College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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■ Snow Bound! the coyote women ' s team faired well in the competition placing two in the top ten. sara wells and carin Stevens showed their cunning and currage, placing third and seventh against the powerful bobcats of central oregon. another strong showing was karen meissner skiing sixth place, nora Constantino from reno surprised the team by placing ninth in the second race she has ever run in her life, their efforts captured third place in the endurance event and third in the meet. 45

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scott troyer, robert ripley, jeff fuller, greg wilson, dan bubb, kim meyers, bill boehnke, scott mcrullen, bill cimoch, torn hales, dan brizee, ted leonard, torn rankin, coach ernie meisner. the jet setters have returned home, nine young men that make up the national travel squad and their two coaches departed from the west on the 28th of february. when they left they were an average group of college athletes with a few minor exceptions, when they returned they had won the northwest collegiate championships, and every divi- sional meet of the season. ' W the alpine squad had been racing at mt. hood the previous four or five days in an effort to qualify for u.s. nationals, the group met the rest of the team in marquette michigan. 350 schools and nine regions were present for competition, chances for the coyotes duplicating last year ' s feat and win- ning the combined alpine nordic title, were slim, boston college was said to have a strong team; so did Colorado state university, in addition, the northwest teams from Oregon state and the university of pudget sound, were good bets for an upset. three of the men, seniors greg wilson, scott troyer, and dan brizee have skied their limit, in the process, they have had an experience they will each remember long past the thoughts of tests and lectures, they will know they have what it takes to be champions. 44

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IAJ the college of idaho ' s women ' s basketball season ended feb- ruary 23. the coyotes finished their season 9-12. lynn crossett, head coach, was pleased with the season, particularly the last half, and. looks forward to a strong team next year. c. of i. played nnc in nampa, february 8 and lost 79-71. lerna thames had 22 points, followed by barb silver with 19, and kris major with 10. at half time the score was tied 39-39, but the team couldn ' t put it together to win. February 9 the coyotes hosted csi of twin falls and lost 69-63. according to lynn, it was a good game, but could have been better, down by 4 with one minute, 27 seconds to play, col- lege of idaho could have won but threw the ball away. the team went on the road to montana the 12th. they played montana tech in butte and won 61-53. kim jones had 13, kris major had 10. college led most of the game and reduced turnovers. the coyotes hosted eastern Oregon state college from lagrand on february 16. down by 12 at halftime, the coyotes came back to win 75-62. they out-scored the opponent 52-27 in the second half, lynn commented that the team tried too hard the first half, then calmed down the second half, barb silver was 11 46