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Sports/METRO
Win Puts Ducks in Rose Bowl Race
w as the only one in the gam e for
Line, who has caught ju st six
passes all season.
E v e n w ith o u t F o s te r, th e
nation’s third-leading rusher, the
Bruins gave the Ducks all they
c o u ld h a n d le . B ut it w a s n ’t
enough, as they lost their third
straight after opening the season
w ith six wins.
Foster, a senior w ho leads the
P ac-1 0 in rush in g and to u ch ­
dow ns, was declared ineligible
after the NCAA made UCLA aware
o f an extra benefits violation. His
status for next S atu rd ay 's gam e
against crosstow n rival Southern
C alifornia is uncertain.
PASADENA, Calif. (A P) - One
coach was hoping, the other pray ­
ing.
The prayers o f O regon’s M ike
Bellotti w on out, and now the
Ducks need only a victory over
Oregon State at Autz.en Stadium
on Dec. 1 to earn the P ac-10 title
and a berth in the Fiesta Bowl.
Thus, the Ducks have plenty
of tim e to get ready. Bellotti said
they need it.
“W e w ill practice for O regon
State as if it w ere a bowl gam e,”
Bellotti said after No. 7 O regon
held off No. 20 UCLA 21 -20 when
Chris G riffith m issed w hat w ould
have been a career-best 50-yard
field goal on the final play S atur­
day at the R ose Bowl.
Oregon (9-1,6-1 P ac-10) is tied
for first place with W ashington
State, but the D ucks ow n the
tiebreaker, having beaten the C ou­
gars 24-17 on O ct. 27.
H arrington, 22-3 as a starter at
O regon, w as 3-for-3 for 52 yards
on the drive, and the reception
SPORTS
Jefferson Wins Pop
Warner Superbowl
Norman, Stewart Head
Golf Hall of Fame Class
LOS A N G E L E S - Shaquille
O ’Neal had 38 points and 18
rebounds and L os A ngeles
kept its perfect start intact,
defeating O rlando for its sixth
c o n s e c u tiv e v ic to r y . T h e
Magic briefly challenged in the
first half, but like the L akers'
first five opponents, they o f­
fered little resistance against
O ’ N eal. O ’ Neal ’ s points w ere a
season high, and he equaled
his best rebounding p erfo r­
m ance o f the season.
Nebraska New No. 1 In
Coaches’ Poll
N ebraska claim ed the NO. 1
spot in the latest U SA T O ­
DA YZESPN C oach es’ Poll af­
ter defeating Big 12 rival K an­
sa s
S ta te
3 1 -2 1 .
The
C om huskers garnered 30 first-
place votes, w hile second-
ranked M iam i got 28. Florida,
O klahom a and T exas, all w in­
ners on Saturday, rounded out
the top five.
NFL Fines Jets’ Robinson
$20K for Role In Fight
H E M P S T E A D , N Y. - T he
N FL fined N ew Y o rk Jets
s a fe ty D a m ie n R o b in s o n
$ 2 0 ,0 0 0 f o r tw is tin g th e
fac em a sk o f S ain ts q u a rte r­
back A aron B rooks and spark­
ing a m elee n ear th e en d o f
the gam e. Jets co ach H erm an
E dw ards sent a letter to S aints
co ach Jim H aslett ex p re ssin g
his u n h a p p in e ss ab o u t the
end o f last S u n d a y 's gam e.
E d w a rd s a ls o h in te d th a t
R o b in so n ’s jo b m ay be on
sh aky ground.
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ST. L O U IS -S t. LouisCardinals
first basem an M ark M cGw ire
has told ESPN he’s retiring after
16 seasons in the big leagues.
M cGw ire hit 70 home runs in
1998 shattering Roger M aris’
single-season record o f 61 set in
1961. McGwire would finish his
careerw ith583 home runs, good
for fifth-place on the all-time list.
Lakers Earn Sixth
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Quarterback Joey Harrington
has led the Ducks to a
possible Rose Bowl berth.
Mark McGwire
Ready to Retire
ST. A U G U STIN E, Fla. - G r e g
N orm an and the late Payne
Stew art w ere am ong six m em ­
bers inducted into the W orld
G olf H all o f Fam e during a 90-
m inute cerem ony at the W orld
G olf V illage. The others w ere
tw o-tim e U.S. W o m en 's O pen
cham pion D onna Caponi, Ping
G olf founder Karsten Solheim .
form er U.S. G o lf A ssociation
president Judy Bell and A llan
R obertson o f S cotland, b e­
lieved to be the first g o lf pro­
fessional.
JBaltnt 618
Bryson Hampton, quarterback for the Jefferson 7th and 8th
graders Pop Warner team, with his father Michael Hampton,
celebrate a 25-6 superbowl victory Sunday over Whitaker 7th
and 8 h graders at the Jesuit High School stadium. Bryson
plans to attend Benson High School next year where his
father is a football coach.
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Portland Athlete
Named Rookie
I
of the Year
Fuqua Beats
Record with
Rushing
Performance
Redshirt freshman Ryan Fuqua
pul together the finest rushing
perform ance in PSU history and
nearly in all o f 1-AA history on
Saturday against Eastern W ash­
ington.
Fuqua rushed 45 tim es for 393
yards and three touchdow ns in a
37-22 w in at Eastern W ashing­
ton. His rushing attem pts and
yards gained w ere both new PSU
records. The 393 rushing yards is
the second biggest rushing day
in the history o f NCA A 1-AA
football (409, C harles Roberts,
Sacram ento State, 1999).
Fuqua had runs o f 71 and 51
yards in the gam e and broke Chip
D unn’s PSU record o f 324 by 69
yards. The 5 -1 1 ,1 9 0 pounder out
o f O ntario, California, now has
1.073 rushing yards on the sea­
son - all o f it com ing in the last six
gam es. Fuqua has started only
the last four gam es.
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C hrista T hoeresz o f Portland
has been nam ed Rookie o f the
Y ear in w o m en 's soccer for the
N ew England Sm all College Ath­
letic Conference.
T hoeresz is a freshm an at C on­
necticut C ollege. She is a gradu­
ate o f Caitlin G abel School in Port­
land.
T his fall, she led her Camels
team in scoring w ith 14 points on
a team -high six goals and two as­
sists. She scored four o f her six
goals in the final five gam es o f the
season, including a tw o-goal ef­
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