1994_03 Insight March 1994

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Athlete of the Week
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Fresno State faces off against USC
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Carl Ray Harris
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Hoopster flies to the occasion
By Kelley Scott
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StaffWriter
A Fresno-native slam dunk master has achieved lhc Aihlcic of the
Week.
Telecommunications major, Carl
Ray Harris, was chosen to participate in lhc national collcgiaic shun
dunk contest before the College National Championship on April 3rd .
Harris comes from a family of
athletes.
Harris' father, Carl
Harris Sr., is a forma
Fresno Stoic fooiball
player and stilt holds
the national record for
interceptions.
Lcc Harris, Carl
Ray's brother, was a
starting wide receiver
for FSU football learn
and is looking to be picked up in the
NFL draft in April. Although a
football standout, Lcc won a Reebok
sponsored slam dunk contest a few
years ago in Selland Arena.
With all thc aihleiisminhis genes,
Harris has still had his ups and downs
at FSU on and off the court.
He's flown high lo dunk over his
opponents yet hashiirock bottom by
silting oul a whole season for academic problems.
"I wanl everybody to know I
didn'l have no problem wilh my
grades, it was just somcth ing I wanted
to do. I could'vc played but I didn't,"
said Harris of silting oul his junior
year of eligibility.
In lhc 90-91 basketball season,
Harris 9« a new record for slams in
a season when hc dunked 40 that
"I didn't even know they had a
record until I got close to it." said
After mastering slam dunks, Harris fell he needed a change in his sty Ic
of play lobe a more consistent player.
"It wasn't that hard io change.
Get a diffcrcni attitude and work on
my shot jusl lo gel a complete game
all-the-way around." said Hams.
Hamschose basketball over fool-
ball lor thc love of lhc sport.
"I love football and lie loves basketball. Hc jumps so high. It's easy
for him to pui il in the hoop I
ihink lhai was his calling and he's excelled in
il," said Harris' brother,
Lcc.
Iiwasn'ibccauscCarl
Ray didn't have the opportunities lo play for
the FSU football team
"Sweeney begged
him io play, bul he wouldn't play."
said Harris' father.
"Everybody kmda goi us mixed
up. Ihey say Carl Ray was suppose
lo have football cause he's heavier
and I'm slender and taller, so weboth
had our callings and we both went
our separate ways." said Harris'
brother. Lcc.
Harris hopes to play in ihe National Basketball Association in the
luture.
"I'll iry until I achieve. II I don'l
gel there right now I'll keep working
and I'll get there," said Harris of thc
NBA.
Harris leads FSU in scoring with
20.8 po in is per game, minutcsplayed
w idi 34.8 avgand 3-point field goals
with 52. Hc is ranked third in lhc
WAC in scoring in overall games
and has scored at least 21 points in 17
of FSU's 27 games this
By Scott Goldsmith	
StaffWriter
Sunday morning, a group of Fresno
athletes collected their gear to battle
USC.
No, it wasn't ihc baseball icam.
It's not thc basketball team.
It's the Fresno State hockey team
led by coach Esko Siipola.
There is anoiher hockey team besides the Fresno Falcons, only ihis
team is made up of classmates.
Esko Siipola, first year head coach
of lhc Bulldog hockey team said. "You
talk to anybody, generally speaking,
nn rnpimis and ihev don'" *>«"*>> tnr»i.
lhat there is a hockey icam."
According loSiipola.the lack of recognition and lack of ice lime are the
hardest things.
Generally, the team only gets one
practice a week.
If they're lucky they will also get
time io play in a pick up game one of
thc other days.
Siipola said most of lhe teams the
Bulldogs compete against are able to
practice more or play on secondary
teams.
However, Fresno hockey is on the
uprise.
"They'remuchbcucrthan they were
last year. I respect whai's been going
on here in Fresno. It's a lot of work io
build upaheckey program. I'm pleased
to sec they've been slicking with il,"
said USC Coach Clarence Crowell
Fresno Slate Hockey is a self-supporting club team, the only way they
go about recruitment is by word-of-
moulh.
Most of the people who know about
the team have skated their whole lives
"I stancd on roller blades. Some ol
the Falcons came out to play us and we
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Fresno Slate's Boo Hill tries lo get off a shot against USC's goalie as a defender closes in
behind.
beat ihem. They told mc I had to play
ice hockey." saidBoo Hill, player on
the team. Hill said ice hockey isamuch
faster game than roller hockey,
"It's a club leam, bul it's slill fierce
competition. You get excited about il.
The best dung aboul it is playing for
your school," said Sieve Nice, who
plays w ing for USC.
Aaron Johnson, who helped sum lhe
team agreed, saying that this league is
one of lhe hardest hilling.
"Whoever gets the puck geLs hit no
matter what." said Johnson.
With thiskindof action one would
think there would be a loi of fans oul
to watch the game, bul lhat wasn't the
"Being so far away from campus
and it's only aclub team, not too many
students know aboul il. You add lhc
fact wc play late. You don't get loo
much fan support." said George
Harvey, team captain.
Harvey, a junior whoplanstoirans-
fcr to USC nexi semester, said Ihc
team record doesn't show how good
of a leam they really are.
He said thc first four games were
lost by one goal.
This team has a great core of players
which includes two current and one
ex-Falcon players, and a coach who
was a 20 year player for the Falcons.
"We're a new team and haven't
played with each other as long asoihcr
learns have...We're on the uprising,"
said Hill.
The Bulldogs play Saturday nights
and Sunday mornings at Icclandia, located off highway 99 on the comer of
Marks and Clinton Avenues.
NFL scouting out local talent
By Kelley Scott	
StaffWriter
It's called "the shuffle step." an all-
out run-and-siop between iwo chalk
lines 30 feci apan. It's a grueling five-
second test of agility thai separates
college football has-beens from
tomorrow's pros.
No fans applaud Anthony Daigle us
he completes the shuffle in 4.58 seconds, bul the five pro scouts who watch
his speed and agility are die most important audience he's ever faced.
The football season is over, hut
scouting season has just begun.
Scouts hit the football practice field
last Thursday afternoon lo observe the
potential wide receivers, strong salens,
and tailbacks that FSU's program has
to offer.
Representatives from five major
National Football Leagues were on-
hand to examine ihis year's prospects
for the April draft.
With 10 wannabes for a possible
spot on a pm team and a quarterback
predicted io go high in thc first round.
FSU is seen as ferule for prospects.
"Wc have thc most prospects on the
West Coast," said Kelly Skipper, nin
nmg back coach for FSU. a former pro
with the Seattle Scahawks.
In 1990, J.D. Williams picked 16th
in lhc firsi round was FSU's highest
draft pick ever.
Quarterback Trent Dilfer iscxpec ted
to top Williams' mark.
Among teams interested in Fresno's
finest were lhe Kansas City Chiefs.
Washington Redskins. Bulfalo Bills.
San Francisco forty-Niners. and the
Cincinnati Bengals
One step in becoming a pro-alhlctc
is luring an agent n> negotiate a professional contract and endorsements.
Agents also guide the players through
legal anil financial mailers
Lee J. Kolligian ol Mouthpiece
Sports and f-ntcrtainmeni. Inc is
Daiglc'sman,
Kolligian represents Muhammad
Ah. Joe Nainath, and Sandy Colfax.
Some athletes get S 100,000 an appearance.
According lo Kolligian, hc gets a
percentage of Daiglc's contract once
signed by an organization.
"Il diversifies the risks of long-tcnn
nts and long term endorsc-
nts." said Kolligian of the value of
potential. Hc believes thai Anihony
would be a good rolc-modcl for kids
that look-up to professional athletes.
"I'm sure any community thai gets
him will latch on to him," Kolligian
said of Daigle.
Trying oul alongside Daigle was 6-
fooi, 195-pound Malcolm Scahron; ft-
loot-2,195-pound Lcc Hums; 5-foot-
11.180-pound TydusWinans: ft- foot-
5. 290-pound Ron Collins: 6-lbc4-5.
305-pound Kenny Hall; 5-fooi-9.180-
pound James Bunon; 5-looi-9, 175-
pound Tommy Jones; 5-fooi-1 1,195-
pound Sam Watsrjn.and5-foo.-9,190-
pound Ron Rivers.
Absent from lhe field was 1 leisman
Trophy candidate Trent Dilfer.
Dilfer will be running and throw
ing his own auditions in front of his
own personal audience of scouts al a
later date.
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