Once the lives of ski team members returned to normal , the baseball club began its hectic schedu le and came out
lswiNGINGI Baseball Club Whoever conjured up the cliche, " Good things come to those who wait, " must have created it with the Idaho baseball dub in mind. After a year's absence from play. the sl ugger squad dragged out the dusty cleats from the closet and suited up for a number of contests against Lewis and Clark State College and other Northwest schools. At first. the Idaho club. managed by veteran Tim Burdick had its hands full against the LCSC JVs early in the season. falling twice to the Lewiston school. During spring break, the Idaho sluggers took roadtrips to the College of Idaho, Boise State, Treasure Valley and played a d oubleheader against the LCSC JVs. The Idaho club hoped to break its early season slump, but ended up the trip
with a 14 record. After spring break. Idaho vowed to get even with Lewiston when the Warrior JVs visited Moscow. Lewiston, however. turned a 54 ninth inning defidt into a 7-5 victory. The Idaho Invitational Tournament proved to be the turning point for the Idaho club. In late April the Ul squad hosted a four-game round robin tourney against teams from Eastern Montana, the University of Montana and Boise State. Idaho easily slid through games against EMU and UM &3, 9-1. Then they had to face the BSU Broncos who had stomped them 8-2 over spring break. The Idaho nine found itself in a pressure situation against BSU in the final game. With Idaho leading 8-7 and Boise batting in the top of the ninth inning with the bases
loaded. Ul shortstop John Konrad turned a potential Boise base hit into a game ending double play. The Idaho Club lost only one player. pitcher Scott Dredge to graduation. so they will have virtually the same team next season. Unfortunately, the team will have to wait until next spring for another baseball season, however as the team found out patience can be a virtue. By Erik Simpson Ski Team Eat sl eep. study and ski. but not necessarily in that order, was the life ofan Idaho ski team member. Thisbusyschedule didn 't leave much time for anything else. The 40member team traveled to six races during its season. They normally left Moscow on a Thursday afternoon and returned late on Sunday evening.
After an exhausting weekend on t he slopes. they returned to face their studies for four days and then begin the process anew the following Thursday. Being a club sport proved to be a bit of a disadvantage for the team. They were competing against teams that were on a varsity level. The teams we competed against are at a varsity level with racers who received scholarship to be on the team," said Brian Houlihan, club president. need level. could join the team. and the veteran racers taught the rookies all they knew about racing. After the team went through time trials, the racers were seated from the fastest to the slowest skiers. Another disadvantage the Idaho team encountered was lack of famili arity with the slopes. Not only did the Idaho squad have to battle
unfamiliar courses. but the team also competed against 11 collegiate teams as well as amateur local skiers. Despite the avalanche of drawbacks facing the Idaho team. one downhill racer, nevertheless, qualified for the regional championships. Competing in the giant slal om . Gordon Osgood advanced beyond the regionals and ultimately qualified for the national championships. One could almost have said that the Idaho ski team was out of its league due to all the drawbacks, but it didn't seem to slow it down. They navigated steep mountains on two skinny boards along with the best of the rest of the schools in the Pacific North west.
Front row : Katie Kuyke ndall. Shannon o 路 Leary, Paula Lund, Karl Harder, and Ruth Fry路 berg. Second row: RJchard Merkel. Jell' Werner. Paul Gronbeck. Wade Miller. and Tom Hen路 sheid . Back row: Ben Brower. Curt Siess, Brian Houlihan. Kyle Heml y, and Gordon Osgood.
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