the March 22,1996 CONCORDIAN SPORTS 11 Christopherson to be inducted into Six Cobbers named Minnesota High School Hall of Fame to MIAC Academic he accolades keep rolling Christopherson played two sea- in for Concordia Football sons with the Minnesota Vikings T Head Coach Jim and was their scoring leader in All-Conference Christopherson. He will be elect- 1962. ed into the Minnesota High After a brief stint with Toronto School Football Head Coaches of the Canadian Football League, Association's Hall of Fame during he returned to Concordia as the Aaron Banks - Senior (left) at their 32nd annual Hall of Fame assistant coach to the legendary Track Banquet at the Radisson Hotel Jake Christianson in 1964. - This is his second straight appearance Metrodome in Minneapolis, He was named head coach in on Academic All-Conference team. Minn., April 12. 1969 and has continued the win- - His NCAA record throw of 59-9 in the Christopherson will be one of ning tradition with a 190-78-1 shot put gave him his second straight three people heading to the hall. record during his 27-year tenure. indoor national championship. This is the latest of many hon- His record is fifth best among ors bestowed on the Concordia Jim Christopherson active Division III coaches. coach. His teams have won or He has been awarded MIAC Holly ZolUtr -junior (right) shared 11 MI AC titles, including He played his college ball here, Coach of the Year six times and Basketball the 1995 title. lettering each of his four years, NAIA Coach of the Year in 1981. - An AU-MIAC and AU-Defensive selec- He started his athletic career at and was voted All-Conference tion as well* Holly averaged 11.7 ppg and Henning, Minn., where he earned twice. He was the MIACs most 6*0 rpg. She helped the Cobbers to their 17 letters. valuable player in 1959. 14th straight NCAA tourny appearance. Louisville looking for respect in Ryan William -junior (left) Track - Ryan recently won the MIAC indoor NCAA game against Wake Forest pentathlon title March 1-2 Louisville, Ky (AP) - second round Sunday. Regional No. 2 seed Wake Forest. - He has placed sixth or better in each of Louisville has reached the Sweet A fluke? Not at all, say the But the Cardinals think teams with the past three years, including a second 16 for the third time in four years, players. higher rankings should stop taking place in the 1995 outdoor championships. and everyone but the Cardinals "What we did is what we've them lightly. seems surprised. done all year," said Tick Rogers "If they [the teams] don't real- Mottee Ludtke - sophomore (right) After coming back from 12 after the upset win. "We're ize it, we'll just keep knocking Track down in the second half to beat always beating teams that nobody them off," said Samaki Walker. - She won tbe MIAC Championship in Tulsa in the first round of the gave us a chance to beat" The Cardinals have seen the 600-meter for the second straight year. NCAA Tournament, the Louisville will be an even big- Marcus Camby and Kerry Kittles Cardinals, 22-11, ousted No. 3 ger underdog Thursday in in the past three weeks and face - She placed 4th in the 800-meter and was seed Villanova 68-64 in the Minneapolis against Midwest another first-team All-American a provisional qualifier in the 4x400 relay. on Thursday. Wake Forest center How are your picks doing? Tun Duncan scored 13 points and Bryan Christianson - senior (left) Did you pick Louisville to advance this far? How about grabbed 11 rebounds while suffer- Basketball the other first round upsets? Thanks to those people listed ing from the flu in the Demon - Bryan emerged as a solid contributor below who responded to our contest in The Concordian Deacon's 65-62 win over Texas. off the bench in his senior season with If the Cardinals beat Wake last week. Here's how they did: 5.7 ppg and 3.1 rpg. Forest, the ultimate test may be - He's tbe president of the Student Number of still to come as top seeded Healthcare Administration on campus. their teams in Overall Kentucky plays Utah in the other Name the Sweet 16 Recqifl Midwest Regional Final, but Holly Jeppson 7 20-28 Louisville Head Coach Denny Sarah Severson * sophomore (right) Crum downplayed the possible Track rivalry rematch. Adam Gilbertson 12 39-9 * Sbe placed second in the pentathlon at "I don't look ahead," said the MIAC meet and 55-meter hurdles. Crum. "We won't do any prepara- - She is a member of the Student/Athlete Mark Nygaard 11 38-10 tion for anybody other than Wake council and was named to the Dean's list. Note: These picks will not be counted in the final standings as the first round games Forest until this game is over." were completed or in progress as last week's paper was circulated. Pitching and defense will improve and be one of the teams5 strengths On the five-day stay in Against LaVerne, the Cobbers Baseball California, the Cobbers played again fell behind early 7-1 at the eight games. That translates to a end of two innings. From page 10 lot of innings for pitchers* arms to 'They were ahead of us offen- Junior Greg Saivevold led the take, especially in the spring, sively," he said. "They chal- Cobbers with a 4-6 performance "Our pitchers threw too many lenged our pitchers and fielders." at the plate. Fellow junior Randy innings, Burgau said. "To a Even though the win-loss Razidio knocked in four of the point, we weren't playing to win - record doesn't show it, the trip Cobbers* five runs with three base we were playing to survive." can be considered a success for hits. Another part of the trip that the Cobbers in some respects. This game was a good example caused some concern was the They now know where they of how the entire trip went. When Concordia defense. They made need to improve and what holes Concordia was able to score some 10 errors in their 17-6 loss to need to be filled. runs, they weren't able to hold the Clairmont on Saturday and 7 mis- Also, Burgau believes they opponents' offense at bay. cues in a 20-1 drubbing from have a group of four solid starters Burgau said the blame should not Redlands. Randy Razidio Greg Saivevold in juniors Jim McCormick, fall completely on the shoulders "We have a lot of the same per- Saivevold, Joe Cuchna and of the pitchers. sonnel that we did last year," said sophomore Robert Groscup. spring break than this year, so that early January. "For the most part, the pitchers Burgau. "Maybe we didn't get Concordia is scheduled to play may have played a part in the poor It doesn't help when the team didn't do so bad " he said. "If I the number of repetitions we did defense. However, Burgau point- plays top quality teams like the their next game March 29 at had to do the trip over again I last year." ed out that the California teams defending national champions Valley City State and host their would have played two less Last year, the Cobbers had have been practicing outside since from LaVeme. first doubleheader at 1 p.m. with games." nearly twice the practices after U of M-Morris..