Pair to play last games Saturday
By Jayson Jacoby
£p .' .i : .. *ts Ret 'if
They don't 1 <»ik ,it all like sisters but spend
five minutes talking with Traces Simmons ami
Kim Manning anil you'll ho uunim ed they're n
laied
The two started playing softball t'oge.tlier in the
fifth grade. and this weekend they'll takr the Reid
for thy last time as teainmates when the Ducks
( lose out their season at home with two double
headers
Oregon will start w ith a J if) tw-in full this a!
ternoon'against Sacramento Slate at Howe Held,
followed In an 11 00 am dnuhleheader Saturday
against third-ranked-0 .la It lorn, ia
By the time Simmons and Manning reached
Koseburg High School, both had ailtam ed
enough to play on the varsity as freshmen
That w as the point w here it bet ami' inure
than just recreational " Simmons said I think
that w as the big turning point
I he Koseburg ( u.e hat the tune Id Talon said
he. had wall lied the pair before they reached high
st hoof and wasn't, surprised, at their sin t ess
i'll'-, d played i lot ol summer league hall,'
: . said They looked" like: they had the skills
n : the,baVkgmuni!
T.ai.on said iiutli showed a ran; competitive
streak '-veil .0 that age
■■■•They're both highly a uili'pei i: eg people,: he
■.aid ; imagine they re i ; unpe't11;yy o tb'e" dinner
table They have great talent lor lea.lerslop. both
After stand.
Oree,
We’ve always fought like
sisters, but we’ve always
come out of it like sisters,I
think it meant a lot to us to
play together.’
Tracey Simmons.
'Oregon... C'C.rm aym
milled util v four errors
Wit.-:; I look ha: k .it my !t esh? t.it: v.e.ir I :i .
lege tl reminds me til mv freshman year in high
m iio.il. she said ! here •, no v\ in, i expei ted to
{>I,i% i- ..t Iresiiman in high >,t ho, I .ind we Uith
did ..
,1 .ilon .so'id It, wasni surprised Ills dormer stars
stepped right in .it the N< A A .lev,
U hatever the ( tiallenge. they .' • g to :m-1
there, he s lid I he higher till- 1 e.| ,-Ilium . 1"'V
el. the h.irder thev go
St inning sill, through ,i .;; ■; ■ !,, : soph,,
more season. w in'll she batted .’0« Site hitting
i iareer-lx-st ti’H tiiis year
Like I said' I di(ih’! have any exp'ix tatiotis illV
freshman vear Ms sophomore V>;a.r t felt 11W, I
h.ul to do |Ust as good as the sear before or I
would get cut or whatever I put s,, mu; It pres
: sure on mvselt "
It's hard ■■when everyone is saving you'c I . t
;in,-. i,l) pi,lots under what von did i is! year said
S i:; : nuns, who hatted a . areer h gh .tug her
sop 1 anore season everyone s eon, erned aisilll
it ant then v on re concerned about it All you
VS ., •. ■ , , very tone you go lip tin-re ts get a
adds And
: <r s is ,.ik feet ' ■ lie-! o!
it in oi t hardship
.. hold and again alter her
\ | V ■ ; . lather
was in high SI hoof One of
d ef si.l l ess at
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Weasel s World
Kraig Norris
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Oscar the Freshman Neal Skorpen
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Golfers ready for
Pac-10 showdown
By Steve Mims
S ,r*i*.uJ Contnttutiy
Two favorites. three top
i ontenders .uni five spoilers
male up lh<* field for the I’a
i ifii 10 Conference Men's
Coif Championship in Cor
vallis tmi.IV
Top ranked Arizona Slate
and No I Arizona are the
clear favorites for the 72
hole tournament, which lee
off this morning at Trysting
Tree Coll i Curse and contin
ues through Sunday The
W i Ideals a ml Siin lies l Is
have finished in first arid
second at eu< h of the past
three championships, with
Arizona winning Iasi season
Oregon, ranked 10th ill
the country is one of the top
contenders in the held, and
lie- Out ks lee! thev are ready
for a run at their first ever
i onh-reiea title
"I think we'll do well,
Oregon junior Jell Lyons
said ICrrvune is practii ing
hard and hitting the ball
One advantage the Ducks
have over the V r i znn a
schools is course fnmiliarlK
( begun played in tmirnu
nu-nts it Trvstlng Tree in
l'l‘«) and ',u*ll. hut Arizona
and At t/noa Stale hav e lies
tT seen tile 1 nurse
U . hat e alls ays pla\ed
the course well." Oregon
head i oat it Shawn \tt her
said W won the Oregon
State tournament two years
in a row
Tic !hick's ill man -aptad
is lad hy Lyons, who lias
[tint ed 111 lilt- top five at four
of lus last five tournaments
The conference champion
ship is a ing tournament lor
Lyons because it gives him a
chatuto |>!*i\ against some
ot thi' top players
‘ I'm in clilii company tins
weekend bci .uisr there are
going to bo .1 lot of good
players in tin’ tournament."
Lyons said "I have to play
some i areer rounds to win
After Lyons, the Dili k s
need seniors Stalk Aldrich.
Doug D ut dot t ea ll . J a tltes
Chrisinun and Troy I'umiya
to step up and make sure It
is not the final tournament
ot their i areer Walk on Kan
ds Mi < harken is ill till the ti
mil spot for th.e I )m ks
t ' S(: and 1 *lth ra nked
Stanford are the other top
contenders in the held who
will !«• trying to pull oil the
upset
“We have to putt il we
want to lie In i (intention,"
(latdlnal head touch Wally
l loodss in said "Putting is a
menial frustration that can
grow on you, hut sse feel if
sse had putted heller, we
could have won a less tour
nanumts
I'he individual rai e will
include tfnee of the top live
amateur go I lets in (tie coun
try
Pile favorite to ss in is tsso
time Put; 10 duller ot the
Year I'li i i M > . ai I he
top-ranked amateur in the
country sshu has already
ssm: i i’tiA lour event and
is ; onsidered by many to be
gull's next superstar Mu kel
a at ss i in the i onlerenee title
in 1'ITO
Arizona's Mannv /.I'tniiin
and David Ueiganio should
also he near the top ol the
leader hoard Zerm.in won
las! season s i (inference title
and is looking to Int nine the
first player to win hat k to
hat k titles in over III) years
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ON THE
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SUNDAY
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