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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1980)
sports Brooks satisfied with recruits By STEVE SPATZ Of the Emerald A quarterback who doubles as a flame-throwing pitcher, a linebacker who has all the qalifications to run for Pre sident, and a host of mammoth linemen were among the sig nees of letters of intent recieved by the scandal-riddled Oregon football program today. Nineteen recruits in all in dicated their preference to play for the Ducks on this, the first day prep football players are allowed to announce their choice of universities under NCAA rules. Duck head coach Rich Brooks described his still in complete 1980 class of recruits as one of his best ever. “On paper, I feel this is at least our second best recruiting year, and it may be our best,” he said. “We’ll have to judge that when the players arrive on campus and have a chance to prove themselves starting next fall.” Oreqon garnered few of the blue-chip players that every school in the nation goes after, but they did get some outstand ing prospects. One of them is Eric Erikson, 6-4, 205, quarterback from LaJolla High School, Calif. Erik son was a true triple threat for his club this season, passing for 12 touchdowns and running for five more, while compiling a 42.5 yard punting average. Erikson was an All-league selection in three sports, in cluding baseball where his fast ball was recorded at over 90 mph. Erikson will also play ba seball for the Ducks. Oregon’s other top notch recruit, described as the best prospect from Montana in years, is Ryan Zinke, 6-3, 220, from Whitefish High School, Mont. Zinke boasts a long list of awards and honors from off the field as well as on, including english, math and science awards, student body president and senior class valedictorian. On the athletic field, Zinke won a lot of honors too, making All-State on both offense and Men meet cellar dwellers A year of frustrations is commng to an end for the Oregon's men’s basketball team, as the Ducks have but three games left on their slate, with two of those encounters being against the Pacific-10’s bottom two teams —Stanford and California. Swimers set for regionals Oregon’s men's and women’s swim teams travel to regional meets today with the same goal in mind — thwart the University of Washington’s attempt to dominate the meets. The men travel to Seattle for the Northern Pacific Confer ence Swimming and Diving Championships, defending the title they earned in last year’s competition. The Huskies will be heavily favored to dethrone the Ducks, however, in this year’s Championships, which begin today and run through Satur day. The women face the powerful Huskies at the Northwest Col lege Women’s Sports Associa tion (NCWSA) championships held at the University of Montana in Billings, Mont. The Ducks finished second in last year’s meet and hope for a similar finish this year. Oregon faces Stanford to night and California Saturday night in a pair of encounters in Mac Court. The Ducks, 9-15 on the season and 4-11 in the con ference, could move into a tie for seventh in the conference if they can get past the 3-11 Car dinals, who have a 5-17 overall mark. The Ducks edged Stanford 77-73 in Palo Alto earlier this year. Oregon has beaten the Cardinals nine straight times, and has won 14 of the last 15 contests between the two teams. The Cards feature an out standing forward in 6-7 senior Kimberly Belton, who leads the Pac-10 in rebounding (10.1 per game average) and is fourth in the conference in scoring (18.0 average). What does Freedom of Speech mean to you? The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, invites you to join us this Saturday, February 23rd, in the EMU, to plan a Freedom of Information Forum, to be held next quarter. We will meet at 11 a.m., room to be posted. Bring ideas, speakers’ names, thoughts about SB 1722. OSU Chapter of SPJ will be participating. Also, there will be an initiation of new members. Is SB 1722 just a beginning? defense last year. Zinke will play the outside linebacker position. The spot where the Ducks need the most help — the inter ior line — will be shored up now thanks to the signing of enough big monsters to fill up a horror show film festival bill. Terry Youngblood, a 265 pound defensive tackle from Los Angeles, David Culp, a 245 pound tackle from Silverton, Ore., and 255 pound guard Tom Lovelace comprise the “meat on the hoof” that Oregon snatched away from other Pac-10 schools. The complete roster of Duck recruits follows. Randy O’Rourke Ryan zinke Ladaria Johnson Danny McCalister Eric Erikson Teri^ Youngblood Craig Kaylor Dave Christiansen Brad Hicks Dennis Clay Ross Gibbs Gary Zimmerman Randy Hogbin Jeff Williams David Culp Tom Lovelace Monte Olsen Edmund Olsen DL OLB DBTB QBDB QB DT DL TE DLOL CB CB C OGDT S DT OG C QB DBWR Women travel to Utah meet The 13th-ranked Oregon women's gymnastics team is looking to move up in the polls tonight when it meets 12th-ranked Utah State in Logan, Utah. The Ducks will also face unranked Oklahoma State in the triangular meet. Despite being slight under dogs, Oregon coach Henriette Heiny is confident of victory "I'm expecting us to beat them No matter what, it’s going to be a close meet,” says Heiny. The 14-1 Ducks will be led by all-arounders Dawn Haberland and Sara Gustafson. Haberland is coming off a first place fi- ish at the prestigious Western Hemisphere Games. Gustafson also competed, finishing fifth. 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