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Receivers fuel experienced, strong offense Trevor Kearney Ottgon Ck»fy krrmt&ct With the task of defending the Pacific to Con ference title at hand, the Oregon football team looks to a strong offense and several key offen sive weapons to keep it afloat in conference play next year. And since Oregon graduated only four offensive starters, those offensive weapons will be nearly identical to those that led the team to the Rose Bowl last year. "If we can keep everyone healthy and we can make the adjustments to some of the 1995 Oregon football Outlook RECEIVERS » RUNNING RACKS new tilings we are trying to do.” Ore gon offensive coordinator A1 Hordes ‘-.mi '! think we ( .in have .1 tut k of .1 sinvui iifft-u siveiy." Arguably the strongest part of the team comes in the receiving area, as tin* team returns a strong crew of receivers including flankers Cristin Mi l.emore and Dnmeron Rickets, both of whom caught 42 passes last year. Me l.emore. who will he entering his senior sea son already holding the Oregon touchdown re< op tion record of 20. was also instrumental down the stretch last season, catching three passes in the Rose Howl clinching Civil War game and 10 pass es in the Rose Bowl itself. In addition, sophomore tight end Josh Wilcox returns for his junior year next season with 11 Rose Howl re< options under his lielt. while fresh man flanker Fat Johnson 1 aught 30 passes in his dehut season Split end Damon Griffin and flanker Gary Young, m ho redshirted last season, will also add depth to the team, as will the return of split end Jamaal Wallace The exponent e that those returnees tiring will make the Dm ks passing game all the stronger "I think we want to come out and do better. Turn to FOOTBALL. Page 10 ***«► ** ' •«! t Split end Dameron Rickets. who started 11 games In his sophomore year last season, will provide the Oregon football team with needed experience and reliability next season Struggling Ducks get back to basics vs. OSU Mark McTyre 0*008 OtW fmarju The Ongon softball team is looking to jump out of its throe-game slump today in Civil War action against the visiting Oregon State Beaver* at Howe Field. The Duties (13- ill overall, 3 8 Fat 10) went back to the basics during practice on kl,,.»,Lv iM'inn f ***aM • **.w*»V*s* j < *• _r *'*#> to refine all areas of their game after a season of hitting and run-production woes hit a cli max during the weekend. Ore gon was shutout in all three games against No. 1 UCLA and No. 19 Washington, including being held hit less by UCLA’* Tanya Harding "We're looking lor more of an offensive attack — more hitting," Oregon Head Coach Tami Brown said. “Overall, we're just getting hack to the basics.” Along with refining the offensive attack, the coaching stuff begun working with start ing pitcher Kina Kampfer to help her in pressure situa tions "We're trying to refine her pitching so she can throw a strike when she needs to.’* Brown said While the Ducks' season may bo off their NCAA post tingttnn mh» « nf |«e* y“2f, today's opposition has noth ing to brag about. Like the Ducks, Oregon State (11 -25. 2-6}is coming off a tough weekend, losing four straight games to UCLA and Washington by a combined 43-2 score The Bmiers* only bt ight spot this year is pitcher Amy Warner who is currently hit ting .305 with 13 RBI Warner loads Oregon State in victories with a 0-12 record, and an ERA of 4.66 along with 41 strikeouts. University interviews second AD candidate Chris Metr 0*000 i fft&t&Cl Thu Oregon Department of Intercollegiate Athlete s will interview the second of four candidates for the a!hleto dirts • tor position today. Bill Moos, athletics director at the University of Montana, will he interviewed Wednesday as Oregon continues its search for a • wirmariM>«| **•*»• J ,»«•*.. •»» fr,«> t|«<> position that hasn't seen a full* time oi t upant for 31 months. Tile position was left vacant lust August by Rich Brooks, who split time between his AD duties and his head football coaching responsibilities Moos, who has been at Mon tana since toon, began his ath letics i ureer in as assistant athletics director at Washington State and also served as the school's associate director from 198H-1890. Dr. Eve Atkinson was the first of the four finalists to be inter viewed for the position Atkin son, the current athletic* direc tor at Lafayette College In East on, Pa , loured the Oregon i .mi pus Monday As the only woman being interviewed for the job at this point, Atkinson said she didn't want to he considered just because she is a woman. 'If this is strictly an issue of n token woman l*»ing looked nt for the position l>«< nose of some affirmative-action form that needs to he filled out, let's save all of us some time," Atkinson said "|The administration) has assured me that is not the situa tion " Vice President for Adminis tration Dan Williams said he was encouraged by Monday's meeting with Atkinson. "If the experience we've had with the first candidate is any indication of what the balance of these will lie like, we're going to have a tough choice to make," Williams said. April 19, 1995 Volunw l*>, Isiuc I Edney takes ‘small’ award SPRINGF IELD Mass (AP) Tyus Edney. vvho helped UCLA to the NCAA cuanipi , : . ■ ’ IN) Frances Pomeroy Nai vn Aware) on Tooiday as the top college senior under tj feet taH 11hi bloot 10 po*nt guard, w -aid he was always pic ked last lor games as a ch'd because of his s»^o. is the last p ayer from a national championship team to win the awa'd i*i t’Mm-te Fowe ot North ( arolma State •■‘reived the award a year alter his loam won the NCAA title A " i )gh ■ '*‘ was only able to pC*y three minutes oi the championship game because ot a sprained wrist, t df»ey was live sparkplug tor the Bruins (30-2) in the touf fiamont erxl was named out shine eg prayer n the West Hegionals Vikings seek Divi sion I status PORTLAND (AP) Port land Slate University sa d Tuesday the sc >tool win seek admission to the Raj Sky Att letic Conference arx) move up to the N AA Division I lev el it the application is accept ed Portland State is now a Division II team, but {he Vikmgs do not belong to any conference Officials said scheduling tests has be increasingly difficult during trie past few years as tho number of independent Divi sion li schools has declined University President Judith Ramaley said moving to the Division I level would increase ,« .idermc stan dards tor student athletes and -reprove funding for women's sports Jo-ning the 0 g Sky Confer ence would increase the $? 7 mJ ion Portland State athiel i . budge! by about J2 rn,; l»on o' %? 5 million over the next five years, she said NBA DRAFT Arkansas' Scotty Thurman. Kentucky's Rodrtck Rhodes and Chris Carr of Southern Illinois decided on Tuesday to declare for the NBA draft Others to do the same so far are Joe Smith. Maryland Corliss Williamson, Arkansas Gary Trent. Ohio University Mario Bennett. ASU
