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Commuting Canadian kicker gives commitment to Huskers ■ Sandro DeAngelis, a resident of Ontarioand senior-to-be at a Catholic school in New York, says he’ll play for Nebraska. By David Wilson Staff writer Though he lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario, his accent clearly comes from New York. For the past three years, Sandro DeAngelis has made the 3 5-minute trip from his home to a private Catholic high school in Buffalo, N.Y., to earn football recognition in the states. All it took was a trip to the Comhusker football camp earlier this month for DeAngelis to seal the deal and receive a scholarship offer from Nebraska. DeAngelis, a 5-foot-9, 195 pound athlete, became at least the third high school senior-to-be to give the Huskers a verbal commitment. Recruited as a “kicker/athlete,” DeAngelis said he was told by coach es that he would be given a chance to battle for kicking rights when he arrived on campus in the fall of 2000. As a running back last season, DeAngelis scrambled for 1817 yards and scored 22 touchdowns, helping St. Joseph Collegiate to a 10-0 record. DeAngelis, who ran a 4.9 electronic-40-yard-dash at NU’s camp, also recorded 113 tackles as an inside linebacker and kicked five field goals and 37 extra points. “Coach (Frank) Solich brought me up to the office and said, ‘We’re real interested in your versatility,” DeAngelis said. “He said, ‘We need athletes.’ I told him, ‘I’ll play waterboy if I have to.’ “I just want to play. I’ve always wanted to be a Husker. I just want to win and help out the team.” DeAngelis was named Western New York’s Player-of-the-Year as he totaled a school-record 184 points. Also recruited by Penn State, Duke, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and “all the ivy league schools,” DeAngelis said he won’t have a prob lem qualifying academically. “I’ve always believed in my abili ties,” DeAngelis said. “It was just a matter of getting the opportunity. I just capitalized.” While the Huskers’ crop of 2000 gained one name, the list of incoming freshmen on scholarship this fall became one player shorter Tuesday. Carl Crawford, a three-sport star at Jefferson Davis High School in Houston, signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the team announced Tuesday. The first selection of the second round, Crawford received a $1,553,000 signing bonus - the fourth-highest ever for a player draft ed after the first round, the Associated Press reported. Recruited by Nebraska as a quar terback, Crawford will start the sea son as an outfielder in the Appalachian League at Princeton, W.V. dADS Harris Together, We're Making Lives Better 621 Rose Street, Lincoln www.mdsharris.com/rcrt/recruithtm NEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATRE Deathtrap A Comic Thriller • by Ira Levin on stage now through Saturday, June 19 7:30 pm. Howell Theatre Temple BUg. 12th & R sts TICKETS: 4TO73 1 j One coupon per customer ! per day. Limit of $3.99 4690 (7) REGENCIES... J ...can change your life in an —S instant. Perhaps you would like to consider the possibility of creating an adaption plan for your child. Our case workers can answer your questions confidentially. If you would like to visit with us, please call today. 4600 VUlay Road, Ste. 314* Lincoln, NE 68510 (402) 483-7879 • 800-390-6754 When you show your student ID GOLDEN CUTTERS “You will make heads turn” 20i Capitol Beach Blvd. 477-7666