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Show Canadian football claims three former Wildcats By Charlie Reynolds Signpost senior reporter The Canadian Football League recently held their 1994 draft, and Weber State University players fared very well, with three players with possible futures in the CFL Perhaps the most surprising of the three was wide receiver Trevor Shaw. The surprise didn't come m the fact that Shaw was drafted, si.xe he is a native Canadian th - CFL requires that a certain p Tcentage of the Canadian teams vx natives. The surprise came in the posi 'Cats play well, achieve weekend goal By Gary Hinds Signpost staff writer They knew what they had to do, and it took a team effort to get it done. But the men's golf team accomplished their goal at the Western Intercollegiate Golf Tournament.That goal was to finish above the University of Nevada-Reno and the University of Utah. On Monday, a second-round score of 71 by Rich DeRond gave the Wildcats a slight advantage. In the final round on Tuesday, senior Roger Cox and junior Andrew Smeeth helped secure the advantage with scores of 74 each. The tournament was held at the par-71 Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz, Calif. Coach Mac Madsen said the course was a challenge for the team. Top prep athletes head for WSU Weber State University men's head track and field coach, Chick Hisiup, has announced the signing of the top prep distance runners in the states of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming to national letters of intent. N a te Hill, Trevor Pe ttingill and Joe Wilson will be part of the 1994-95 Wildcat men's cross country and track teams. Hislop, who will serve as the distnnce runner's coach for the 1996 United States Olympic team, said he was extremely pleased with his new recruits. "All three are quality runners who have great work ethic," Hisiop said. "They have all won both the 1,600 and 3,200 meter run last n their respective state meets ring as juniors." il, a North Ogden native, he 1993 Utah class 4A 1,600 Hall o During an early season game against the New York Mets in 1 991 , hurler Tommy Greene of the Philadelphia Phillies let loose with the ultimate wild pitch. Green was pitching to the Mets' Gregg Jefferies when the ball left his hand, sailed 25-feet over the batter's head, cleared the Shea v Stadium backstop and came down on the protective screen home EPBIL tion Shaw was drafted. He was taken in the first round and was the sixth pick overall, taken by the British Columbia Lions. During his three starting seasons with WSU, Shaw re-wrote the record book for receivers. Shaw is now the all-time leading receiver with 206 receptions for 2,383 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also became the first WSU receiver to catch 150 passes in his first three seasons with the Wildcats. Also taken in the draft was offensive lineman Ken Rayner, another native Canadian. Rayner was selected in the If we beat both of those schools, they'll need chains and a bulldozer to keep us out of Tucson. -Men's golf coach Mac Madsen on Boise "Pasatiempo was designed by the same person that built the course in Augusta, Ga., where they play the Masters," Madsen said. Like Augusta, Pasatiempo features fast greens on steep slopes, Madsen said. "The greens played like lightning. There were four and five putts all over the place." Weber State University finished 13th in the team competition, but by beating Nevada-Reno and Utah, improved their chance of being selected for postseason play. and 3,200 meter runs last year and moved up to 5A this season. The Weber High stand-out has also placed second in the boy's state cross country meet as well. "Nate has an aggressive nature on the track, and I am impressed with his mental toughness and competitiveness," Hislop said. "He consistently ran his best races of the year at the region and state meets." Pettingill, who hails from Boise, Idaho, captured the 1993 Idaho 1 A titles in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs last year. He attended West Jordan High as a sophomore, but his family moved to the Boise area just before his junior year. "I felt Trevor may have been the best sophomore runner in the state two years ago, and I have watched his progress closely since he moved to Idaho," Hislop said. behind plate. rost Sports Shame" third round by the Calgary Stampeders. Rayner leaves WSU as a four-year letterman and was a starter in his final two years as a Wildcat. Another WSU player will be looking for a spot on a CFL roster this spring. Wide receiver Nate Burchette has signed with the Las Vegas Posse, an expansion team, this year. The Wildcats stack up fairly well with other universities in the state. Utah State University will be sending two players to camps this spring, the University of Utah has three players heading north and State and Hawaii 99 The Wildcats have only one tournament left before the NCAA West Regional in Tucson, Ariz. The team will travel to Provo next week for the Cougar Classic. In Provo, the Wildcats will be looking to beat Boise State and the University of Hawaii. Victories in both instances would virtually ensure WSU's invitation to Tucson."If we beat both of those schools, they'll need chains and a bulldozer to keep us out of Tucson," Madsen said. "His aunt is Paula Pettingill, who competed for Coach Blaisdell here at Weber State and won the NCAA women's indoor high jump title her senior year." Wilson, from Yoder, Wyo., won the state 1A 1,600 and 3,200 meter titles as a junior, and last fall as a senior, he won the individual cross country title as well. He also won the 1,600 and 3,200 meter races at the state "Meet of Champions." J MM 11 j J L NATURAL SCIENCE SENATOR 2 vears on Native American Council (1992-91) Administrative Assistant to Native American Senator (1993-94) President, WSU AIDS Advocacy Coalition (1993-94) Vice President, Northern Utah AIDS Society (1994-pres.) MT. Governor's Select Committee on AIDS (1990-91) United States Navy Veteran, 1975-80 "Don't Monkey around with Monsters, make the responsible choice... Vote Jody Parr for Natural Science Senator!" Brigham Young University will also be sending three players to the CFL. Shaw will be competing with Micah Matsuzaki of BYU for a receiver spot with the Lions, and Nate Burchette could wind up catching passes from former USU quarterback Anthony Calvillo," who has also signed with the Posse. A sour spot in all of this excitement is the story of WSU offensive lineman Todd Casey. Nearly a month ago Casey was contacted by another CFL expansion team, the Shreveport (La.) Pirates and soon after signed a Johnson selected to district second team Members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches have selected Weber State University guard Robbie Johnson as a member of the District 13 Second Team. Johnson joins guards Otis Jones (Air Force), Trevor Ruffin (Hawaii) and Ryan Yoder (Colorado State) on the second squad, along with Idaho State forward Jim Potter. The District 13 First Team consisted of Theo Ratliff (Wyoming), Orlando Lightfoot (Idaho), Greg Brown (New Mexico), Antoine Gillespie (UTEP) and Russell Larson (Brigham Young). ft mmi t rn i b av la contract with the team. As he prepared to attend their camp, he received a call from the Pirates and was told they had a copy of his medical records. Because he had re-constructive surgery on one of his knees in 1992, they told him they were reneging their invitation to camp and canceling his contract. 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