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Didn't make varsity? Join a Club sports team ■ From soccer to Tae Kwon Do, Oregon Club sports have many options for athletes who want compete in collegiate leagues By Inge Scheve for the Emerald While many students used their summer break to relax, work and travel, several of the University's clubs have been training hard for the upcoming season. The Oregon Marching Band start ed their band camp on Sept. 11, and performed in the stands for the first time this season at the Oregon foot ball game against Idaho last Saturday. University students and staff have re ceived the band well and have been supporting of its effort, band director Todd Zimbelmann said. The band meets several times per week and practices hard to perfect its repertoire. Funding permitting, the band will travel with the teams to some of the road games this year, Zimbelmann said. Zimbelmann says he has high goals for the future of his band. "We are on our way to becoming the best marching band in the Pac-10.” There are many Oregon club sports teams that have been gearing ’themselves up for this fall’s action. Aikido, fencing, Tae Kwon Do, men's and women's rugby, archery, equestrian team, sailing, rugby, crew and dance have all put in time and sweat in the summer months. Club sports teams are organized and coached by students who com pete in various collegiate and open leagues in the Northwest through out the school year. Most teams practice and meet according to when their seasons are. Turn to Club sports, page 19E Basketball continued from page 13E his dream to coach at Oregon.” . Back in April, Oregon landed for mer Clemson assistant coach Scott Duncan to fill its final coaching va cancy left open when Don Newman left last September to become an as sistant coach for the NBA’s Milwau kee Bucks. Asked his reason for leaving the basketball-rich Atlantic Coast Conference for the Pacific-10, Duncan had this to stay: “The answer is Ernie Kent. He is a giant in our profession right now.” Kent is flattered with such praise, but prefers to talk of how Duncan’s arrival is already paying great divi dends. “Every day his impact is evi dent,” Kent said. “He brings a tremendous amount of positive en ergy towards our recruiting and es tablished a good rapport with the players back in the spring. ” Things all seem to be in place for the Ducks to try to get back to the NCAA Tournament and record its first Tournament win since 1960. Gone, of course, are Alex Scales, A.D. Smith and Darius Wright. But entering are the highly touted fresh men foursome: Ridnour, Jackson, James Davis and Jay Anderson. “People may say we’re rebuild ing, but I don’t see it that way,” said Kent, whose Ducks first take the floor on Nov. 6 in an exhibition game at McArthur Court. “We are reloading and I can’t wait to get it rolling.” Kick start continued from page 9E Junior forward Crystal David, a transfer from the University of San Francisco, should put some balls past opposing keepers this year, and has already showed promise in the preseason, with six points in her first two games as a Duck. Along with David, senior Beth Bowler should make an impact af ter injuries have kept her from reaching her full potential. Sopho more Julie McLellan should also prove effective after recording seven points last year in her first season, and transfer Mary Cascio, a senior from Portland State, could impact the offense right away. Midfield is arguably the Ducks’ deepest position. Seniors Melissa Parker, T.J. Johnson and Allyssa White return to lead the attack with Baysa. The three are the team’s only returning seniors, and Steffen will need them to lead the team on and off the field. Behind the midfield, junior Starr Johnson anchors a respectable de fense. Sophomore Lindsey Peterson and junior transfer Angela Romero, who played at New Mexico for two seasons, join Johnson in the Duck defensive attack. The shakiest position for the Ducks, if you can call it shaky, is in goaltending. Two sophomore net minders — Jeanine Norstad and Sarah Peters — will share time at the position vacated by four-year starter Amanda Fox. The question lingering over the young program remains its strength against top-flight soccer programs. Only time, and perhaps a little help from a midfielder’s foot, will answer that question. Football continued from page 9E to give help elsewhere. “Rashad is a great football player and he exudes that confidence which other people pick up on,” Bellotti said. “He’s a threat to inter cept the ball, to make plays, and I think he has accepted that role not just of a player, but as one of the leaders on the field and I see a greater maturity this year in him.” Maturity will be key to the suc cess of this team as they try to form a solid unit that is prepared to go to battle together in the wild Pac-10. With the league seemingly shed ding that “Pathetic-10” label week after week, the Ducks are ready to move past the Wisconsin game and raise their level of play once more. “We’re going to be ready and sky high for that first Pac-10 game,” said Tucker, who caught six passes for 196 yards, including a 71-yard gain, against the Badgers. “Losses such as these happen, and we just have to put them behind us and move on. “I think we’re right where we want to be in terms of getting the of fense going and the team ready for the league. I’m not worried.” So as of now, the answers to the big questions are: Harrington is still the starter at quarterback. Morris is as good as advertised. Howry and Tucker are both splitting up time in the kick-off and punt returning du ties. The “no-name defense” ap pears to be shedding that identity as each game is played. 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