Scott Soltis, Sports Editor
Lauren Packer, Assistant Sports Editor
The Behrend Beacon
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Events
Friday
Men’s and Women’s
Swimming & Diving,
@ Grove City, TBA
Saturday
Men’s Tennis
@ Baldwin-Wallace, 6 p.m
Men’s and Women’s Indoor
Track & Field
@ Mount Union Invitational,
TBA
Wiomen’s Basketball
@ Pitt-Greensburg, 6 p.m
Men’s Basketball
@ Pitt-Greensburg, 8 p.m
Sunday
Men’s Tennis
vs. Waynesburg, 9 a.m
Wednesday
Women’s Basketball
AMCC Tournament, TBA
Men’s Basketball
AMCC Tournament, TBA
Inbwnunals
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Swimming
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Games begin March 18
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5 Reasons Wh
Racing’s not just for rednecks anymore
For a long time there was a stereotype
that almost all NASCAR fans are
‘rednecks’ who wear camouflage Dale
Earnhardt hats and drink Busch beer.
Though racing was dominated by one
class of people in the past, it is rapidly
becoming more popular to all people.
Here are five reasons why:
1. Speed. Most people with
a driver’s license have sped
at one time or another.
Many do every day. Some
push the limits as to how
fast they can get away
with driving, but this can
be costly. Personally, 1
got caught going 100
miles per hour and it cost
me a decent chunk of
money and my license
for 75 days. But I got off
easy. Many people are
involved in high speed Scott Soltis
accidents and do not
live to tell about it.
This is where the fine folks at
NASCAR come into play. You get to
watch people go between 100 and 200
miles per hour with no risk of being
pulled over and only a chance of being
seriously injured.
2. Road rage. Nascar is also a good
outlet to view road rage. Again, most
Men’s tennis ready for a fresh start
by Amy Frizzel
staff writer
With spring just around the corner the snow will melt
and soon the campus will be full of people enjoying green
grass. The Behrend men’s tennis team will certainly take
full advantage of the nice weather to come this season,
even though it may have to wait awhile.
The team has been practicing three times a week at a
local racquet club to prepare for the season kick-off against
Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.
"If our new players live up to the way they have played
in practice we should do fairly well" said coach Jeff Barger
' “We’ve been able to improve in every position due to
our new players. Five and six singles are better then last
year, also our three doubles teams will be our strength.’’
“We’ve been practicing together for a while, we’re a
pretty good team and I hope everyone plays up to their
own level,” said newcomer, Ryan Deimel, of this weekends
matches.
BEACON SPORTS BRIEFS
Men’s Basketball
| James Curren averaged 25.5
I points per game and 5 rebounds
I this past week.
■ Behrend is second in the AMCC
■ in shooting percentage, making
j an average of 44.7 percent of its
■ shots.
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BEHREND
people experience road rage, some every
day. When some idiot is going 40 in a
45 and you just can’t get around him,
you're going to be angry. When you're
on 1-80 and someone cuts you off, you're
going to be mad. The same things
happen in NASCAR, except they don’t
get mad. they get even.
If Dale Jarrett was to
bump Sterling Marlin for not
letting him pass, then Jarrett
is going to get bumped later.
If Bobby l.abonte is trying to
pass low and Jeff Gordon
comes down and cuts him
off. Gordon is going to get
hit. It has been a trend in
recent years to even go after
people once the race is over.
Last year's points champion
Tony Stewart got mad and
slugged a lew people for
various reasons. One
driver even walked onto
the track while the other
cars were still driving, and threw
equipment at the driver who wrecked
him. Again, the drivers are doing what
we w ish we could on the road.
3. Tony Stewart - Tony Stewart is
following the road paved by Dale
Earnhardt before him. lie has two huge
groups of NASCAR fans follow him.
After the team plays Baldwin Wallace on
Saturday, they take on Wayneshurg on Sunday.
"I feel we’re stronger then Wayneshurg, but as
always we will need to win two out the three doubles
matches to take the win," said Barger.
After this weekend the team will head to sunny
Hilton Head. South Carolina for Spring Break where
it will continue to work and bond as a team.
"Our trip to Hilton Head is a good bonding
experience" said Barger, “We play four matches
down there, so by the time we get back and our
conference matches start we’ll have played six
matches. So, we’ll be prepared."
The men play six conference matches against Pitt-
Greensburg. Penn State Altoona and Frostburg State
University. Their first conference match will be on
March 22 against Pitt-Greensburg.
Diemel will start at first singles, sophomore
captain Mike Oey at second doubles, sophomore
captain Jacob Hillmann at third doubles, freshman
SCENE
Women’s Basketball
Carly Cochran averaged 16
points per game and 7.5 re
bounds this past week.
Behrend is third in the AMCC
in shooting percentage, making
an average of 38.7 percent of
its shots
Half of them think he is God's gift to
racing, others feel he is the devil himself.
As many watch Stewart race on Sundays
to hope he wins, other wateh to see him
lose or get wrecked.
In this way NASCAR is popular for
the same reason the WWh was
immensely popular a lew years ago when
it was still the WWF. Pro wrestling was
popular because people loved the good
guys and loathed the bad. I here w ere
also those who pulled for the rebellious
bad guys and so big fan bases were
formed.
Love him or hate him. Stewart is the
defending Winston Cup Champion and
this only adds fuel to the fire. He is a
great driver and as long as he is near the
top, the battle will continue.
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Tennis has Anna
Kournikova. NASCAR has 'Little I".
The difference is Earnhardt is actually
good and wins. Just as guvs love to
watch Kournikova, many women are just
as fascinated by Earnhardt. Despite the
fact that Stewart won the Points
Championship last year Earnhardt has
been prominently featured on many of
the 2002 season recaps and 2003
previews.
Also, you have to admire his courage
to race. How many people could
NATIONAL
Baseball
Pittsburgh has signed outfielder
Reggie .Sanders, The aquisition
allows the Pirates to move Brian
Giles to center
New York lawmaker John
Sweeney wants to ban ephreda
from baseball. The drug is
already banned in the NCAA,
NFL, and by the International
Olympic Committee.
honestly work alongside their father,
watch him die at work, and continue the
profession'.’ You would have to be
heartless to not feel bad for what has
happened to him. Despite the tragic loss
of his father at Daytona. Larnhardt Jr.
continues to race his heart out showing
virtually no fear. For that he deserves
much respect even from his harshest
critics.
5. The NHL and MLB - The weakness
of our "national pastime" and pro hockey
have given NASCAR a big boost.
Forbes ranked the value of till of the pro
sports teams of the NFL. NHL. MLB,
and NBA. The bottom 20 teams on the
list included 16 NHL teams and four
from MLB. The hick of money flowing
into these sports has left the door wide
open for NASCAR.
The NHL and MLB are both talking
about contraction of their bankrupt
teams. Those two sports are shrinking,
and Nascar is growing.
Drivers are getting younger and
younger, attracting more and more
female fans. Successful drivers are
emerging from places other than the deep
South, which attracts more fans from the
North and West. As these trends persist
NASCAR will continue to grow out of
its redneck roots into the mainstream of
sports eultur
Jonathan Barber at fourth singles, freshman Jon Marini
at fifth singles. Sophomore Aaron Whiting rounding
out the line up at sixth singles, the team w ill be one of.
if not the youngest in the conference.
"With the team being so young it will be a definite
confidence builder. Everyone will be here for a couple
more years so this season w ill be a good building block"
said Barrier.
"I feel good about this season because w e have a good
chance at winning the conference" said Hillmann.
But to achieve this, the team will have to battle
Altoona, Frostburg and Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday.
April 19 at the AMCC Championships in Altoona.
"We’ll battle with Altoona and Frostburg for the
conference champs this year" said Barger.
NEWS
NCAA Basketball
Memphis stunned No. 4 |
Louisville, 80-73. Memphis I
hit 13 of 17 from the stripe in I
the final four minutes. •
Duke made it 26 straight J
victories at Cameron Indoor .
Stadium, beating Maryland ■
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