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Oregon’s senior wrestlers hit record heights Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Junior Leif Williams (left) and the Oregon wrestling team return home to face Arizona State at McArthur Court on Friday night. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS Two 5-week Summer Sessions I. June 3-Jiily 5 II. July 9-Aug. 10 Over 100 Courses French Immersion Other Special Programs Summer in Paris 2001 Tel: (33/1) 40 62 06 14 Fax: (33/1) 40 62 07 17 or in NY (212) 983-1414 summerCcPaup.fr www.aup.edu Run your “For Sale” ad (items under $1,000) for 5 days in the ODE Classified section. If the item(s) doesn’t sell, call us at 346-4343 and we’ll run your ad again for another 5 days FREE! Student/Private Party Ads Only • No Refunds Why start your day stuck in traffic? There’s no spch thing as rush hour at an EYA wilderness capip./Our youth counselors live and work year-round in some of the most beautiful, natural settings in the eastern United States. Hike the Appalachian Trail. Canoe the Suwanee. 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With wins last weekend, Sonnen and Lee moved to eighth and ninth on the career victories list, respec tively. Sonnen has 98 wins to his name as a Duck, while Lee is two wins behind at 96. Sonnen is second on the career pins list at 45, only eight behind school record holder Don Brown. Sophomore Eric Webb is another key contributor to this year’s team. The heavyweight is 10th on the sin gle-season winning percentage list with a .851 average. Webb is 23-4 this season. In the polls Despite two devastating losses last weekend, the Oregon wrestling team held its ground in the national polls. Though they dropped to No. 20 in the Intermat.com national poll, the Ducks actually gained ground in the National Wrestling Coaches Association poll to the No. 14 spot. Junior Shaun Williams, who sat out last week’s matches due to a concussion, remained the No. 5 125-pounder in the nation. Lee and Sonnen were both ranked No. 7 by Intermat. Sopho more Brian Watson moved pp one place to No. 9 following a win over Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo’s Nate Ybarra. Webb remained the No. 8 wrestler despite an upset over the No. 2 heavyweight in the nation. Junior Eugene Harris rounded out the ranked Ducks at No. 19. Insult to injury With both matches already clinched, both Fresno State and Cal Poly proved to be poor sports in its wins over Ore gon. In the final match on Sunday, Lee was leading Cal Poly’s Chuck Sandlin in the third period when Sandlin bit Lee. Sandlin was disqualified and Lee was awarded six points. The win pushed the score to 23-20 in the Mustang’s fa vor. On Friday, Webb faced long odds against Fresno State’s No. 2 Billy Blunt. But by the end of the match, Webb had a takedown and an es cape to lead Blunt 3-2. At the buzzer, a frustrated Blunt threw a punch over Webb’s shoulder that landed in his face. Webb was awarded and extra team point, but that proved to be irrelevant as the Bulldogs won by seven points. WHISTLING Pac-10 standings After sustaining Pacific-10 Con ference losses on consecutive weekends, the Ducks essentially eliminated themselves from con tention for the regular season title. It is noteworthy that the regular sea son standings have absolutely no effect on postseason qualifying. The Ducks (4-2) are tied for fourth-place with Oregon State, a team Oregon beat 22-16 on Dec. 13. Oregon has yet to wrestle second place Arizona State and does not wrestle first-place Cal State-Bakers field. Ouch! The Oregon State wrestling team put forth a better-than-perfect record against Pac-10 rival UC Davis, whipping the hapless Aggies 43 to negative-2. The Beavers won every match while UC-Davis was penalized for unsportsmanlike con duct in two matches. Schrempf resumes basketball career By Landon Hall The Associated Press TUALATIN — Detlef Schrempf made it through his first practice since being coaxed out of retire ment, but he didn’t sound ready or able to play in an NBA game right away. “I don’t even want to think about it,” Schrempf said with a smile Wednesday when asked whether he might play for the Port land Trail Blazers in their next game, Thursday night against Phoenix. “Let’s try one day at a time,” he said. “I’m not in the best of shape. I haven’t played since June, so it’s going to take a little while.” Schrempf, who announced his retirement Oct. 2, after 15 years in the league, has remained on the Blazers’ roster at the request of team president and general manager Bob Whitsitt. Portland has kept the 6 foot-10 forward on the injured list and is paying him his full $2.2 mil lion salary, just in case a key player got hurt. The Blazers were forced to call in their marker when it became appar ent that Scottie Pippen’s sore right elbow wasn’t healing. He had arthroscopic surgery on Monday and is expected to be out at least a month. Schrempf, who turned 38 on Jan. 21, is expected to back up Stacey Augmon at small forward. When Schrempf might be able to play isn’t known. Last season, his first with the Blazers, he appeared in 77 games. He averaged 7.5 points and 4.3 rebounds and knows coach Mike Dunleavy’s system. “We’re going to kind of let him go at his own pace, see how he feels,” Dunleavy said after Wednesday’s workout. “He looks like he’s in good shape. I don’t think it’ll take much for him to un derstand or know what we’re do ing. He hasn’t been gone, really, that long. Things haven’t changed all that much.” Pippen, who watched practice while wearing a wrap on his right elbow, said keeping Schrempf in the wings was a smart move. “It’s a nice luxury to have,” Pip pen said. Schrempf last played on June 4, 2000, in the Blazers’ Game 7 loss to the Lakers in the Western Confer ence finals. He scored six points in 21 minutes. Suffering from pain in his neck because of a pinched nerve the en tire season, and frustrated by hav ing a bit part on a loaded team, Schrempf called it quits on the first day of training camp. But Whitsitt persuaded him to stay ready, and Schrempf never submit ted his official retirement paper work to the league office.
