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Sports Editor Hank Hager hankhager@dailyemerald.com Monday, November 3,2003 Oregon Daily Emerald SPORTS Best bet NFL: New England and Denver 6 p.m., ABC SLOPPY IN SEATTLE Adam Amato Photo Editor Kenny James (8) had 18 carries for 104 yards on Saturday against the Ducks. His long rush on the night was a 56-yard play that took Washington to the 8-yard line and set up a touchdown. Husky kind’ of day Oregon falls for the second straight year to Washington after allowing 42 unanswered points in Seattle By Hank Hager Sports Editor SEATTLE — Last year, Washington got the chance to dance on the Oregon "O" after defeat ing the Ducks in Autzen Stadium. _This year, the opportunity 1T% n m wfr to dance on the Washington UP 11% "W" came at Husky Stadi FOOTBALL um And again, the Huskies - took full advantage of it. Washington hung 42 unanswered points on the board, including 35 in the second half, en route to a 42-10 victory over Oregon in front of 72,450 on Saturday. "We played very poorly," Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti said. "We turned the ball over, we gave them the big plays, we broke ourselves down. It was very horrible." Washington didn't have Rich Alexis. They didn't have Cody Pickett in the second half. They didn't have wide receiver Charles Frederick fully healthy. And it didn't matter. Turn to OREGON, page 10A Adam Amato Photo Editor Rodney Woods (under jacket) and teammates watch the video screen at Husky Stadium as Washington scored its final touchdown of the night on Saturday, capping a 35-point second half. Backup Casey Paus took control of Washington in the second half, making the difference for UW By Mindi Rice Senior Sports Reporter SEATTLE — Falling snow wasn't the only Seattle oddity at I lusky Stadium on Saturday. Washington's starting quarterback Cody Pickett— the team's one constant this season — left the game at halftime with an unspeci fied "serious head injury" and didn't come back out on the field. He didn't need to. Ilie Huskies were down 10-7 when backup quarterback Casey Paus took over at the begin ning of the third quarter. Paus threw eight pass attempts in the second half, doubling his season total. It was the first time since high school that he played at least a quarter. "Once 1 got that first throw in me and watched Kenny (James) break that run, every thing went away, and I just focused on the game," Paus said. In his first series of the game, Paus completed his only pass attempt and had four handoffs. Turn to BACKUP, page 10A -——-———-— -J Holts paces Oregon harriers as Ducks take second Martin Smith’s runners take second in Pullman for the second year in a row and third in five years By Scott Archer Freelance Reporter If things weren't going the way the men's cross country team expected at _ this point in w « 4>«*k. mjp" die season, all U 1%. was forgotten CROSSCOUNTRY on Saturday -No. 18 Ore gon entered the 2003 Pacific-10 Con ference Championship at Pullman, Wash., with the goal of coming in sec ond behind Stanford. The Ducks did just that. Behind a strong performance from senior Brett Holts — who finished the race sixth overall — Oregon was able to outpace its nearest competitor, No. 27 Washington, by two points. Stan ford, the defending Pac-10 and Na tional Champion, handily won the race with 23 points. It was the second time in as many years the Oregon squad finished sec ond at the Pac-10 Championship, and the third time in head coach Martin Smith's five-year tenure that the team finished second overall. Holts' career-best finish earned him a spot in the first-team All Pac-10, while teammates Eric Logsdon — eighth at 25:09 — and Ryan Andrus — 11th at 25:18 — helped bolster a strong finish. The Ducks needed every point they could get, and the trio of All-Americans were on the same page for the first time this season. Oregon was able to outpace Arizona and Arizona State, two teams that re cently surpassed Oregon in the rank ings. It was a pair of Oregon natives that stole the show Saturday as Ian Dobson and Grant Robison of Stanford finished first and second overall, with times of 24:34 and 24:36, respectively. The women also duplicated their 2002 Pac-10 Conference Champi onship finish of a year ago. Senior Magdalena Sandoval led Ore gon with a fifth overall finish at a time of 21:46. Eri Macdonald and her 16th place 22:20 finish followed Sandoval. "I was really happy with my race," Sandoval said. "Coming in I thought top 10 was realistic. I was really pleased that 1 was able to race hard the whole way and still finish well. The Pac-10 is a great conference, and it was fun to do well against a challenging field." No. 1 Stanford won it's eighth straight Pac-10 title No. 4 Arizona State finished second overall, followed by No. 15IJCLA, Washington and the Ducks. The Stanford trio of sophomores Sara Bei, Alicia Craig and Arianna Lambie took the top three spots. Saturday's finish by Sandoval and Macdonald was easily their best finish at a conference championship meet. "Coming in fifth was our goal as a team," head coach Mamie Mason said. Turn to HARRIERS, page 10A
