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new •TALK; >Ut Sports on! The Battalion Page 5 • Tuesday, June 11, 2001 held UIL to consider America hangs on for 1-1 draw S testing athletes L/.S. needs tie to odvcince 2002 world cup standings Kuwait Next games - Tuesday, June 11 x-cllnched spot rt encam: AUSTIN (AP) — With public concern rising over ana YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — net.” Senegal vs. Uruguay at Suwon, South Korea in second round 1 the In bolic steroid use by professional athletes, University After escaping the most challeng The American goalkeeper France vs. Denmark at Incheon, South Korea •i Amend Interscholastic League officials will consider this week ing setting possible, the U.S. team dived to his right for the save. Germany vs. Cameroon at Shizuoka, Japan i sons of it whether to start testing Texas high schoolers. is closing in on an extended stay South Korea, which dominat Saudi Arabia vs. Ireland at Yukohama, Japan hed. at the World Cup. ed play, tied it the 78th minute “Some believe it is a major problem,” at the high school T GF GA Pts ng Irat]' With a little luck and Brad when Ahn Jung-hwan outjumped Group A W L T GF GA Pts Group E W L level, said UIL Athletic Director Charles Breithaupt, who Denmark 1 0 1 3 2 4 Germany 1 0 1 9 1 4 id the st said the issue will be considered by the UIL’s Legislative Friedel’s brilliant goalkeeping, Agoos to head in a pass from Lee. front li» Council at its meetings Tuesday and Wednesday. the United States tied South Ahn appeared to be taking the Senegal 1 0 1 2 1 4 Cameroon 1 0 1 2 1 4 oe. Breithaupt said discussions will center on random post Korea l-1 Monday before goal as revenge for an Olympic Uruguay 0 1 1 1 2 1 Ireland 0 0 2 2 2 2 eople if season testing of playoff teams and probably wouldn’t start 60,778 screaming, chanting, red- speedskating gold medal awarded France 0 1 1 0 1 1 Saudi Arabia 0 2 0 0 9 0 m andfe; before the 2003-2004 school year. clad fans in Daegu, to American GF GA Pts Group F W L T GF GA Pts and a da- The issue of steroid use by professional athletes became South Korea. The Apolo Anton Group B w L T 0 3 2 4 t cannot! a national controversy after a recent Sports Illustrated arti tie put both teams 1 Ohno after a x-Spain 2 0 0 6 2 6 Sweden 1 1 4 gnoredr cle on its impact on professional baseball. close to reaching South Korean South Africa 1 0 1 3 2 4 England 1 0 1 2 1 o win,": The UIL’s medical advisory committee discussed high the second round. was disqualified. Paraguay 0 1 1 3 5 1 Argentina 1 1 0 1 1 3 ops asst: school testing and recommended action back in April, If the Americans tie or beat He made speedskating motions in Slovenia 0 2 0 1 4 0 Nigeria 0 2 0 1 3 0 Breithaupt said. already-eliminated Poland on his celebrations. ioned g\- Group G W L T GF GA Pts “It is a problem in Texas, especially in football,” said Dr. Friday, they move on. If South “We knew that our people still Group C W L T GF GA Pts “gree aft 1 Alan Stockard, a Fort Worth sports medicine physician who Korea ties Portugal, which routed have some grudge against the x-Brazil 2 0 0 6 1 6 Mexico 2 0 0 3 6 sits on the advisory panel. Stockard is president of American Costa Rica 1 0 1 3 1 4 Italy 1 1 0 3 2 3 le doubt! the Poles 4-0 at Jeonju, South United States for the skating inci Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine and has conduct Turkey 0 1 1 2 3 1 Croatia 1 1 0 2 2 3 ds at In Korea, the co-hosts advance. dent, so we wanted to allay that ed drug testing for the U.S. Olympic Committee. Ecuador 0 0 1 4 0 ' is ami' “We’re fighting, biting, with the goal ceremony,” Ahn China 0 2 0 0 6 0 2 “I see it myself and I hear coaches talk about an average scratching to get to the next said. interna!: kid who leaves school in May and come backs in August Group D W L T GF GA Pts Group H w L T GF GA Pts and col round,” said Friedel after stop Portugal, rebounding from an looking like the incredible hulk,” Stockard said. South Korea 1 0 1 3 1 4 Japan 1 0 1 3 2 4 access; ping a penalty kick and making opening 3-2 upset by the United “At every other level of sport we do drug testing both United States 1 0 1 4 3 4 Russia 1 1 0 2 1 3 a ruction. several other superb saves. States, got a hat trick from announced and unannounced,” he said. “It would be nice if 1 1 0 3 Belgium 0 0 2 3 3 2 said. 1 “Friedel was the man of the Pauleta in a driving rainstorm. Portugal 6 3 we could do that on the high school level to some degree. Poland 0 2 0 0 6 0 Tunisia 0 1 1 1 3 1 ,o thattbi Teenagers drive too fast, drink alcohol, take steroids match,” U.S. coach Bruce Arena “I am speechless with joy,” he hold ft because they don’t think it’s going to hurt them.” added. said. ackmail Anabolic steroids elevate the body’s testosterone, increas The Americans led 1 -0 as Tunisia’s 1-1 draw with ing muscle mass. They are illegal in the United States unless Clint Mathis, back from injury Belgium, thanks to its first goal of to Irat] prescribed by a physician for medical reasons. Side effects with his new Mohawk hairdo, the tournament, was just enough SOURCE: Associated Press AP j ate goal. can include heart and liver damage, endocrine-system imbal took a pass from John O’Brien to stave off elimination and make “We have a dream.” wished his team had rewarded i ■ on terra ance, elevated cholesterol levels, strokes, aggressive behav with his right foot and kicked in it more difficult for the Belgians Fans on one end of the lower those fans even more. until su { ior and genitalia dysfunction. with his left from about 12 yards to reach the round of 16. Belgium bowl held up white cards that “We outplayed them for much re made Although he didn’t provide specific examples, rumors in the 24th minute. (0-0-2), which had three ties and formed the giant letters “GO of the second half,” he said. “I ling tern of high school steroid use have been around for years, Friedel saved that lead tem was eliminated at France ’98, KOR 16!” During the South think we deserved to win, 3-1 or e and»; mostly in the Houston and Dallas/Forth Worth area, porarily by knocking Lee Eul- must beat Russia on Friday. Korean anthem, they raised a 4-1 even, because we created Breithaupt said. uences yong’s penalty kick away in the So far, only Spain and Brazil giant South Korean flag more such beautiful chances.” Gauging steroid use among Texas high schoolers is dif 40th, after Jeff Agoos was called have clinched second-round do ficult without testing and is based mostly on rumor and than 125 feet long and 50 feet The United States finished last for bringing down Hwang Sun- berths. high. among the 32 teams in 1998 after assumption. A 2001 nationwide survey of about 50,000 hong in the penalty area. At the U.S.-Korea game, fans eighth, lOth and 12th graders by the National Institute on “1 didn’t understand what they reaching the second round at “They changed about three started chanting and banging were saying, but they were excel home in 1994. Drug Abuse found that 2.4 percent of the senior class penalty shooters,” Friedel said. drums more than 2 1/2 hours reported using steroids during the past year, up from l.7 lent,” U.S. forward Brian Through 32 games, half the “When a left-footer takes a penal before kickoff. Signs hanging McBride said. “You wished they tournament, CONCACAF teams ty and he’s not very confident, from the upper deck included were your fans.” were undefeated: the United i to See Steroids on page 6 he’ll generally push it to the easi “Hiddink! 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