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# 1 Sports bri Swimming teams split with Hokies >Thc men's and women's swim ming and diving teams have had five meets under the direction of first-year head coach Kris Kirigft chner, resulting in a 2-3 record " for the men and a 3-2 record for the women. In Blacksburg, Va., USC took on Virginia Tech Jan. 18. The 1 gJF ? lori mKd ^ USC's Keith James attempts a reverse A| Schick. ' W ? 1986 COLLEGIATE INTRAM 3 on 3 BASKETS* CHAMPIONSHIP ) Comf. Free Tic, Intramural i For ^ imuwwii hi 9 iMfa?? iefs men lost 63-50, but the women won 56-47. Because of renovations on the Blatt P.E. Center's pool, all meets have been away. On Nov. 24 both teams traveled to the University of Florida. The men lost ^0-41 and the women fell 74-58. Thpn An lor* 1 traveled to Ft. Peircc, Fla., to take on West Virginia and Indian River Junior College. The men defeated West Virginia 63-48 and 111 ? . ML.. 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JM RAY GRONBERGIThe Gamecock rom lid dllll ina will ipete. ips played in the bruary t. today Inesday, am ticipants fts and prizes as ce in the ion | tition rts Office >// > who won the one- and threemeter diving competitions. Crail placed second for the Gamecocks in last year's diving championships. Head coach Kris Kirchner said his teams are young and "starting to come around." In an attempt to intensify the competition, USC will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to meet the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee on Saturday. The first home meet for the Gamecocks is Jan. 31 against Furman. Hoop tournament to be held at USC The intramural department will be sponsoring the Schick three on-three Super Hoops Intramural Tournament, with men's and women's divisions, to be in the Blatt P.E. center Friday and Saturday. Both divisional tournament winners from every participating school will compete in their region for a chance to play in national competiton. The final men's and women's teams will play the championship at halftime of a nationally televised NBA game. The regional tournament for USC will be at the P.E. Center Feb. 1, with the final games being played at halftime of the men's USC-Florida State game that evening. Tnam pntrioc mud ?..U ? :"-J . Viiti ivo II1U31 UL SUUIIUllCU by 5 p.m. today at the intramural office. An entry fee of $5 is required per team. All present and former collegiate basketball players are ineligible. Basketball, wallyball and floor hockey all begin Monday. A managers and coaches meeting will be at 4 p.m. today in room 1 1 t _r t-? ^ in ui me r.t. center. Entries for intertube water polo close Monday; play begins Feb 2. Entries for Raquetball end Feb. 3; play begins Feb. 9. & fe- = v. Gamecocks t in football se From staff and wiro reports In hopes of landing a television contract for its opening game, USC will begin its 1986 football season Aug. 30 at home against Miami, Fla., not against Western Carolina as originally planned. The game against the Catamounts was moved from Sept. 6 to Sept. 13 to allow the Gamecocks a pair of open dates on Sept. 6 and 20. The switch of the contest with Miami enables Joe Morrison's squad to take a break before facing Georgia on Sept. 27 and Nebraska on Oct. 4, Southers 'T really think we're a good team, but I can't explain why we haven't done better than we have," she said. "1 don't know what's gone wrong; we've just had some problems getting over that hump." Wilson said she's impressed by how Southers continues to play consistently well while the team goes down in defeat. "Brantley is the type of player who will give you everything she's got every game," she said. "Usually a good player who works so hard but then doesn't win has a difficult time getting up for the next game. But Brantley's Pep Talk Continued fi Soon they would create in their own infinite wisdom the hallowed "Tailgate Party," where they could sit, partaketh in wine, women and song with a few thousand of their closest friends and ponder the fate of their particular team. And they did. And soon as the world turned and the years passed, there came to be a leacue of warrior teams. A tough and hard-fought league for the one nation. It was to be eternally known as the NFL. The NFL soon played a full season of games. And as a celebration for the best two o face Miami lason opener both at Williams- Brice Stadium. The Miami game was originally scheduled tor Sept. 20. After the four-game homestand to start the season, USC will play away games against Virginia Tech on Oct. 11 and the University of Virginia on Oct. 18 before returning home to face East Carolina on Oct. 25. The remainder of the season includes road contests against N.C. State on Nov. 1 and Clemson on Nov. 22 and home contests with Florida State on Nov. 8 and Wake Forest on Nov. 15. rom page 8. not like that." USC takes on the secondranked Lady Bulldogs tonight in Athens, Ga., and while Southers realizes the odds of losing, she's not about to count the I.ady Gamecocks out. "There's always a chance, so we plan to play some blood 'n' guts basketball," she said. "It's going to be tough ? I guess you could say that if we were Popeye, we'd have to eat a lot of spinach." But considering Southers' pace this season, the players needing sninach COIllH hp thr?cr> nnnncinn . W,/|,V,0?.??, her tonight. rom page 8. teams, at the end of every season a glorious festival would take place. The two greatest teams from that season would fly to pre-arranged cities and prepare for that one final game that would be named "The Super Bowl". Then God made one fateful mistake in judgment. He created, to record the events of this game, the sportswriter. And the world was truly thankful. Amen. Jeff Shrewsbury is Assistant sports editor of The Gamecock