W e ’ ve had Superm an 1, I I and
last Saturday Kellen W inslow , the
super fine tight end o f the San Diego
Chargers, showed us a sneak pre
view o f Superman I I I . Before a full
house in M ia m i’ s O range Bowl
W inslow was sim ply awesome in
helping the C hargers to a 41-38
playoff victory.
D row ned in sweat, his jersey
looking more like a doorm at than
anything else, his face showing the
agony o f the war he was certainly in,
K ellen b attled , and b attled , and
finally won.
On the day he had 13 catches (a
p layo ff record that was previously
held by P ittsb u rg h 's John S tall-
w o rth ), he blocked top punts and
scored 2 TDs. This was a game full
o f N F L highlights. In fact we will
venture to say it was the a ll-tim e
great game in N F L history.
It was beautiful to watch, a thrill
a minute by both teams. M iam i lost
MEADOWS
but they, too, won the hearts o f mil
were on the long end o f a 38-24 con
lions on this bright January day.
test.
A n d who can forget O re g o n ’ s
The 49ers took U S C ’ » R onnie
Dan Fouts, who stood in the breech
Lott in the first round, M isso u ri’ s
all day long firing one shot after an
Eric Wright in the second and Pitts
other.
burgh’ s C arlton W illiam son in the
D an n y , by his antics, isn’ t the
third. And it looks like they’re going
most popular guy in the N F L . Fans
to take a Super Bowl. T h a t’s right
wonder about the bearded young
the F o ity -N in e rs are the team to
man who makes his home in Sisters,
beat.
Oregon. But make no mistake the
L o tt and W right are starting at
man can play.
the corners with Williamson playing
D anny gave praise to his line.
strong safety alongside D w ig h t
“ They gave me the tim e ,’ ’ Danny
Hicks. Ronnie, with three o f his sev
replied when asked about his record
en interceptions returned for touch
setting performance.
downs, and Hicks, with nine inter
C an you believe 79 com bined
ceptions, made the Pro Bowl. Ron
points in a p la y o ff game. A nd all
nie Lott on Monday was also named
this fro m a San D iego team that
to the N F L A ll-S tar team, which is
many believed had no heart.
Quite an honor for the young man
And they’re dancing in the streets
from USC.
o f San Francisco. The mighty nin-
ers overwhelmed a good, yes gootj
A n d how about those up and
N .Y . Giants team, or is it New Jer
down Oregon D ucks. O ver the
sey Giants, but whatever, the niners
weekend the Ducks captured the
State o f A rizona by downing both
the Wildcats and Sun-Devils.
Haney’s Ducks stomped Arizona
9 7-88 , then roared back to o ver
whelm the Sun Devils 82-65.
Oregon shot a torrid (.569 on 33
o f 5 8), owned the boards (4 1 -2 9 )
and dished out enough assists to to
tal 19.
The future is looking brighter in
Eugene. Senior guard Barry Walker
is probably the single most im port
ant reason for this early Oregon suc
cess. Walker is asserting himself and
playing with complete confidence.
Remember these Ducks are young.
C ap tain John G reig is the only
senior in the starting five. Jerome
W illia m s is a ju n io r , center B lair
Rasmussen, a freshman; and both
guard Fred Cofield and Gary Gate-
wood are sophs. They’ll be up-and-
down because o f their im m aturity.
But given time they could prove to
be a solid bunch.
E.C. Morgan: Is he the best?
by Ron Sykes
As the old saying goes, "Y o u can
call him ’ E .C .,’ or you can call him
*C ,’ or you can call him M o rg a n .”
Some call E .C . M organ, 6-8 center
from Jesuit High School the best big
man in the state.
“ E .C ,” says coach Jim R olph,
“ plays well inside, he’s practically
unstoppable when he gets the ball
down deep. H e ’s probably the best
position player in the state."
E .C ., as he is called in the Jesuit
community, has been a varsity play
er for the past three years. As a 6-3
freshman he played J .V . and was
the team’s leading rebounder (6.3)
and second in scoring ( 11.7).
D uring his sophomore year, his
first on the Varsity, E .C . was doing
quite well until tragedy struck.
One night w hile d rivin g home
during the Christm as break, E .C .
suddenly lost control o f his sports
car, left the road and turned com
pletely over.
"T h is was really the first adver
sity that I had to overcome, and It
really changed my outlook on life ,"
says M organ. “ I realized that it all
could have ended so suddenly that
cold, wintry night."
E .C . recovered from his serious
leg injury but his basketball season
was over early.
Lu ckily for M organ the basket
ball court was not the only court he
excelled on. As a 6-5, 18-year-old
freshman he was one o f the best ten
nis players in the state. And as a 15-
ycar-old he was ranked nationally in
his age group.
E .C . has played No. 1 on the Cru
sader tennis team for three straight
years. While his leg injury kept him
out o f action on the basketball
court, he recovered sufficiently to
lead Jesuit to th e ir th ird straight
state tennis championship.
Morgan helped the Crusaders by
capturing two seconds and a third in
single. Quite an accomplishment for
a kid who by his ju n io r year had
shot up to 6-8.
E C. M O R G A N
“ I love te n n is ,” beamed E .C .,
“ but really there aren ’ t many 6-8
tennis players around." E.C . would
like to play m ajor college ball, but
thinks a smaller school is more real
istic.
“ E .C . controls what we’ re going
to d o ,” says Crusader Coach Jim
Rolph. " H o w E .C . goes is how we
go. The games that he doesn’t per
form well in arc the ones we struggle
in ."
Jesuit stands 5-2 on the seasons*
and each win E .C . has scored over
20 points. In the school’ s loss to
Lakeridge E .C . d id n ’t get the ball
and the Crusader offense just sim-
OSU Beavers head south
Oregon State will play California
on S aturday, January 9 th , and
Stanford on January 1 Ith .
California holds a 40-31 edge over
O S U in the 7 |-g a m e series.
H o w ever, O S U has won the last
eight games played. The last time
(he Beavers lost to Cal was 84-83 in
Berkeley in 1977.
O S U holds a 44-26 lead over
S ta n fo rd , including a current
w inning streak o f fo u r straight
games. Times have been tough in
Palo A lto however; O S U had to
struggle to win 62-57 last year and
won 18-16 in 1980. At C orvallis it
has been a different story as OSU
defeated Stanford 85-67 and 76-62
in Gill Coliseum.
Ralph M ille r commented on the
trip to C al and S ta n fo rd : " I t is
obvious after the first week o f the
conference season that there is no
clear cut favorite. It is mandatory if
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you are going to be in the race at all
that you have to win at home. So far
this season we have been a good
example o f Jekyll and Hyde. I f we
play as well and hard as we did
against Arizona State we certainly
will have a chance o f coming back
with two victories. However, if we
play like we did agaisnt Arizona, or
Id ah o , or P ortland the first tim e,
then we could very easily come
home with two defeats. It will take
excellent effo rt by us against both
teams in the Bay Area for us to have
a chance at winning."
Oregon State enters Saturday’ s
C al game w ith a 9-gam e road
winning streak in P acific-10 play.
OSU won all nine conference road
games last year en route to a 17 I
P acific-10 record. O S U is ranked
17th by A P and 19th by U P I this
week a fter being ranked 15th and
12th last week.
Lester C onner is leading the
Beavers with a 14.9 scoring average.
He leads in assists w ith 56 (5.1
average), in steals w ith 34 (3.1
average)
and
is
second
in
rebounding with 53 (4.8 average).
As a team OSU is averaging 17.8
assists per game, an assist ratio o f
.656 per game based on 196 assists
for 299 field goals. The Reavers
nearly set a Gill Coliseum record in
downing Arizona 68-55. OSU shot
.909 (2 0 -2 2 ) from the free throw
line. Yale holds the reoerd at .912
(31-34) in 1957 The Beavers hit 14
straight before Lester Conners
missed the front half o f a two-shot
foul against Arizona.
C al
senior
center
M ark
M cN am ara is currently leading the
P a cific-10
in
scoring
and
rebounding and the last player to
finish the season leading both
departm ents was U C L A ’ s Bill
W a lto n .
Only three other players have ever
led in both counts, U C L A ’ s Lew
A lc in d o r three tim es. O S U ’ s M el
Counts twice und U SC ’s John Block
one lime. McNamara is scoring 23.7
and rebounding at a 13.4 clip pr
game and is shooting .697 from the
field.
ply quit.
M organ is c u rren tly averaging
20.1 ppgand 13 rebounds.
M o rg an is considered the only
threat in the M etro League to Park-
rose’ s A ll-A m e ric a n center Steve
W oodside. W oodside at 6 -1 0 can
dominate most, but against E .C . it
is always tough.
“ I enjoy our m a tc h -u p ,” says
Morgan. “ Steve is really tough and
when we bang heads i t ’ s always a
good show."
M organ refused to let a little ad
versity get in his way. His determin
ation proved to be stronger than
most, and with his skills and strong
e ffo rts the Jesuit Crusaders w ill
p robably show in M arch at the
O S A A ’s annual prep show.
H ard work w ill get you some
w h e re.” he says. " A n d the State
Tournament is where I want to be in
M a rc h .” Right now Jesuit is con
sidered as only an outside chance o f
beating Parkrose, but it would be
wise not to count E.C . Morgan out.
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