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November 22, 2004

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Celebrating 33 years of independence

 

(Left) The Santa
Train, also known as
the Santa Special,
brings toys. food
and tradition
through Eastern
Kentucky. Tennesee
and Virginia each
year. Hundreds
gather at its stop-
ping points to pick
up the goodies.

(Below) Santa train
volunteer Regina
“Angel" Stuart (left)
gathers with girls
Allison (middle, left)
and Abigail Stuart.
and their mother
Amanda Stuart.

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In the rural coal-mining communities of Eastern Kentuckyfl‘ennessee and Virginia.
one holiday tradition outshines all the rest: the Santa 'l‘rain. It brings food and toys to the

young and old alike. but most importantly. volunteers say it brings joy to their hearts.

By Danielle ltomts
mr ‘lfNYUfK‘t mm

The Santa Train‘s whistle
echoes through the Appalachi-
an Mountains. dances over
rocky creeks and cuts through
hollows littered with abandoned
school buses. old refrigerators
and tired. leaning outhouses.

in the mountains of Eastern
Kentucky. Tennessee and Vir-
ginia. people young and old
gathered together Saturday. as
people have for 63 years every
Saturday before 'l‘hanksgiving.
to wait for the Santa Train and
the gifts it always brings.

(‘SX 'l'ransportation and
The Kingsport Area (‘hamber of

Commerce cosponsor the Santa
Train. also known as the Santa
Special. as a way to give back to
the rural coal-mining communi-
ties it does business with and its
trains pass through every day

The Santa Train starts in
Shelby. Ky.. at 7 am. and heads
south until it ends in a Christ
tnas parade in Kingsport. Tenn.
at 3 pm.

As the ll-car train grinds to
a halt at its first stop in Marrow
bone. Ky. the frenzy inside the
last car begins Volunteers.
mostly CSX employees or part
of the chamber. grab large plas—
tic crates of goodies and quickly
toss them to Santa and his

helpers. who throw the goodies
off the back of the train to the
eager crowd.

(‘hristmas music plays
cheerily over the outside speak—
ers as 1;") tons of candy. Moon
l’ies. Cheetos. rolls of wrapping
paper and small toys ar ) distrib-
uted to the masses who wait at
stops in towns with names that
few outside of the region would
recognize. Whether the train
stops in Toms Bottom. Elkhorn
t‘ity. Duiigannon or Kermit. it is
always met with children‘s
high-pitched. frenzied screams
of “Santa? Santa!”

Many of the little ones sit
atop their parents' shoulders.

eraning their necks upward.
their little hands oii'stre'che'l.
hoping to catch something.

Some hold plastic bags to
collect their goodies. (liliers
struggle to hold rolls of wrap—
ping paper. bags of food and col
oring books in their arms.

For the young. old or dis»
abled who cannot push their
way to the front. volunteers
dressed in red vests with
bulging bags make sure that no
one walks away from the Santa
Traiti emptyhanded.

The volunteers give Play-
Doli. water guns. hand-knit
scarves and stuffed animals to

See Santa Train on page A8

Brooks'

Columnist:
Women's
hoops
veterans
show their
worth
Page A4

job

still in doubt

Coach will meet with AD

By Jeff Patterson

lHE KENTUCKY mm

UK football head coach Rich Brooks‘ loyal-
ty to his coaching staff may have placed his

own job at risk.

After weeks of publicly backing Brooks.
UK President Lee Todd and Athletic Director
Mitch liarnhart could not give a clear vote of
confidence for the coach when addressing the

media

Friday

following

the UK Athletic Board of

Directors meeting.
Barnhart and Brooks

will meet again this week

to continue

discussions

about the program‘s direc-
tion. The two will meet
throughout the next cott-
ple of weeks to determine

what changes. if any. the
program needs,

Brooks

There is no timetable
on any decision. ltarnhart said

"We're going to get through it." itariihart
said. "W 1‘11 get through it ”

The difficulties began Nov i.

when. at his

weekly news conference. ltrooks gave his
bosses an ultimatum as far as his staff goes.
“As far as l'm concerned its tip to me."
Brooks said then of staff decisions. ”if it is-
n‘t. somebody can replace the “
But according to Brooks‘ contract. the em-
ployinent of his assistant coaches are “subject

“I don't like to say “exile”
there's any one
final decision-
maker in the

group."

to the approval" of

i think it‘s a
decision where the
coach obviously
has an input: the
athletic director
has an input. l have
an input.” Todd
said.

“i dottt like to
Lee TOdd say there's any one
vi Dre-ice” filial decision-mak-

er in the group.

We‘ve got to talk about it ”

itrooks desire to retain offensive coordi-
iiatoi‘ Ron Hudson. w hose offense ranks last
in the Southeastern Conference in points per
game and total ofti-nse. has caused the road-

block.

Hudson has previously said that lil\ job is
in Brooks hands. but if he were to bn tired.

“so be it."

"1 think he knows that would be the worst
thing to possibly do.” lludson said His con-
tract. which makes him one of the highest
paid assistants in the Silt‘. expires June 30.

200;").

“i think you‘ve got to make adjustments in
your program to get better all the tune." Barn.
hart said. “The evaluation of what we are go

UK 77, COPPIN STATE 46

Mine Safety Project . , . .
sticks up for miners ‘ Cats defense strlkes fear 1n Eagles

By Ben Roberts
THE ktutucxv own

By Megan Boehnke
THE KiNlUCKY KERNEL

Wheii he was growing
up iii a Kentucky coal min-
ing camp. Wes Addington's
father encouraged him to
get an education and not fol
low his footsteps into the
mines.

Though the UK law
school graduate took his fa-
ther‘s advice about educa-
tion. Addington still re
turned to his coal-mining
roots. working iii l’restons
burg. Ky. to help miners
like his father.

Addington. a lietcher
(‘otmty native. earned a fel-
lowship to work at the Ap-
palachian (‘itizens Law
(‘enter to resurrect the
Mine Safety Project. The
non-profit law center was
established 30 years ago to
offer free services for low-
income citizens with coal
mine~related cases.

“Miners feel as if they
don‘t have as tnany places
to turn if they do have safer
ty concerns." Addington
said. “There is not really a
voice for the miners."

Tony ()ppegard started
the Mitie Safety Project in
l991 to give miners a place
to turn for legal help in safe
tyrelated disputes. ()ppe-
gard is now general counsel
to the Kentucky Office of
Mine Safety atid Licensing.

and due to a lack of fund
ing. the project went dors
tnattt for several years.

Since the exit of the
United Mine Workers group
in 1963. miners in Kentucky
and neighboring states have
had no utiion to rely on for
support. which can raise
critical safety concerns.
Addington said.

“Geographically: East-
ern Kentucky is the heart of
the central Appalachian
coalfields." Addington said.
“Thus. we are in close pros»
imity to the coal regions of
West Virginia. Virginia and
'l‘etinessee."

Addington. who passed
the bar exam in July. re
ceived a two~year fellowship
from the Equal Justice
Works of Washington. l),(‘..
to restart the project.

Addington primarily
handles federal black-lung
benefit cases and mine safe
ty discrimination cases.
Black lung disease occurs
when someone has been ex
posed to too imich coal dust.
clogging the lungs and the
body‘s respiratory system

Under federal law. a
miner diagnosed with black
lung has a right to transfer
to a work environment with
a smaller concentration of
coal dust and still receive
the same pay.

See Nines on page A2

Q

(‘oppin State head coach
Fang Mitchell simply wanted
his players to concentrate on
basketball.

After his starters were in
troduced. Mitchell took his
team to an off court tunnel as
Riipp Arena public address
announcer Doug Bruce pre-
sented the UK starting lineup.

He didn't want them wor-
rying about the 22.000 scream
ing UK fans. the seven nation
al championship banners or
the No. Stranked team sitting
on the other bench.

Hut Mitchell‘s plan went
awry from the opening tipofi‘.
as the (‘ats jumped out to a :34)

New dynamic

Patrick
quite explain it
jun Rondo
just know
how to play
together.

in UK's
77-46 win
over (‘oppin
State. the in
mor guard
Sparks and
the freshman
guard Rondo "I'll
combined for "ROM."
21 points as seomtonon
well as some
of the game's best high—
lights.

Sparks can't
he atid Ra-

lead iii the first 3.1 seconds
and coasted to a 77-46 victory
in their first game of the reg
ular season.

"For one of the rare times.
we saw the teatn of ours play

with fear." Mitchell said of

his team‘s start, "i guess it is
a little tough coming in here
and seeing everything and not
have any fear.”

UK jumped on the Eagles
early. applying a full-court
pressure defense that led to
two (‘oppin State turnovers in
the first minute of play and
forced Mitchell to call a time
out just 38 seconds into the
first half.

Senior forward (‘huck
See Cats on page M

duo drives UK

There was Sparks finding
Rondo for a smooth lay-up in
the first half

There was Rondo kick-
ing it out to Sparks for a :ir
pointer later iii the first half.

There was Sparks giving
it up to Rondo for a monster
dunk to start the second
half.

It's a little repetitive. but
it's the kind of consistency
fans and coaches love.

It‘s the kind of consis
teney that wins games. a
whole lot of games

After a month of prac-

See cm: on page M

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Ult forward Chuck Hayestleft) goes u
forward Robert Pressey in UK's 77-

See Brooks on page A2

mm | sun
to block the shot of Coppin State
win Saturday. Hayes recorded his

14th career double-double. finishing with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

 

 PAGE A2 I Monday, Nov. 22.

Brooks

Continued from page A1

ing through right now
will hopefully reflect
that."

Brooks is o-lo‘ in his
second season at 17K. in
cluding a 28 record this
season. The Cats will fin»
ish the season Saturday
at Tennessee.

"We knew this was
going to be the toughest
year of the years of pm-
bation." Todd said.

Mines

Continued from page A1

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"We got hammered
pretty hard for that."
’l‘hroughout this
sl‘flSUll. Brooks has stat-
ed that he is “here for
the long haul." Brooks
has three years left on a
five-year contract that
pays him $725000 per
season.

If lTK decided to fire
Brooks. he would be
owed $2.1 million.

”We are in steady
shape financially." Barn-
hart said.

“Money is not the fac-
tor. We'll evaluate our
program going forward.
period."

Barnhart has been

filled as widow's claims
because the miner iii
question dies."

And once a case
reaches the end of the
appeal process. the suc
cess rate is low. which
also causes many

lawyers to shy away from
miner safety cases.

Only 7 percent of the
cases filed actually win.
and the cases can take
many years before being
resolved. often
outlasting the
miner's lifes
pan.

feel

as lf they "(‘ases of

ten can last sis
years."
Addington
said. "We have
a case here that
is still active
safety from teat
H Mme safety
S, discrimination
cases are also
ddington distributed to
Addiiigton as a
part of the
.‘xliiie Safety Project
Such cases are meant
it, protect miners from
tit‘iiigs. pay cuts. reduced
iiotiis and other threats
and harassments
"What 1 am hoping to
(to w ith the protect is not
iiist litigation with these
lil51‘\.' .\ddington said.
“it s orgaiii/ing min
ct‘s and being able to ill
to: in them of their safe
:2 rights. and encourag

meeting with all of UK‘s
fall sports coaches in re-
cent weeks. evaluating
each program. Volleyball
coach .lona Braden re-
signed last week after
seven years with the
team.

"I think the time-
frame in college athletics
is being squeezed every-
where." Barnhart said.

“You had five to seven
years to get a program
turned around. then it
became four to six. then
three to five. and now it's
a much shorter time-
frame."

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ing miners to take more
of an active role in mine
safety."

()ppegard was suc-
cessful with these goals.
Addington said. ()ppe-
gard's name became well
known in the region. and
miners often received re-
ferrals to the Mine Safe-
ty Project.

But since ()ppegard
first began the project. it
ltas been reprised more
than once

l'nder .-\ddington. the
project is once again fac-
ing difficulties in secur-
ing future funding.

t‘urrently. the Law
(‘eiiter is working to es-
tablish an endowment to
ensure the future of the
Mine Safety Project.

While grants are
ayailable. "the progress
and viability of thy prov
‘iect is crucial to impress
likely donors." Adding-
ton said.

"As with any non»
profit. fundraising is an
ongoitig obstacle.” he
said

"Hopefully. the Mine
Safety Project will he
come a hub where min-
ers can express mine
safety concerns. and a
place they can turn for
quality legal representa-
tion ”

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Federal hudoot olvos UK $l3 lnllllon

US. Rep. Ben Chandler. l)~Ky.. said Friday he
has earmarked $13 million for UK in the gov-
ernment's budget for the 2005 fiscal year.

The funds are divided into 10 different cate-
gories. The biggest winner was UK‘s Forage-
Animal Protection Unit, which will receive $3
million.

About $1.5 million will go toward three agri-
cultural programs. including UK‘s Crop Diver-
sification Program and a livestock systems pro-
ject.

The UK College of Law also received $1 mil:
lion for the development of a Rural Drug Assis~
tance program.

Athletics Board adds two mm

The UK Athletic Association‘s Board of Di~
rectors unanimously approved the addition of
two at-large members Friday The move will in-
crease the board‘s size to 18 members. The cur-
rent 16-member athletics board has one at~1arge
member. Luther Deaton. who is the president
and CEO of Central Bank and Trust on Vine
Street.

Tomessee wins Big Blue Crush

The University of Tennessee won the 17th
annual Big Blue Crush blood drive. giving a to-
tal of 2.700 pints of blood.

UK finished the week with 2,543 pints of
blood. its highest total since the 2000 blood dri-
ve. UK finished the competition strong. giving
603 pints of blood Nov. 19 four pints shy of
the highest total for either side. UT donated 607
pints Nov. 18.

Combined. the two colleges collected 5.243
pints of blood.

Iraqi elections will be in January

BAGHDAD. Iraq lraq's electoral commis-
sion yesterday set Jan. 30 for elections to choose
a National Assembly. a vote that could deliver
power to Iraq‘s Shiite Muslim majority after
decades of disenfranchisement. The balloting.
however: remains imperiled by calls for a Sunni
Muslim boycott and a persistent insurgency

that has roiled Sunni regions

The election Wlll choose a '31‘.’iiiieiiilii-r Na
tional Assembly In turn. that body w ill select a
new government to replace the current. ap
pointed leadership aitd oversee the drafting of
a constitution. If the constitution is ratified. an
other election will be held in December 2005 to
seat a permanent government

Congress approves spending bill

WASHINGTON (‘ongress reached final
agreement Saturday night on a Sillltl billion
spending bill funding 13 government depart
ments and dozens of domestic agencies in 2mm.
after last-minute objections from abortion
rights advocates threatened to delay or derail
the vote of PM to 51.

The bill. consisting of more than 1.000 pages-
and weighing in at 11 pounds. t‘titlllli‘s llll‘
stingicst budget for domestic departments since
the late 1990s. Although a few favored agencies.
such as Amtrak and NASA. were spared cuts.
the measure bears evidence of a new austerity
in domestic spending. brought about by soaring
budget deficits and the rising costs of war and
counterterrorism programs

Bush warns Iran and North Korea
about nuclear weapons

SANTIAGO. (‘hile (lit his first trip over
seas since winning re-election. President llusli
stepped up the pressure on Iran and \‘orth Kn
rea Saturday; whose nuclear threats t'l‘lll(‘s ac-
cused him of neglecting to his first term.

Bush saved his harshest words for ’l‘ehraii.
seizing on new allegations that the Iranians are
prtxtecdiiig with the production of a gas used in
the prixluction of nuclear lioiiilis despite pledg
itig to halt such activity under a tentative ac
cord with European llillltills

()n the topic of North Korea. Iliisti pio
claimed that the live nations imolycd lll dist its
sions with the Pyongyang regime \\lll speak
with a "common voice" ill the tilli‘sl to t id the
North of its nuclear arsenal

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Tennis stars entertain at exhibition

whose Excel Incentive Scholarship Pro
gram was a beneficiary of the event.
came out of the stands to face the chal-
lenge from Venus Williams and subse-
quently drove one of the soft serves into
the stands and another into the ground
two feet in front of himself.

“(Venus) laid off me.“ Mashburn
said. “Just a little bit."

In the doubles match that followed.
Schultz-McCarthy and Venus Williams
quickly dispersed of Serena Williams
and Kournikova with an abundance of
strong serves.

It also didn't help that Kournikova
had to make all the serves for her team
because of Serena Williams' ailment.
Serena Williams said her abdominal
strain didn‘t bother her during the
match.

“It felt fine because I really didn‘t
serve." Serena said. “Not being able to
serve really is debilitating. and I hope to
be able to do it real soon.“

The tennis stars played the exhibi-
tion match to benefit Mashburn‘s schol-
arship fund. the Tubby Smith Founda-

 

 

 

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The Players

It was quickly apparent on Sunday
that Kentuckians aren‘t the most seri-
ous of tennis fans.

During the Lexus Tennis Challenge
at Rupp Arena. fans cheered all types of
shots ~ those in play. those out of play.
those that went over the net and those
that ended up in the net.

In fact. it seemed that as long as the
shots were hit by Venus and Serena
Williams. Anna Kournikova and Brenda
Schultz~McCarthy the fans cheered.

An estimated crowd of 4.500 people
watched the singles exhibition matches
in which Venus Williams defeated
Kournikova 6-3. 6-2. The crowd also saw
the team of Venus Williams and
Schultz-McCarthy beat Serena Williams
and Kournikova 6-3 in a doubles match
that consisted of only one set.

The exhibition matches were error-
filled. partly because of an abdominal
injury that Serena Williams suffered
last week and partly because Kourniko-

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dominated Kournikova. The Russian-
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during the match. hitting a lot of drop
shots into the net and returning many
of Venus Williams' serves into the
stands.

After the singles match. Jamal
Mashburn had trouble returning Venus
Williams‘ serves as well.

The former UK basketball standout.

tion and the OWL Foundation the

Charity of the Williams sister‘s mother.

Oracene Price.

Venus Williams said she felt good to

help out.

“Our mom has always and will al-
ways do as much as she can for us."

Venus Williams said. “So it‘s nice for us
to reciprocate with her and of course to

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Spartans sweep series with Cool Cats

C_hris Johnson
nit xtntucrv KERNEI

This weekend. Michigan State
taught the Cool Cats a tough lesson.

The Cats were beaten soundly for
the first time all season. losing 62 Fri-
day and 7-2 Saturday to Michigan State.

Repeated defensive letdowns and
slow reaction time doomed UK (12-7-1)
as Michigan State used their superior
quickness and experience to beat the
Cats to loose pucks and force quick deci-
sion-making by the Cats. who were not
always up to the challenge.

But the team and its coaches now
know that it can play with the best in
the country. and the coaches see an im-
proving program.

“They didn‘t beat us as much as we
beat ourselves." Cool Cat coach Mike
Sosnowski said. “We gave the puck
away. and they capitalized on our mis-
takes.“

The Spartans retained control of the
puck for a majority of both games. tak-
ing shot after shot at UK goalie Drew
Matichak and waiting to catch him
leaning the wrong way or the slightest
bit out of position.

Matichak covered more ice than the
Zamboni driver. making 102 saves on 115
shots.

“I'd rather play this way than

against someone like Tennessee where
you get like 10 shots a game." Matichak
said after Friday‘s loss. in which he
saved 55 shots. "I love it."

Assistant head coach Rob Docherty.
who is in charge of
the defense. was dis—
appointed in his .‘
unit’s performance:
which was a major
reason why so many ‘
shots were taken at L. .
the UK goal.

“We played pretty weak tonight."
Docherty said after Saturday's contest.
"This team [Michigan State] will make
you look stupid. and they did.“

Experience was a major factor in the
team’s loss. Sosnowski said.

“I think this is a young hockey team
coming together." Sosnowski said,

“This weekend showed us that we
can play with any team out there."
Docherty said.

"I talked to their head coach after
the game. and he said. ‘You guys are al-
most there.‘ and I think he‘s right."

Several players and coaches agreed
that Michigan State was the best team
UK would play all year.

“Confidence may have been a reason
for them coming out flat on Friday.
where the veterans had never hung
with a Michigan State before. and the

 

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new guys didn‘t know if they could ei»
ther." Sosnowski said. "But we can
skate with these guys.“
That was proven Friday. in a game
that was much closer than the final
score indicated.

Andy Bertram
tied the game at 2-2
with 17:20 left in the
third period. but
. from there. the roof
’ " ‘ - J caved in for the (‘ats
as Michigan State regained the lead 90
seconds later and never relinquished it.
scoring three more times to finish the
Cats off.

Forward Alex Poiilos scored the
Cats first goal Friday. getting behind
the Spartans' defense and putting a deft
maneuver on the goalie to make the
score 21.

UK defenseman Sean Tugle and CK
forward Kevin Theobald scored Satur-
day .- Theobald on a peifectly bounced
ricochet off the boards that he sent into
the goal. and Tugle on a break where he
decked the defender and the goalie with
the same move. sliding the puck past
the goalie anti into the left corner of the
net.

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Grace to run in NCAA
Championships

UK junior Allison Grace
will run at the NCAA Cross
Country Championships in
Terra Haute. Ind. Grace
qualified for the event by
finishing 10th at the South-
east Regional Nov. 13 in
Greenville. NC. She earned
A1I~Southeastern Confer-
ence Honors by finishing in
seventh place at the SEC
Championship Oct. 30 in
Fayetteville. Ark.

Swim uads claim six
v ories

The UK men‘s and
women's swimming teams
set a new school record Sun-
day by claiming six event
victories. and the women's
diving team won the plat-
form event. in two separate
meets.

At Indiana's Counsilman-
Billingsley Aquatic Center.
UK‘s Daniel Farnham. Tim
Patrick. Daniel Cruz and
Steven Manley set a school
record in the 400freestyle ne-
lay with a time of 2:55.69.
beating the previous record
by .36 seconds. The time also
made the NCAA provisional-
qualifying cut by nearly four
seconds.

Senior Jessica Siegele
placed second in the 200
backstroke with a time of
2:00.01. Freshman Jill
Southerlan placed fifth with
a time of 2:03.90. Senior Jer-
ram Chudleigh won in the
200 backstroke with an
NCAA “B“ cut time of

1:46.65. Sophomore Alejan-
dro Bravo placed fifth anti se-
nior Dave Roberts placed sev-
enth.

Four Cats finishetl iii the
top six of the men's 100
freestyle event. Farnham
won the event in 43.94.
Patrick placed second in
44.92. senior Clay Gas-
parovich took fifth and
sophomore Mark Doyle fine
ished sixth.

Junior Laura Graham
automatically qualified for
the 2005 NCAA Champi-
onships in the ZOO-breast-
stroke event with a time of
2:13.77. Junior Shantel Com~
mander made the ”B" cut
time at 2:15.16.

Manley took first in the
men‘s event with a time of
2:02.16. Senior Mike Arce
placed fourth. freshman Will
Vietti finished fifth and se-
nior Dane Redinger placed
eighth. Cruz won in the. 200
butterfly at 1:45.13.
Chudleigh finished fourth
and senior Chris Collins took
sixth place.

At the Georgia Tech Fall
Invitational. sophomore
Taryn Ignacio won the plat.
form-diving event with a
score of 420.65. It was her
second win in as many
weeks in the event. Sopho»
more Joey Brown placed
fifth and sophomore Jillian
Becker took ninth. Senior
All-American Mario Ro~
driguez took fourth on the
platform. and freshmen Ben
Starchuck and Justin Mon-
trie took seventh and ninth.

”I. m I STA"

UK swimming teams set a new school record with six Victories in its meet
in Bloominqton. Ind.. this weekend. At the Gear ia Tech Fall Invrtational,
divinq sophomore iaryn Ignacio won her secon event in two weeks.

respectively

The (K men finished set
mid to Indiana in the Indiana
Invitational with a threeday
point total of 1.010 50. The
women finished fourth.

UK filer to slay in

AII- maria Iassic

ITK senior Matt Wells ac-
cepted an invitation to play
in the 30th annual Western
Refining College All-Ameri-

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ca Golf (‘Iassic today and
Tuesday at the HI I’aso
(‘ountry (‘Iiib in Texas The
tournament is hosted by the
Sun Bowl Asstwiation.
Wells is the second I'K
player to participate in the
field of the previous year's
All-Americans Senior .Iohn
Holmes played in 2002
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 Upperclassmen help Cats crush Rattlers

After lYK Women‘s basket-
ball's first exhibition win two
weeks ago. sey'eral of llK's
upperelassmen leaned
against a wall watching the
press inter
view the
freshmen

A few
1 a u g h s
w e r e
shared as
UK Hoops"
future took
the spot-
light.

B u t
though the
freshtnen
may have
headlined
the preseason hype. the upper
class dominated yesterday:

Junior forward Jennifer
Humphrey had a doubledou
ble and senior forward Sara
Potts scored 21 points. as llK
rolled over the Florida .~\&M
Rattlers ill-Ts")

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Poore

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Cats

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Hayes. who had two early
steals. said l'K‘s defense
keyed the early ot‘t‘eitsiy'e out
burst.

“We wanted to go right at
them." Hayes said “We start
ed ottt right from the begin
ning pressing them and calls
ing t'.trnoy'ers .Xnd we got

some easy layups beeatise ol~

that."

The t‘ats' defense t‘tilltlll-
tied to pester (‘oppin State
throughout the lirst halt. tore
ing ll turiioy'ei s and holding
the y'isitors to '35 perrent lield
goal shooting in 'lte game‘s
first 2t) minutes

l'K head eoat'l. 'l‘ubby
Smith was pleased yyith his
team's early defense

“Early on. we raused a lot
of detleetions and turnoyers
and that's something yyt» try
to do and we know that ran
t‘t‘etite a lot ol' momentum.”
Smith said “t hir deli-nsiye ll‘.
tensity was good today '

Hayes and ‘l‘ill‘ilttl guard
l’atrit'k Sparks led .i li.ll;tll(‘t‘tl
lTK ot'l'ense yyith 1:
apiece. Hayes added a game
high lit rebounds to log his
l-lth career (ltllllllt‘vtlt itllile

'l‘he (‘ats struggled lt‘ttltl
the tield. shooting :til perv-int
in the first hall and it per
rent for the game. but they
dratiiatieally iinproy'ed trom
behind the sprint line

In its two exhibition yyins.
UK shot Bil pereent troin
point range. and Junior guard
Kelenna A/ubutke was the
only Wildeat to make tnore
than one :tpointer

The (‘ats shot ll perr‘ent
from behind thi- arr Saturday.
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shooters mad»- at least on» .
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