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Campus Update, April 9, 1980, Page 3 Pitching determines ACC success The ACC women’s softball squad open their season with hopes as high as the boundless spring sky. Last year, the Lumberjacks fielded their first softball team and finished expects ACC and Henry Ford to battle defending champs, C. S. Mott for the league crown. The Lumberjacks will display an aggressive style of play as they plan in a tie for second with St. Clair to take advantage of their team Shores, both with 9-11 records. speed. Although the bench has aver- This year’s team should easily sur- age depth, Miles plans to utilize all pass that mark according to head of his players: ‘‘Everybody can con- coach, Dick Miles. tribute, each in her own way.” The “We have a lot of good ballplayers, starting line-up will remain pretty offensively and defensively,’” Miles much the same, however. observed. ‘‘The key to our success An added bonus for Alpena will be will be the pitching. If we get good their schedule. ACC opens the sea- pitching, then we will have a good son with five straight doubleheaders season.” Fortunately, these pivotal on the road, but then closes out duties will be in the experienced with seven consecutive twinbills at hands of returning sophomores Eva home. The women Jacks will have a Brochenbrough and Jan Kaiser. Both chance to finish the season strong were ACC hurlers last year. Chery! without the excessive strain of tra- Middleditch, who is also returning velling and with the support of their from last year’s squad, will alternate fans. Miles was satisfied with the as third pitcher when she is not playing centerfield. Besides the three: pitchers, re- turning Lumberjacks include Beth Buchner at shortstop and team cap- tain Kim Swizel at thirdbase. Miles looks to the five sophomores to lead the team because, “They know what it takes to get there.“ To get there, Alpena will have to ~ beat out seven other equally hungry teams in the Eastern Division. Miles Baseball & Softball Gloves—Caps Brooks Villanova List price $24.00 Shoes sac price $15.00 Tony and Ray’s Sport Sho lee -1245 P 2219 US-23 South local attendance last year and hopes hat ACC’s home games will con- tinue to draw the crowds this year. Alpena will play their home games at the Men’s softball diamonds. After debuting with a second place finish last season, the Lumberjacks’ promise of soaring to even greater heights this season makes for ex- citing expections. ~The included | mural Basketball season has reveal- ed a fundmental ideal of sports: com- petiveness breeds companionshi» , The tired muscles and sweaty uni- ‘forms have given way to more ple- asurable memories of havinga good | time. The best time of which was had by the Alpena Alumni. The “Alumni” compiled an un- blemished 6-0 record to claim the league title. Falling short by one game were the All Stars in second with a 5-1 season. 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Seagrams ‘7’ 51, Nets 40 Neither team was able to pull a- ‘way from the other in this tight con- test. Seagrams 7 held the upper hand at the intermission, 21-16, but could not sew up the victory until the end. Bob Teetzel provided 18 points for Seagrams 7 while Dave’ Jolly sparked the Nets with 16 points. Too Shorts 49, Seagrams ‘7’ 28 The Too Shorts wound up their season in grand fashion. Riding a ; " Cis . Uno SOB s tie at first i in sixth at,3-4. The Rebels were 22-4 first half lead, the Too Shorts th shot ; With only two weeks left in the Yt down in seventh place with a 1-5 season while the Nets finished Intramural Bowling Season, Team perfect. 0-6 to wind up in last. Uno‘and the SOB’s are staging a fur- fous battle for first place. Both teams are deadlocked in first with matching 27-9 records. The Cardsharks have slipped to third with a 24-12 mark. Team 5 trails in In final action; Alpena Alumni 54, Too Shorts 38 = {ne Alpena Alumni were not to be denied as they raced off to a 25- 6 halftime lead. The Too Shorts ac- tually outscored the Alumni in the fourth place at 16-20 while the Bull* second half but it was too late to dogs currently rest in last with a » 14-22 season. : Fred Siebert holds the highest average ameng the men with a 148. Randy Gingerich is in second with ‘a 145 and in third is Matt Northrop with a 144, Vicky Lindsay tops the women with a 145 while Lori Gross- Man is a distant second with a 126. 2 SoH Sonos) guste with 2,123. played Seagrams 7 even the rest of the way to notch their final win. Ken Diedrich paced the Too Shorts- with 15 points. High scoring honors for Seagrams 7 were divided among Dave Perry, John Silvia, and Mike Kissinger, each with 6. Storm Troopers 47, Knicks 44 The Storm. Troopers upset the Knicks in a nip and tuck battle all close the gap. The Alumni’s Tim the way. Rick Carstens scored 19 Gapske was game-high scorer with of his game-high 25 points to carry 22 points while Jim Townsend led the Too Shorts with10. All Stars 96, Knicks 41 The Knicks four-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt at the waiting hands of the All Stars. De- spite taking a commandable 46-16 the Stormtroopers to a slim 24-22 halftime advantage. The two teams matched each other point for point in the second stanza until the clos- ing seconds. Romantz and Mark Smith led the Knicks with 16 points apiece. , lead at the half, the All Stars never. tars with | Charge U of N with racism "The racist practices of the Ne- braska football team‘ were the sub- ’ ject of letters sent to U. of Nebraska Lincoln black football recruits. The African People’s Union charged in the letters that black athletes receive “a joke of an education.” . — Yo-yos sweep campus Chinese yo-yos, those coiled tubes of waxed paper that can be snapped out to a length of six or eight feet, may be this spring’s collegiate fad, say some marketing people. The toys are reportedly hot sellers in some campus stores. kind contoured innersole... Where feet and comfort meet! Mischley's Shoes “Footwear Specialists” Downtown Alpena L cS