Wrestling prepares for Vegas
■The Ducks get their second
taste of tournament action
this season in Las Vegas
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon wrestling team will
make an unscheduled appearance
at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las
Vegas Friday.
The 30-team tournament was
added to the Ore
gon schedule af
ter the season be
gan on Nov. 10.
Some of the
top teams in the
nation will be on
hand, led by No.
5 Illinois. Eight other ranked teams
will also attend.
Every Pacific-10 conference
school will be in attendance ex
cept UC-Davis, who the Ducks de
feated 31-9 to kick off the season.
No. 11 Boise State and No. 17 Ari
zona State are the conference’s top
teams.
The competition will be Ore
WRESTLING
gon’s toughest by far this season.
Four top-ranked wrestlers will
vie for championships in Las Ve
gas. Fresno State’s Stephen Abas
at 125 pounds, Illinois’ Adam
Tirapelle at 149 pounds, Michi
gan's Otto Olson at 174 pounds
and Illinois’ John Lockhart are all
ranked No. 1 by Intermat
Wrestling.
Ranked Ducks include senior
All-Americans Doug Lee, No. 2 at
184 pounds, and Chael Sonnen,
No. 6 at 197 pounds. Junior trans
fer Shaun Williams is ranked No.
13 at 125 pounds.
Lee should get some of his tough
est challenges all season in the later
rounds. Lehigh’s Rob Rohn is
ranked No. 4 at 184 pounds. Boise
State’s Cash Edwards is close be
hind at the No. 5 spot.
Sonnen won’t be a favorite for
the first time this season. Two
wrestlers — Ohio State’s Nick Pre
ston and Illinois’ Pat Quirk — are
ranked higher than Sonnen in the
197 pound class.
The tournament is a two-day
event with 10 32-man brackets.
Golf signs local talent
■The Oregon men’s team
signs two talented in-state
prep golfers, while the
4 women take on one
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
The future is bright for the Ore
gon men’s and women’s golf team.
In the middle of their 2000-01
campaign, the Duck men signed
two of Oregon’s top golfers to na
tional letters of intent during the
fall signing period.
“We signed two of the best
golfers in the state, and I’m very
pleased we were able to keep these
talented golfers here in Oregon,”
head coach Steve Nosier said.
The first recruit signed, Kyle
Johnson, was an all-around star
athlete at North Bend High School.
He was North Bend’s starting quar
terback, started on the basketball
^ squad and was an all-state golfer.
“He is a tremendous athlete and
has a lot of promise as a golfer,”
Nosier said. “He is the entire pack
age you look for in a recruit. He’s a
terrific addition to our program.”
The second recruit, Eugene’s
own Chris Dukeminier, has a num
ber of individual accomplishments
on his resume. In 2000, Dukemi
nier has won the Oregon Golf As
sociation Junior Tournament, the
Peter Jacobsen Tournament and
been named to the all-district team
at Sheldon High School.
“I’ve seen Chris play several
times and he has the ability to put
up some very good numbers,”
Nosier said. “He has the raw talent
that should be the base for a very
successful career.”
Meanwhile, the women’s golf
team is also building for next year.
Head coach Shannon Rouillard
will lose five seniors off the 2000
01 squad, including All-America
candidate Jerilyn White. So, Rouil
lard followed in Nosler’s footsteps
and signed a local talent for the
2001-02 season.
Johnna Nealy, from Grants Pass,
has two sisters in Division I golf
programs — one at Arizona State
and the other at New Mexico —
but has many individual accom
plishments as well. Nealy placed
fifth at the 2000 Oregon state high
school championships, and sec
ond in her district finals.
“She hits the ball a long wav and
is very competitive,” Rouillard
said. “She is a great addition to our
team and I expect her to come in
and make an immediate impact.”
Sports brief
Ducks make
All-Academic teams
The Pacific-10 Conference re
warded five Oregon cross country
runners for their academic and ath
letic merit this season.
Junior Adam Bergquist and soph
omore Erinn Gulbrandsen were
named to the conference All-Acad
emic teams, the Pac-10 announced
Tuesday.
Bergquist, a double major in ex
ercise and movement science and
general science, was named to the
seven-man first team. The Boulder,
Col., native placed 17th at the Pac
10 championships on Oct. 28 while
earning a 3.96 GPA.
Gulbrandsen also landed on the
first team. The English and exer
cise and movement science double
major earned a 3.97 GPA while
placing 40th at the Pac-10 meet.
The Chico, Calif., native helped
the Ducks to a NCAA meet berth
and a No. 24 national ranking.
For the men, senior Sam Hill
and redshirt freshman John Lucas
were named to the honorable men
tion team. Sophomores Annie
Davis and Eri MacDonald made
the honorable mention list for the
women.
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Undefeated Ducks
Six Oregon wrestlers head to the
Cliff Keen Invitational with perfect
records. Dual match wins over
Pac-10 rivals UC-Davis and Stan
ford, coupled with a good showing
at Nov. 18’s Southern Oregon
Open, have aided the Duck
records.
Sonnen, junior Shaun Williams
and sophomores Brian Watson and
Tony Overtsake are all 6-0 with
Southern Oregon Open champi
onship titles. Junior Eugene Harris
and sophomore Eric Webb are 4-0
after having to withdraw from
Southern Oregon with injuries.
Lee won his only match of the
season against Stanford’s Harold
Penson.
In-state preview
Oregon head coach Chuck Kear
ney will get a preview of the
Ducks’ next dual match opponent,
Oregon State. The No. 24 Beavers
are also attending the Cliff Keen
Invitational. The wrestling version
of the Civil War will take place
Dec. 13 in Corvallis. The two
teams will have a rematch Feb. 14
in Eugene.
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