Ducks get 3rd in-state eager
Oregon's men's basketball team closed out
its 1984 recruiting period Wednesday by sign
ing a third player from the state of Oregon.
Keith Balderston, a 6-7, 215-pound forward
from Portland's Wilson High School, became
the third in-state player to choose Oregon
when he signed a letter of intent Wednesday
afternoon.
Balderston was a second-team all-state pu k
who scored 18.5 points and grabbed 15 re
bounds a game for Wilson. He was an all
tournament selection after Wilson finished
fifth in state, and he is a 4.0 student.
"The kid's a good rebounder and he's got
good strength," said Oregon coach Don Mon
son, "and what I really noticed about him is his
burning desire to excel. He wants to he a pre
med major, and he's got a tough road ahead of
him, but we talked about that."
Balderston joins Beaverton's Anthony
Taylor and Parkrose's Rick Osborn on the
Oregonians who picked Oregon list. He i hose
Oregon over Westmont College and Stanford,
where the Cardinal had used its scholarships
and wanted him to walk on. Monson said
Balderston doesn't fit into the blue-chip
category, but he attracted a lot of attention
vvilh his play in the state tourney.
"I watched him one night when I went to
see (Richard) Hollis play/' said Mon son. "I lik
ed him at that time, but I think he matured a lot
as the season went on — he looked very good
in the tournament.”
Balderston played at Wilson his senior
season after transferring from Portland Chris
tian, a Class A school. Because ot that switch,
Monson said he had a big gap to close in terms
ot competition.
“He hadn't played against anyone, so he
had a lot to learn.” said Monson. “but the
thing I like is that he's very knowledgeable
about the game.”
Monson projects Balderston as a backup
forward, and believes he's a little* ahead of
Thomas Deuster, a state-ot-Washington signee
who plans to redshirt.
All told, the Ducks picked up four recruits.
The big two are Taylor and Osborn. Monson
had said earlier that he wanted a center to till
Blair Rasmussen s 1985 graduation shoes, but
he* will he content with two guards and two
forwards.
"that'll do it,” said Monson. 'that tinishes
our rec renting.”
Myers
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While a prep at Parkrose High
School in Portland, Myers rarely
had an off day during his junior
and senior seasons. He won
consecutive 800 and 1,500 meter
titles at the state champion
ships, using his speed to break
away from the field at the end
after tactical races.
Then, instead of going to a
school where he would be the
center of attention, he threw his
lot in with distance-mad Oregon
to become one of a herd of
distance runners under Bill
Dellinger.
“My coach talked to me about
coming to Oregon (and getting
lost)," says Myers. "I couldn't
continue being top dog there,
but I didn't mind, because I
knew I could succeed with what
Bill offered.”
What Dellinger offered was a
combination of quality distance
runners as teammates and
superior coaching from
Oregon's staff, both of which
would insure a maximum learn
ing experience at Oregon.
Tennis teams enter league tourneys
Oregon s tennis teams enter the conference
tournament phase of their seasons Friday, with the
women's team headed for San Jose, Calif., and the
NorPac Championships, while the men venture to
Pullman, Wash., for Pac-10 Northern Division play.
Oregon's women finished their regular-season
5-5 in NorPac and 10-5 overall. The Ducks earned a
trip to the conference meet by finishing second to
University of Washington in the Northern Division.
But any hopes of a tournament championship for
Oregon would be far-fetched at best. “We're
definitely the underdog," admits Oregon coach Nan
cy Osborne.
The NorPac is rated the second toughest
women's tennis league in America, and the seedings
for Friday and Saturday show as much. The Ducks
are seeded sixth behind No. 1 California, University
of the Pacific, Washington, San Jose State and Fresno
State.
Although the Ducks lost only 5-4 to the third
seeded Huskies earlier, their title plans likely rest on
the shoulders of No. 1 singles star Lindsay Bartlett.
Bartlett was 12-3 in singles play this season, and she
says now is the perfect time for a conference
championship.
"Things have really come together for me — I
feel confident on the court right now," says Bartlett.
Bartlett advanced to NCAA Championship
singles play two years ago.
Winner of the conference tourney receives an
automatic NCAA bid, with an at-large berth being a
possible added atttraction.
While the Oregon women head south, the men
travel north to Pullman. There, they will battle with
Washington State for runnerup honors in the Nor
thern Division. No. 1 seed Washington seems a sure
bet to win the tournament, which lasts through
Saturday.
Lindsay Bartlett
Golfers finish seventh at Pac-10 tourney
Oregon's golf team, hindered
by the disqualification of Mike
Hegarty, came home with a
seventh-place finish at the
Pac-10 Conference tournament
in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday.
The Ducks carded a team
score of 1465, 25-over-par in the
72-hole tournament. Southern
California was first with a 1421
total, 16 strokes ahead of
second-place Stanford's 1437.
Paul Nolan of Arizona was the
individual titlist with a 12-under
par 276.
Oregon might have done bet
ter than seventh had it not been
for the exodus of Hegarty, who
was disqualified for filling out
the wrong scorecoard. Hegarty
was in 10th place after 36 holes
of play with a 142 total.
Instead of Hegarty, Oregon's
top golfer at the tourney was
senior Shell Joyner. He came in
with a 293, five over par. That
was good for a tie for 19th place.
After Joyner, Oregon’s
finishers were: Gerry Norquist,
who shot 295 and tied for 27th;
Brian Castonguay, who had a
297 and tied for 36th place; and
George Daves and John
DeLong, who were part of a
three-way deadlock at 299.
Hegarty had a final-round 74,
but his third round was nullified
by the scorecoard mixup and he
was not listed in the individual
standings.
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and wise decisions.”
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Professor of History, U of O
TONIE NATHAN
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