Earning it
continued from page 5
Emerald
Ernie Kent loves the Ducks, and said
that Notre Dame picked up on that love.
stars at local Churchill High
School and his daughter McKen
zie, 14, was named after Oregon’s
McKenzie River. Kent’s wife, Di
anna, was raised in the nearby
town of Mapleton.
So it shouldn’t have come to
much surprise that Kent decided
to stay. But with all of the rumors
floating around that Kent was all
but gone, the news that he’s stay
ing still carried some shock value.
On the University campus at
about 10:30 a.m. on Friday, junior
Matt Cook was sitting on a bench
near the library. When asked his
thoughts about Kent, he stressed
how nervous he was, as he had not
quite heard the news.
“It really hasn’t hit me yet that
our Coach K could leave,” Cook
said. “I mean, this place loves him
and he loves us. Why would he
abandon us?”
When interrupted and told of
Kent’s decision, a smile broke out
on Cook’s face and he immediate
ly high-fived his buddy sitting
next to him.
“Oh wow!” Cook said. “I knew
all along he wouldn’t leave us! ”
Cook’s reaction was the consen
sus of Eugene. Perhaps the most
interesting place to be these past
few days has been on the Universi
ty’s and Notre Dame’s on-line mes
sage boards, where fans have been
discussing the situation in depth.
At 7:36 a.m. on Friday morning,
news was starting to break that
Kent was staying, and
“Cold_Duck” seemed to sum up
the mood of Oregon fans the best.
“I’m very impressed that Ernie
Kent is turning his back on all that
money,” the message read. “How
often do you see that in big time
sports these days? This can only
strengthen his position with his
players as well. I know I’m a much
bigger fan of Ernie’s now. The
Ducks are fortunate to have him. ”
The message boards were even
visited by fans from Notre Dame
and in-state rival Oregon State.
"I’m a Notre Dame fan who
learned about a coach (and a pro
gram) who I knew nothing about
before this whole thing,” the Irish
fan named “Scooper” wrote.
“Kent seems like a classy guy. I
will keep an eye out West to see
how you do this year.”
“I have been a die-hard Beav fan
since I was 5 so please understand
posting on this board is not easy
for me,” wrote “Beav4Life.” “But
I’m compelled to because of Ernie
Kent. What class. Your university
is fortunate to have a loyal, sincere
and respectable coach. I’ll still
never root for you.”
And that was that. Kent makes
his way across the nation to inter
view for a job that would have
made him the first African-Ameri
can coach in Notre Dame athletic
history, given him national expo
sure and the possibility to move
even higher up in the coaching
ranks. It was also a job that would
have put him smack dab in the
middle of the rich prep basketball
recruiting areas of the Midwest.
But he’s not going. He stayed at
Oregon. He proved he’s a Duck.
And wouldn’t you know, one day
after turning down the job, he
picked up right where he left off
and went back out there on the re
cruiting trail.
“I want to thank Kevin White
and Notre Dame for all of their in
terest in the Oregon program,”
Kent said. “Notre Dame and I felt
that because of this commitment
to Oregon that is still in my heart,
it was best for both parties that
they move in another direction.”
So on Friday, White named
Delaware coach Mike Brey as the
Fighting Irish’s new men’s basket
ball coach.
And Oregon got the chance to
declare once again that Kent is its
coach for today, tomorrow and the
many days and years ahead.
All’s well that ends well.
Upward swing
continued from page 5
and Rockies have met this season
and both know the importance of
setting the tone for the rest of the
season.
“This is going to be a big se
ries,” said second-baseman Blake
Blasi after Sunday’s win. “We just
have to go in there and keep the
consistency from our pitchers and
hopefully scratch out some runs
here and there and get some
wins.”
Scratching out runs has been
getting the job done for the Ems as
of late.
In the fourth-inning of Sun
day’s game, left-fielder Pete Gra
ham laced a double down the left
field line with no outs. With the
score tied up at 2, Sheaffer didn’t
want to take any chances so he
made sure to get his runner home.
He had Dionnar Martinez lay
down a sacrifice bunt, moving
Graham to third.
Then Blasi hit a fly ball right at
Spokane right fielder Ben Cordo
va, who caught it and delivered a
perfect strike to home that beat
out the incoming Graham, who
had tagged up from third.
But Spokane catcher Scott Wal
ter hesitated and then got drilled
by a charging Graham, who
knocked the ball out of Walter’s
glove.
Hard-nosed baseball at its best.
It also would be the last run
that the Ems pitchers would need.
Wilton Chavez, Scott Tranchina
and Albright combined to hold
the Indians scoreless in eight of
the nine innings.
Chavez overcame early strug
gles to pick up his fourth win in
as many games.
“He gave us what we expected
today,” Sheaffer said. “He got us
late in the game with a lead, and
we weren’t going to give him a
chance to lose the game. Tranchi
na and Albright then did a great
job.”
One could also credit Sunday’s
win to the defensive play of Jack
son. In the top of the fourth in
ning, the Indians had runners on
second and third when Darren
Fenster hit a tailing fly ball near
the right field line. Jackson hus
tled over and snagged it to end the
inning.
Then in the top of the seventh,
Jackson performed a rare double
play when he caught Marco Cun
ningham’s fly ball and then
gunned down Fenster at third
with a perfect throw.
“Yeah, that was a big out,”
Sheaffer said. “There’s no doubt
about it.”
Now the Ems find themselves
in the middle of a pennant race
with every series gaining impor
tance along the way.
“You can’t look beyond any
team right now,” Sheaffer said.
“Shoot, we’ve only got six weeks
left, so it’s more or less September
to us.”
Notes: Closing pitcher Rich
Barker completed his month long
rehabilitation assignment with
the Emeralds and was sent back to
AAA Iowa of the Pacific Coast
League. Barker, who spent some
time with the Chicago Cubs last
season, finished his Ems cam
paign with a 3.27 ERA and a
league-leading four saves in 11 in
nings of work.
The Emeralds also promoted
pitcher Frangil Cordero to Lans
ing of the Midwest League.
Cordero was 1-1 with a 2.96 ERA
in his 24.1 innings of work.
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