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Newspaper Page Text--sports Flying Ducks put halt to Cal’s nine-year reign m Emerald photo It ivas a happy weekend for Oregon gymnastics coach Bill Ballester, who saw his Ducks take the Pac-8 title and was named conference coach of the year. Ducks face Bonnies next Oregon, trying tor me imra straight year to bring an NIT trophy to Eugene, will play St. Bonaventure in a quarter-final game in New York’s Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. KUGN (590) will begin its live broadcast at 5:45 p.m., with the times of following games depend ing on the success of the Ducks. And right now, Alabama is picked as the team to beat. With a 24-4 record and a victory over Memphis State earlier in the weeK, me orimson i lue iouks hkb the NIT favorite. “From what I’ve seen, the only team that could touch Alabama in the NIT finals might be Oregon,’’ said Memphis State Coach Wayne Yates, whose team lost to Alabama Tuesday. The Bonnies of St. Bonaventure are led by 6-7 Essie Hollis, who is averaging 21 points a game, plus 6-6 forward Greg Sanders, with an average of 20.4 points and 5.6 re bounds per game. X NCAA playoffs continue Top-ranked Michigan bar reled past Holy Cross behind flashy All-American Rickey Green and Syracuse stunned Southeast Conference champ ion Tennessee in overtime Sunday in the Mideast Reg ionals of the NCAA college basketball tournament. The Wolverines broke away from stubborn Holy Cross in the final five minutes to record a 92-81 victory behind Green’s 35 points, his career high. The Orangemen, ranked 10th, rode a 32-point outburst by guard Larry Kelley to victory over the seventh-rankedVdunteers. Detroit and North Carolina Charlotte also posted victories in Sunday’s Mideast regionals. The Titans, rated 17th, whip ped Middle Tennessee 93-76 as Terry Tyler scored 29 points, and N C-Charlotte beat Central Michigan yi-ob in overtime to complete the 16-team lineup for Thursday’s regional semifinals. Here are the matchups for Thursday’s games: EAST — Kentucky vs VMI and Notre Dame vs North Carolina at Col lege Park, Md. WEST—UCLA vs Idaho State and Utah vs Nevada-Las Vegas at Provo, Utah. MIDWEST — Marquette vs Kansas State and Southern Illinois vs Wake Forest at Ok lahoma City. MIDEAST — Michigan vs Detroit and Syra cuse vs North Carolina Charlotte at Lexington, Ky. The regional finals will be Saturday. The four survivors advance to the national semis Saturday, March 26 in Atlanta and the finals will be Monday night, March 28. Freshmen effort key to victory; Ballester named Pac-8 coach of year By MIKE MARINO Of the Emerald BERKELEY—It was a case of the heir dethroning the king, of the rookies outpointing the seasoned veterans, and finally, of Oregon toppling California as the Ducks ended the Bears’ nine-year stranglehold on the title by win ning the Pac-8 gymnastics championships, 429.75 to Cal’s 427.50 over the weekend. “It feels pretty good to win; it was a great meet,” said Oregon Coach Bill Ballester. “It came down to how our all-around guys did, and they came through for us.” Ballester spoke, of course, of the fine Duck freshman trio of Miki Moyal, Gene Christensen and Breck Grigas, who finished sec ond, sixth and fifth in the all around competition. More impor tant, however, was the fact that all three contributed consistent eights and nines out of a possible ten and allowed no breaks that could have handed Cal their tenth straight title. “Our seniors came here saying, they had to break the tradition of Cal winning the league for so many years,” said Moyal. "But I did not think that. I wanted Oregon to start a tradition.” Perhaps the most jubilant of the Ducks was senior captain Scott Phillips, who for the past three years, had seen Cal run away with the conference. “The seniors and the guys that have finished second before, we really worked hard all year,” he said happily. “And it’s finally worth it.” As it turned out, the meet was won and lost on the pommel horse. On Thursday, Cal fell apart with a 29.90, and couldn’t fare much better on Friday with a 33.7. The Ducks, on the other hand, av erted disaster by turning to the specialists. Curt Rodgers and Tom Truedson, who came through with a 9.7 and a 9.45 re spectively, for a Thursday team total of 34.50 on Friday everybody did well, including the all-around men, and a strong 35.60 gave the Ducks a lock on the trophy. Although everyone wearing yel low and green was happy, Cal coach Hal Frey was a little upset — and perhaps a little bitter. “They deserved to win because they outpointed us,” said Frey. “But having three freshmen for your all-around men and having them come through — Ballester was more than lucky. “If they didn’t have those specialists, they probably wouldn’t have won, either," he added. “We could have recruited them if we wanted to, but we like to do it a different way. But I’m not bitter, for after winning nine in a row, it wouldn’t be right if I was really upset.” While Friday decided the team and all-around championships, Saturday saw the individual finals and awards Cal’s Tom Beach, was named Pac-8 gymnast of the year, and Ballester was picked as coach of the year. Oregon’s most impressive show was a clean sweep of the still rings, where Scott McEldowney repeated as conference champ with junior Jerry Bush finishing second and Moyal taking third. While the finish on the rings was no surprise, Christensen’s third place on the parallel bars was, considering he contemplated scratching in the finals. "I couldn’t believe he wanted to scratch,” said Christensen's father, who came from Illinois to Sportfolio— "n Hamilton to compete at NCAA’s Oregon swimmer Steve Hamilton will be competing in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Cleveland, Ohio March 24-25. Hamilton, who has qualified to swim in the 200 individual medley and the 100 and 200 backstroke events, finished 13th in the 100 backstroke at last year’s Champion ships. Halberg places second, fourth Duck gymnast Wendy Halberg placed second in the un even bars with a 9.25, then finished in fourth place on the balance beam (8.9) at the NCWSA regional gymnastics championships Saturday at the University of Montana. Oregon’s Jan Model tied for fourth place in the vault with 8.65. Lloyd finishes ninth in diving PROVO, Utah — Oregon diver John Lloyd finished with 384.25 points to place ninth among 12 competitors in the NCAA zone qualifying meet here Saturday. Lloyd was also ninth in Friday’s one-meter competition. Betas win IM basketball Beta Theta Pi Fraternity won both the “A” and "B” divi sions of intramural basketball last week. The A squad de feated the Callyplyglotorists 43-32, while the B team beat AROTC 46-35. Ducks place high at meet CORVALLIS — Ray Burton threw the discuss 187-5 for a personal best, while Mary Stevenson had a discus mark of 135-91/4 in women’s competition in the Beaver Preview track meet here Saturday. Rose Ann Klingerman won the women’s 400 meters in 1:00.33 for another Duck highlight. see their first Pac-8 meet. “So I got him in the corner and said, I don’t care what you think, you’re only a tenth of third place, so you’re not scratching. “And now look, he’s going to nationals.” Don Lester, last year’s second place finisher in floor exercise, sol idly captured first place, while to no one’s surprise Rodgers and Truedson finished 1-2 on the horse. Both should be favored highly at Tempe, Ariz., site of this year’s NCAA championships March 31-April 3. “We re a definite contender for the NCAA title,” said Ballester. “We’ve beaten just about every top team in the country, and we have three weeks to get ready. “And with those unpredictable freshmen, don’t count them out.” Friday optionals FLOOR EXERCISE — 1. (tie) Don Lester, UO, and Warren Long, Cal, 1&65. 3. Tom Beach, Cal, 18.45. 4. Steve Dobrus, USC, 18.30. 5. Stu Domeier, UW, 18.15. 6. Steve Malis, USC, 18.00. 7. Miki Moyal, UO, 17.85. 8. Steve Walchler, Sta, 17.75. POMMEL HORSE — 1. Curt Rodgers, UO, 19.35. 2. Chris Takimoto, Sta, 18.95. 3. Tom Truedson, UO, 18.90. 4. John Masen, UW, 18.60. 5. Vic Herefeld, UCLA, 17.50. 6. Mike Petrovich, WSU, 17.45.7. Dale Seymour, USC, 17.10.8. John Cummings, WSU, 16.80. STILL RINGS — 1. Scott McEldowney, UO, 19.10. 2. Jerry Bush, UO, 18.60.3. Miki Moyal, UO, 18.40.4 Mike Dubose, Cal, 18.35.5. Gary Ino, Cal, 18.25. 6. Steve Sosman, UW, 18.05. 7. Breck Grigas, O, 17.90. 8. Tom Beach, Cal, 17.80. VAULTWG — 1 Steve Weimar, UW, 19.15. 2. Warren Long, Cal, 18.70. 3. Rod Minaker, UW, 18.60. 4. (tie), Breck Grigas, UO, and Ben Corr, Cal, 18.50. 6. Miki Moyal, UO, 18.45. 7. Tom Beach, Cal, 18.40. 8. Dave Corbett, UCLA, 18.30. HORIZONTAL BAR — 1. Tom Beach, Cal, 19.15. 2. John Hart, UCLA, 18.70. 3. Melvin Cooley, UW, 18.60. 4. Warren Long, Cal, 18.40.5. Ervin Ftuzics, UCLA, 18.25.6. (tie), Miki Moyal, UO, and Ron Bell, Cal, 17.75. 8. (tie), Kevin Bylin, UW, and Mike Dubose, Cal, 17 70. ALL-AROUNO — 1. Tom Beach, Cal, 108.10.2. Miki Moyal, UO, 107.10. 3. Warren Long, Cal, 106.20. 4. Mike Dubos, Cal, 106.05. 5. Brick Grigas, UO, 103.55. 6. Gene Christensen, UO, 101.05. TEAM — 1. Oregon. 429.75. 2. California, 427.50. 3. Washington, 399.45. 4. UCLA, 392.30. 5. USC, 383.10. 6. Washington State, 358.35. 7. Stanford, 316.15 Saturday individual FLOOR EXERCISE — 1. Don Lester, UO, 18.775. 2. Warren Long, Cal, 18.625. 3. Tom Beach, UC, 18.325.4. Steve Dobrus, USC. 18.150. 5. Stu Domeier, UW, 18.025.6. Steve Maylis, USC, 17.650. POMMEL HORSE — 1. Curt Rodgers, UO, 19.325. 2. Tom Truedson, UO. 18.900. 3. Chris Takimoto, SU, 18.875. 4. John Maseng, UW, 18.000.5. Dele Seymour USC, 17.750.6. Vic Hart feld, UCLA, 17 550. RINGS — 1. Scott McEldowney, UO, 19.000 2. Jerry Bush, UO, 18.600.3. Miki Moyal, UO, 18.500. 4. (Tie) Gary Ino, Cal. and Steve Sosman, UW, 18.475. 6. Mike Dubos, UC, 18.375. VAULTING — 1. Steve Weimar, UW, 19.050.2. Warren Long, UC, 18.875.3. BenCorr, UC, 18600. 4. Brack Grigas, UO, 18.575. 5. Rod Minaker, UW. PARALLEL BARS—1. Warren Long, UC, 18.650.2. Tom Beach. UC, 18.450.3. Gene Chris tensen, UO, 17.650. 4, Miki Moyal, UO, 17.550.5. Ted Bostick, SU, 17.375.6. Mike Dubos, Cal, 17.175. HORIZONTAL BAR —1. Tom Beach, UC, 19.225. 2. John Hart, UCLA, 19100. 3. Melvin Cooley, UW, 18.900. 4. Ervin Ruzics, UCLA, 18 828 5, Warren Long, UC, 18.650. 6. Kevin Bylin, UW, 18.150. Cougars win title DETROIT (AP) — Washington State, led by Kenyan runner Henry Rono, beat defending champion Texas-EI Paso by a half-point Saturday to capture the 13th National Collegiate Athletic Assn, indoor track and field championship. Rono set a meet record in the two-mile run and took a third in the mile, while teammate Joshua Kimeto, also a Kenyan, took third in the two-mile and Brian Worden tied for fourth in the pole vault. The Cougars totaled 251/2 points to 25 for Texas-EI Paso, which was trying for its fourth con secutive NCAA title.