Hartley Sets Receiving Record at Oregon

Two former Orange County players--Tony Hartley and Reuben Droughns--left their marks among the top players in Oregon football history this season.

Hartley set a career receiving record at the school with 2,744 yards, an effort that also ranks sixth in the Pacific-10 Conference. Johnnie Morton of USC holds the conference record of 3,201 yards, set in 1990-93.

Hartley, who played at Los Alamitos High, finished two shy of the school records for career receptions and touchdown catches. Hartley had 160 catches and 22 touchdowns.

Cristin McLemore, who played at Oregon from 1992 to 1995 and is from Marina High, retains the school records for catches and touchdowns, but drops to second in receiving yardage at 2,498.

Droughns, who played at Anaheim High, finished the season with 1,234 yards, and 2,058 for his two-year Oregon career. His single-season total ranks second at the school, and his career total is sixth.

Droughns also set a school record for most carries in a season with 277, and a single-game record with 45 on Oct. 23 at Arizona.

In the 16 games Droughns played at Oregon, the Ducks were 13-3. He was sidelined the last five games of the 1998 season with an ankle injury.

Another former Los Alamitos receiver, Keenan Howry, had a good freshman season for the Ducks. He surpassed Hartley’s school freshman records with 29 catches for 452 yards and five touchdowns. Hartley had 25 catches for 387 yards and one touchdown as a freshman.

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Kansas center Eric Chenowith, who played at Villa Park High, got off to a slow start in what was expected to be a breakout junior season, but has been playing better recently. Chenowith, a 7-foot junior, had 14 points and three blocked shots in Kansas’ 105-59 victory over Penn. He is averaging 9.8 points and 6.9 rebounds. He averaged 13.5 points and 9.1 rebounds last season.

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