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Ducks add two recruits.


Byline: The Register-Guard

The Oregon Oregon, city, United States
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 football team picked up two more verbal commitments from high school recruits this week, but will apparently have to wait a little longer for a junior college defensive end to make his decision.

Garren Strong, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound wide receiver from Cupertino, Calif., and Paul Martinez, a 6-2, 195-pound placekicker and punter Punter

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 from Danville, Calif., will sign with Oregon in February, according to according to
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Strong, who attends Homestead High School Homestead High School is the name of several high schools in the United States.
  • Homestead High School (Cupertino, California) in Cupertino, California http://hhs.fuhsd.org/
  • Homestead High School (Homestead, Florida) in Homestead, Florida http://hshs2.dadeschools.
, visited Oregon last weekend and made his commitment on Tuesday, according to PacWestFootball.com. He had also visited Washington State, and canceled trips to Washington and Oregon State, the Web site reported.

Martinez chose Oregon over California, Fresno State, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  State and Boise State, according to the Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
  • Contra Costa County, California
  • Contra Costa (railroad ferryboat)
 (Calif.) Times.

He made 12-of-15 field-goal attempts, including one from 50 yards last season, and averaged 4.5 seconds of hang time per punt with a long of 53 yards, the newspaper reported. The Ducks are in need of a punter to replace senior Jose Arroyo.

Less clear was the status of JC defensive end Mike Mapu, a 6-4, 250-pounder from Mesa (Ariz.) Community College. On Tuesday, TheInsiders.com Web network quoted Mapu as saying he would sign with Oregon over Washington, but Wednesday his coach said the decision wasn't final.

"I know that he has the paperwork in front of him, but I don't think he has signed anything as of right now," Mesa coach Dan Dunn said. "As far as I know, that hasn't happened."
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Dec 19, 2002
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