Message-ID: <27675379.1075841415702.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 07:35:23 -0800 (PST) From: webhusker@or4ne.com To: webhusker@or4ne.com Subject: OR4NE News, Husker Sports Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: WebHusker X-To: webhusker@or4ne.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Platter, Phillip\Inbox X-Origin: PLATTER-P X-FileName: phillip platter 6-26-02.PST ************************************ You are receiving this email as a member of OR4NE. Please do not reply to this email. Send a new email for your comments or email address changes to webhusker@or4ne.com. The changes will be in effect within five days. Thank you! ************************************ OR4NE NEWS for 21-27 January: Note: The web site and email database are nearly complete. Thanks for your patience during the construction. Official launch is February 1, 2002. There's a lot of chapter news, especially in the calendar. We hope that you take a moment to cruise the new web site for this information and other chapter goings-on. Husker sports are heating up. The winter teams are deep into conference play now. Just two months until their championships. Signing day for football is February 6. Check out who the latest commitment is. The mens basketball team sets a 3-pointer record against Texas. The 8th ranked baseball team has started practicing. Their first action is Feb. 15-17 at Holiday Inn-Crowne Plaza/Rice Invitational vs. New Mexico, Rice, and Wake Forest. Have a great week! Garrick Baxter, WebHusker GBR!!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CALENDAR: http://www.or4ne.com/calendar.html February 23 - OR4NE Board Meeting - All members are welcome! Village Inn, 1621 NE 10th, 9:00 a.m. February 24 - OR4NE Night at the WinterHawks - Visit http://www.or4ne.com/calendar.html to see the Lisa Martin's Top 10 reasons to clear your evening on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002, 5:00 pm. Email Lisa at lamartin59@aol.com, or call at (503) 913-6271 for information about your tickets. Let Lisa know by February 10. March 9 - Founders Day Dinner - Saturday, March 9th at McMenamins Edgefield Manor, 2126 SW Halsey St. The speakers are George Darlington, Defensive Backs Coach of the Husker football team, and Harvey Perlman, the Chancellor of the University. Price is $33 for Blackshirt Club members or $35 for all others. Look for the flyer to reach your mail box soon. If you have any questions, contact Amy Dougherty, Founder's Day Chairperson, at doughertyamy@attbi.com or at (503) 230-2004. Send in those RSVPs soon - seating is limited for this event! WATCH PARTIES: http://www.or4ne.com/watch.html The schedule is posted for the 2002 year. Do your own scouting for games including Texas, Penn State, and COLORADO. OR4NE PHOTOS: http://www.or4ne.com/photos.html A few chapter personalities at the Rose Bowl. Bring your OR4NE memories and photos to the February 23 meeting. WebHusker will add them to the site. BLACKSHIRTS: DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS! http://www.or4ne.com/blackshirts.html Renew your membership or inquire about the BLACKSHIRTS! Contact Heather Kroll at ORClub1201@simpsonhousing.com BUGEATERS SPORTS: http://www.or4ne.com/bugeaters.html Softball season is nearing. Contact KC Kroll at kc-kroll@attbi.com for your interest. The first mens team is in the works in addition to the 2001 Coed Champions. DIRECTORY: http://www.or4ne.com/directory.html Do we have your information? Check out the pdf of our directory. Send your information and your changes to webhusker@or4ne.com NATIONAL ALUMNI SITES: http://www.or4ne.com/alumsites.html Check out 4NE sites across the country. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HUSKERS NEWS FOOTBALL: Huskers to Play in Postseason Games http://huskers.com/sports/football/2001fbreleases/fbrelease20020118.htm Lincoln, Neb. -- Last week, linebacker Jamie Burrow participated in the East-West Shrine game in Palo Alto, Calif. Tight end Tracey Wistrom and cornerback Keyuo Craver will play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Saturday, Jan. 26. The game will kickoff in Ladd-Peebles Stadium at 4 p.m. Central and will be broadcast live on ESPN. The teams have not been determined for the game at this time. Tyrone Diggs Commits to Nebraska http://www.prepstar.com/ap/scripts/data/football-archive/January_21_02_11:52AM.shtml Pennsylvania sprint champion and standout running back/cornerback Tyrone Diggs, from Harrisburg East, has accepted an offer to play football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The 5-11, 170 pound Diggs is known to have 4.4-second speed in the forty-yard dash, maybe faster. Spring football can't come fast enough BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE, Lincoln Journal Star http://www.huskerfootball.com/huskers?story_id=909&past= Signing Day is February 6. Stay tuned to www.HuskerPedia.com and http://espn.go.com/recruiting/index.html for the latest commitments and news. HUSKER ATHLETICS: Mens Basketball: Huskers Set Three-Point Record in Loss at Texas http://huskers.com/sports/basketball/m/01-02releases/mbbrelease20020119.htm Fredie Williams' steal and layup started a 17-5 run to close the game as Texas pulled away late for a 77-66 win Saturday over Nebraska. Nebraska hit a school-record 15 3-pointers during the game, but just one during Texas' run. Womens Basketball: Huskers Rebound for 73-59 Win over Kansas http://www.huskers.com/sports/basketball/w/index.html The Nebraska women's basketball team capitalized on a quick start and a solid defensive effort to down Kansas, 73-59, in front of a season-best crowd of 4,577 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Saturday evening NU Men Place 27th at NCAA Championships; Gaffigan Finishes Among Top 100 In Women's Race http://huskerwebcast.com/sports/crosscountry/2001releases/11212001.htm GREENVILLE, S.C. - It was the second straight top-30 performance at the national meet for the NU men's team, while Gaffigan was competing at the NCAAs for the first time in her Husker career. Wrestling: No. 20 Husker Grapplers Split Duals in West Virginia http://www.huskers.com/sports/wrestling/01-02releases/wr20020120.htm Mens Gymnastics: Huskers Fall to Fifth-Ranked Illini http://www.huskers.com/sports/gymnastics/m/2002releases/mgymrelease20020119.htm Womens Gymnastics: Huskers Use Well-Rounded Effort to Defeat Iowa State http://huskers.com/sports/gymnastics/w/01_02releases/01182002.htm Womens Soccer: Four Huskers Named to Academic All-District Team http://www.huskers.com/sports/soccer/w/2001releases/wsocrelease20020110a.htm Swimming and Diving: Huskers Fall To Jayhawks; Drummond Wins One Meter http://www.huskers.com/sports/swimming/2001_02releases/swim20020120.htm