Oregon wrestlers dish out losses to Central Washington, Boxers.Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports The University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. wrestling team scored a pair of wins Friday at McArthur Court McArthur Court is a basketball arena located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. Also known as "The Pit," it is known as one of the toughest arenas in the country for opposing players to play in. The arena is named for Clifton N. , beating Central Washington Central Washington is a region of the United States defined as the western half of Eastern Washington, or those counties lying east of the Cascade Mountains but west of the 119th meridian. 39-9 and topping Pacific 32-15. The Ducks, who improved to 5-4 overall and are 2-1 in Pac-10 Conference competition, received strong performances throughout their roster. Eugene Harris earned a 37-second pin of Tom Cinquinin at 174 pounds in Oregon's opening match against Pacific (9-9), then beat Central Washington's Ty Roberts by technical fall in the win over the Wildcats (7-7). At 125 pounds, Oregon's Shaun Williams Shaun LeJon Williams (born October 10, 1976 in Oakland, California) is a former American football safety, most recently for the Carolina Panthers, of the NFL. Williams attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California and played both tailback and safety. won his first match of the day by major decision, 17-6, then earned a pin of the Wildcats' Jamie Garza in 3:51. Tony Overstake had the Ducks' other pin, a 4:14 victory over Central Washington's Jared Novak at 157 pounds. Harris, Overstake and Shane Webster each moved up a weight class for Friday's matches, and all three responded with a pair of wins each as Webster won his two matches at 184 by major decision (19-7) and by technical fall (24-8). Oregon was without junior heavyweight junior heavyweight n. See cruiserweight. Eric Webb, ranked No. 16 by Intermat, who is recovering from a foot injury. As a result, the Ducks forfeited both heavyweight matches. Oregon State takes on California and Stanford today in a pair of Pac-10 Conference dual meets, returning to the conference schedule for the first time since mid-December. The Beavers (7-6 overall, 2-1 Pac-10) take on the Bears (8-6, 3-1) in Davis, Calif., at noon before traveling to Stanford, Calif., to take on the Cardinal (5-5, 1-2) at 7 p.m. Men's basketball Northwest Christian beat the visiting Multnomah Ambassadors 73-45 in a game Friday at O'Hara Catholic School. Dusty Arlyn scored 15 points, Pete Moore Pete Moore (born Warren Moore, 19 November 1939, Detroit, Michigan) is an African American soul singer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group The Miracles from 1956 onwards. had 14 and Tyus Tilman 11 for the Crusaders, who outscored Multnomah 45-20 in the second half. The Lane Community College men's basketball team is at home today for a 4 p.m. divisional game against Chemeketa. The Titans (10-9 overall, 3-2 league) and Chemeketa (14-5, 3-2) are both tied with Linn-Benton for third place in the Southern Division. Tennis The University of Oregon women's tennis team cruised to an 8-0 win over Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. on Friday at the UO Student Tennis Center. Janice Nyland beat Christine Limbers lim·bers pl.n. Gutters or channels on each side of a ship's keelson that drain bilge water into the pump well. [Probably alteration of French lumière, one of the limbers, from Old French 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. Davina Mendiburu, Vickie Gunnarsson, Courtney Nagle, Ester Bak and Adeline Arnaud also won matches singles matches for Oregon. The Oregon men beat Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. 7-1 at the UO Student Tennis Center on Friday. Oded Tieg opened with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Daniel Lundstrom, followed by singles wins from Manuel Kost, Martin Pawlowski, Jason Menke and Greg Dubourdieu. Hockey The Eugene Thunder will attempt to get one step closer to the Northern-Pacific Hockey League title and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs when they meet Portland (14-19-0) at 4:30 today in Beaverton. The Thunder (29-5-0, 58 points), winners of 24 of their past 26 games, are three games away from clinching first place with 10 games left in the regular season. Their only competition is Tri-City (44 points), which is in a distant second place. Eugene is 8-0 against Portland this season. Snowboarding Chris Klug took a big step in his comeback from a liver transplant liver transplant Hepatic transplant Transplant surgery A procedure that replaces a cancer conquered, metabolically defeated, or substance subjugated liver with one no longer required by its owner, many of whom donate same after an MVA Diseases requiring transplant when he clinched a spot Thursday on the U.S. Olympic snowboard team. Klug, a 1991 graduate of Mountain View High School in Bend, had the transplant in July 2000. He was the second-fastest American in qualifying in Kreischberg, Austria, for the parallel giant slalom race at the final event before the Olympic team is chosen. The second-place finish was good enough to land him a spot in Salt Lake City. Klug was diagnosed with a rare liver disease Liver Disease Definition Liver disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the liver. Description The liver is a large, solid organ located in the upper right-hand side of the abdomen. almost seven years before the transplant. He spent much of the time on the transplant list but moved up the list in May 2000, when his condition worsened. His disease is called Primary Schlerosing Cholangitis, the same illness that killed Walter Payton. Klug competed with the condition and made the Nagano Olympics, where he finished sixth. He said in the early days of having the disease, he didn't prepare for the seriousness of the illness. ``I did have a bit of an overoptimistic o·ver·op·ti·mis·tic adj. Excessively optimistic. o  ver·op ti·mism n. or cavalier attitude, if
you will, because I felt like, `Hey, I'm out here winning World Cup
races and frequenting the podium, and I feel like a million bucks,'
'' Klug said in a recent interview. ``But at the same time,
someone is telling me I'm sick, and I'm going to run into
problems down the road. I was like, `Are you guys sure you got the right
fellow?' ''
Gymnastics Brigham Young edged Oregon State 194.400-192.950 in the Beavers' home opener Friday in Corvallis. BYU's Kelly Evanson took all-around honors with a 39.250 after winning the balance beam (9.825) and the floor exercise (9.9). Oregon State's Jerra Lopez won the uneven parallel bars uneven parallel bars Event in women's gymnastics in which a pair of wooden bars supported horizontally above the floor at different heights is used to perform acrobatic feats. The apparatus allows a great variety of movements, but hanging and swinging exercises predominate. with a 9.825 and finished second in the floor at 9.875. |
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