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SPORTS Thursday, October 22, 1998 - Page 15 Hoop season creates "Midnight Madness" Sure, Western Maryland is men's'assistamcoach Kevin Selby, and third quarters) and women about to enter its 77th basketball the main organizer of the event. (second and fourth), with the half- season. But for the first 76 it was "We hope it'll help generate student court shootout scheduled for half- just killing time, waiting for the and community participation in our time. arrival of Midnight Madness. games and give our teams more of The Western Maryland men Now, finally, it's here. a home-court advantage." were 11-12 last year, while the "After sweeping the country, After the fraternity/sorority women went 16-10 and made the Midnight Madness makes its first shootout, the teams will take the four-team Centennial Conference appearance at Western Maryland court at midnight in suitably dra- playoffs. Each team has three start- on Friday, Oct. 23 to usher in the matic fashion and go through ers back. new hoop season for both men and player introductions. The scrim- women. mage will include both men (first Courtesy of Sports Information At the stroke of midnight, di- viding Friday from Saturday, both Western Maryland teams will take the court at Gill Center amid the sort of hoopla that fans at larger colleges have grown accustomed to. The evening gets rolling with a fraternity/sorority shooting contest at II :45 and also features team scrimmages, cheerleader perfor- mances, door prizes, music and a half-court shootout for $200 toward spring-semester books. This year the NCAA has set Oct. 24 as the official start of pre- season practice for Division III teams. (Conditioning drills can start Oct. 15.) For Western Maryland, practice will begin at literally the first possible moment, a minute af- ter midnight. "This night signifies a rebirth of Green Terror basketball," said Freshman Jessica Rouse on way to CC Rookie of the Year. Oh #@*!! He's lost his head! Rouse sets to win (MP~d:<,,) RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING COBPS BY MIKE YFSTRAMSKI Shenandoah, and High Point before AssistantSponsEditor being drawn to Western Maryland by its "personal feeling. good repu- Impressive; outstanding; excel- tation, and great coach;" lent- these and many other adjec- The physical education major is tives could be used to describe Jes- making quite an impact in the Cen- sica Rouse. tennial Conference, where she is re- The freshman honor student cording impressive statistics which from Williamsport, MD began could even lead her to be named playing volleyball in the sixth Centennial Conference Rookie of grade, where she fell in love with the Year. the sport. She cited "good friends Awards mean little to Rouse, (on the team]" as part of her affec- though, who feels team awards are tion. She took that love with her to the only ones that matter. "It is nice, Williamsport High, where she but ultimately you just want to do played setter for the IA team. your part to help your team win. A three-sport athlete, also hav- What good is an award when you ing played basketball and softball, played for a team that goes 2-8?" Rouse also found time for her stud- That's a good question, but if ies, which resulted in a B-average her teammates continue to play in high school. wen, she'll never have to find out. Rouse looked at Frostburg, Ladies' cross country places fifth in Classic ARMY ROTC SALUTES OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. Every year Army ROTCawards thousands of merit-based scholar- well as books, lab fees and an allow- ance up to $lOOO/year.Butmore than ships to qualified students that, Army ROTCis one course BY MIKE YESTRAMSKI all three NCAA divisions. around the country and right that develops your leadership Assistant Spons Editor Krebs was once again the to here in your school. These abilities and confidence, quali- scholarships pay most tuition,as finisher for the Lady Terror eros ties that lead to success. Freshman Jill Krebs finished country team, this time finishin 18th out of 93 runners to lead the 35th out of 367 at the Dickinso ady Terror cross country team to College Invitational, which led th ARMY ROTC fifth place finish at the Tidewater team to a 23rd place finish. Th all Classic at Salisbury State, men's cross country team finishe THESMAmSTCOWGE fwhile freshman Jeremy Cuno was 38th, led by Cuno's I68th place fin he top finisher for the men, plac- ish out of 424 runners. Dickinso COURSEYOO CAPlmKE. ng 42nd out of 102 runners and College is the site of next month' eading his team to an eighth place NCAA Division III Nationa For details, visit the 2nd Floor. Gill Gym or call inish in a race that saw teams from Championship. 857·2720