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Show a Deeme oe WSC Sports lapter| rn Chapte 0 shed in th t Brad Larsen year. New Scoreboard at Wildcat Stadium ike to b > it he Alu al Veber Stat@ 8 ri rnia € i] re alumnipy rce’’ to they me. . Theye ‘ -) Vhithfully for over 20 years. > TOT alUmy ised, aN@¥'y, addition to showing the score, time, time outs, board made possible by donations Ogden ($50,000.00), Ogden Weber. and ($25,000.00) and $100,000.00 from Coca-Cola was of inte gral message board itself. The The Weber State Athletic Department wishes to MON SY downs and yards a 5 ynter is located ‘ a chapter: to go; above an the of future revenue for money and labor in Club}, DAVE RUSSELL and LLOYD BEN- EVANS MARK (Wildcat and MEL Kemp Steel), DAVID GERBER Each of the above sponsors received a panel on tra $25,000.00 scholarships. GARY Crane), LAEL BOMAN KEMP (Boman- (Winward Electric}, DOUGLAS RIDING (American Sign & Indicator), UTAH POWER & LIGHT, MOUNTAIN FUEL and a extra special thanks to the Weber. State College the scoreboard for advertising. The Wildcat Club rally met sViarger than the old board, and is powered by 28% lumni a Viilowatts of power. Savings), of time, SON (Western Railroad), WES BARTON (Barton Construction), MIKE HOLLIDAY (Intermountain First Federal Savings Club State Wildcat was given a panel in exchange for paying for the installation of the board, which will generate an ex- donations DURBANO, (25,000.00). of P a VICE Itwas built by American Sign & Indicator, one It world. the in firms ng produci rd scoreboa top Pte ea : 91 feet tall and 34% feet wide, nearly 2¥2 times cost just over The generous making it all possible. BEN DAY (Coca-Cola of Ogden), RICHARD MERCER (Ogden First Federal Line, etc.) and ‘for public address announcements. 7 Vights were installed to bring the field lighting up to host a post evision standards. And now our new modern for Ballet. eboard is in, featuring all the latest technology. ming NEP The board replaces the Standard-Examiner sponthe LONB¥ red board which served Wildcat Stadium Ur extend thanks to the following persons for their message board is run from the press box and is used to help lead cheers (Let's Go Cats, Hold That on for th a ‘Slowly, but surely, Wildcat Stadium continues to Club, aNG@ecome more modern and efficient. In 1981, new Administration, Buildings and Grounds Crew and Electronics Department. athletic conference activities. A conference council, consisting of two delegates from each institution, serves as the governing body. lease consi s Office 4s e, Ogden, The purpose of the MWAC was to form an association of institutions that were geographically, academically and athletically compatible and com- y Ted Compoc will lead the Lady Wildcats In volleyball petitive. In addition, the MWAC will provide a cor- relation with the men’s athletic programs in that six of the charter member schools (except Eastern Washington and Portland State) are also members of the Big Sky Conference. Several basketball. games in the coming season have been scheduled LADY WILDCATS ENTER NEW CONFERENCE . By Nan Holyoak Although the Lady Wildcats are no longer in the same conference with Utah State, Brigham Young Asst. Sports Information Director TES ered ne so that both WSC's men's and women's teams are at home or on the road playing against the same opponents. The Lady Wildcats will enter the 1982-83 season Hi of collegiate competiton in the newly formed Mountain West Athletic Conference (MWAC). The Mountain West Conference begins its first season ) of operation with championships being decided in Wi seven cross basketball, sports: country, gym- | nastics, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field H and volleyball. The Lady Wildcat cross country team will be the _ first to compete |) in a conference championship at the Mountain West Cross Country Championship and the University of Utah, games will continue to be scheduled with the in-state schools on a nonconference basis. Utah State will compete on an in- dependent basis while Utah and Brigham Young will move into the High Country Athletic Con: ference. VOLLEYBALL-NEW COACH NEW CONFERENCE NEW ERA | The Mountain West Athletic Conference was of- ) ficially formed on February 9, 1982, at a meeting of the conference 1) council in Spokane, Wash. The a charter members of the MWAC include Boise State University, Eastern Washington University, oe ) University of Idaho, Idaho State University, ] University of Montana, Montana State University, Portland State University and Weher State College. The new 1) conference employs a full-time Ex- - Wildcats are now under the tutelage of new head coach TED COMPOC. A native of Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, Compoc comes to Weber State after leading his Scottsdale Community College team to the 1981 NJCAA Championship and being named NJCAA Coach-of the-Year last season. The primary goal of the volleyball program at Weber State is to be competitive within the conference, ultimately winning the league title and attaining national recognition. According to Coach Compoc, this goal is attainable within two years. The following is a schedule of Lady Wildcat home volleyball matches held at Wildcat Gym. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $1.50 for high school students and younger. WSC faculty, and students are admitted free with I.D. 7.10 be held at Portland State University on October “23. “The outlook for Weber State's 1982 volleyball season is uncertain yet favorable. The Lady The Lady Wildcat volleyball team opened league ~ play at home on October 1 and 2 with matches against Boise State and Portland State after a month of pre-season competition. During the pre-season, Weber State won the Valley of the Sun Tourna- ment at Scottsdale, Arizona, and finished fifth out of 28 teams in the California-Davis Western Invita- tional Tournament which included many nationally ranked teams. Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct.5 Oct. 13 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 staff * BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY 7:30 p.m. * PORTLAND STATE U 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. * UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY * IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY = 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. * UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA * MONTANA STATE U 7:30 p.m. * UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 7:30 p.m, * EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2:00 p.m. * Conference matches ecutive Director to coordinate and administer all Page 7 - |
