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With a 16-3 record, junior Doug Lee is making a convincing case to repeat as Pac -10 champ in the 184-pound weight class.
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Wrestlers ready
for pair of meets
■ This weekend, Oregon
travels to Portland State
and then tangles with
Simon Fraser in Eugene
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Following some impressive in
dividual performances last week
at the Great Plains Invitational,
the Oregon wrestling team at
tempts to improve its record at
Portland State Saturday and at
home against Simon Fraser on
Sunday at 3 p.m.
The Ducks (2-1 Pacific-10 Con
ference, 2-2 overall) are coming
off a tournament in which Oregon
head coach Chuck Kearney be
lieves two of his wrestlers gave
the best performances in their col
lege careers. Freshman Tony
Overstake finished third at 149
pounds, and redshirt freshman
Eric Webb placed fifth in the
heavyweight division.
Kearney said his young team is
coming along fine at this point in
the season.
“We are where we want to be,
and maybe a touch ahead,” said
Kearney, in his second season as
Ducks head coach. “We need to
find more consistency, but we’re
ahead of where I thought we
would be six weeks ago.”
One Oregon wrestler who is ex
ceeding expectations every match
is sophomore Eugene Harris. Af
ter competing at Lassen Commu
nity College in Susanville, Calif.,
last season, Harris is quickly
• adapting to the Division I-A level.
Harris has already beaten four na
tionally-ranked opponents, and
he is doing an excellent job filling
the void left at 157 pounds by the
graduation of last season’s NCAA
qualifier Daryl Christian.
“As far as Eugene is concerned,
it is only a matter of him believing
he is as good as he actually is,”
Kearney said.
Harris’ strong wrestling perfor
mance as of late is proof that he is
almost fully recovered from a
knee injury that hampered him
early in the season. Harris said he
is almost 100 percent healthy and
is now able to do things he was
incapable of doing when injured.
“It was rough at the beginning,
but I’m coming back right, and
now I can do stuff like shooting
and other things I couldn’t do ear
lier,” said Harris, who was voted
wrestler of the year in Nevada
during his senior season at Cima
roon Memorial High School.
Harris wrestles a familiar face
Saturday. He already defeated his
opponent at 157 pounds at the
Southern Oregon Tournament
earlier in the season and also beat
him during his high school days.
Junior Doug Lee is continuing
to dominate at 184 pounds. Lee,
who won the Pac-10 in his weight
class last season, appears due to
repeat. At 16-3, Lee is currently
the highest ranked wrestler in his
division in the Pac-10.
Portland State’s Jeremy Wilson
has his hands full when he takes
the mat with Lee.
Wilson, who is
the Vikings’ top
performer, is 6-6
and ranked
fourth in the Pac
10.
“Jeremy Wilson is their tough
est wrestler,” Lee said. “Portland
State’s dang tough, but they’re
certainly not the toughest in the
Pac-10.”
According to Kearney, the
Ducks have dominated Portland
State for quite some time.
“In the last 40 years, we’ve beat
them pretty regularly. I can’t re
member the last time we lost to
them,” said Kearney, who was an
assistant as well as a wrestler at
Oregon prior to being promoted to
head coach last season. “We need
to get our intensity up like we did
against Oklahoma State.”
Simon Fraser is an unfamiliar
foe for Oregon. None of Oregon’s
wrestlers have competed against
the Clan from the Pacific West
Conference. The Ducks have not
competed against Simon Fraser
since Oregon’s 34-10 victory dur
ing the 1995-96 campaign.
Kearney said the Clan have a
wide range of talent that could
make the contest interesting if the
Ducks don’t stay focused.
“They have a few extremely
good wrestlers, and some that are
not good at all,” Kearney said. “If
they sneak a few wins, it could be
a competitive dual meet.”
Top-rusher Watters
practices for Seahawks
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Ricky
Watters, who is still hampered by
a sprained right knee, practiced
for the first time in two weeks on
Thursday as the Seattle Seahawks
continued to get ready for their
first playoff game in 11 seasons.
Watters had his sixth career
1,000-yard rushing season for the
AFC West champion Seahawks,
but was ineffective in their regular
season finale on the road against
the New York Jets last Sunday. He
had 30 yards on nine carries in a
19-9 defeat in which Seattle
couldn’t score a touchdown.
The Seahawks play the Miami
Dolphins on Sunday in the King
dome.
Wearing a brace, Watters looked
impressive and appeared to be his
old self in Thursday’s practice af
ter being held out of Wednesday’s
workout.
“I feel a lot better and I’ve still
got some days to go,” Watters said.
“It was veiy encouraging. Actual
ly, I wasn’t supposed to do as
much as I did. They just wanted,
me to run around a little bit and
see how it felt.”
Watters said he wanted to dis
card the brace or use a smaller,
less restrictive one, but team doc
tors told him he would have to
wear it.
“It was all vetoed,” he said with
a smile. “Every doctor said, ‘No,’
‘No,’ ‘No.’ ‘Next question. You
have to wear the brace. OK?”’
Coach Mike Holmgren said
Wednesday that Watters would
start against Miami, but Holmgren
didn’t think Watters would be 100
percent for his 11th career playoff
game and his first since 1996.
“I’m definitely going to be
ready,” Watters said. “I felt good
today, but I’m even going to be
feeling better because it’s going to
be getting stronger and stronger. If
I get out there, I’m going to go fast
and go hard.”
The Associated Press