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ILM 16THROUGH AUGUST 4 I I offiqje CcM£5im — I EVERYTHING IS HOMEMADE! wa apwoobta in thof homamoda Hochl Glauser’s Restaurant STEAKS 752-168- 1 naMCwwiawi SHRIMP CHICKEN ore MON-SA- 6 AM 10 PM CLOSED SUN -- came close to winning a match a the aiKanced to nationals Once at this year s site in Car bondale Illinois they met Hawau tn the finals Llaing without Chudy and with Cottle at less than 100 percent they won the first two game The Ag were unable to win a third and decisive game a Hawaii came haik winning the last three game f4r the national crown The Aft accepted the runner-uposition and a 37 5 overall record Another good recruiting year promises a nationally competitive team for the upcoming season BVSkH HAIL ago Coach Cindy brought in revive the Ag hasketliaU te m ami install the run ami gun style she learned while plaving at Nevada I as Vegas During her first year the Ags scored 88 1 points a (tame hut rouMn t hold their opponents The result was a 14 10 finish and no invitation to pist season play Two y rn Perkins This vear with only one senior Jerne Metiahan and one junior ftrenda ll'Hise the Aggies lowered their scoring average to Hi) 6 points played slightly fietter defense and got an invitation to rettionals Their team record slipped to 13 15 but late season heroics got them into the playoffs Needing two wins to lie for the final plavoffs they defeated Weber State and Colorado State on the road This set up a special playoff in Brigham City to determine the final playoff slot The Ayes behind Mi'tiahan and House who combined for over HO points defeated Welier State 1102 83) and Idaho State (74 57) At regionals in Provo the taller Brigham Young team ended any further fantasies and the gs' season 105-8Perkins pronused excellent new talent mixed with a blend of a relatively young returning unit GYMNASTICS At a gymnastics congress CSU Coach Hay Com was rocked from his chair when the attending coaches voted the Aggies to the number tour ranking of teams That was At AW division-before injuries would dilute the talent of this year's team "It turned out to be a good and bad year" said Com “But no matter what happened our team stuck together throughout the year" The team appeared to hit ris k bottom when they scored in the Uiw 120s at Wolfe's Cup and finished in the middle of the pack at the Ris ky Mountain Invitational "It bothered me to lose to Northern Colorado my alma mater" confessed Corn They were competitive with national power I’enn State and actually upset SiHilhem Cal in los Angelas ami Oregon State in Corvallis That led them to regionals and Corn pulled all the stops to improve the team's score With a team still limping from an assortment of injuries the Ags finished third but scored with enough respectability to be invited to nationals They finished the year as the nation's 13th best team and with an 1111 dual meet record TRACK Coach Lyle Knudson promised individual development withexpec- - talions of send'ng several thad to the national meet in Eut felt that hv improving u dividual s performance the te would gain in the long run After some disappointing Ba in terms of team scores but an individual output the tesmeau up with the individual excella The Ags won a meet in Provtn entered regionals with hop gaining respectability and bn tions to Eugene Inclement weather combi with poor high school faalitaa the Region 7 meet however neither goal was met in itadea quantity The Aggies finished disappointing tie for fourth Knudson was able to send U memliers of the squad on to tionals Cheryl Osborne Ne Miller and Wendy Limbaugh compete at the AIAW champ ships Unlay and tomorrow i i SOFTBALL Few people in the region peeled much from interim cn Kelly Phipps Here was a gradi student from Wichita Stale fa into the head coaching job John Horan derided to retun the C S Navy W ilh the use of strong pitch defense and timely hitting the i finished second in conference second in regionals Pitchers U Kamm Yo Arvixu and Cl Krueger were the main ingndi fee that earned them a after regionals Although finishing secoad regionals to New Mexico thayl invited to the College World S They will open their Series COOf !u 30-1- lion against second aee California Berkeley Aggie cagers surprise PCAA with crow F’arlv in the 19H0 basketball season the Aggies of l'tah Slate were projected to finish fourth in the lCAA and a NCAA Championship berth was unheard of Cnder the guidance of first yrar roach Rod Tueller the Aggies proved the AA critics wrong winning the conference title with an overall record of 1J H record and ending their season with a loss to a tough Clemson team in Weber Stale s Dee Event Center The conference championship was the school s first since the 1935-3season It was the universe tv s third consecutive invitation If (76-73- post-seaso- n rri HORTICULTURE CLUB ORNAMENTAL YEAR END PLANT SALE Prices reduced on it Hanging Baskets it it Bedding Plants it House Plants Vegetables Come in and browse (OH Greenhouse 8th E 1400 N) Tues May 27 & Wed May 28 from 10 am-- 5 pm A positive thinker by nature Tueller shared "Coach of the Year" honors with San Jose State's Hill Berry The Ags started the slowly splitting games with Weber State and kising to Utah (later forfeited to the Aggiesl against the most challenging schedule in their n history They proved loo much for and Idaho Nevada Keno 113-9and then played one of State their poorest games of the year at Boulder Colorado Turnovers and an inability to hold a lead ended in a Colorado win A week later they avenged the Utah loss 96-8but dropped an 89-6- game at home H7-7- H4-7- Ui BYU They began to hit on all cylinders with a pair of wins and the championship at the Lobo Invitational in late December In the opening game Dean Hunger held Michael Brooks well below his season average as they upset I a Salle Tueller'a Ags played efficiently in dispatching New Mexico 117-8in the title game and junior Brian Jackson was named the tournament's "Most Valuable 89-8- Answer to today's puzzle McEl Play er“ and guard Rich addad to the team Once into conference pty Ags didn't blow anyone my found a way to defeat every ten conference at least once I three o played no fewer than time conference games winnmi wa three L'SU's 112 conference w edged out Long Beach Sut for the regular season chimp by them ship It also earned of tha PC the opening round Tournament They lost to SD 94 68 but received a bd NCAA playoffs reganfha poor showing but droppeo decision to Clemson in the cp round to end the season the A undisputed key to senior fee 68 was Ags Hunger His 1472 pn four brilliant years in him fourth on USU' m (1 1 He finished ninth rebounding with 649 ingh-s- t "Most Valuable Ply invited to play in tb alW Coaches East Mest in Indianapolis 9 |