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Duck gridders scheduled
for action in all-star tilts
Young Rudy Barajas, a patient at Shriners' Hospital in San
Francisco, views a photo taken earlier of him with Kenny Bryant,
a safety on the Ducks' football team this fall. Bryant will be a
member of the West squad in tomorrow’s East- Wes t Shrine Game
in Palo Alto, California.
In addition to Bryant, three other Oregon football players
have been chosen to compete in post-season all-star games.
Linebacker Bruce Beekley and Willie Blasher and tackle, Bill
Hoffman will be members of the Pac-10 Alhs tar squad, which will
meet a group of all-stars from the Big Eight Conference in next
Saturday's Challenge Bowl in Seattle.
Montana St., Portland St., next
for young women gymnastic team
The women’s gymnastic team
faces a three way meet Saturday
at Mac Court 1 30 p m. with Port
land Stale and a much-improved
Montana State team.
This is the first meet for Port
land State and Montana State
and the second meet for the
Ducks, who defeated Denver and
Oregon State on Nov. 28.
Flying Ducks
win warm-up
to NCAA meet
The Oregon men’s gymnastics
team overcame an upset bid by
NCAA Division II defending
champion University of tllinois
Crcle Wednesday night, holding
on to win 213-211.60.
“If we don’t compete well, they’ll
beat us," said coach Bill BaUester
last week in reference to the
Chikas, who he feels will easily
repeat as Division II champs.
The Flying Ducks excelled,
though, and they will need to do
more of the same today when they
compete in the “Best of the NCAA"
Invitational at Wheaton, III., Col
lege.
Pac-10 Conference mate
Arizona State will be Oregon’s
chief competition at the meet,
which the Flying Ducks have won
every year since its inception in
1975.
Last season, the women
soundly beat Portland State and
placed fourth, to PSU’s fifth, in
the AIAW northwest regional
championships.
This year’s team has only one
returning member, all-around
gymnast Wendy Halberg, a
senior. Joining the team this year
are Oregon state prep all-around
champion Sara Gustafson and
state prep runner-up Dawn
Habertand
Also joining the Oregon team
are sophomore Sharon Bian
chard, all-around; Patti Thomp
son Thompson, vaulting and floor
exercise; Teri Larson, beam; Liz
Perry, parallel bars; Darla Jones,
all-around; Gloria Shepard, all
around. AJI but Halberg and Blan
chard are freshmen.
Shepard is recovering from a
tonsillectomy and will participate
in just a couple of events accord
ing to Coach Henrietta Heiny.
Jones has been sick and is un
likely to start. Sophomore Cindy
Gleason, an ali-arounder, is out
because of knee surgery due to
an injury in practice.
Portland State boasts two
strong all-arounders to anchor
their team, Chris Kauppi and
Joan Engler.
The Montana State team has
some fresh blood this season.
Montana state prep all-around
champion Kathy King and
sophomore all-arounder Teri
Neumann, a transfer from East
ern Washington, will be strong
participants.
Women cagers face tough foes
By MARK STEWART
Of the Emerald
The women’s basketball team
is likely to gets its first real test of
the season as it opens is North
west Women's Basketball
League schedule with games
against Washington and Western
Washington this weekend.
The Ducks play Washington
tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Western
Washington Saturday at 6 p.m.
Both games are at McArthur
Court with no admission charge.
The women are fresh from two
victories at the Simon Fraser Invi
tational Tournament, over Simon
Fraser and Simonex, a team
made up of ex-Simon Fraser
players. The Ducks are 5-0 for
the season.
“We didn’t play up to our poten
tial, but that was to be expected
after the Christmas lay-off,”
coach Elwin Heiny says. “The
tournament wasn’t that competi
tive but proved to be very positive
in our preparation for the league
games.’’
In winning the tournament the
Ducks beat Simon Fraser 87-62
and Simonex 63-60.
“We easily beat Simon Fraser.
Their best player (5-9 freshman
Tracey Huclack) wasn’t there and
we were just that much better
player-for-player,” Heiny says.
“The second game the competi
tion was better.” Simonex had
two starters from the 1976 Cana
dian Olympic team and a current
Canadian national team player.
Debbie Adams was the Ducks
leading scorer against Simon
Fraser with 17 points, while Bev
Smith with 16 and Suzanne
Washington with 15 paced the
team against Simonex.
Heiny says the games in
Canada prepared his team for the
weekend games against NWBL
Coast Division foes Washington
and Western Washington. The
Ducks blew out The Northwest
Invaders 120-70 and Alaska
Anchorage twice 101-47 and
96-42 before the Christmas
break.
Washington, 6-3 on the season
and victorious over the Ducks
three times last year, saw a mass
exodus of players at the end of last
season, including one of the
NWBL’s top players, center Mar
gie Nielson. The Huskies, with just
Skiers busy this weekend
The University of Oregon Club
Sports ski team wiU host invita
tional nor die and alpine ski races
this weekend.
Today a cross country race is
slated to begin at 1 p.m. at Ml.
Bachelor. Saturday and Sunday
downhill races will start at 10 a.m.
at Willamette Pass Ski Area.
The field for downhill races in
cludes Oregon State, Portland
State, Lewis and Clark, Eastern
Oregon State College, Central
Oregon Community College, Col
lege of Idaho, Reed Cofege and
Southern Oregon State College.
Gatekeepers — judges who
make sure competitors pass
through the gates — are needed
for the downhill races. Volunteers
wiH receive a free lift ticket for that
day plus an additional lift ticket for
another day. Gatekeepers should
report to Willamette Pass Ski Area
by 9 a.m, Saturday and Sunday.
two returning players, are led by
freshman center Carlin McClary, a
Parade magazine high school
All-American last year.
Losing Nielson hurt the Hus
kies, according to Oregon guard
Julie Cushing. “Margie Nielson
was probably the best player in
the league last year," she says.
“She had a good shot, was quick
and dominating. They won’t be as
strong as last year."
Just as Nielson was the key to
the Huskies last year, Jo Metzger
leads Western Washington this
year. “She's smart and has a little
experience,” Cushing says. "But
we ll be able to keep her under
control." Western Washington is
5-2 for the season.
Cushing says the Ducks first
two league games this weekend
are most important to the team.
“We ll get confidence in our
selves, we’ve been making mis
takes. she says. And because
the team needs some competi
tion.
“We’re in a tough league this
year,” Cusing says, “tougher than
last year. With recruiting and ev
erything, we’ve improved, but the
other teams must have too.’’
DUCK NOTES — The Ducks
outscore their opponents in count
ing games an average of 44.4
points per game (94.7 to 50.3) and
outrebounding the opposition
55.3 to 34 per game and causing
the opposition to tun the ball over
an average of 39.3 times per
game, with 20 of those coming on
steals. But the Ducks are a bit
sloppy themselves with the ball
with 24.7 turnovers per game.
Heiny says the reason for so many
turnovers is the team is playing
too fast at times. The Ducks are
holding their opposition to a paltry
.310 shooting from the floor, while
shooting .487 themselves.
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