At 07:01 AM 4/16/96 -0500, Debbie Somers wrote: >Keith Stokes wrote: >> We thought it was cute. The >> next night, we had a sign (and cheer): FUNNEL, FUNNEL, FUNNEL. > >Several years ago, the WIAA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic >Association ... high school sports bureaucratic types) said that using >the "SIEVE" cheer was unsportsmanlike and wouldn't be permitted at high >school hockey games. Since high school hockey fans are, of course, >college hockey fans in-training, this statement merely got the creative >juices flowing. At the next home game, the student fans had all raided >their mother's kitchen and, upon scoring, held up and hollered out >"COLANDER - COLANDER - COLANDER." Gotta love it. Oh good. Someone gave me a reason to go off on the WIAA. For those of you that really have no clue what this is about, or just don't care, I'm sorry. The WIAA also has a "rule" that says something to the effect that there will be no noise made while someone is taking a free throw. OK, that works. The WIAA is just a bunch of old men up in Stevens Point, WI trying to re-live their high school careers in an Al Bundy-like fashion. Not to mention that they have an obvious bias against certain schools (like my alma mater). There, now I can go on with my day. Thanks for the opportunity to vent. Todd D. Milewski [log in to unmask] "When you say Wisconsin, You've said it all!" HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.