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Wrestlers salvage tie over weekend I Trevor Kearney dragon f mmati The Orison wrestling team came bat k from o 2ft ft loss to Arizona .Stan? Saturday night by tying Boiae Slatti 19-lft Sunday afternoon to end their regular season The weekend matches brought the team's ret ord to 4-7-1 overall and 2-5 In the Pacific-10Confer ence. "I think we probably wrest led better than I Sal unlay night), hut not good enough for me," said head roach Ron Finley. The highlight of Sunday's meet was I2t> pound I are my Entirud. who dominated the Bronco'* Luke 1 infer and eventually pinned him with 14 set ond* to go in the first (teriod The win brought his ns ord 10 20-5 ''Jeremy Knsrud got the only fall for us. Finley •wild "He got the job done We need more pins like Jammy's {pmJ. 1 excited when there ts a fail,'* A controversial call in the overtime period of Sun day's 1 1H pound match gave Boise State s Brett Bingham a 2-1 win over Oregon's Kevin Rolierts According to referm Gary Minegar, even though Bingham didn't earn an escape. Roberts lost con trol. giving Bingham the dec isive point. After a nar row loss to Arizona State’s Danny Felix on Saturday, Roberts' rtKord is 22-t "That w as an important match,'' Finley said "It made the difference in the meet and makes the dif ference in the seeding for Kevin." In Saturday 's meet, the Duc ks went into the final weight class with only three points from an earli rud win. lint heavyweight Nathan Su c hnlked up six points by pinning the Sun Devils' lason McCloud just 2 t s<-< onds into the match BROOKS Continued from Page 1A Brooks turned the Oregon football program around, com piling a 67-4)0 rw ord in his Iasi 11 years, im.lorimg tour howl appearances in the past six years In his 1H years as head ■ oach. Brook* won and coached more games than any other coach in Oregon history ills four.bowl appearances are also more I him am i.t t:r i n.n ti .1! Oregon has achieved. Brooks nabbed both the national and tiie Pacific-If)Conference coach of the year awards in his 1004 05 Rom* Bowl campaign "I am a little disappointed to Ik* leaving a great university anti an outstanding group of young men," Brooks said, adding tlinl he would keep lho Eugene house he just built "The people that mean the most to me are the people who I've coached, who have played for me. and the peo ple I've worked with "I'm disappointed he has to go." interim athletic director Dan Williams said "He is him est and extremely competent and has a lot of talent when it comes to how football works, IThe Kamsj are getting a fine person end an outstanding i oath." Brooks had two previous stmts in the NFl. before < oat h ing the Ducks, the first as an assistant coat h in i barge of spo i ial teams for the Rams in 1971 and 1972 and the second as an assistant with the San J-'rant is CO -Piers in 1974 and 197.V The rebuilding of the Rams, howev er. proves to lx* the biggest chal lenge of hi* career "I think there is pressure to win nt every level in coaching." he said, “but the NFI is as tough as it gets 1 believe this is a good opportunity for me I think the opportunity to turn this program around is then* “ Ac i ording to Brooks, the Job is an opportunity to put the final touches on his already brim ming resume! But he realize* it won't lx* an easy task "l think the pinna* l« would b*- making it to that level and truing successful at that level." he said of the NFI, 'If 1 don't do it, they will have someone else there to do it so 1 think it is important that ! get it done quickly r RAMS Continued from Page 7 A dal concerns to think about O'Keefe wtid about thi* only thing that poopie he ha* talked to know about Brooks who coached for 18 years at Ore gon. is the meant success that his Oregon Duck.* had and the national i caching award* that he received a* a result But a* the city readies for NFL football for the first time since the Cardinal* left in the mid 1980*. the fans of St Louis seem ready to hack up just about any head coach "Everybody's just gone Rams crazy here." O'Keefe said. "St Louis is a sports town I think Brooks will rw eive a lot of support here " Armi hair quarterbacks In the city hope that Brooks will he able to rebuild the team much like he did with the Ducks O Keefe said that jm*o ple have come out in support of Brooks, praising hint for whnt he's done for Oregon, especially considering the recruiting advantages that oth er Poc-10 teams like Wash ington. I’OLA and USC hold over the Oregon program. “People realize that Oregon is bnsicflllv fourth in the lad der in the Pac 10," O’Keefe said, "All we as fans cart do is wait and see The only thing we ask from our sports team is give us decent talent and May competitive." Sunday night on the talk radio stations, talk of the hir ing was tlw main topic Randy kerraker of KMOX radio Mid the St. Louis fan* have had a < ham e to learn about Brooks and endorsements from respected former coaches like Dick Vermeil and BUI Walsh have* opened up their eyes "People here were skepti cal on Friday and Saturday," kerraker said. "Hut Satur day’s news conference helped out, and a lot of minds have been changed ” Kerraker, who hosts a sports call-in show, said over the last two weeks. the con sensus of the fans was that the Rams more than likely would hire a lesser-known coach While Ditka's name was mentioned and was an overwhelming choice of the fans in a St. Louis Post-Dis pati h poll, fans expected the Rams would go for a more economically feasible college coach to smooth things over in the transitional year. Kerrnker said Brooks is rel atively unknown because Pac-l(i games aren’t televised or talked about very much in the Midwest But the endorsements that Brooks has n*< eived since taking the job have been impressive, to sav the least SCORERS Continued from Page 9A mg from their senior m oring due urn prove deadly lust ns ft did on Saturday The Ducks on!shot their in-slate rivals in the first half, hitting 1H of 2H from the field, while the Beavers had their fair share of problems omnei ting on only i t of 27 shots Hoff, who averages more than 19 points o game, was held s< tireless in the opening half and was onlv able to get four shots off Barry was held to four points and was victimized for five turnovers in the firs! 20 minutes of play "I thought we did a good job of defense on Barry in the first half and Hoff m th • second half." Oregon head couch Jerry Green said Although Barry finished the game with 17 j Runts and Hofi with 10, the m unug duo's effet tivenevs was seven* ty limited in the game with most of their points coming m garbage time during the second half Despite surren dering Hi> points, a stings Duck defense forced the Heavers to utilize some of their other scorers “The i>est way to not let Barry score is to not let him torn li the hall." Oregon forward Darryl Barker said al>oul defending Harry, who lit the Ducks up for 31 points in their previous meeting “I was not going to let him have that (31 points) in this game Following the game. Oregon State head coach Jim Anderson was not laving blame on his star forwards and pointed to the uninspired play of the teom as u whole fur the dei isive loss I'he\ beat us every way possible." Anderson said of the Dunks "We missed some easy 1 ay iris. Then, all of a sudden — panic:." Barry blamed a tail luster week of practice as being a large contributor to Saturday s sub-par performance. " I here was no intensity out there " Barry said "VVn didn't have .my intensity during the long week of prac tice either You would think a Civil War week would he enough lo get everyone intense and reads to go. but l guess that's not the case.” you* HEALTH ;\ Get Pumped Fop TARGET HEART Join an aerobics, dance and fitness event to support the American Heart Association s mission to fight the nation's # I killer heart disease Bring aerobics gear to Gerlinger Gym, U of O. Saturday, February 25, ! 2:30-3:30pm. Admission is free if you collect sponsorships, or make a $2 donation at the door to benefit the American Heart Association Receive a free snack bag if you are one of the first 50 participants For more information, call Tania at the Student Health Center at 346-4456 This event is sponsored by the Student Health Center and co-sponsored by the American Heart Association Protect Vourtelf >V«£atn«t Hepatitis B The Hepatitis B virus infects people of all ages It is one of the fastest spreading sexually transmitted diseases, and also can he transmitted by sharing needles or by any behavior in which a person's mucus membranes are exposed to an infected person's biood. semen, vaginal secretions, or saliva Three shots of vaccine i usually provide protection Shots ' are available at the Student Health Center, Travel Clinic (Area C) for $36 per injection. $ 108 total During opening hours (Monday Friday, 8 am-4:30 pm. but Tuesday 9 am-4 30 pm) you can come in anytime, without an appointment For more information, call the Student Health Center Upcoming CPU/ Pint Aid W ovlishops Wed., Feb. 15, 5-9 pm (First Aidj Mon., Feb. 20, 5:30-9:30 pm (Child/Infant) Wed., Feb. 22, 5-9 pm (Adult CPR) Thurs., March 2, 5-9 pm (Adult CPR) Mon., March 6, 5-9 pm (First Ad) STUDENT HEALTH CENTER • I3TH & AGATE • 346-2770
