Wrestling
continued from page 7
nament. Lee defeated Portland
State’s Jeremy Wilson 6-4 in the fi
nals as Oregon’s only conference
champion.
“It’s the greatest to have done it at
home,” Lee said. “All of the people
who have supported me over the
years were here. That makes it all
that much better.”
Fellow senior Chael Sonnen
cruised through the first three
rounds of the 197-pound bracket,
earning two major decisions and a
technical fall, only to be stopped
short of a Pac-10 title.
Sonnen faced arch-rival Rusty
Cook of Boise State in the finals in a
much-anticipated match. Sonnen
stormed out to a 5-0 lead, but
squandered it throughout the last
two periods to fall, 12-6.
Watson reached the 133-pound
finals with two big decisions, only
to injure his knee in the process.
“It sucks,” Watson said. “I was
feeling better than I ever had. I
wanted the title though. That’s
what you work all year for. It’s still
nice to go [to the NCAAs] though.”
Also earning NCAA bids were
junior Shaun Williams, Overstake
and Harris. Overstake was hobbled
in his final three matches by a torn
meniscus in his right knee, but still
managed to place fourth at 149
pounds. Harris overcame a lateral
collateral ligament injury to place
{ { Luke is wrestling the
best of his life.
Chuck Kearney
Oregon head coach
fourth at 157 pounds and will make
his second straight NCAA appear
ance.
An exhausted Williams placed
fourth at 125 pounds, which fea
tured five nationally ranked
wrestlers.
Part of the reason why Oregon
was able to stay in the hunt as long
as it did was because of two unex
pected placers.
True freshman Luke Larwin, who
had won only six matches coming
into the tournament, earned key
upsets to place fourth at 165
pounds and qualify for the NCAA
Tournament. After being knocked
out in the first round, Larwin re
sponded with three straight conso
lation wins, including an upset
over top seed Jed Pennell in the
consolation semifinals.
“Luke is wrestling the best of his
life,” Kearney said. “For him to
come into the conference tourna
ment prepared emotionally and
physically like he was is phenome
nal.”
Sophomore Casey Hunt also sur
prised many at 141 pounds. Hunt
earned a pin over Stanford’s Levi
Weikel-Magden in his last match to
place fifth.
“We only ask our wrestlers to
show up emotionally and mentally,
and tonight they did that,” Kearney
said. “I am pleased with what they
did.”
The seven NCAA qualifiers will
have three weeks to heal before the
NCAA Championships in Iowa
City, Iowa, on March 15-17.
Lee
continued from page 7
one of Oregon’s great wrestlers.”
Lee’s track record surely backs
up Kearney’s statement, as Lee fin
ished fourth last season at the
NCAA Tournament while earning
All-American status. He also quali
fied for the NCAAs during his first
two years in the program.
Despite having his fourth
straight NCAA appearance loom
ing in only three weeks, Lee recog
nized how special Monday night’s
feat was. He ended his Pac-10 ca
reer on the ultimate high note and
was able to do so in front of his par
ents, Art and Dawn, his grandpar
ents, his brother, his aunt and uncle
and even many of his former coach
es that he’s grown up with.
And, of course, he made his ear
lier vision a reality. While his team
mate Chael Sonnen frustratingly
*g —————
left the court following his 12-6 de
feat, Lee stepped up to the top spot
on the podium and received his
award.
As the theme song from “Super
man” played in the background,
Three is nice. I’ve
worked all my career to do
something like that, and I
love it.
Doug Lee
Oregon wrestler
the senior from Central Point gave a
wave to the crowd and even
cracked a slight smile.
“That’s what I envisioned,” Lee
said.
Jeff Smith is the Emerald’s sports editor.
He can be reached at Smittside@aol.com
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parts of California as you’re read
ing this.
Can’t stop Sean from scoring
Cal’s Lampley needed to score
25 points Saturday against Wash
ington State to break the Golden
Bears’ all-time scoring record.
He scored 29.
Lampley moved past Lamond
Murray as the all-time leading
scorer in Cal history, with 1,693 ca
reer points. The record earned
Lampley Pac-10 Player of the
Week honors for the third time in
five weeks.
Lampley went on a barn-burn
ing mission to break the venerable
record this weekend in front of the
Bears’ home crowd. The senior
scored 58 points against the Wash
ington schools, shooting 64.5 per
cent from the field and grabbing 25
rebounds along the way.
Lampley became the first player
this season to be recognized as Pac
10 Player of the Week three times.
Arizona’s Gilbert Arenas has re
ceived the award twice.
Lavin cuts his throat
Too bad UCLA head coach Steve
Lavin hates officials so much.
After getting slapped with a
technical foul last Thursday
against Oregon, Lavin was slapped
with a little more than that for his
immature behavior toward offi
cials during UCLA’s overtime vic
tory over Oregon State Saturday.
Lavin was put on probation by
the Pac-10 for the remainder of the
season after he made throat-cutting
gestures toward official Craig Gris
more Saturday night. The Bruins’
coach also repeatedly shouted at
Lou Campanelli — the Pac-10’s di
rector of officiating — to “get [Gris
more] out of here.” Campanelli
was sitting nine rows behind the
scorer’s table at OSU’s Gill Colise
um.
* “Coach Lavin’s conduct, when
he gestured and shouted at Mr.
Campanelli during the game, was
unacceptable, and violative of Pac
10 rules requiring conduct reflect
ing credit on his institution and the
conference,” Pac-10 commission
er Tom Hansen said in a statement.
“Further, his comments about the
officials were prohibited by con
ference rules and inappropriate.
The officials worked a fine game. ”
Lavin issued a formal apology
Monday morning.
“I am sorry the incident hap
pened, and I will do my best to learn
from this experience,” Lavin said. “I
set a poor example for my players,
and my actions did not reflect well
on the Pac-10 Conference, the uni
versity and our basketball program.”
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