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22 preps sign on Oregon’s dotted line
By Steve Mims
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Oregon head footi»u 11 coach
Kh li Brooks introduced Ins 19'M
rei rutting < lass Wednesday
afternoon, and one i* again it was
not rated among the top groups
in the country or even tin* Pin if
ic-10 ( (inference
However. Brooks is used to
experts ignoring his recruiting
i lasses and says he likes ins
group |ust fine, thunk you
"Although I'd like to sov
somebody’s telling me I have
one of the top ten classes in the
nation. I feel very good about
our recruiting class," Brooks
said. “Even if it may not lie rated
as high as others that we've had
Contrary to what I've lieen hear
ing or what some of the sup
posed exports are saying about
our recruiting < lass, I believe it
is stronger than the classes
we've had the last two or three
years ”
Heading this year's balanced
class are a pair of players who
i an fill in the jobs of both kicker
and punter that will lie left open
with the departure of Tommy
Thompson this year Matt
Bolden from Glendale High
School in Glendale. Ariz and
Josh Bidwell of Douglas High
Si bool in Winston both signed
on tile dotted line for the Ducks
Wednesda v
The signings were a big relief
lor Brooks, who had to start
thinking about the possibilities
ol non-scholarship players or
even quarterback Danny O'Neil
trying out for special teams
duties. Brooks, who evaluates
the high school kicking
prospects himself, is impressed
with what he's seen from Belden
and Bidwell
"Kicking was the most obv i
ous void on our returning
team," Brooks said. "Matt and
lush both have outstanding legs
They are both capable of t (im
puting lor both jobs One or Ixitli
of them will he on the spot next
year; they are coming into a
position that is i r\ mg fur help "
Belden ooilliet ted on only live
ol II belli goals last year, but
four of the misses were in excess
of AO yards He booted five field
goals of fit) or more yards in his
career and averaged 47 H yards
per punt os a senior
Hrooks desc ribed Bidwell as
an all-around athlete who could
even play tight end or line
|>ui ker for the Ducks if needed
In addition to being a punter
and kit kei in high school. Bid
well also played option quarter
bn< k and free safety
With the major need filled.
Brooks filled out lus recruiting
class with a bnlant ed unit that
features at least two players at
each position. This year's class
has 22 players, including only
two junior college transfers.
The two junior college players
are both on the defensive end —
defensive hack Kip Hast from
Son lose, Calif and linebacker
Matt Sailors, from Vista. Calif
Brooks said he wanted the f>
foot-2. 224 pound Sailors out of
high si boot three years ago, but
Sailors elected to go to Brigham
Young before transferring to
Falomor College.
hast had four interceptions
and was named first-team nil
Coast Conference last year for
Covilan College Brooks said
hast could have an immediate
impact for Oregon next season
‘I was not pleased with our
secondary at times last year,"
Brooks said kip Hast is one of
the best one-on-one defenders
we saw in junior college. If he
doesn't play right away, some
body else will have to play real
well to lieat him out."
The only area yvhere balance
is not seen in Oregon's ( lass of
I0‘)4 is location, as lli of the 22
recruits am from California. This
year was considered a down
y ear for high school prospers in
Oregon, and ns a result the
Ducks signed only three in state
players.
"The in-state recruiting yvas
not as plentiful as it was in
ns ent y ears." Brooks said "I am
disappointed to have four in
state players going to other
schools two to Stanford and
two to Washington It's too bod
bei ause with a population as
smalt as Oregon's, you wont to
get most players that you want
In addition to Bidwoll, this
year's in-state representatives
for the Ducks were Chad Nor
movie, a 6-foot-5. 240-pound
defensive lineman from West
Linn and Chris Vandiver, a f>
foot-2. 195-pound linebacker
from Lebanon
The position Oregon attacked
the most was lineliacker, and the
Ducks ended up with five of
them Joining Sailors and Van
diver at linebacker are A J
Jelks. a b-foot-2. 227-pounder
from Sacramento. Calif ; Kyan
Klaasen. a 6-foot-2, 233-pounder
from San Clemente. Calif; and
Marty Murphy, a fi-foot-4. 224
pounder from Clearlako, Calif.
"On defense I'm concerned at
linebacker," Brooks said "We
rei ruited outstanding athletes
there that can be factors early in
their career."
Brooks brought in two qttar
tertuu ks who he said are at two
different stages right now Jason
Maas. 6-foot-2. 178 pounds from
Yuma. Ariz . completed 111 of
203 passes for 1,930 yards and
15 touchdowns, compared to
only three interceptions.
Maas appears to be further
along than Mike Phelps, who is
bigger at 6-foot-4, 222 pounds
Phelps threw for 2,233 yards
and 24 touchdowns and didn't
turn 17 years old until partway
through Ins final year
Mans is a a better athlete.
Brooks said "He has better feet
and is an outstanding competi
tor He throw s ai i urately with
out a lot of mistakes Phelps is
young but not as exponent ed at
quarterback He will continue to
grow and has an extremely
strong arm "
Brooks also had strong praise
for 5-foot-10. 180-pound run
ning back David Crump from
St in kton, Cialif . who could give
depth to n hat k field that has suf
fered numerous injuries the post
few years
"Crump is one of the best
looking running hacks we've
brought in m ret ent memory
Brooks said "He i ould ploy
even though we have good play
er* returning there."
Here is a list of the rest of Ore
gon's recruiting ( lass
• Michael Armendariz, 6-foot
3. 255-pound offensive lineman
from Cucamonga. Calif Horned
all-South Sec t ion honors by the
Los Angeles Tunes
• David Coyle. 6-foot-0. 180
pound defensive hack from
Loomis. Calif Ranked among
his team's leaders with four
interceptions.
• Stefan de Vries. 6-foot-4.
252-pound defensive lineman
from Salinas. Calif Instrumental
to an offense that churned out
313 yards rushing in a playoff
victory
• Eric. Edwards, fi-foot-O. 170
pound defensive back from Pas
co, Wash. Signed with Oregon a
year ago but delayer! enrollment
to improve academic standing.
• Damon Griffin, 5-foot-10,
160-pound wide receiver from
Monrovia. Calif Paced the team
with 43 pass receptions for 812
vurds and five touchdowns.
• Patrick Johnson, 5-foot-10,
160-pound wide receiver from
Redlands. Calif. Hauled down
31 passes for 312 yards and
three scores as a senior.
• Michael Klews. fi-foot-5,
304-pound offensive lineman
from Castro Valley. Calif.
Increased size over the last tsvo
prep seasons from sophomore
dimensions (6-foot 4, 240
pounds).
• Kevin Parker. 5 foot-0. 170
pound running back from Oak
land. Calif. Started at tailback
only ns a senior but finished
with more than 1.100 yards on
the ground
• Matt Schuetz, 6-foot-4, 220
pound defensive lineman from
Dana Point, Cadif Missed .ill but
one game of final prep season
with a broken foot after out
standing junior year
• I.eiu Sualun. fi-foot-2. 236
pound defensive lineman from
Santa Ana, Calif Finished his
first season as a defensive starter
with 53 lac kies, two quarterback
sacks and 14 tackles for lost
\ aril age
Basketball
ticket sales
going well
Ticket sales for this week
end's Oregon men's basket
ball game nave been "pretK
good." Oregon director of
ticket sales Hunt Holsapple
said Wednesday Hut plenty
of student tickets are still
available.
Holsapple said 4.500 tick
ets have been sold for
tonight's game against Stan
ford and 6,000 tickets have
been sold for Saturday after
noon's game against Califor
nia. Holsapple said that num
ber could reach 9.000 before
Saturday’s tipoff
Bi-Mart is sponsoring
Thrilling Thursday against
Stanford, with two reserved
seats for the price of one. Sat
urday's game against Cal is
Pom Pom Day. Pom Poms
will lx; given to the first 5,000
fans attending.
Meanwhile, student ticket
sales have been very slow,
and more than 90 percent of
available student seats have
not been sold. Only 165 stu
dent tickets have been sold
for tonight's game, and 317
have been sold for the Cal
game, out of a possible 3,600
seats.
Holsapple said students
should have winter term
stickers to get their tickets. If
they don't, they have to be
checked off the computer,
which usually results in
slower lines.
Stanford is off to a surpris
ing 4-3 start in the Pacific-10
Conference, and the 19th
ranked Golden Bears are 5-2
after upsetting then-No 1
UCLA 85-70 on Saturday.
Tonight's game is sched
uled for a 7:05 p in. tipoff.
and Saturday's game begins
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