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Nebraska men's swimming coach Cal Bentz has
signed what he calls the most balanced class that he
has ever recruited. .
"We were able to add depth where it was needed,
and also shore up our weaker areas particularly
the butterfly events," Bentz said
Hie recruits are: Edmond Jowdy of Glastonbury,
Conn.; Pat Kbren and Charlie Vendl of Walnut
Creek, Calif.; Bryan Knudson of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Kol
lin Kostbcth of Edmond, Okla.; Mike Ross of ML
Lebanon, Pa.; Tom Treece of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
Bill Wells of Leesburgh, Fla.; and Whit Warner of
Seward. Knudson and Ross will be walk-ons.
This was an unusual recruiting year for the
Huskers in that it was the first time in Bentz's seven
years at Nebraska that the Huskers have not signed
at least one swimmer out of the junior college ranks.
Bentz said this didn't signal a change in the
Huskers recruiting strategy. ,
"It just worked out this year that we were able to
fill all of-our needs with swimmers out of high
school," he said.
By Geoff Goodwin and Chris Barbacli
The U.S. baseball team is one of the favorites to
strike gold at the Summer 0 bin pics in Los Angeles.
But if their game Sunday night against a team of
Japanese collegiate all-stars is any indication, they'll
have to dig for it.
In their first three exhibition games, the two
teams scored a total of 3 1 runs. In their fourth game
Sunday night in Omaha, it took the two teams 15
innings to score four runs, as the U.S. defeated
Japan 3-1.
Pitching and defense were the key3 Sunday at
Rosenblatt Stadium, for both teams. It may have
looked to Japanese outfielders like the sky was fal
ling, as American batters lofted pitch after pitch to
the warning track. However, all but one of those long
balls were caught, and the scoreboard laid more
eggs than Henny Penny.
The U.S. team finally came out on top in the 15th
when Mark McGwire banged a bases-loaded single,
scoring two runs and finally putting the U.S. team
up to stay. That was the fourth time the Americans
loaded the bases in the game, and the first time they
were able to capitalize.
Veteran USC coach Rod Dedeaux, the manager of
the U.S. team, said the Americans inability to score
was due more to good pitching than poor hitting.
"They played well and they got very good pitch
ing," Dedeaux said. "We made all the play's and so did
Japan. It was one of those games where it was too
bad that someone had to lose."
Dedeaux said he expects Japan's Olympic team,
which will include six players from this team and 14
others selected from Japan's industrial leagues, to
be a very strong contender for the gold medal in Los
Angeles.
The team they put on the field will be like a Triple
A team," he said. "They'll have much more expe
rienced pitching."
Dedeaux said he was impressed by starting pitcher
John Hoover, who shut the Japanese out for nine
innings before being lifted by a pinchhitter in the
tenth.
"We haven't made the starting assignments yet,"
Dedeaux said, "but based on Hoover's pitching per
formance today I'd say there's a good chance hell
be one of the starters."
Dedeaux said Sunday's game was the best per
formance his pitchers has turned in during the 24
games the Olympians have played.
"It was outstanding," he said.
Japanese manager Katuo Kamota agreed with
Dcdeaux's assessment of the American team's pitch
ing. "If Japan plays the best it can, we are equal to the
United States. Except maybe for pitching," Kamota
said.
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Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part ser
ies a motocross racing.
David Antinoro Jr. is working his hardest to make
a name for himself in a relatively unknown sporj.
The junior at Lincoln Southeast High School races
motocross, a sport not to be confused with the rac
ing of bicycles (BMX), but on motorcycles that can
mow as fast as 70 miles per hour on a straight away,
and sail overjumps 8 to 10 feet in the air. It takes all
the energy of Antinoro's 5-6 frame just to hold the
bike upright, not to mention race around a grueling
track for 20'minutes at a time.
"If you ask my friends at school what motocross is,
half of them wouldn't know," Antinoro said. "Most of
them think it's BMX"
In a school rich with tradition in both team sports
and individual sports, Antinoro's accomplishments
go unnoticed among his peers.
"I don't care what they think," he said "I wouldn't
care what they thought if I played football If Vm
going to play in a sport, I want to go for it In Califor
nia they have motocross teams in high school
Wouldn't it be great to letter in raotccross?"
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