The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 12, 1982, Image 12

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DRIVE-THRU
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MCDONALD’S
INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
At University Drive
Now on S. Texas Ave.
At Manor East Mall
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IM Game Plan
CANOE RACE ENTRIES CLOSE: Tuesday, April 13, is
the last day to Sigh up for the annual canoe race. The 9-mile
race down the Brazos River starts at 1():()() a.m. Saturday, April
17, Men’s‘, women’s, or corec teams of two will compete in one
of two classifications — over 17 ft. or under 17 ft. canoe.
Participants must furnish their own canoes, paddles, and life
vests or rent them through the Intramural Office for $15.00
(also covers transportation of canoe to start and finish lines).
TRACK DIVISIONALS: All those who qualified in the
preliminaries last week for this week’s divisional meet should
-report to Kyle.Field at 7 p.m, Tuesday, April 13. Again, please
stav off the track until football practice is over.
ALL-UNIVERSITY TRACK MEET: Divisional winners
will compete in the All-University meet on Wednesday, April
14 at 7 p.m. in Kvle Field.
ARCHERY TOURNAMENT: Men and women entered in
this year’s Archery Singles and Doubles Tournament should
report to Room 304 East Kyle Wednesday night, April 14.
Remember: participants must provide their own equipment
and present a student or recreational ID card to compete.
RECREATION FOR DISABLED STUDENTS: Partici
pants in this program are reminded that Archery will be taught
on Monday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m. in room 304 East Kyle and
Racquetball is scheduled for Wednesday at 3:(X) in the East
Kyle courts.
CANOE RACE: Starting at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 17 at
the Highway 60 Bridge on the Brazos River, the 1982 Canoe
Race promises to be fun for all men’s, women’s, and corec
teams entered.
PENBERTHY: The annual softball tournament, rained out
in March, has been rescheduled for Friday through Sunday,
April 16, 17, and 18.
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Women’s class B badminton doubles champions Lisa
Airhart and Suzanne Gilboux.
Badminton Finals
Held Last Week
A fast game that requires
^strength, endurance, and excel
lent reflexes, badminton is grow
ling in popularity at Texas A&M.
(Approximately 160 men and
Swomen competed in this year’s
iBadminton Doubles tourna-
'Jment.
The men’s Class A finals were
'held Monday, March 29. Bad-
jjminton fanatics, Steve Bong and
jjNappadan Sowsavvat, paired up
sto defeat Danny Valent a and his
partner Steve Duplantis.
Independent champions,
Dung Pham and Hanh Nguyen
met dorm champions Nelson Fox
and Eric Sandt from Moses in
the finals and walked away with
the Class B crown.
In the Women’s division,
Suzanne Gilboux and lisa Airhart
from Hobby Hall defeated two
ladies from Underwood in the
All-University finals last Tues
day. The CoRec champions have
not vet been determined.
avti
Yell leader John Nisbet
and Jim Megdalenski try
to tap the ball to tbeir
teammates in Thursday’s
wheelchair basketball
game in G. Rollie White.
For their efforts John
and Jim are our
McDonald’s® “Be Our
Guest” winners this
week. They can pick up
their free meal coupons
in the Intramural Office.
A&M team Wins Prairie View
Basketball Tournament
In triple overtime, Texas A&M defeated Lamar,
65-63, in the finals of the Prairie View A&M Basket
ball Invitational.
A team composed of players from the Class A
men’s championship intramural team, the Jim
Bobbers”, and the men’s super league team, "Ban-
nished Forever , included: Dan Ndttebart, Rex
Baxter, Robert Bradley, Ben Langston, Brett
Kruse, Mike England, Greg Schnelfbacher, and
■ Cliff Stanich. Other teams competing in the tourna
ment were Texas Southern and the host team
Prairie View A&M.
Initially considered the tournament underdog,
the Aggies confidently went on to win the tourna
ment and capture Most Valuable Player honors.
Dan Nottebart and Rex Bradley were named Co-
MVP s of the tournament, but it was Robert Bradley
who sank two free throws with three seconds left to
win the final game.
Brett Kruse commented that he would like to see
A&M teams travel to more tournaments to compete
with intramural teams from other schools. He went
on to commend Matt Montgomery for an excellent
job of officiating. Matt volunteered to go to the
tournament and ended up calling almost all of the
games. Brett said he was undoubtedly the best
official there.
All in all the tournament was a success. The Ags
came out on top, while demonstrating the caliber of
intramural play and officiating at Texas A&M. Brett
and his team are looking forward to future ex
tramural competition, so we ll look forward to fu
ture success stories. Congratulations, Ags!
Todd Swank takes a careful swing in the
class B corec tennis doubles finals. Todd and
his partner Andrea Lopez are the 1982
champions.
Racquetball Wrap-Up
The Racquetball Singles tour
nament is usually one of the
larget of the year, so the winners
msut be commended for their
efforts and their ability. Men’s
Class A All-University cham
pion, Lance Gilliam, from Dunn
Hall, had to win the dorm divi
sional championship before en
tering and winning the All-U
tournament. Lance defeated
Corps champion, James Weaver
(E-l) and then went on to defeat
independent Mike Hare in the
finals.
Another dorm division win
ner, Kathleen Fairchild, (Keath-
ley), had to get past independent
Kathy Langlotz in the Class a
finals to win the Women’s All-
University championship.
In Women’s Class B action,
independent Cindy Tripp handi
ly defeated Sharon Atkins in the
All-University final match. The
Men’s Class B champion will not
be determined until this Thurs
day when the Corps or Dorm
champion meets independent
Brad Thompson in the finals.
Congratulations to all who
competed this year. Don’t miss
this summer’s racquetball tour
nament.
Foot
Notes
WATER POLO and IN-
NERTUBE WATER POLO
PLAYOFF SCHEDULES
will be posted today, April 12
after 2 p.m. Captains must check
their team’s schedule. Games
will start Tuesday.
SOFTBALL PLAYOFF
game times and dates are posted
on Mondays. If your team is not
scheduled, check next Monday.
Club Corner
While active most of the year, several TAMU sportcMj
are gearing up for regional and national competition at llil
time of year. Keep your eyes on the headlines for soul
respectable national performances by A&M teams. TkJ
weekend’s activities include:
CYCLING: The Aggies travel to San Antonio for the Wildflowl(lj|
Road Race.
FENCING: Divisional finals will be held Saturday in the Bell®
Gym.
GYMNASTICS: The Annual Parent s Day Exhibition will he SatuniJ
in the MSC.
HANDBALL: The TAMU Club is sponsoring the 5th Annual Spill
Aggieland Classic on Friday. Saturday, and Sunday, April 16.17.
18. Anyone can enter either the men’s or women’s A. B, or ('divisiml
in the Intramural Office, 159 East Kyle.
LACROSSE: Come on out to the Drill field Saturday at UKItnsee
Aggies play Tulane or Sunday at ll tHi to see them play L.S.l'. E
are conference opponents.
RUGBY: The men’s teams travels to Austin this weekend for
tournament, while the women head for San Antonio to competei
Fiesta Tourney.
VOLLEYBALL: The men’s club travels to San Antonio Saturila;
the River City (.’lassie — their last tournament before the rtti«
championship.
Texas Ag;
Buddy Ha
ond baserr
the winnii
Racquetball singles finalist Mike Hare concentrates (
his serve in the mens class A championship match.
Super Stars Schedule
Superstars competition began last week and continues,,
through April 21. On April 21 at 6:00 p.m. in 351 G. Rollie
White the mandatory obstacle course will he held, and At
that, superstars champions will be determined. Superstars
events include the following:
TCI
to
Bowling
Monday
4-0 p.m.
April 12
MSC
100 M Dash
Tuesday
7:00 p.m.
April 13
Kyle Field
Mile Run
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
April 14
Kyle Field
Weightlifting
Thursday
5:00 p.m.
April 15
202 G.R.W.
Golf
Mondav'
4:30 p.m.
April 19
Driving Range
100 yd. swim
Tuesday
0:00 p.m.
April 20
Outdoor pool
Free Throw
Tuesday
7:00 p.m.
April 20
Main Floor
Obstacle course
Wednesday
0:00 p.m.
April 21
351 G.R.W.
Racquetball
April 8 -
East Kyle
April 19
Courts
Spectators are
welcome, so come out
and enjoy this special
Texas
sports
Ralph W
assistant
public re
Giiiversii
Jackie SI
weekend
relations
operatic
Athletic
places T
mation r
who last
retire at
event while supporting the competitor representing their oi\
ganization.
Men’s class B badminton doubles champions Dung
Pham and Hanh Nguyen.
Acknowledgements
McDonald’s® Intramural
Highlights is sponsored each
Monday in the Battalion by your
local McDonald’s® Restaurants
at University Drive, Manor East
Mall and Texas Avenue. Pictures
by Tom Davies and Steven
Ward.
Greg Noonen
leaps a hur
dle in the
Corps track
preliminaries
Wednesday
night.
Track Rescheduled
Tim McDougal takes the lead in bis heat of the 100 meter hurdles in Wednesday’s prelims.
The Track field events meet, originally scheudled for April
4, has been postponed until Sunday, April 25. The schedule
will he the same:
Men’s Independent
Men's Dorm
Women’s Independent
Women’s Dorm
Corps and Fish
Corps members and teams will not he awarded participation
points for field events this year.
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2:30 pan.
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