Charles Fischer

You laid waste to his article, and informed us as well.

Big miss by the writer....(Only the fastest player!)

Yep. Some are wackos... My Husky Hatred is Irrational...is YOURS? (Pay no attention to who the author is)

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026 OREGON WOMEN’S GOLF | @OregonWGolf Romero Breaks Program Record With Fifth Career Win HUMBLE, Texas – Another Oregon women's golf record belongs to Kiara Romero after the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world captured her fifth career tournament win at the Chevron Collegiate on Tuesday at the Golf Club at Houston. Romero's dominance powered the No. 3 Ducks to a second-place finish in the 17-team field. After entering Tuesday's final round with a one-shot lead, Romero fired a 3-under 69 to win individual medalist honors by four strokes at 11-under par for the week. Romero earned her first win of the season and broke a tie with Kendra Little (2008-11) for the most individual wins in program history. "Kiara showed again this week why she's the best player in college golf and the top-ranked amateur in the world," head coach Derek Radley said. "She was locked in from the start and navigated this golf course beautifully. It was awesome to see her get another win and super special for her to break yet another program record. The legacy she is leaving here at Oregon is unbelievable and I can't wait to see what she does next." Led by Romero, Oregon got par-or-better performances from all five players in its lineup on Tuesday to post a 4-under 284 and move up and finish second as a team at 12-under par, six strokes behind No. 16 North Carolina for first and one stroke ahead of No. 20 Baylor for third. Kiara Romero Oregon has now finished as the runners-up in three of six tournaments in 2025-26, and the Ducks have posted top-two finishes 33 times since Radley took over in 2018-19. "Really proud of our team for finishing strong today with all five players at par or better," Radley said. "This was a good field and a challenging golf course. It was great to get Karen back in the lineup and all five of our ladies had some really good moments this week. Another good step for us as a team as we continue to try to get better throughout the spring before postseason." How it Happened: Romero got off to yet another hot start, making back-to-back birdies at holes 3 and 4 to quickly get to 1 under. She was 1 under at the turn before putting together a flawless back nine with seven pars and two birdies, including a birdie putt on the 18th hole to seal her victory. Romero (66-70-69) led all players with 18 total birdies across the three rounds, moving up to No. 6 in program history with 326 in her career. She has now shot par-or-better in 63 of 79 career rounds with 32 sub-70 performances, and she has placed in the individual top three in five of six tournaments this season. Oregon finished with two players in the individual top 10 thanks to a seventh-place showing by junior Karen Tsuru, who impressed in her season debut after battling injuries for much of the year. Tsuru shot par-or-better in all three rounds, opening with a 3-under 69 and a 2-under 70 on Monday before closing with an even-par 72 to finish at 5-under par. Sophomore Tong An joined Romero in the red for the final round, firing a 1-under 71 to earn a top-20 finish at even par for the week. An was even through eight holes after a double bogey, but she shot 1 under the rest of the way with a pair of birdies. Freshman Sophie Han and junior Darae Chung each matched Tsuru with even-par 72s to round out the counting scores, the best round of the week for both Ducks. Ducks on the Leaderboard: 2. Oregon — 280-288-284 — 852 (-8) 1. Kiara Romero — 66-70-69 — 205 (-11) 7. Karen Tsuru — 68-70-72 — 211 (-5) T-20. Tong An — 71-74-71 — 216 (E) T-47. Sophie Han — 74-74-72 — 220 (+4) T-61. Darae Chung — 76-76-72 — 224 (+8) Notable: Romero shot 7-under par for the week on par-4 holes, five strokes better than any team in the field ... An (-8) tied for the second-best score on par-5 holes, while Tsuru (-3) tied for third-best on par-3s ... Tsuru has now shot par-or-better 19 times in her career while An has done so 21 times, Chung has done so 18 times and Han has done so seven times. Up Next: Oregon will return to action at the Game Above Sports Invitational in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., on March 9-10.

This pitching....if it holds up and improves among the newbie relief pitchers--can take us to great places. On days where we face great opponent pitchers--ours can keep us in the game. Typically, when we lost games to Rhode Island or Portland last year for example...they were 12-11 and 10-9 kind of scores that I'd like to think our hurlers can prevent that this year. This pitching coach knows the players well enough already to know how good or not they are on a given day. Even Waz said that Sanford's performance was "good, but not his best stuff." Whew! Since we have so many pitchers--we can pull a starter quickly who is off on his control that day before it gets too bad. The pitching coach (Matt Flores) pull one pitcher after only one out, and a couple of walks...he's seen enough! The replacement shut the inning down with no runs given up. While I know that puts too much pressure on a pitcher to perform NOW...and could make him more nervous...what choice do we have? Sometimes you leave a pitcher who is struggling in, and he comes out of it. Other times he has buried you so badly that that game is lost. Use your strengths; if you have a boatload of pitchers--use them. Relief Pitcher Gabe Howard from West Linn

I have a hazy understanding of the rules, but I know that up to 34 scholarships can be given, and that is also the roster limit. So they can be piece-meal the way they used to do it. For example giving a half-scholarship, and some NIL besides. Apparently we had to cut some good players that Waz wanted on the squad due to the 34 man roster limit. Home run helmet!

Eighth Win Gives Ducks Best Start Since 2014 EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon baseball is off to its best start in more than a decade, a hot streak that the Ducks will be challenged to extend this upcoming weekend. The Ducks completed a series sweep of Youngstown State on Sunday to improve to 8-0 for the first time since the 2014 season. To threaten the 1963 team's school-record start of 12-0, Oregon will have to stay hot at the upcoming Live Like Lou Las Vegas Collegiate Baseball Classic, in which Arizona, UC Irvine and Vanderbilt loom this next weekend. "We have some work to do," UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. "We're looking forward to another prep/work week this week, and another opportunity this coming weekend. But it's been a lot of fun to be around a group that cares and is detail-oriented and cares about the program, puts the program first. When you get guys that put the program first, it makes it really enjoyable." Oregon extended its winning streak to open the season with a 15-6 victory Sunday over the Penguins at PK Park. The Ducks once again showed off the depth and versatility of their lineup, and the arsenal of arms in the bullpen, despite playing the game in a steady drizzle. "Luckily, it happens a lot in the fall," senior third baseman Drew Smith said of playing in the rain. "You're playing a game versus practice, so yeah, there's maybe a couple differences. But we see these things all the time in practice." Cal Scolari Smith was 2-for-3 with his third home run of the season and four RBIs on Sunday. The Ducks got that production out of their No. 6 hitter, and the three spots behind him in the lineup combined to go 6-for-11 with four runs and RBIs. On the mound, five pitchers combined to keep the Penguins from threatening after the Ducks took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The level of competition is about to take a jump in Las Vegas, but the Ducks believe they have the culture to keep competing well. "Kinda just keep doing the same thing that we're doing," Smith said. "It's a really close-knit group. I mean, we enjoy being around each other every day. So I think just carrying that into the road. It's gonna be different playing on dirt and all that stuff, but at the end of the day, it's still baseball." How It Happened: UO starter Cal Scolari faced the minimum in the top of the first, thanks to two Penguins thrown out after reaching base. In the bottom of the inning, Gabe Miranda came up with one out and runners at the corners, and his RBI single gave Oregon a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, with two runners in scoring position and two outs, Smith lofted a ball to left-center that hit the top of the fence and bounced over for his third homer of the season. "It did just sneak out," Smith said. "I honestly had no idea. I knew I hit it decent, so I was just trying to get to second in case he dropped it or something." Drew Smith After a leadoff homer and an unearned run got Youngstown State within 4-2 in the top of the second, the Ducks responded. Jax Gimenez tripled to drive in Ryan Cooney, and Gimenez scored on a groundball out by Dominic Hellman. Oregon scored again in the third when Angel Laya doubled with one out, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundball out by fellow freshman Brayden Jaksa. Scolari then pitched a scoreless top of the fourth inning to complete his day, leaving with a 7-2 lead. I don't know if he's ever pitched in any sort of rain or whatever, being down in San Diego for a couple years (prior to transferring to Oregon)," Wasikowski said. "… Great experience this weekend — great experience with a lot of things. They had to deal with a lot of adverse conditions, and they were able to handle those things and come out with wins. That's good." Ryan Featherston (2-0), who got a win as a starter on the opening weekend, pitched two scoreless innings of relief to get another win Sunday. In between his scoreless frames, the Ducks tacked on five runs in the bottom of the fifth — Hellman and Cooney had RBI doubles, Laya had an RBI single and two runs scored on wild pitches. Laya had another RBI single in the sixth, and Jaksa followed with another to make it 14-2 entering the seventh. The Penguins added three more runs in the late innings as Oregon got some work for its bullpen, and the Ducks scored one more, in the eighth, when Cooney reached on an error and Jaksa came home on the play. Up Next: The Ducks face Arizona in Las Vegas on Friday at 6 p.m.

I guess it depends upon the objectives and whether you achieved them? What I mean is that we had a TON of new players to merge into the team, and half the time when Jaksa plays catcher...we have FIVE new starters out there. Four when Mabeus catches, but the point is...it makes sense to start slow and find out what you have. I'll bet Waz is delighted that he got the lineup right, and it does not look like anyone needs to be replaced. We also have 23 pitchers on the team, TWENTY THREE. He wants to find out who can play, and only in games where you are up big--can you get them in and see what they can do. I think that is incredibly valuable for Waz's analysis, and for the growth of the players. It's like playing Montana State to get going in football; you are challenged, but should have it in hand. Now...that being said...people were pretty steamed when we lost a game (out of four) to Toledo last year in a similar early season series. They were torqued when we lost a game to Rhode Island in the next series of four games last year. As it turned out, Rhode Island won the conference and George Mason (who we played last week) was second in the Atlantic-10 with 40 wins...which is pretty good for any league. So this year we did not lose a game we shouldn't have, and we played a ton of pitchers. Sounds like a good warm-up to me. Everything changes this next weekend with this big tournament in Las Vegas. More on that later...

I don't know a thing about Hockey, so I very much enjoyed your posts. I cannot believe all the connections you have to all these people. And thanks for pointing out all the Big-10 players on both the Mens and Womens teams.

Ducks win 15-6 as Luke Morgan from Grants Pass and Lassen C.C. in Redding took a turn and gave up a run, but closed out the game.

15-5 Ducks after eight innings. Michael Meckna put them down 1-2-3 and looked impressive. Brayden Jaksa walks, and Ryan Cooney hit a fly to RF...that was dropped. Jaksa jetted all the way to score from first. (Such a fast team this year!)

14-5 Ducks after seven innings. They tried Hudson Carvalho pitching, but it did not go so well. They brought in Michael Meckna to finish up. Nothing on offense this inning.

14-2 Ducks after six innings. Geez...Ryan Featherston just looked great as he put the side down 1-2-3 again! Maddox Molony grounds up the middle for a base hit, and Owen Morgan walks. Angel Laya hits a base knock to shallow RF to score Molony. Jaksa nails a liner to short LF for a hit, and scores Morgan. Not many HRs, but we are scoring runs with what is given us...

12-2 Ducks after five innings. Ryan Featherston comes and pitches really well and dispenses the side easily. He looks like a starter, and I'm sure he' be a great mid-week starter for us. You need a good one! Maddox Molony walks, then Drew Smith hit one off the LF wall for a double, and scores Molony from second. Angel Laya rips one to RF, and that scores Smith from second. Angel Laya was picked off, but Brayden Jaksa walks and Jack Brooks drives one off the wall for a double with Jaksa going to third. A passed ball scores Jaksa. Ryan Cooney hits deep to RF in the gap to score Jaksa. Jax Gimenez walks, and a passed ball moves both runners up. Another passed ball scores Cooney. You gotta appreciate our catchers and coaching when you see other teams struggle...

7-2 Ducks after four innings. Cal Scolari gives up a hit and a walk, but gets through the inning scoreless. At 79 pitches, I imagine he is done for the day. YSU brought in a relief pitcher who put us down easily. Hmmm.