SPORTS Ducks continue in-state wrestling dominance By Lyle Crouse Emerald Contributor The 15th-ranked Oregon Ducks continued their season long dominance of the state's collegiate wrestling ranks with Friday night's 24-15 defeat of the visiting Oregon Stale Hea vers . The Ducks, now 7-0 in the Pacific-10 Conference and 11-1-1 overall, have had little trouble against Oregon schools this season. They defeated Ore gon State on Jan. 30. 2H-H. and the Ducks' season includes two victories over Portland State, a win against Southern Oregon State, and a first place finish in the Dec. 29 Oregon Classic Hut the Heavers did give Ore gon a better fight when the two teams met for the second time on Friday. Oregon State used a pin by Mike Somers at 177 pounds and victories by Babak Mohommadi at 12ti and Mark Hoenk at 150 to give Oregon a scare, but their teammates proved to be no match for the rest of the Ducks. ‘‘There was a big. big dis crepancy in takedowns." Ore gon Coach Ron Finley said. Oregon registered 35 takedowns. 12 from Dan Vidlak and seven apiece by Scott Glenn and Mat Sprague Ore gon State was only able to re cord It) takedowns, as the Hea vers dropped to 7-4-2 on the season Finley shuffled his lineup in the lighter weight brackets by moving two of his most consis tent performers, seniors Rob Stone and Scott Glenn Glenn, normally the Ducks' represen tative at 142. dropped down to G14 while Stone moved up from t:<4 to 142 Neither wrestler disappoint ed Finley, as Glenn recorded a 22T> technical fall and Stone took the most dramatic victory of the evening, a t-2 win against Neil Russo. Glenn dominated Rob Henry, securing the technical fall with 40 seconds remaining in the second period and improving his record to 25-2-1 Stone's match was a different story Trailing 2-1 in the third peri od. Stone gained position over Russo and tied the match when Russo was penalized one point for stalling with four seconds remaining. When time expired. Stone was awarded one point for riding time and thrilled the crowd of 707 with a true last second victory. Turn to OSU, Page 12 T$n»U> L» Smb rmtiin Oregon's Rob Stone moved up a weight class to 142 pounds but still came out victorious with a 3-2 win over Neil Russo. Photo b» |»lf P«%l*y Prom left, (ieorge Bents. John Carver and Norm Suiter host the “Pac-tO Preview" radio show every Saturday morning, discussing a variety of si>orts topics from high school to professional sports. —MuHjn