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).
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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
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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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