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to play after the wind came up. I
watched one player hit a 2-iron
from 220 yards and his ball landed
50 yards short of the green. It was
pretty tough conditions."
As for the Ducks, they shot a final
round 28-over 388 to finish in sev
enth, equaling last year's conference
championship finish.
"It was good to hold on to the
place we started the day in, but other
than that, I did not think we played
very well," Oregon head coach Steve
Nosier. "It was a tough day for us."
The Ducks' seventh-place finish
did little to improve their chances as
a bubble team hoping for one of the
12 NCAA West Regional bids. Ore
gon finished ahead of only one
team, Stan
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ford, that
currently
holds one of
_ the 12 bids.
A finish in
the top five would have given the
Ducks a reasonable shot, but as it
stands now, an outside chance at an
at-large bid is Oregon's only hope.
Individually for Oregon, sopho
more Justin St. Clair put the finishing
touches on an impressive tournament
performance with his final round 6
over 78. St. Clair was the Ducks' top
finisher at 8-over 296, good for a tie
for 14th. This marked his third top
20 finish of the spring season, the
most for any Oregon player.
Freshman Matt Ma recorded a top
25 finish in his first conference
championship appearance. Ma
carded a 72-80-71-78-301 for the
tournament and finished tied for
24th. Fellow freshman Dustin Pe
warchuk carded the best round of
the day for the Ducks, with his 2
over 74, which included four
birdies, four bogeys and a double
bogey. Pewarchuk finished the tour
nament tied for 46th at 310.
Sophomore Gregg LaVoie, last
year's top finisher for the Ducks in
this event, carded a 74-77-76-79-306,
good for a tie for 37th, at 18-over par.
Sophomore Kyle Johnson finished in
36th at 305. Senior Mike Sica fin
ished in 56th with a 32-over 320.The
Ducks will now await Monday's an
nouncement for regional bids.
Eighth-ranked Arizona fired a 5
over 365 to pass third round leader
and rival Arizona State and take
home the team title for the first
time since 1991.
"It's a big win for us," Arizona
head coach Rick LaRose said. "It
means a lot to us to be champions
of our conference when it's the
toughest in the country."
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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Johnny DuRocher understands the role of the backup quarterback in Oregon’s offense and some of those who have filled the spot in the past.
DuROCHER
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Clemens and Jason Fife.
Much like then, the backup posi
tion is open now. Even though
DuRocher seems to have the inside
track, fellow freshmen Dennis Dixon
and Brady Leaf would like to have
their say in the process.
"I think that Dennis Dixon has
showed some things with his athletic
ability," Bellotti said. "Johnny
DuRocher has been very steady, and I
like that. Brady Leaf has shown im
provement and has a ways to go athleti
cally, but he knows that. He's a good
worker and student of the game. I'm
pleased with the quarterback position."
DuRocher has made strides since
coming to the Ducks as an early en
rolled freshman. Listed at 197 pounds
in the 2003 Oregon media guide, he's
now at 215. Those 18 extra pounds
have given him a more fiiled-out
look, and where he once seemed
smaller than the 6-foot-2, 214-pound
Clemens, he no longer is.
Even though he redshirted last year,
having seen a full season of college
football has translated into more
mental maturity, as Clemens said.
"He's getting a lot more reps than
in the fall, which helps," Clemens
said. "He's learning things. He's ma
turing over the course of the spring.
"His confidence is infinitely greater
than it was in the fall. That just comes
from getting more reps."
In the team's three scrimmages, the
Graham, Wash., native has been as
impressive as any quarterback.
He was five of eight passing for 39
yards and one touchdown strike in the
first scrimmage. He bettered himself in
the second, completing six passes in 10
attempts for 95 yards. Finally, in the
third, DuRocher was four of nine for 54
yards and one touchdown.
In each of the three scrimmages,
DuRocher saw some time with the
No. 1 offense.
So far, so good, but there's still
plenty more to do.
"It's been going pretty well,"
DuRocher said of his spring. "It's
about average. I've made some plays,
but I think I've also hurt myself by
making mistakes.
"You can always get better
physically. And mentally, I don't
have the kind of experience that
someone like Kellen does, so I just
have to go back over the summer and
watch film and just throw a lot."
DuRocher is aware of Oregon's his
tory of backup quarterbacks. From
Bill Musgrave to Akili Smith, A.J. Fee
ley to Joey Harrington, the Duck
backup QB spot has had an NFL fu
ture associated with it.
Even if it hasn't always turned out
to be a true success.
"Me and Kellen have kind of
talked about stuff like that,"
DuRocher said. "It's kind of exciting
for me to know that I might possibly
be put into a position like that. It
kind of gives me an added incentive
to work hard over the summer."
During the summer, DuRocher will
spend time in the film room. He'll
work on his arm angle, his footwork,
and his reads.
He could very well be the backup
quarterback come this fall, something
that has added presence in the Ore
gon offense.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
RICE
continued from page 13
In the investigation's report, Wilson,
the Oregon coach from 1986-1989, is
portrayed as a hard-nosed coach who
wanted to know where her players
were at all times, make sure they were
physically "able" to play and, it seems,
win at almost any cost.
Wilson's apparent demand of her
players to return to top shape soon af
ter an injury can be traced back to her
days at Oregon. In 1989, Oregon's
starting right fielder, Sandy Scott, did
not play in the Ducks' regional appear
ance due to an ankle injury. After Ore
gon won its regional, Wilson was quot
ed in the Emerald on May 23, 1989, as
saying that Scott had been receiving "as
much as 18 hours of treatment a day."
Seems a little excessive to allow a
player just six hours of sleep and no
in-class time just so that she can play
in the World Series.
As co-interim head coaches, Scott
Centala and Steve Dailey are apparently
freeing the team from the alleged daily
dosage of unprescribed medications.
However, Centala was named in the
investigation as one of the people who
"knew or should have known."
While Centala's involvement, if any,
is undear, it is possible that he and Wil
son really did know nothing. People
can choose to ignore things that they
don't want to see, or perhaps Wilson
was so focused on her team's success
that she neglected to notice problems
— even when they fell into her lap.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemeraid.com.
Her opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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