Remembering the Ducks: SOFTBALL
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™ 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
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■ 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”