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BASEBALL catcher, Joe Naill at short, Spencer #·whci john has accgirnplished this  
The University of Kentucky baseball’s Graeter or Brad Pickrell at second past year is impicssivcy Ccsch Biimi Q
107th season got underway February and Casey Gilvin in center," Coach Cmig scid "JOhn is (mc cf those guys  
13 ll'] the AIHITHCK lI'lVil.HtlOI`1Hl lll   Madison said HS IIC b€g3I'1   Who can never   enough   and  
Deland, Fla. The Bat Cats first home 25th season as head coach at UK. pm looking fcrwaid ic gcmg into  
game was March 2 in a six game home All SEC games, with the excep— Oui spring scascm with him icadihg
stand before beginning Southeastern tion of the Ole Miss series, and each thc Wciye i
Conference play at Mississippi in Ox- UK—Louisville contest can be heard i
ford. The 2003 squad is led by tri-cap- live on Lexington’s WLXO 96.1 FM  
tains, catcher Caleb Brock, pitcher with Drew Deener on the call. The (;YM|`|AS'|'|c5
Scott Wade and outfielder Gordon broadcasts, as well as in—game live - -
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that’s always a plus. To be successful in wry V;/las HO mes gun mhw Rc écmals gn A M12 Kgmuck has f
baseball, you need to be strong up the mem S and was a Slgn oft Qgmat gif- d f th P · ` 1 · 16yf §
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this spring with Caleb Brock at UK Chagnpionships Wm take place dup  
ing the final weekend of April. As a  g
team, the Cats are still looking for  
their first trip to the NCAA Champi—  
onships. Junior Aronda Primault par-  Q
_ ticipated in the 2002 Championships  
1 ` »~.  ··· M _ as an individual, becoming the third l
"` . _   ‘'·‘   ·;.; 4  ·‘  . A `I I ` r‘· A    .._   All—American in the history of the  
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” ·‘’’’“ ‘   `"` '   The NCAA announced its selections  
I for the NCAA Rifle Championships,  
4 l , 1. and once again, the University of  
     _ _ *— \ · Kentucky rifle team is part of the ,
iff   . ~   ff  competition March 14 and 15 in West  
M   I * ~ ‘,‘`, _Q 7 _ Point, N.Y. The Rifle Cats qualified  
· for championship competition in  
i .; · ° I both the smallbore and air rifle l
I,_   events, and junior Bradley Wheeldon  I
=r gi _ qualified for individual competition  
in both events.  
· Two-time All—American _ 
Wheeldon capped off an outstanding
regular season to win the Great ~
American Rifle Conference Indi-
` i _ vidual Air Rifle title at the GARC  
K i _       i -¤  Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio.  
..   . . A A-   · ` _  " i » » Kentucky has finished as the  
_     ` ‘   ‘ ‘ NCAA runner—up the past two sea-  ·
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