SPORTS BRIEFS
Track signs seven
The Oregon track and field teams
announced on Monday the addition
of three women's signees and four
men's signees for the 2003-04 season.
On the women's side, the Ducks in
troduced a pair of redshirt junior
transfer throwers, Bree Fuqua from
the University of Wisconsin and
Katherine Kersh from Sierra Junior
College, and Amanda Santana, a
freshman hurdler and Eugene native.
Fuqua arrives as a redshirt junior in
outdoor track and a senior indoors.
This past season, she ranked 31st in
doors nationally among collegians in
the shot put with a season best of 51
feet 3 inches. Fuqua's personal bests
include a school record 51-5 1/2 in
the shot put 165-7 in the discus and
151-0 in the hammer.
Kersh, a redshirt junior from Sierra
Junior College in Sacramento, joins
the Ducks after competing in the 2001
and 2002 track seasons. Her all-time
bests include a mark of 173-5 in the
hammer, 42-8 in the shot put and
142 in the discus.
"I'm really excited to be a Duck,"
Kersh said. "I had an awesome coach
on my JC team in Wayne Barby —
and we really bonded — and I'm
looking forward to the same type of
thing with (Lance Deal, Oregon
throws coach).
"It also makes me a little nervous
because I don't want to disappoint
him. I went to elementary school an
hour east of Eugene, so I've always
wanted to come back, and am glad it's
a reality."
Santana, a Eugene native, will join
the Ducks as a freshman hurdler in
the fall. The North Eugene High
School graduate won the 2003 state
4A 300 hurdlers title as a senior with
a personal best of43.95 seconds.
For the Duck men, Oregon will
welcome one junior college transfer
and three freshmen.
Redshirt junior and sprinter Scott
Lamb transferred from Mt. Hood
Community College and is returning
Football
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advancement and continued suc
cess on the football field. They
also provide for team unity and
the chance to bond with one an
other. Although football is a way
of life for nearly all the players, it
goes beyond the sport alone.
Time spent off the field allows
for friendship and relaxation. Ear
ly in the summer, Lewis and oth
ers would go play softball
every Wednesday. Now, Lewis and
some of his teammates make time
to go bowling together on Mon
day nights.
“The ability to spend time to
gether — not just in the workouts,
but after the workouts, whether
they go fishing rafting or play vol
leyball — those are opportunities,
because of the workouts that bring
them together to make friendships
and be more than teammates,"
Bellotti said. "That bond and that
trust is essential to a quality foot
ball team."
The increased physical prepara
tion and team unity is great, yet
coaches still find it frustrating that
after spring training ends, they
must be separate from their team
during the most critical training
time of the year.
"A lot of these young men are
going to summer school being
paid for on a football scholarship,
but we can't demand that they
work out," Bellotti said. "It's
amazing to me that here we'll pay
for school, and yet we can't de
mand in return for us paying for
their education that we demand
for workouts. To me it just doesn't
quite make sense."
The NCAA's reasoning for mak
ing such workouts voluntary re
volves around not making football
a year-round sport. In the past,
whether schools were able to or not,
players would workout every day,
year-round.
Although the regulation is there
to protect student athletes, Bellotti
feels it will eventually change.
"There's going to be a recognition
eventually that this is the most cru
cial time from a physical prepara
tion standpoint," he said.
Contact the sports editor
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
to college competition after skipping
the spring season for a religious mis
sion. As a sophomore in 2002, Lamb
broke his own previous school record
in the 400 meters at 48.28.
Also in the sprints, incoming
freshman Travis Ramme finished in
the top four in the 4A 100 with 11.08
during the 2003 season, and third in
the 200 at 22.09 at Sheldon High
School. During his final season,
Ramme ranked first in the state in
the 100 with 10.69 and second in the
200 with 21.73.
Brandon Tower of Beaverton High
School will become a Duck after win
ning the 2003 state 4A shot put title
with a mark of 59-1. Tower also fin
ished second in the discus at 182-2.
In the distances, Luke Martindale of
Siuslaw High School enters Eugene af
ter competing in the 3A state finals of
the 1,500 meters (4:08.36) and 3,000
(8:59.78). In cross country, the Flo
rence native helped his team to a
third-place finish with a time of 19:35
in fall of2002.
Jacobsen learns
to win again
Former Oregon standout Peter Ja
cobsen found out what it felt like to
win again Sunday as he took the
Greater Hartford Open with a Final
round 3-under-par 67.
With this weekend's victory, the 49
year-old Jacobsen, who also won the
tournament back in 1984, found his
first tournament win in eight years.
And this year's $720,000 purse was
roughly 10 times bigger than nearly
two decades ago.
Jacobsen finished the tournament
at 14-under par for 266, and had his
daughter Kristen run into his arms on
the 18th green. Kristen had never seen
her father win and was just two years
old last time he won this tournament.
Peter Jacobsen was an All-Ameri
can at Oregon three years in a row
from 1974-76. He was a two-time
Pacific-8 Conference Champion and
has since been enshrined in Ore
gon's Hall of Fame.
Football tickets going fast
Reserved tickets remain for only
three of Oregon's six home football
games for the 2003 season, and stand
ing-room tickets are all that remain
available for the Sept. 27 Washington
State game
For the Sept. 6 home opener
against Nevada, as well as the Oct. 25
Stanford and Nov. 8 California games,
prices run at $32 each. Standing
room tickets for the Washington State
game are $20.
Tickets that went on sale at 9 a.m.
Monday have already sold out for the
Sept. 20 Michigan game. The Civil
War matchup scheduled for Nov. 22
sold out long before that.
Single-game tickets may be pur
chased in person from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the South Ticket Building
south of Autzen Stadium, by phone at
346-4461 oratwww.goducks.com.
Tickets are currently not being sold
at the Casanova Center Ticket Office
— Jesse Thomas
Ems
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The Ems wouldn't allow Spokane's
6-5 victory Friday to come at the ex
pense of one man again, or so they
thought. In a battle that lasted four
hours and went 12 innings, Cleve
land saved the day for Spokane.
Eugene did exactly what it had to
by taking a 5-4 lead in the top of the
12th inning off an RBI single by Fer
nando Valenzuela Jr. But closer Eddie
Bonine and his mid-90s fastball was
not enough to hold Spokane at bay.
After a quick out and a walk to Dane
Bubela, Cleveland secured the victo
ry with a shot over the left field wall.
Cleveland, who leads the NWL in
several batting categories, finished the
game 2 for 5 with a double, a homer
and three RBI.
Saturday would prove to be a heart
breaker for the Ems as Spokane won
9-5 with its largest margin of victory
in the series. Eugene appeared deter
mined not to drop three straight and
jumped out to an early 5-0 lead
through three innings.
But Spokane would score three
runs in the bottom of the third and
sixth innings to secure the win.
Spokane's Wes Littleton allowed the
Ems' only two hits in the final five in
nings of play. Littleton had seven
strikeouts and no walks on the night,
dropping his ERA to 2.63.
Sunday afternoon proved all too
much the same for the Ems as they
dropped their fourth straight game, 4
2. Eugene never led in the matchup
but managed to tie it up 2-2 in the
top of the seventh before allowing
two more runs by Spokane in the
bottom of the inning.
Hie win marked the third straight
time this season that Spokane has
won six straight games at home,
where they own a 19-4 record.
Spokane has been red hot by winning
15 of its last 18 games and has gone
19-7 in the month of July.
The Ems will take Tuesday off be
fore facing the AquaSox Wednesday at
home in hopes of regaining the West
Division lead. Salem/Keizer was tied
with the Ems at 20-19 as of Sunday.
Contact the sports editor
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
Thomas
continued from page 5
to lead the wide receivers. If he remains
healthy, he will be key to success.
Jared Siegel could likely score the
majority of Oregon's points this sea
son, if it comes to that. But for a guy
who was hitting 50-yard-plus field
goals without a flinch last season, C
Oregon only has to worry about cov- N
ering half the field most of the time.
Through the uncertainties, one thing S)
is for sure: Football is here, and it's tl
hopefully here to entertain us into Jan- v\
uary of next year. Oregon will take the
battle field in just over a month's time C
against Mississippi State on Aug. 30. a
'regon's first home game is against
fevada on Sept. 6.
And regardless of who shows up to
ipport a team in need of it, I'll be
lere. And you can bet Mr. Oliver
on't miss it either.
ontact the sports editor
t jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (JULY 29).
You’re awesome this year _ truly
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too, you'll carve out a niche for your
self. You can't get to the top with con
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to start.
To get the advantage, check the day’s
rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) _ Today is
a 9 _ Forget your worries! Come on,
get happy! Believe that miracles can
happen, and you'll help speed up the
process.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) _ Today is
a 5 _ You're moving more slowly now,
but that's perfect. Decisions you
make now will be hard to change.
Take the time to get comfortable with
your choices.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) _ Today is
an 8 _ Although the pressure is eas
ing a little, your enthusiasm is grow
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research. You'll find it fascinating.
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do something great today that people
will talk about for years.
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