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Remembering the Ducks: SOFTBALL rx. _ ... ^ -a ' W 8. * 111 ™ Oregon softball team opened the year with ■ nn held end high hop*. But through their season. th* Duck, endured counite.* rsioout. and th# sltfteet of competition white playing in the nation , top conference The moil .gnlftcant moment came after th* eeeeon when head coach Taml Brawn resigned for personal reason, after eight tee eon. of l.edtng the team Aleo gone neat year witl be • hurts top Kathy Stahl (shown above receiving congratulation, after a game winning double) the most prolific offen sive player in Oregon history Kearney: Freebies will be missed Avalanche in line for playoff sweep ■ Continue*:* (wn Pa«je 11 «no." fibbing me about * headline miscue or wak ing * fiery question at tint tioguining of u preo> conference that left the interviewee las* than apt to talk, Friedman was entertaining A casualty of the rating* war, i would estimate, Friedman was firm! from KMTK last month He will probably resurface in a small town in Idaho or Montana and do it all over again, but I will not be there to witness It. So good luck, fair Friedman, and maybe I will see you In line buying nachos at an Em* fame. (Some things never change. only this time be wilt have to go to the concession stand and gel it him self.) On freebies ... A* a sports journalist l have been treated to some of the best perks a college student could ever want. We art* talking about the chance to cover the Rose bowl, a fr«»« trip to Dallas (which included but was not hunted to four pounds of crawfish, a 22 ounce sleek, unlimited gin and tonic*, a chance to Rip Rick Neuheisel the bird and a free Cotton Bowl I tag), numerous pro football game lunches, free pop at basketball games fa priceless commodity) and about a million "Napoleon haul man fur Heisman Trophy Candidate* postcards Just when I had no money to eat. there would tie some team awards banquet that would put food in my belly and give me a reason not to do homework What am I going to do nest yam? I he Heart and Soul ... I would not have been aide to do my job with out the dedication and support I got from my »|M»m ataff. Andre* {ViYmihi, Ryiut Frank Chrt* HiRMD, !<i*on I.pwi* H«rn Murk "Mark * M* rvr*\ f*«iu Schneider and t hru sum-art were the heart and atm! of the Kmorn Id « porta Motion thi* year, and th«n worked their butt* of! fm mm. Fur that I am grateful. Tit and Other* l would like to thank ft* helping me along the way (in no particular order) The Knurr old »t«ff»r* I worked with (you know who you *f*. dammit). Chrt* “M#»a* Mat/, Krt* “Rod" Unary, Dave "Murray” Charhtuineau ant) Steve "TtantMiLlion* Mtm* Charlie ft** S« oil Simp •on and that Laquinta Inn Fart for deposing of all the amply (and not empty) beer can* during my Cotton Howl *tay. Wayne Want* and Rtek Burton. Run Bellamy Bob Baum Huh Clark Ken "Scoop" Coe and Ron Richmond. Mika Mellotlt. Charlie Water*. Troy Bailey and Juattn Wilcox (my faith ful reader), jerry Green Hobby Hnuwell and Hrl an Wtiham*. Hen Andrew*. Karl Keaka and Matt Devi*. Dave, (aside. Steve. Emmy. Joe, Chad and Paul from Sport* Information (for putting up with me); Rsswan Sotkoi and CThn* Hayaahi (again, for ?lulling up with me). Tim Reantk and jiblimini* thank* for the gin), Bill "Cracker" ( am phut). Dan Painter. Brock Billing*. Mike Mt.Guirk and. of c»ur*«. Nancy May, • • • Okay, maybe I did have the energy and will to fit) 2B inches of copy So there. Charbonneau Trevor Attorney. a Junior majoring in journalism, was the sports mdltar far the Emerald S mall tkoarneydiglodsUmv uorogon mtu ■ HOCKEY Colorado could lake the senes on Monday night MIAMI |AP) Who ire the Colorado Avalanche anyway * They don't have a gimi tra dillon or a marquee KW*f They do have a solid deb-mo and a spectacular trails On Mtautav night. they could have a Stanley ('.up A win would complete a •weep at the Florida Panther* and and a tea ton that began after a franchise move from Quebec with a jubilant skate around the rink with the cup held high Tlie Panther* though. d«>n t think a victory in Game -t and a return to Denver for a fifth game Thursday night is that unlikely. "I don’t think there’* a guy on tht* squad that’* going to roll over." Panther* captain Brian Skrudland said "We’ve come thu far What the heck A couple of more plane ride* i* worth U«M (ktlurado would tike |u»t one — a return home with the cup after 16 year* without a title in Quebec Not long ago. even the Avalanche weren't overly con fident that would happen **A lot of player* probably questioned how good we are." Colorado'* Claude I .am leu* said. "Then, once we won Ibe first round, everyone thought, ’hey. we beet a good dub.' “ That tis game series against Vancouver tn which the Avalanche won the last two by a goal eac h boosted their con* fidence They followed that with si* game win# over Chicago and Detroit. Afi#f Saturday Right's 3-2 anwhii k victory in Canto 3, (boy van finish off Florida in four but thoy’r* not coMirat tng V»t We're not thinking beyond getting ourselves prepared for the firm shift of the game." Avalanche coach Man: Craw ford salt! In the regular mtun. Cad orsdo had the league'* second best record hut was over shadowed in the W«l by the Ked Wing*, who *et an Nlll, record with fi2 victories And the Avalanche didn't have household name# like Mario l.«mteuw or Wayne Cretxky to draw attention, although unassuming Joe Sakit was the league** third leading scorer Quietly, they kept winning with the NH1.'* second high eat (coring team, a iliacipllnmi defense and goalie Patrick Roy, who i# three win* shy of Ken Dryden • record of to straight finals victories with Montreal "We were in a new market, a smaller city than Detroit and New York,” bemieux •aid "We didn’t have the (wide) coverage all year that we could have gotten "With the run we had this year, if we can close il and win it all, we're going In get that sort of recognition,“ The Panthers certainly know how good Colorado is, Colorado has outscored Florida 8 0 in the second period with eight different players scoring. Baseball: LSU perfect with Morris in lineup ■ Continued from Pag* 11 l-Sll got a two-run homer from Mum* to boat Miami 9*« Satur day for the championship of the Collage World Series. It was the most dramatic fin iah in the SO-year history of the CWS "It still teem* like it happened to someone else and not me,” said Morris "Coach has talked about seeing yourself winning a game, dreaming about it. and if you do it enough, it will become rati.” l_St) (.(MM h Skip Bart man hud faith in Mum*, a preaooaon All American. "Ho w<u tha beat guy to hav* up them for a baao hit. Borimao *aid I dido t figure on a home run." Morn* «i*»ed *0 game* altar breaking hi* hand in April, than coma back to play in !h« NCAA regional*. The Tiger* were 22-0 with him atamng at tocund baaa A* Morn*' line drive cleared the right fluid fence, Miami play on w«» «lutm**l Shortstop Ales Cora, who tripled home two mn» in the fifth and put Miami ahead n-7 with a two out •ingle in the lop of the ninth, crumpled to the ground in dis belief "I got my hit to put the team ahead I thought I'm going to he a hero. " Cora said "I kept thinking, we are so close, so close, one hitter away, and we |u*t didn't do it”