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never hit this shot, and unwisely made the challenge.
Flash forward to Nov 13: it's a home game versus Cornerstone and Jared comes out of the locker room in his "new" baby blue sports coat.
Obligation fulfilled, and everyone (especially Jolene and Roger, his mom and dad), thoroughly enjoyed the moment.
Carrying Mikey For a Day
The Date: November 15.
The Challenger: Seth Lochmueller.
The Challenge: Make it,
and I'll carry Mikey to class.
The Shooter: Steve Snider -- He shoots; it's good!
The first thing to explain here is "Mikey," which is a stuffed, mounted head of a Javelina (which looks a lot like a wild boar). They affectionately named it "Mikey"
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after yours truly; a badge of honor which I proudly wear (actually, we do bear a slight resemblance).
Since Steve made the shot, Seth must carry "Mikey" around to class for a day.
However, according to our inside sources, Seth has not yet fulfilled his obligation, due |
in part, to some campus coeds who decided it would be fun for Mikey to "run away from home." As soon as Mikey finds his way back, I'm sure the guys
will hold Seth to his challenge.
-- by Michael Albertson
Meet the Team Dinner
An Outstanding Event Exceeds its Goals
To Coach or Not To Coach
When is a coach not a coach? When he's a fundraiser, and that was getting to be the
situation for Coach Platt. So when a friend asked what he could do to help, Coach told him, "Help me increase the scholarship funds for more deserving basketball players."
You may think that sounds like the job of a college administrator, but Huntington does not want to lose it's academic focus, so it provides only about
half of the scholarship funds that are allowed by the NAIA.
One method of raising additional funds has been an annual golf outing each summer.
While that does help the program, it provides only about one-fourth of the additional amount needed to put Forester basketball
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on equal footing with most other
MCC schools.
Two Steve's Are Better Than One
Enter Steve Ness, the friend who asked what he could do to help. The two Steve's put their
heads together, along with a newly formed fundraising committee, to plan and pull off the first Meet the Team Dinner. The goal: net $20,000 for the HC men's basketball fund. The method: sell 300 tickets
at $50 a plate and acquire donated goods and services to auction off.
First Annual 'Meet the Team' Dinner
The dinner was held on October 22; the Civic Center was packed to capacity and the entire
event was a terrific success with a different "Team Huntington" showing up to manage the auction (photo below).
(click on picture to enlarge)
Les Chafin, Steve Ness, Tim Ness, Kyle Ness, Kurt Ness.
Goals Met, But We're Not There Yet
The Meet the Team Dinner exceeded all of the goals that were set. Over 330 people were
in attendance, and the dinner ticket and auction proceeds netted $29,600 for the Huntington College Men's Basketball program. Also, the Forester Cheerleaders, who served dinner at the event, received over
$1,000 in donations.
But HC is still not on equal footing with other NAIA schools. The funds raised by both the dinner and the golf outing, along with that provided by the
College, is well short of the amount allowed by the NAIA.
So don't wait for a dinner or a golf outing to support Forester Basketball. Make out a check to "Huntington College Men's Basketball" and send it
to Coach Steve Platt at the Huntington College Athletic Office, 2303 College Ave, Huntington, IN 46750. Help a deserving student get a quality education.
-- by Paul Harrington
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