Lloydlee Helte photo
Emily Weer displays the intensity that made her so valuable
to the Cape Henlopen High State Champion Field Hockey
Team.
Emily Weer's
earned lots
of respect
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trained as a gymnast when I was
in elementary school," Emily said.
"Back then I was just a chubby lit-
tle kid."
Fond memories of spring track
for Emily inluded making the state
finals in the 100-meter hurdles
and winning a gold medal at the
Co-Ed relays in a shuttle hurdle
race on a team that included
Willie Savage and Arthur Hugger.
Last season Emily and hurdler
Jamie Hill pushed each other in
practice and in meets and ran to-
gether on the 4 by 400 meter relay
team that placed third in the state
meet.
"Emily always had a special
bond with coach Bill Degnan,"
said Tim Bamforth. "Bill was a
special friend and mentor for Emi-
ly. When Bill died last winter I
knew Emily was having a real
tough time with it."
"Mr. Degnan sometimes sent
me cards during the hockey sea-
son with messages from his ele-
mentary school kids," Emily said.
"He was always doing things to
boost my confidence. Before our
relay races during winter track we
all held the baton together and
raised it into the air and said a
prayer for Coach Degnan. I can
talk about it all now because what
he gave to me I will carry with me
forever."
This spring Emily Weer is play-
ing soccer while also lending her
talents part time to the spring track
team. "I like to run and like to
compete," Emily said. "I never
played soccer and I knew I wanted
to try it. I'm having fun."
Appalachian is an eight hour
trip from Lewes which ends along
the Blue Ridge Parkway. "The
hardest part of leaving Cape will
be walking off the field next year
and not seeing people I know,"
Emily said. "The parents at Cape
were like one big unit."
The Weer family unit of Greg,
Renee and Alison will be traveling
and camping out at many Ap-
palachian field hockey games.
The rest of the "Big Unit" will
be going to Carolina in their
minds. Great career for Emily
Weed.
Cape Henlopen Al:hletes Of The Week
JILL DAISEY
Cape varsity softball
pitcher Jil Daisey shut out
a tough hitting Woodbridge
Raider team 6-0 on Wednes-
day, April 3. She faced 27
batters, struck out four,
walked two, and gave up
only three singles in the
outing. JiB also beat Padua
7.3 on March 30 allowing
only three hits along the
way. Jill's record is now 2-
0.
People
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steering athletes into college pro-
grams where they can be success-
ful? Do athletes need their own
athletic counselor? Tlie answer is
yes and yes. Doors can be opened
for athletes but it takes time and
connections and a school willing
to hard-sell their own student-ath-
letes.
SNIPPETS- Like most basket-
ball fans I have talked to over the
last three weeks, I don't care if I
see another chest to chest bump as
long as I live. And I want all often-"
sive fouls eliminated. Back when I
played on the playground, if a guy
jumped in front of you and stood
there when you were driving to-
wards the basket you just ran over
him and shot, then turned around
and threw a punch at his head for
jeopardizing your flight path.
Playing defense means making a
play on the man or the ball, not
getting in the way. Why not play
one 400 pound guy who just slides
from sideline to sideline getting in
the way?...
The University of Delaware has
top flight women's and men's
lacrosse teams. Check the sched-
ules and go see them play...Cape's
two year starter at offensive tackle,
Robert Savage, has been accepted
by Widener University and the
6'3" 293 pound Robert says he is
going. Widener employs the run
and shoot offense under coach Bill
Cubitt and big Robert has the
MICHELLE MANSHIP
Michelle Manship, varsity
pitcher for Cape softball,
pitched a one hitter against
Caesar Rodney on Tuesday,
April 2. She struck out three
batters along the way and
walked two as her team won
the game in a 9-0 shutout.
Michelle also figured in her
team's offensive power as she
went two for three at the
plate with two RBIs and one
run scored. Michelle is now
2-1 on the season.
CAPE GAZETI'E, Friday, April 5 - April 11, 1996 - 59
quick feet necessary for pass
blocking. Widener has the poten-
tial to nail down a Division Three
National Championship over the
next four years. It sure would be
great if big Robert could be a part
of it...And what do you say to a
super star athlete who gives up his
scholarship to enter professional
sports after only one year in col-
lege?
Go on now, git!
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BILL LINGO
Cape sophomore Bill Lingo
has been injured much of this
pre-season, which has ham-
pered his lacrosse develop-
ment. Last Tuesday against
• Glasgow with .48 remaining
in the game, Lingo blos-
somed, sending home a goal
as Cape closed to 4-3. Later
in overtime, Lingo scored the
game winner. "It feels good
to win with all underclass-
men scoring," Lingo said.
"Things look good for the fu-
DERRICK QUILLEN
Derrick is a rookie to the
sport of lacrosse. Last sum-
mer he played catch and
throw with "yardbirds" Bill
Lingo and Jimmy Derrick.
Three games into this sea-
son Derrick Quillen has a
pair of goals and three as-
sists from his attack posi-
tion. "I love lacrosse," he
said. "Our 10th grade class
is going to be awesome."
