Skills crucial for spot
on cheerleading team
By Heatherte Himes
Hie sound nf Amanda Wood s
hands hitting the floor of
M \: f i . r ( ■ . r' • ■ :. ■
!>,ii k i; m i springs res • ■: t'> '
toward tin* eight people >udKiug
i fnwr leading tr\ outs Mn:;in
evening
U ooii then took .1 deep breath
and began the one-minute dam e
routine she had i horeograpiied
Her musi h's flexed as she went
through the moves pm isei\
timed and exei tiled to a tape of
I fie dame mix Addicted to
|esus "
Wood was the first of a7 men
and women to tr\ out for a spot
on next gear's la-member < heer
leading squad Women per
formed dance routines and
demonstrated gymnastic abili
ties Mondav and laiesdav
nights
Men preformeii iheerleadmg
stunts 1 uesdas night In one
stunt a woman stood on i man s
hands while he halatued her
over his head Her raised arms
were more than 12 feet in the
air
Those who made the first cut
were i ailed )>ai k Wednesday to
learn end perform .i new routine
together lire new team was
selei ted from that group and
will Ire notifir'd tonight
The !rvout prot ess w as
nenewrat king. Wood said Mon
das night She was on last year's
squad and was nervous about
trying out again.
"All ol the s eterails w ere talk
ing in the hall btx bush it's
almost more of a letdown il you
don't make it the second year
because everyone knows who
you are." Wood said
Another toot squad member.
Julie Hollingsworth, grinned
throughout her tryout, then
came off the floor muttering
under her ragged breathing that
she had messed up
She said that cheerleading is
not .is easv to do ' orrei tlx is
si>nm spe. tators nun iissumi'
Moses inns! he tiuii'd iind ese
i llti'd is ilh a i r 1 s p tei hniqui'
Although (mis nun not .<pj :
i nit*' the iiiiani i's ot i fu*erir s;
some do mimin' thr nod ri'suits.
Huilmgsvsorth s lid
Sortie i»u\ s and s;iris i ome up
to mi1 and s.iv I couldn't do
Ssfl.lt S O do .llld tlll'S ri'.l il .'»>
tli.it it takes .1 lot (if talent. sill'
said
\mi lik' most sports, i heeritu;
ills ols I's riss n* Hilaries Malik.i
Bogdan a junior who ss is on the
1 O'H squad suffered a hyperm
tended kni'i' this season ind
said that injurii's are i onnnon
Hut mils a small minorits of
tile people ss ho tried out is ere
Veterans from the lO'l t squad
Most is ere people ss ho had
lies er i fleered on tile i ol |o,;e
lei el rhes ss ere like Sarah
Broughton i Sheldon ll;.;h
Si hool senior ss ho plans to
enroll at the I mversits nest tali
She ' fleered three sears at Shel
don
Iuesda\ night llroughton
stood in tin' hallway out si 11** of
\t.H ( ourt Hid w litrd ' I"'
■ .died lor her tiy out
She pm cit. stri'ti hfd <md, > lint
ti*n*il nen ously Shi' Inis w.mlml
io In' ,i i hi'i'rlf.iditr tor the I)m k •
sill! I' sill' IMS I I llltd ill!(I I leg 111
attending University sporting
events with her farnilv
"It's make it or hnsik it tonight
I gui'ss she said I can t do
any gymnastu s hei a use I broke
inv hand in t i ar a< i ulent
Broughton's background in
dam e. tumbling and i heering
was somewhat ty pit al of the trv
out partii ipants
University sophomore Todd
Hei ales has a less typical Inn I
ground He's only been cheering
tor three weeks
lint ates played basketball and
ran trai k in high si hool. and
said that the < hallenge of learn
ing cheerleading stunts and
tei hnique appeals to him
Julie Hollingsworth, a 1993 cheerleading team member, presents her gymnastic talent Tuesday afternoon
before the fudges during try-outs for a spot on next year s squad In McArthur Court
It stmms like von i <tn nnutr
i|inti‘ mastnr the stunting.' hu
s<ml aftiir performing thf stunts
required for fits I uesdav night
trvout It seems 11Is•• theres
a)wavs something else that you
can ito.
You have to think of tin1 safe
tv of thn girl first though, fin
nil fieri
Softball loses but gets ranking
Behind the arms ol Dee Dee Weirnan and B Ann
Burns. No •» IJCI.A swept the Oregon softball
team. 1-0 and 2-0. on Tuesday However, the loss
es. along with it split of two games against seventh
ranked California last week, resulted in a No 17
ranking for the Ducks this week
Weiman threw her nth career no-hitter in the
opener, while striking out 1 t and walking none
She had a perfect game going into the seventh
inning when she hit Oregon shortstop Kathy Stahl
The Bruins pushed across the lone run of the game
in the first inning when Jamie Deffenhaugh led off
with a double, moved to third on a fielder s i hoii e
and scored on Nicole Victoria's sacrifice fly
Rai hele Taylor allowed only three hits and walked
one for the loss
C K
E_SJ
Ill lilt' SfC
ond ganif,
Burns scat
tered four flits
and strut k out
five Kelly Howard was two for three with a dou*
hie and scored both Bruin runs Taylor (Kin) gave
up eight hits and one walk as she and the Ducks
lost their third straight game
Oregon (17-11, 3-3 in the Pat ifit 10 Conferent e)
returns to Kugene after its 10-day road swing
through California and will host Oregon State on
Friday. April 1. beginning at 2 p in Oregon head
coach Tanii Brown needs two more victories to
surpass current Washington head coach Teresa
Wilson as the all-time winningest Dot ks coach
in thi' final ruund of the Nike Southwestern Inter
collegiate (.olf I ournament to finish tied for sec
Olid place. leading the Ducks to a fourth [dac e fin
ish at H7H
Oregon's fourth plat e finish t ame against teams
ranked in the Oolfwnrld fop 20. including second
ranked Stanford. No ri Arizona State, eighth
ranked Oklahoma and No 11 Arizona
'"This is probably the best we ve done against
top t ompetition." ()regon coach Steve Nosier said
Stanforil took the tournament title bv 14 strokes
at H44 over runner-up Arizona State, while host
USC took third place at H74
Arizona State's Todd Demsey. the defending
NCAA champion, won the individual title with a
210. one stroke flutter than Suavely and Stanford's
Casey Martin The Cardinal s Stove Burdick and
Oklahoma's Patrick Lee tied for fourth place at
213
Oregon's Paul Regah shot a 72 in the final round
to finish tied for tenth place at 217 Oregon's Andy
Scheldt and Randy McCracken shot 224 and 22fi,
respectively, while freshman | | Astorquia fin
ished at 240
The Oregon men's tennis team split matches
with Sacramento State and Willamette on Tues
day The Ducks beat Sacramento State for the sec
Olid time this year. f> 1. but lost to Willamette. 4-3
Lee Kirner's come-from-behind victory capped
Oregon's win over the Hornets His win also
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