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yards and two touchdowns in
Washington’s scintillating 42
38 win to open the season.
“I went in there and no one
knew who I was,” Looker says
of that Sept. 5 game in Tempe,
j Ariz.
Looker has performed con
sistently, leading the team in
both catches and receiving
yards against Nebraska, Ari
zona and Utah State.
In last Saturday’s 33-10 loss
at Southern California, Looker
broke the mark he had tied
against the Sun Devils by grab
bing a school-record 12 passes.
Looker says he does not pos
sess blazing speed, so he uses
other measures to beat oppos
ing defensive backs.
“I combine my quickness,
my route-running ability and
my hands,” says Looker, a
fourth-year junior. “I idolize
(former Seattle Seahawks’ re
ceiver and Hall of Fame mem
ber] Steve Largent. I think he
epitomizes the type ot receiver
that I’d like to be — the good
routes, the great hands, the
work ethic.”
II lusky Stadium almost nev
er got a glimpse of Looker be
cause he was deemed too small
to play big-time college football
coming out of Puyallup High
School, where he was coached
by Brock’s dad, Mike Hoard,
and was Brock’s top target.
But Washington did not
completely ignore him.
“Here at Washington, they
wanted me to walk-on,” says
the 6-foot, 190-pound Looker.
“I wasn’t real confident I could
play at this level because I
weighed 155 pounds.”
Ultimately, Looker chose
Western Washington because
it offered him the opportunity
to play both basketball and
football with scholarship help.
However, Looker never got
into a football game at Western
Washington because he was j
redshirted his freshman year
and then quit the sport the next
year to concentrate on acade
mics and basketball, where he
was a starting guard.
Then everything changed
with what started out as a si m- j
pie game of catch with Brock
Hoard, whom Looker says he
shares a special on-field con
nection with because the two
have played together for so
many years.
“l ie knows how I'm going to
run a route, he knows where
I’m going to break, and then I
know exactly where lie's going
to put the ball in a situation,”
Looker says.
The quarterback and receiv
er have connected enough
times this season to transform
Looker from a walk-on nobody
to a closely marked body.
Looker admits to being
somewhat amazed at how well
his decision has worked out.
"1 wasn’t sure if I’d ever see
the field; I wasn’t sure if I’d ever
receive a scholarship," Looker
says. “Everything that’s hap
pened has progressively kind of
bewildered me a little bit."
By making a U-turn in his
life, Looker has definitely
found the road to success.
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find itself in El Paso, Texas, for the Sun Bowl, while
the fourth and fifth-place selections will be in Hawaii
for the Aloha and Mele Kalilimaka Bowls, respec
tively.
As it stands right now, UCLA would travel to
Pasadena, Arizona would probably be selected for
the nearby Cotton Bowl and Southern California
would also be in Texas for the Sun Bowl.
That would leave the Ducks, Washington, Cal and
Arizona State to fight it out for the two slots in
Hawaii. Although the latter three are short of the
requisite six wins to qualify for postseason play, the
Bears and Huskies are virtually assured of their
sixth wins in their rivalry games against Stanford
and Washington State, respectively. The Cardinal
and Cougars remain the Pac-lO’s only winless
teams.
UO puts WSU on ice with sweep
By Brett Williams
tor the Emerald
Aaron Olson knew that in
order for the Oregon Club
Sports ice hockey team to
sweep Washington State, it
would need to execute better
than it did in two straight losses
to Southern California last
weekend.
Oregon not only executed its
plays, but Washington State as
well, in back-to-back 7-2 and 9
4 victories at Lane County Ice.
Neither game was much in
question, as the Ducks' potent
offense tallied a lead of 5-2 in
the first game and 5-1 on
Saturday.
"We dominated both games
and never gave them a chance,”
said forward Thomas Mele, who
helped lead the offensive surge.
“Our team really has no
problem scoring.”
Forward Peter Harris had no
problem scoring four goals
against the Cougars in the two
games. Olson provided the early
spark for the Ducks in the
second game, scoring two goals
in the first period and
completing a three-goal hat trick
in the third.
While the offense was potent,
Oregon’s players said there’s
still room for improvement on
the defensive end.
“We were short on defense
because (defender) Jordan
Winer was out of town. We
need to be more consistent on
defense," Mele said.
Fortunately for the Ducks,
consistency has been a virtue
for goaltender Josh Hardin.
"He is definitely one of the
key players on our team,” Mele
said. “He was immature last
year, but he has grown up a lot.”
Sports brief
Oregon competes in ITA tournament,
heads to Washington Invitational
Guillermo Carter became the first Oregon tennis
player to reach the semifinals of the ITA Regional
tournament in Moraga, Calif., when he faced Stan
ford’s K.J. Hippenstiel Monday for the opportunity
to play in the tournament final.
Carter's run ended against Hippenstiel, as he nar
rowly missed winning the first set, and eventually
fell, 6-4,6-1.
To reach the semifinals, the Oregon junior beat
California’s Chris Santoso earlier in the day, 6-3, 6
4.
“He played to the level that he’s capable of play
ing to,” Oregon head coach Chris Russell said of
Carter's performance. “We weren't really surprised,
we were more delighted. When he puts everything
together he can play at that level.”
Oregon’s doubles teams didn’t fare as well. In
Monday’s third round, senior Carlos Navarro and his
partner, Thomas Schneiter, lost to Jeff Richer and
Marius Lunde of Washington, 8-5.
Carter also took part in the doubles competition
Monday. He was paired with Duck freshman
Bertrand Devillers.
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