1996_05 Insight May 1996

              Sports
Ice hockey club inviting
by Israel Carrasco
Staff Writer
ll.iil.cn ilorvalh wants vou on his
cruising at Itlmph
I loivalh. disheveled and unshaven,
iv the pioideui .-I the Ice Hockey
CJub ai California Slale University.
II requires slipping into steel blade
' skates, shin guards, shouldei and el
' -now pads, a lull lace shield and. it
you're male, a snug-lining alhletii
do things vou can't do on anything
else." said Horvath. 22. who gradu
alcd Irom Ik-mi.. Slale last Decern-
hei vv ill. a bachelor's degree in hiisi
"I here's mulling I'd rather do than
llorvath said ice hockey is not the
"I don'l have the ankle sprains I goi
rroni plav ing soccer, and I don't have
the shoulder swelling I got plaving
•in..i Icelandia. lhc only
.■ nnk in I'rcsmi al the
lolding mi...duct.-iv
ath enrolled.
Dream job
■ Quinlan is the voice
of the Bulldogs on
KMJ radio
by Derek Togerson
Iteiden I-icld «.i> empiv
Ihe Calilom... Stale University
Iresno baseball team was taking bat-
showdown with California State IM
.ckey. frequently called the    plav
if it alMi depends on whclhei
fn addition, cad. playei .hum pay lion is prohibited ai Ihe pro k
a ssiKi ineinhership lee The univci Mcniglas lace shields arc alk
miv doesn't provide am operating Although S'ilsen is pio.ul
money because llle club is nol a tec lirsl-piacc title in league scoring, he
"We're
"I na<
Ilorvalh said
Those rates are "fairly low" com     istocnterta
pared lo oilier imks... the state, said       The Krest
nine to superstition.
I a goalie who. ever
ouldsiari. I'd have Ii
.ke." Nilsen said "A
old
I icsiio Stale accounting ma|ot the leam remains highly competitive
"living, or even walei skiing. Students participation has hecn iliffi-
would he another lair assessment of cull to get because ol hectic sched-
vvhal it feels like." he said. ules and a shortage of money
Nilsen. who's played hockey since Thc team belongs to the Pacific
he was 4 years old. said his Mimic Coast Hockey Association, which has
soiaiiaiivc grand.noiliL-i introduced II teams, one upper division and one
Ilorvalh said Nilsen is responsible Recently. I resin. Slale won thc chain-
I... 75 percent ol the points during pkinshiptoujnanx'M in the lower division
most games                                       ' defeating University ol Santa ('lara and
Nilsen has his own theory  On University olCalitomia. Davis.
hockey brawls There arc 13 plavers on the team
"Violence is caused by players nol fhree ol ihem arc Fresno Siaie
Insight photo by Todd Warshaw
Physical practices are the norm for hockey club members George Grim (left) and Chris Jantzen.
alumni  One player is Jack Portlier.         During lhc season the group prac- During lhc season, which is from
61. chairman .>! Ihe musk depart- tues at the two Iresno ice skating October to April, players are expected
ment, is one playei rinks. Icejandia and Le-o-plev lo practice al leasi once a week.
To qualify to play ... the uppei di         llc.rv.iih said Ice-o-plex opened up'" "We still need new blood." Horvath
vision, a team must he students only., 3 years ago and is considered the said.
"Unless we get an influx ol students "nicer' ol thc two "Ii we don't get it soon, it's going
next semester, it looks like we'll remain       "We go back ..nd fonh We don't to be tough keeping the club going."
in the second division." Ilorvalh said have a preference." Horvath said Horvath said
announcer
.rthrid
I he s
the em pi
anothei 45 minutes, John Quinlan.
radio announcer foi Bulldog baseball.
prepared his COMREX receiver for
another broadcast
io lhc y ..id." Quinlan said "It's rel.iv
Coaches, from page 6
"I think lhal
lallcnec
otivation to do better" situation Sometimes, the kids take ad-
gein.ig whal I ex- The responsibility is something these vantage ol it according to Miller How-
ill be the biggest coaches are willing to take and Bakke ever, other times it can be good for the
'II teach them thc speaks confidently ol his new job coach/player relationship
best thai I can "People always ask me hTm reads "Its funny: I mean. 1 listen to the
"I realized thai I was kindol hard and I tell them  yeah. I am readv." same music'as ihey do and like the
on them: I expected a kit out of ihem." he said. "Am I as ready as I could be' same things that thev do." he said.
Miller said "It made me go back and Maybe nol  Bul I am ready " "Its almost like Im chaperoning
reevaluate my coach in inch school Guerra has confronted the respon- them. But I have to remember when I
and realize how he was to me." -ihihty factor in his position as well was m high school. They're just try-
The constant pushing from lhc kids "Talking in trom ol 2? to 30 kids ing to get away with the same things
makes Guerra question his job at and making sure they 're pay ing alien- that I did at thai ace "
nines Still, he said the challenge tion to you is pretty hard." Guerra The coaching experience brings out
keeps it exciting sj,d. "Bui when you're the head .. Jeep appreciation in these college
"The kids didn't take to me very coach, you're in charge. You can't lay students for sports and lor kid~
good at first, thev keep testing me." the blame .on am body else when "I really enjoy the teaching aspect
Guerra said. "Every day I tell myself you're the head coach." of it now/'Guerra said "I think that's
thai I don'l want lo come back out Another issue is the age sinnlant.es a lot more important than just going
here. Bui deep down inside, il's more between coaches and players in ihis oui there and winning games."
J we ha
•ally
•ople.'
Insight photo by Ryan McKee
John Quinlan has broadcast Bulldog baseball games for three seasons.
i glulcd through the stadium
is involved with il
i.illy the people Iro
Childhood dreams
school, his parents bought him a new'
rcel-to-reel tape recorder.
I le set up his own stadium, and us-
me a base-ball figurine, a marble am
,. little pencil, he played his owr
Quinlan moved to ihe Northwest
League and the Medford (Ore IAY
From there, he landed in the
midwest with the Oklahoma City
N'lers uf the American Association.
Finally, he went to the Vancouver
Caiiadiens. a California Angels affiliate in the Class AAA Pacific Coast
•Mines, announcme ihem into the mi-
crophonc
Quinlan. who grew up in Long
Beach, always wanted lo be a broadcaster.
When the Dodgers moved to Los
Angeles in 1958. he was treated lo
\ in Scully spinning talcs during.. ram
delay,
"f learned my objectivity and detail for describing the game from
Scully." said Quinlan. whose voice is
similar lo ihe Dodger announcer
In   1979. Quinlan started his     booih Paul Swcan
broadcast career with the Class A Sweaiengin worked in televi
" Visalia Oaks of the California    for 7 years. 3 1/2 years as KSEE
The art of story telling
A hencficiarv of Quinlan
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