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Seniors go out on top in last game at Autzen ■ SENIORS: It was the last home game for the most successful group of seniors in Oregon history By Chris Hansen Sports Reporter As if the Ducks needed any more reason Saturday to be fired up for their game against California, considering there was a winning season and maybe even Bowl implications on the line. But in this case, the game also meant the last performance at Autzen Stadi um for Oregon’s seniors. And what a group of seniors the class has been. There are not enough fingers on both hands to count all the starting players the Ducks will lose to graduation after the season is finished. But more important ly, there is no real way to mea sure what this group has meant to Oregon football for years to come. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of the seniors,” said head coach Mike Bellotti . “We all owe that senior group a lot. What they have done for the University is hard to even imagine.” It’s not too tough to imagine actually. Just remember this: Gang Green, Rose Bowl, Cot ton Bowl, possibly even a post season appearance for the third consecutive year. The first time that has happened in more than 30 years. What is tough to imagine, though, is being able to replace starters Tony Graziani, Josh Wilcox, Mark Schmidt, Reggie Jordan, Derrick Barnes, Bryant Jackson, four of the five starting offensive linemen, LaMont Woods and vitally important backups Ryan Perry-Smith, Derek Allen, Ronnie Gipson and Kaon-Jabbar East. While they still have at least one more game to play before their careers come to a close, Saturday’s contest still was played at a high level of emo tion, and the players that stuck out the most were those on their way out. “This was our last game on the turf that we love so much,” Schmidt said. “We are so in spired when we play here.” And what a way to go out — with an absolute trouncing of California. “You couldn’t go out in any sweeter way,” Schmidt said. “Going out with a victory, there is no greater thrill. You couldn’t have pulled me off the field even if you wanted to. ” It was an emotional game from the start, with the seniors being individually called out of the tunnel at the start of the game introductions. “Seeing all those seniors lined up in the tunnel was pretty emotional,” Wilcox said. “I was trying to hold back the old tears. 1 almost needed someone to hand me a hand kerchief.” And lest you forget what this group has meant to Ore gon football during the last four years, the seniors put on a performance that will always serve as a reminder. Wrestlers look good in opener ■ TOURNAMENT: The Ducks advanced six wrestlers to championship matches By Ryan Halvorsen Sports Reporter The Oregon wrestling team made a strong showing at the Southern Oregon Invitational dur ing the weekend, bringing home two individual titles against tough compe tition. scott Norton and 1 roy Hughes were the two winners of the day for the Ducks while three other teammates were second-place fin ishers. Norton (158 pounds) won a 1-0 decision against San Francisco State’s Greg Jackson in his third consecutive individual title at the tournament and his first in his cur rent weight class. Norton won a 6 3 decision against Jim Kutz of Ore gon State in the semifinals and a first-round pin against Chris Lyn de of Oregon State on his way to the title. “The championship match was pretty much a standoff, and Scott got the one escape,” Oregon head coach Ron Finley said. “Scott did a good job all the way through the match and the tournament. He was solid and didn’t let too many points get scored against him.” Hughes (177) won his match by an injury default by teammate Doug Lee. Hughes opened with a 15-7 win against Slade Zajac of Oregon State, then defeated Kirt Hansberg of Portland State 10-4 and also got past Oregon State’s Clint Wilson, 6-4 in overtime, on his way to the championship. Lee won his quarterfinal match against Stanford’s Jeff Grant, 5-2, and won his semifinal match against fellow Duck Chael Sonnen in a 9-6 decision before bowing out with the injury. “At 177 we dominated our op position,” Finley said. “Last year we weren’t very tough there, but now I think it is one of our strongest weights. Our upper weights will provide us with some big wins this year. ” Jeremy Ensrud finished second after being pinned in the champi onship by Oregon State’s Oscar Wood 1 minute, 15 seconds into the match, and Kevin Keeney was stopped short of his title bid at 167 pounds by Jason Gutches of Ore gon State in the championship. Oregon State dominated the tournament, taking six individual titles. The tournament didn’t use team scoring, so there wasn’t a team title. The Ducks will have two weeks off before heading to the Mat Town Classic Nov. 30 in Lock haven, Pa. Defense: Focus was on Cal quarterback ■ Continued from Page 12 to get more sacks. It’s a little extra drive. We’re very confident in our abilities. We put pressure on the quarterback, and that’s what the coaches wanted from us. We had fun doing it.” The pressure on Pat was key to the win. The quar terback had moved up to fifth on the Pacific-10 Con ference’s top individual passing seasons with 3,215 yards this year, so focusing on keeping him on his toes was important. “We wanted to focus on not letting him beat us,” Derrick said. “They count on him for a lot, and hit ting him was the biggest key — making him think ‘Where are they coming from?’ We tried to come af ter him from all angles. It wasn’t that we changed our scheme, it was more determination, just being more relentless.” Derrick also acknowledged the pressure to prove himself after his wife, Amy, led the Oregon volley ball team to a three-game sweep of Oregon State the i night before. "Amy really got after it last night with 13 kills or something like that,” Derrick said. “She just tore it up, so I have to keep a little press on myself and just try to even things up.” Jordan took the opportunity to tease Derrick after the game about not scoring on his fumble recovery. “He’s very opportunistic; he’s just got to work on his running skills,” Jordan said. “He had blocking in front of them, and he shouldn’t get tackled by the tightend.” But Derrick said he has been playing defense too long to retain his running skills. “I have no running back skills anymore,” he said. “Maybe if it was a year removed from high school I would have scored. Someone made a great play, and I was looking for the ball to come out. I just picked it up and started running.” With one more game in their Oregon careers, Der rick and Jordan are making the most of the time they have left. 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