SPORTS BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard THE WIRE Former Duck assistant returning to Butler INDIANAPOLIS - Barry Collier Barry Joseph Collier, MP was elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Miranda in 1999. He belongs to the Australian Labor Party. He is a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Children and Young People, and Chairman of the resigned as Nebraska's basketball coach Tuesday to become athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic at Butler, where he coached for 11 years. The 52-year-old Collier, a former 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. assistant who coached at Butler from 1989-2000, was the Bulldogs' winningest coach and was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame on Saturday. ``I thought long and hard about this,'' he said. ``I want to be able to give back to Butler in a way I've never done before. It's an exciting change. It's not about me, it's about what needs to be done for Butler University North Western Christian University was the name when the school opened on November 1, 1855, at what is now 13th and College, with no president, 2 professors, and 20 students. In 1875, the university moved to a 25-acre campus in Irvington. .'' THE REGION Oregon State signs Churchill's Thompson Churchill graduate Jerad Thompson signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Oregon State. Thompson is one of seven players to sign with the national champions this week to close out a recruiting class of 19 players that includes Pleasant Hill's Tyrell Poggemeyer, who signed with OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. in the fall. Thompson went 5-0 with a 1.25 ERA as a senior and struck out 61 in 48 2/3 innings pitched In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. to earn first team, all-state honors. "Jerad is as good a pitcher as they've had in that area in quite awhile," OSU coach Pat Casey said. "He was one of the better pitchers in the state, and anytime we can get an in-state recruit like Jerad we'll take him." The other players who signed with OSU this week are pitchers Kyle Foster of Lower Columbia Community College and Kraig Sitton of McMinnville High School, outfielders Chris Hopkins of Sierra Junior College and Braden Wells of Dixie State Junior College, first baseman Jordan Lennerton of El Paso Community College History El Paso County Community College District was established in June 1969 when citizens of El Paso County voted to form a junior college district and elected a board of seven trustees to administer the College. and catcher Joe Pratt of Central High School in Monmouth. Thunder win pool with pair of victories JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Eugene Thunder won twice Tuesday to finish first in their pool at the ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and 14U "A" national softball tournament. Morgan Barnes and Lauren Watson combined on a two-hitter in the Thunder's 10-0 opening victory over the tournament host Fusion. Nyree White then scattered six hits in their 5-3 victory over the Skyhawks of Birmingham, Ala. Kayla Braud, Molly McClaughry and Shannon Morgan had two hits each for the Thunder (37-7) against the Fusion. Watson was 3-for-3 and Teea Rogers added two hits against the Skyhawks. Rapids win opener at national tournament SEATTLE - Jessica Plummer struck out three in a five-hitter to lead the McKenzie Rapids past the Nashville Cruisers 4-0 in a pool play game Tuesday at the ASA U16 "A" national softball tournament. Kaitlyn Patterson was 2-for-4 for the Rapids, who play the second of their two pool games today. Thurston wrestlers finish in top 10 Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. wrestlers Brice Arand and Colby Covington turned in top-10 finishes at the Greco-Roman and Freestyle Junior Nationals, which ended Friday in Fargo, N.D. In freestyle, Covington finished fourth and Arand finished sixth in the 171-pound class. Arand also was fourth in Greco-Roman. |
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