Duck coaches lead wrestlers by example
Oregon’s three coaches each
bring distinct experiences to
the mat, helping the Ducks
be a well-rounded squad
Wrestling
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
With eight All-American awards,
three Pacific-10 Conference individ
ual championships and two Big Eight
Conference individual champi
onships between them, Oregon’s
coaches have a strong history of
wrestling talent and knowledge.
Head coach Chuck Kearney com
peted at Oklahoma State in his first
two seasons, finishing third at the Big
Eight Championships, and was
named a first-team freshman All
American. Kearney then returned to
his home state, competing for Ore
gon for two seasons.
In his senior year at Oregon, Kear
ney placed fifth in the NCAA Champi
onships at 177, leading his squad with
a 34-8-1 record. The mark of 34 wins
puts Kearney at seventh, with three
other Ducks, for most victories in an
Oregon season.
Sitting at fourth on that same list, as
sistant coach Jeremy Ensrud earned a
35-3 record in his senior season as a
Duck. During his four seasons, Ensrud
compiled a 106-29 record. The 106
victories have Ensrud at No. 4 on the
career victories list for Oregon.
Ensrud, a two-time All-American,
still trains and competes in freestyle
wrestling with Olympic aspirations.
Assistant coach Rick Stewart is the
only coach who is not an Oregon alum
nus. Stewart is a four-time All-Ameri
can and two-time NCAA champion
from Oklahoma State.
Stewart served as a volunteer assis
tant coach for his high school alma
mater before coming to Oregon. At
Duncan High School, Stewart was
named Assistant Coach of the Year in
1996 by the Oklahoma Wrestling
Coaches Association.
Each coach brings a different flavor
and experience to the mat, helping to
round out the Oregon program.
It’s been awhile
Before its Feb. 19 shutout of Port
land State, 42-0, Oregon had not held
an opponent scoreless for an entire
dual meet since the 1981-82 season,
when the Ducks blanked Humboldt
State, 47-0.
Oregon has not been held scoreless
in a dual since the 1983-1984 season,
when Utah State beat the Ducks, 49-0.
Since the 1953-54 season, Oregon
has been shut out nine times, while
holding opponents scoreless in 25
dual meets.
Ducking the rankings
Oregon’s Shane Webster remains
the only wrestler ranked by Intermat,
sitting No. 11 in the 174 weight class.
The sophomore finished the season
with a team-leading 26-4 record, in
cluding an 8-1 record in the Pac-10.
Webster is also ranked No. 11 by
The Wrestling Mall and Amateur
WrestlingNews, while W.I.N. Magazine
has Webster at No. 12.
Redshirt junior Jason Harless is
ranked No. 17 by Amateur Wrestling
News and No. 20 by The Wrestling Mall
at 133. Harless went 6-1 against Pac-10
opponents this season, and beat Ari
zona State’s No. 12 Mike Simpson twice.
Senior Tony Overstake is ranked
No. 20 by Amateur Wrestling News
at the 149 weight class. Overstake
led the teams with eight wins by
major decision.
Harless and Overstake lead four
wrestlers who are listed as “other
wrestlers” in their respective weight
classes. Sophomore Martin Mitchell
at 125 and senior Casey Hunt at 141
are also listed.
Pac-10 Powers
Boise State and Arizona State
look to be the front runners for the
Pac-10 Championship. Boise
State, the defending conference
champion, is ranked No. 11 by In
termat. Arizona State, which fin
ished third behind the Broncos
and Oregon last year, is ranked No.
13 by Intermat.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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to play that Friday, then we have to.”
If the Ducks can overcome the Tro
jans — who are 7-8 since that loss to
Oregon — then Smith’s squad would
most likely be assured of at least a
sixth-place finish because of the two
wins over USG. Arizona State must
lose to either Stanford or California
for that to happen.
If Oregon is to impress down south,
it will need its sharpshooters to forget
about the Washington contest. The
Ducks shot just 19 percent from the
field during the first half of the loss,
and made just a pair of two-pointers
during the half.
Davis will be a key figure in the of
fensive attack, and should benefit
from playing close to home. The La
Habra, Calif., native grew up just 30
miles away from the USC campus.
“It’s always good to go home and
see mom’s face and be able to see fam
ily, but also be able to go out there and
take care of business,” Davis said.
The Ducks will stay in Los Angeles
for a contest against UCLA Saturday.
The Bruins decimated Oregon, 93-68,
earlier in the season.
UCLA has definitely been the sur
prise of the Pac-10. Expected to finish
near the bottom of the conference af
ter an eighth-place finish last year, the
Bruins are now sitting pretty in fourth.
They play Oregon State on Thursday,
then host the Ducks in the final regu
lar-season contest for both teams.
Saturday’s tip is set for 2 p.m.,
and the game will be aired on Fox
Sports Net.
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