Oregon State Rankns No. 19 in Sports Illustrated All-Sports Rankings for Spring

(CORVALLIS) - Oregon State University is ranked No. 19 on the Sports Illustrated All-Sports rankings for the spring season. Led by the Beaver softball and baseball World Series teams, OSU captured 58.5 points in the standings.

The All-Sports Rankings order is calculated by taking the Top 25 in all spring sports and awarding points based on standings (a No. 1 ranking gets 25 points, a No. 25 gets one point, etc.). Baseball and softball are given a little more weight (a No. 1 ranking gets 37.5 points, a No. 25 gets 1.5).

Other highlights from Oregon State`s spring sport season included the women`s golf program competing in the NCAA West Regional and the men`s crew team racing in the IRA Championships.

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(CORVALLIS) - The Oregon State baseball team had four players named to All-American teams. Its most ever.

The Cleveland Indians recalled pitcher Jeremy Guthrie from the minor leagues. The Indians hope the former Ashland High School valedictorian can help...

Alberto Callaspo (ky-AS-po) went four-for-five and scored three runs to lift the Tucson Sidewinders to a seven-to-four win over the Portland Beavers.

Sport fishing companies say the closure of the commercial salmon season has been keeping customers away _ by mistake.

Waechter Signs With Mets

WOU pitcher assigned to Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League.

(MONMOUTH) - Former Western Oregon standout pitcher Nick Waechter has signed with the New York Mets and has been assigned to the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A short-season New York-Penn League.

Waechter and the Cyclones will open the season on June 20 with a home contest against the Staten Island Yankees. The junior was a 23rd round pick of the Mets in last week`s major league draft.

The right-hander, who led the Wolves to a 40-16 record and sixth straight conference championship, was also selected this year as the west region pitcher of the year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

World Cup: Brazil Opens Defense of Title With Win

(BERLIN) - Brazil was ready to bring on Carnival, and so were the thousands of proud, loud fans who sambaed their way to Germany to cheer for the defending World Cup champions. Croatia had other ideas.

Kaka scored in the 44th minute Tuesday night, but Croatia made the Brazilians work for every bit of the 1-0 victory that preserved their record eight-straight winning streak at the World Cup.

While the Croatian fans were delighted with how their team played, the Brazilians were relieved to get out with a win.

But no one will be thinking the world champs are invincible anymore.

Column: Athletes And Motorcycles Don't Mix

The list is startling, mainly because it is so long.

() - Jason Williams may never play in the NBA again because he couldn't stay off his motorcycle. A ride on his bike in a parking lot cost Kellen Winslow Jr. $3 million and nearly his career with the Cleveland Browns.

Dennis Rodman wrecked his twice, the second time in front of a strip club for added effect.

And now Ben Roethlisberger is in a Pittsburgh hospital recovering after seven hours of surgery for a broken jaw, nose and who knows what else after his bike hit a car.

Not just any bike. He was riding the fastest street-legal motorcycle you can buy.

Hurd, Lamun Named Pac-10 Conference Medal Winners

(CORVALLIS) - Senior point guard Lamar Hurd of the men`s basketball team and senior gymnast Chrissy Lamun of the women`s gymnastics squad are Oregon State`s 2005-06 Pacific-10 Conference Medal winners, the league office announced today.

A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution`s outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.

Conference Medal winners will be honored at the State Farm Pride of the Pac-10 Luncheon, held in Los Angeles in March 2007 during the Pac-10 Men`s Basketball Tournament.

World Cup: South Korea Tops Togo 2-1

(FRANKFURT, Germany) - Ahn Jung-hwan scored the winning goal in the 72nd minute Tuesday to give South Korea a 2-1 win over Togo and its first World Cup victory away from home.

Ahn, who also scored the winner against Italy four years ago to send the Koreans into the World Cup semifinals, sent a 25-meter (yard) shot past Togo goalkeeper Kossi Agassa.

The win gives South Korea three points in Group G, which also includes France and Switzerland.

Lee Chun-soo scored South Korea's equalizer in the 54th, after Mohamed Kader had given the African team the lead in the 31st with a shot from 14 meters (yards).

World Cup: Switzerland Holds France to 0-0 Draw

(STUTTGART, Germany) - France was held to a 0-0 draw by Switzerland on Tuesday, bringing back memories of its early exit from the last tournament four years ago.

The last time the French team scored in a World Cup game was when they beat Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 final. Switzerland also held France to draws in two qualifying games.

Despite being forced to play as a lone striker, Thierry Henry went close with three shots and a header in the first half, while Zinedine Zidane's deft touches set up the best French moves.

Eugene School District Files Appeal of Castillo`s OSAA Decision

The new six-class plan carves the state’s schools into six groupings by enrollment for sports, rather than the current four.

(SALEM) - Eugene School District Superintendent George Russell on Monday directed the district lawyer to file an appeal of the latest ruling on the OSAA six-class plan.

That appeal to the Oregon Court of Appeals was to be filed Monday afternoon.

There is no set time-line for the court to hear or decide the case; the district assumes the six-class plan is in effect until further notice.