempts per game, hurt his chances somewhat. On the year, Rogers has PLAYING IN his fourth gained 1,257 yards on 204 year for the 15th ranked carries for a 6.2 average and Gamecocks, Rogers is ten touchdowns. He is second currently eighth on the allin the nation in total yards time career rushing list with ViirHR MgHWTI I&* i ~ J" .- I r~ - ~ -- - "\!\ ~JT -,1: i "2^7 ;-v " ?|| ": -3? | USC Hois man candidate George Rogers. (Photo by j tarry Newman) { ?JHg ? :7a.V yAftffc- .3:-:f.\-?-r\". .1 j. ? irir,;./IT_. . * " ; ^ pHg. Ifi _~_,I_^"T' ITli~* -L,.^z2'\\-~_ r I Athlete of the Week David Goodchild For his outstanding performance in leading Carolina's soccer team to its current four game winning streak, forward David Goodchild has been named Athlete of the Week by the Gamecock. The 6-0, 17 5 pound sophomore from Winter Park, Fla., scored two goals Saturday to help give tne uamecocks a 4-1 victory over Rollins. Goodchild continues to lead the team in scoring with 12 goals, four assists and two game j winning goals. Runners-up this week are placekicker Eddie Leopard and the USC men's tennis team. >hy candidates 4,434 yards (excluding one The Boilermakers are uuwi gaine>. tie neeas just ranked 17th in the nation in ten more yards to move into the latest AP poll with a 6-2 seventh place ahead of Earl mark and a five game Campbell. " winning streak. If he continues his pace of TIIK OTHER candidates 157.1 yards per game, he will include Ohio State's Art finish with a total of 4,905 Schlichter. California's Rich i yards, which would put him Campbell, Nebraska's fourth on the all-time list. Jarvis Hedwine, Georgia's The rushers currently in the Herschal Walker, Southern number one, two and three Cal's Marcus Allen, Pittspots (Tony Dorsett, Charles sburgh's Htigh Green, and nru:i? 1 A?l;. ^ ? f^? * ' - ? wmie anu /\rcme unniri) an ut'LA's uuo ol Kreeman won the Heisman Trophy McNeil and Kenny Easley. their senior season. Sehlichter and Campbell If Rogers wins the are both quarterbacks, Heisman, he will become the Schlichter ranks 27th in total first player from the offense and 20th in passing Southeastern part of the efficiency while Campbell is country to win it since seventh in total offense and \uburn's Pat Sullivan in 13th in passing efficiency. 1971. But that fact shouldn't Tailback Walker of lelp Herrmann any because Georgia is sixth in the :hat was also the last year a country in rushing, but a quarterback won the trophy, freshman has never won the The 6-5, 194 pound Herr- Heisman. Allen is third in nann has completed 62 rushing, McNeil is fourth, sercent (154 of 249) of his and Redwine is fifth. massing attempts for 2,032 Easley and Green are both ^ards, averaging 13.2 yards outstanding defensive >er completion. players, but the Heisman The NCAA all-time leader has gone to an offensive! n pass completions and player every year since 1950. >assing yards has thrown for Easley is considered the best 15 touchdowns, but he also defensive back in college las 11 interceptions in eight football today, while Green james. He ranks second in will probably win the otal offense and seventh in Outland Trophy. In eight wssingefficiency. games this season, Green Herrmann has been aided has 50 solo tackles, 28 n his quest for the Heisman assists, 12 quarterback >y the nation's number two sacks, three fumble md three ranking pass recoveries and has broken eceivers. Dave Young and up six passes. Jart Burrell have combined The winner of the Heisman o catch 89, of Herrmann's Trophy will be announced in >asses for 1,289 yards. early December.