Oregon’s senior wrestlers hit record heights
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Junior Leif Williams (left) and the Oregon wrestling team return home to face Arizona State at McArthur Court on Friday night.
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■ Duck wrestlers are climbing
the national polls and the
school record books
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
Part of the reason this season’s
wrestling team has been called the
best in school history is because of
two seniors: Doug Lee and Chael
Sonnen.
The senior All-Americans will
leave their mark on the team’s win
column and in the school record
book.
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.