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CHEERLEADING COCKY TRYOUTS Cheerleading tiyouts for the There will be an inforrr 1999-2000 school year will tional meeting and workbegin with an informational shop for students interest meeting and practice at 6 p.m. in being the school's ma; April 7 at the USC Fieldhouse. 'Cocky.' The workshop \* Tryouts from April 7-9 will be be at 7 p.m. Thursday at from 6 to 8 p.m. On April 10, USC Fieldhouse. Tryouts practice will begin at 9 a.m. | be April 6 at the fieldhoi I Wednesday, March 31,1999 "Mof Caroli Spirited jyypr'r " =T So I'm sit- il^lJ ting with the rest of my insane asylum at Saturday's game against the ? decides to give away their famous "Papa John's Third In- P ^ ning Pizza" to the "most spirited fan in iHH h attendance." rv r J1 -I i n l ui course, mere were iois 01 cnoices, considering the stadium was almost filled of supposedly full-blooded Car- HI olina fans.(Coincidentally, the game wgW was also televised nationally on Fox m SportsSouth.) n Anyway, as soon as the announce- ||fl ment was complete, all manner of loonies and recent Clemson escapees began to jump up and down, yelling and screaming like it was Judgment Day. i S The girl who brought the pizza out 1 V proceeded to scour the crowd for a good A W five seconds before awarding it to some old bat in section two, commonly known as "The Morgue." If Meanwhile, the Third Base Hecklers (and plenty of other fans) on the other side of Sarge Frye Field had been bellowing insults at key moments for the entire game, not just for the five seconds needed to be declared "most spirited." | I f I It's alright, though. I I don't really need a lukewarm pizza that was likely bought off the re- Jf"Jr duced rack the day before to enjoy a Jp* Jr baseball game. W 1 It amazes me how USC's athletic Be j Bi/ wf , department can justify spirit as some- \ WW / one who wears garnet and black but \ W who actually shows emotion for, at best, j|Pf J' ^ \ f / Pitcher Jason Pomar (left) a CLONINGER page 8 against Vanderbilt. South Cai i~PAGER WAR 1 503 Meeting Street 1945-15 Decker Blvd. 1019 Broad Stree West Columbia, SC Columbia, SC Sumter, SC 939-0001 738-9400 778-0388 I Nixxo Platinum I Bring in your own pager & get free recrystal and free yCy \ I activation with service. 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Mike Krzyzewski Page 7 reaking Cougars by Jared Kelowitz He also has a 2-1 record, and, perAssistant Sports Editor . haps most impressively, has only walked KMh Tonight, the USC men's baseball tw0 batters^ team will host the College of Charleston A\'ate1*' b?th the Couf rs *ltcbmZ M for the second time this season. k and hittmg have come of age, most reIn the team's first meeting this year, centlylast weekend m a sweeP of in" the season opener, the Gamecock hard- trastate rival Furman. bailers swept the Cougars by scores of Gamecocks pulled off a sweep 5-4 and 10-1. - ?f their own last weekend. After they lost those two at Sarge In a three-game series with Van^gj| Frye Field, the Cougars won 11 of 15 derbilt, USC used a barrage of pitchRj games. ers to beat the Commodores by scores The Cougars have a record of 21- of, 15-8,10-1 and 3-2. 10, while the Garnet and Black boast One of the reasons USC is doing so a mark of 21-7. well is a rejuvenated hitting attack. One reason for Charleston's turn- Five USC players are batting more than B around has been its explosive offensive 350. attack. As of late, the Cougars have ex- Junior outfielder Adam Poe leads |B|| celled at the plate as well as on the the team in batting average, at a .417 kas?Patkf* , . mark. The next highest average belongs They have a team batting average to Nate Janowicz ?j ? b] ^ tI of .340, with five players hitting at , , , TTOr, ., .? ' / , ,, J? . most dangerous hitter on the USC rosthe illustrious .400 mark or better. Their , . on_ , , r . ter, is hitting .385, with a team-leadleading hitter thus far is senior-out- nrtTWT 1 1. fielder Travis Howell. ing32 RBIs and seven round-tnppers. L Howell is batting .449, with three Thejunior outfielder is also second fc... round-trippers, a team-high 37 RBIs, on the 168111 in steals- wlth 16 20 E? and 15 stolen bases in 16 attempts, attempts (behind Brian Roberts 39 in rvii l i /*ii n t n AK wtner Dig pans 01 me wougars or fensive output are Billy Colome and Although their hitting is coming Ronny Marmol. around, Gamecock pitching has been These two are batting .440 and .400 effective all season, respectively, and have combined for The leader is Ail-American Kip three home runs, 52 RBIs, and 31 stolen Bouknight, who currently owns a. bases in 32 attempts. . 2.44 ERA, not to mention four wins and Although C of C is mostly recog- the team lead in strikeouts, nized for its dangerous offensive attack, Tonight, coach Ray Tanner will send * |S their pitching staff is nothing to sneer another of his star hurlers to the mound. 1 H at either. Freshman Chris Spigner is currently So far, the ace of the Cougar s 2-0 on the season with a 3.04 ERA. staff has been freshman Lucas Hock- Y(m can ^ ^ when ^ College ' m, , ,, , of Charleston arrives at Sarge Frye The phenom currently has a ,, ?r , , f team-best 4-1 record, with a 2.58 ^eld on Wednesday, it wdl have its ERA and 37 strikeouts. eyes fixed on USC semor outfielder Tito The team leader in strikeouts is se- Angiolini. nior Scott Oliver. So far this year, Oliv- series between the two er has sent 45 batters back to the teams, Angiolini played the role of dugout. "Cougar killer," batting 7-of-8 with 10 Oliver has also recorded four victo- RBIs for the weekend, ries, and has an ERA of 3.15. The team In the second game, Angiolini was leader in the ERA department is Brett 5-for-5 at the plate and responsible for Davey, with a 2.38 mark. seven of the 10 Gamecock runs. ? UConn upsets Duke D Editor X game hu RnH Roraria baseline winner for Indiana in 1987: Knight-Ridder Newspapers whatever your favorite is. r qt PFTFRQRTTRr ft a r ? th* Connecticut's 77-74 upset of mighty TP ,S;, PETERSBURG, FLA.- By the oined ^ M Monday ^ quite ^ end, the question of the night, of the at the ton month, of the entire college basketball had said the season, was moot. Huskies would shock the world, and No longer would people wonder if .1 11 this was the best team they had ever But an upset of this magnitude wasseen. Instead, was thts the best GAME ^ required ^ before Duke,s ^ [*0 6Tv,a ?VOr ' 1 , gasp, this was a game for the ages. , ^ere have l^n plenty of great ones Nine lead changes, 14 deadlocks, a ,+ m the histoiytf the Find Four. Michael g^e where a lead never exceeded sev1 v Jordan s shot to beat Georgetown in 1982; the N.C. 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