Sixth
A hot national ranking in the bag,
Oregon hopes to pin the Pac-10
Oregon's
wrestling team is
surprising ever
yone this year,
from its critics on
down to its
coach.
"Some people
didn’t even think
we would be around this year, but
here we are doing better than ever
before.” says Oregon coach Ron Fin
ley.
The Ducks are off to their best start
ever, with a 13-1 dual match record
and a sixth-place national ranking —
the highest in Oregon history.
“This is the most balanced team
that I’ve ever had," Finley says. "I’ve
had some outstanding wrestlers in the
past, but I’ve never had a team that
was so strong at every weight class.
We don’t have a weak spot anywhere.
"The students voted last year to
save both gymnastics and the wres
tling programs, and we feel we've
responded to their confidence in us
with our best season so far ever,” said
Finley.
Returning Pac-10 champion Jeff
Stuebing leads Oregon this year with
a 15-2 record, but he has plenty of
support from the rest of the Duck
squad as seven other wrestlers also
have 10 or more wins.
"One of the reasons that we are
doing so well is that not only are
Stuebing, Bill Nugent (11-2) and Ryan
Kelly (14-1) doing like we expected,
but people like Mike Erb (11-2), Cliff
Porter (10-3) and Rick O'Shea (13-4)
are doing much better than we ever
expected,” Finley says.
O'Shea, a 158-pounder, is an ex
cellent example of how the Ducks
have been doing this year. Only a
freshman, he surprised returning let
terman Rate Mumford, and Finley, by
winning the varsity position.
“Rick has already gone past our
expectations and he keeps on im
proving all the time,” says Finley. "He
makes up for what he lacks in skill and
experience with his determined ag
gressiveness. He is such a tremen
dous competitor that he won’t allow
himself to be stopped."
Oregon has had some outstanding
performances in every match this
season, but as a team the Ducks
haven't been consistent on the mat
every time.
"We’ve had a problem of everyone
Photo by David W Zahn
being consistent at every match. In
dividually, we've had our ups and
downs, especially against the weaker
teams," Finley says.
"But we’ve risen to the occasion
when we’ve had to. When our backs
have been to the wall, we've always
come out fighting."
If the Ducks continue improving,
they should be in excellent position to
vie for the conference championship
— especially with the return, possibly
this week, of Barry Boyles and Alan
Goldman.
"With Boyles and Goldman back in
the lineup, we will definitely be a team
to contend with when it comes around
tournament time,” says Finley.
Boyles, who is out with a knee in
jury, had a perfect 6-0 record before
he was hurt. Goldman, fourth in the
Pac-10 last year, is out with a pinched
nerve in his neck.
"Barry is perhaps our best bet for
an All-American this year," Finley said
earlier this season. “Many people felt
he was as good as Scott Bliss (who
placed second at nationals) the last
couple of years.
"Alan was wrestling well before his
injury and we hope to get him in shape
for the conference tournament,"
Finley says.
Oregon is expected to fight it out
with Arizona State University for the
conference crown, with Oregon State
a clear choice for third, Finley says.
"There is no doubt that we will have
our hands full with Arizona State at
the conference tournament," he says.
'They have four wrestlers who are
ranked nationally and it should make
for a tremendous tournament.
"We hope to win the conference,
but you never know. We've got to
keep everybody healthy, but you
never can tell when injuries will hit.”
There are a variety of unanticipat
ed things that can happen at the
tournament, Finley says. "You always
lose people who you don’t expect, but
then you get people who come
through for you that weren’t sup
posed to win.
”lt can be very frustrating."
After the Pac-10 championships,
the Ducks will move on to nationals.
There they will be hard-pressed to
keep their sixth-place ranking. For the
Ducks to place high at nationals, they
will need to produce a few All-Amer
icans.
"We will need to bring a lot wres
tlers with us to the nationals if we are
to improve on last year’s 11th-place
finish,” Finley says.
"Even though I think that we are a
better dual match team with our great
team balance, I am not sure we are as
good a tournament team as last year.
"Scott Bliss scored a lot of points all
by himself in getting second place,
and was mainly responsible (for
Oregon's finish). We will need some
people this year to pick up the slack
that he has left," he says.
“We have the people who can
place, it’s just up to them to keep on
improving enough to achieve it.”
Story by Mike Riplinger
Duck makes foe’s job a grind
Miller throws
weight behind
ranked Ducks
Wrestler Mike Miller is the kind of foe
opponents love to hate
“Mike’s one of the most frustrating
wrestlers there is,” says Duck coach Ron
Finley. “His style is more ‘counter-wres
tling’ than aggressive.
"He’s a very intelligent wrestler. He
wrestles smart. But no matter what you
do to him, you usually end up on the
bottom.’’
Miller, a senior out of Eugene’s Shel
don High School, is the Ducks’ top
177-pounder and a main cog of the
sixth-ranked Oregon wrestling team. His
23-9-1 record last season brought him to
the attention of Duck fans, but a late
season knee injury kept him out of post
season competition.
“It was a cartilage tear,” Miller says,
“and I couldn’t get into my referee’s
position because it wouldn’t bend en
ough.”
But Miller is healthy again — or at least
as healthy as he usually is.
“Mike has competed more while in
jured than any other guy," Finley says.
“But in all his four years, I’ve never heard
him complain.”
That, says Finley, is one of Miller’s
most impressive qualities.
“Whatever we ask, Mike’s the guy to
do it,” Finley says. “If we need somebody
to fill a spot, he’s always been there to
volunteer.”
"You just have to keep working,” says
Miller. “Perseverance, more than
anything else, makes a good wrestler.
But being behind somebody who’s good,
that makes you work harder.”
During his early years at Oregon, Miller
was behind such top-flight wrestlers as
Randy Besaw, Jeff Stuebing and all
American Don Brown.
“But this year,” he says, “I’m not
behind anybody.”
Still, Miller has some tough matches
ahead. Among his scheduled opponents
this season are OSU’s Marty Ryan
(ranked 11th) and Dave Allen of Iowa
State (third). But that doesn't worry Fin
ley.
“You don’t improve much unless you
face guys tougher than you. The better
Photo by David W. Zahn
Duck wrestler Mike Miller (117) throws an opponent on his way to victory and a
possible Pac-10 title.
Mike’s opponent, the better he wrestles.
“But Mike must get more aggressive,”
Finley says. “And force his opponents to
make mistakes instead of waiting for
them to make them.
“But he can definitely finish in the top
two in the conference."
Although Miller spends more time
capitalizing on mistakes than making
them, he recalls one goof he made while
in junior high.
“I was in the seventh grade and I was
wrestling for Pleasant Hill,” Miller says.
"We were at Creswell, and we were
killing ’em. Everybody for Pleasant Hill
was throwing a head-and-arm, and ever
ybody was pinning his man.
“So when it was my turn, I threw him a
head-and-arm, and down we went. I got
excited and bridged too far. The referee
pounded the mat, and I was jumping up
and down, because I thought I pinned
him.
“Then the referee raised the other
guy’s hand — I’d pinned myself!”
Story by Jim Vitti
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