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Wednesday, February 3, 1988/The Battalion/Page 11 caching change beginning of end lor star high school running back is d wiiMfBCHII.LICOim (AP) — The igandi; 01 ty person not asking what hap- ericanctBened to Michael Mc Knight is Mi- | 5,()(,«]®i3el McKnight. cv SwdfH That’s because he’s got the an- ime Olijver. emjusiB “Nothing happened to me.” said ten trjjBcKnight, a ( lass A running back eoutoftHhoset national rushing and scoring L’S.spttRrofds in 198(>. "But a lot happened ir Olv : tl our football team.” I In one year. Michael McKnight ;slieBaaM enl from first-team, all-state to sec- mr pfr»id-team, all-district. He went from Henrik® running back who rushed 2M ea m forB rnes for 2,588 cards — an average B 11.(3 yards pet carry — to one who rlished for 1,0()9 yards. T He went f rom a running back who ad 40 touchdowns, 36 by rushing a feat that put him in fifth in na- ional record books, to one who g|ored 15 touchdowns. He went from a running back who Ia '| l; Bpinpiled 4,012 all-purpose yards — ! !l *in<hiding 86 1 in kic kofl returns. 378 n punt returns and 1 4 pass recep- ions for 185 yards — to one who ,’‘I didn’t have enough (all-pur- i) yards this year to bother keep ing up with." The Chillicothe Eagles struggled to finish 4-6. Fans grumbled, crowds dwindled and Chillicothe was the Chillicothe it didn’t want to be: a typ ical, rural North Texas town with a Dairy Queen and memories of a running back who’d put them under the spotlight for a year. “At the end of last football season, we all thought everything would be great this year. It’d been so long since we’d made the playoffs, we were really excited. But then the coaching change came and every thing just seemed to go downhill af ter that,” McKnight said. “It left us with a lot of contro versy. There was a time where it looked like we might not even have a football team.” McKnighfs coach in his junior year was Charles Norton. He re signed last summer, as Chillicothe principal Jerry Baird said, “for rea sons I can’t go into.” Norton’s replacement, Mac Lowe, found himself nursing a football team that had gone to pieces. He tried to mend it with a Wishbone at tack, and according to McKnight and some coffee shoppers, the new offense made a bad situation worse. - “There were so many changes going on. A lot of people were play ing different positions, both on of fense and defense,” McKnight said. “Everybody just kept moving around. It was the third or fourth game before we knew what we were doing, and by that time a lot of our players had lost a lot of desire.” McKnight went from the tailback in a Power-I to one of two halfbacks in a Wishbone. “When I was in the I-formation I could see what was happening be fore it developed. ... I would get the ball deep enough to where I could, read and pick my holes. Being in a three-point stance changed that,” McKnight said. Lowe said he went to the Wish bone to take pressure off McKnight. “I felt like we had three caliber backs, not just Michael. But Michael McKnight was still the main carrier in our offense. And he did a great job. You’ve got to realize that he still gained over 1,000 yards in just eight games.” His best performance his senior year was against Crowell, when he rushed for 176 yards on 26 carries — no touchdowns. mg i •kYank« of Ilf! Ag bowlers /ill advance ito sectionals The Texas A&M men’s bowl- ling team swept the T exas Long- Jhorns in the final match of the [Texas Intel collegiate Bowling [Conference tournament Sunda\ [qualifying the Aggies for sectional [competition in Mai< h The men limshed m second [place overall in the toiirne\ and [the women also will advance to [sectionals, matching the men’s [showing by grabbing second [place honors. A&M's Mike Schumaker [burned up the alleys with a per [feet 300 game. His 804-point series is the best [three consecutive games rolled in post-season plav in collegiate [competition this year. Schumaker was the season’s [champion and all-conference Most Valuable Player runner-up. Spurs rip New Jersey on Berry’s 28 points SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Walter Berry scored 28 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 118-106 NBA victory over the New Jersey Nets Tuesday night. Spurs guard Alvin Robertson and forward Greg Anderson had 20 points each. San Antonio was able to set the tempo of the game throughout, switching from a quick-moving tran sition attack to a deliberate offense which ate up much of the clock whenever the Nets threatened. New Jersey, coming off an upset of the Dallas Mavericks at Reunion Arena in Dallas, closed to 107-101 in the final two minutes of the game, but the Midwest Division Spurs changed the tempo, applying a tighter defense and pulling ahead for good. The third quarter was much like the fourth, with the Nets getting close only to fall behind again. Net guard John Bagley, on a trio of 3-pointers, cut the Spurs lead to 76-71, but they could get no closer. Clutch passing by Robertson and Spur guard Johnny Dawkins opened the lead again as the Spurs took an 89-77 advantage at the end of the third quarter. San Antonio started the game with an 1 1-2 spurt and led by as many as I 7 and as few as eight in the first half By halftime, the Spurs were on top with a 58-47. The Nets were led by Buck Wil liams’ 24 points. Bagley and center Roy Hinson added 22 each. “The 3-point shooters came out tonight,” said Spurs coach Bob Weiss. “That really kept them in the game.” Bagley was 5 of 11 from long range, including three straight in the third period. As a team the Nets were 7 of 20, while the Spurs were a perfect 4 of 4 with Robertson and guard Leon Wood hitting two each. Center for Retailing Studies Presents the Retailing Career Fair Symposium on Sunday, February 7,1988 at the College Station Hilton Brazos Amphitheatre 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Reception 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Tickets $3.00 Notice to Engineering Students Physics 207 (3 hrs.) will be offered for the last time in the Summer of 1988. Requirement can be met by taking Physics 218. (4 hrs.) In some cases the 4th hour can be used for free elective For more information contact your departmental advisor. What does it take to be a member of the MSC Wiley Lecture Series? □ A genius I.Q. □ The ability to trace American foreign policy from the 1800’s to the present and name every signer of The Declaration of Inde pendence. A desire to have fun while educating A&M and the surround ing community by bringing international foreign policy-makers to campus. Stop by 216 MSC and fill out an application now through February 10. 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