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■ 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.
And also, that these Ducks can
travel to the most intimidating of
places, keep their poise and still ex
ecute the game plan.
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