■ Duck wrestling
Ducks wrap up dual season
with PSU tonight in Salem
BY SCOTT J. ADAMS
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
Oregon closes its Pacific-10 Confer
ence dual schedule today in Salem as
it faces Portland State, the final oppo
nent the Ducks will wrestle this season
as a team. Should the Ducks
(5-10 overall, 2-6 Pac-10) prove suc
cessful, they could send seven seeded
wrestlers to the Pac-10 Championships
in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in less than
two weeks.
Morale is high for Oregon
wrestlers, such as junior Joey Braca
monte, who see this dual as a final
tuneup for the postseason.
“There’s no room for mistakes now,”
Bracamonte said. “It’s the end of the
season and we’ve practiced hard for
this. We should have no let-downs.”
With his win last week over Matt El
lis of Oregon State, Bracamonte should
wrestle as the No. 1 seed for the cham
pionships in the 165-pound weight di
vision. His teammate, Scott Barker
(197), should also find himself with a
top seed heading to California. The
senior from St. Louis is 28-5 on the sea
son and leads the Ducks in pins, al
ready holding the Oregon record for
most pins in a season.
After wrestling nearly all of the regu
lar season in the 174-pound class, jun
ior Shane Webster will be wrestling at
184 pounds for Wednesday’s dual and
for the championships. Webster was
No. 1 in the conference at 174 pounds
this season and will likely wrestle at
San Luis Obispo as a No. 2 or
No. 3 seed. Skyler Woods (141), Chet
McBee (174) and Cody Parker (Hwt.)
all aim to join the field as No. 5 seeds.
Portland State heads into today’s
dual after a busy weekend that pitted
it against three different teams in as
many days. The three-dual set started
on Friday, when the Vikings hosted
and defeated Simon Fraser by a score
Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Oregon’s Skyler Woods grabs Arizona State’s Curtis Ray in the 141-pounder’s win earlier this
season. The Ducks will take on Portland State today in their final Pac-10 dual of the season.
of 27-15. Momentum couldn’t carry
Portland State past Boise State the fol
lowing day, as the Broncos stormed
into the Stott Center in Portland and
only surrendered one loss to the
Vikings, which came by way of a for
feit in the 125-pound weight class.
Things got worse for Portland State
on Sunday when it traveled to
Tempe, Ariz., to grapple with
No. 20 Arizona State. Like Boise
State, the Sun Devils lost just one
match en route to a 46-4 win. Eddie
Dahlen (149) recorded Portland
State’s sole win, a 16-8 major deci
sion over Chris Frieje.
Oregon endured a similarly heart
breaking weekend after Oregon State
stole a 21-18 win at McArthur Court on
Sunday. Oregon has gone into a tail
spin as of late, losing five of its past six
duals. Prior to this late-season slide,
the Ducks were on the rebound and
riding a four-dual winning streak.
With a Pac-10 team title out of reach,
both Oregon and Portland State will be
looking to solidify different individual
seedings for the championships. The
biggest question posed this week is
whether Lucas Hambleton (133) of
Portland State will wrestle Oregon’s
Martin Mitchell. Should the two meet,
Mitchell will have a chance to nab
Hambleton's No. 4 seed. Mitchell is
currently No. 6 in the conference.
The Vikings and Ducks take the mat
at 7 p.m. at the State Fairgrounds
in Salem.
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University graduate student Sean
Bemis said. “So, for most people
it would be wise to become confi
dent handling ropes (and) climb
ing local rock crags before climb
I inganyice.”
Anyone willing to learn and
practice ice climbing has the abili
ty to do well. It isn’t reserved for
the abnormally large or small indi
vidual, but accessible for many
body types.
“One nice thing about ice climb
ing is that size doesn’t matter. I’ve
climbed with a couple big, burly
guys that weighed 250 pounds
without any problem,” Bemis
said. “All it physically requires is
moderate upper-body strength —
particularly in the forearms — and
an ability to function efficiently in
the cold weather.”
The one drawback to the
sport is that most decent
ice climbing comes only at the
end of a lengthy drive. In Oregon,
most ice climbers head to
Mount Hood or Dillard
Glacier in the Three Sisters
Wilderness area, where climbers
are lowered into crevasses
to practice.
Those who are willing to drive
farther — to places like Banff,
Alberta, Telluride, Colo., and
Icicle Creek, Wash., — will
be pleased with the quality of
their climbing. Banff in
particular seems popular with lo
cal ice climbers; Strong said it is a
good place for both beginners and
experienced climbers to have a
good time.
Those interested in ice climbing
should be aware the sport doesn’t
come cheap. On top of warm insu
lating clothing, climbers need a
helmet and harness, a set of ice
tools, crampons (metal devices
with pointed cleats), carabineers,
ice screws, anchors and a pair of
stiff boots.
“You can easily spend upward
of $800 to $1000 to get started and
have some good equipment,”
Strong said.
For those who love it, the cost
is worth the dent to the
banking account.
“There’s a great mix of compan
ionship and individuality that
comes on any major ice climb,”
Bemis said. “You and your climb
ing partner have to have a lot of
trust in each other, but when
you’re climbing, it’s you and the
ice, with one clear immediate
goal. The focus it helps you find
is amazing.”
Jones: Duck fans will move on
without their 'fun-loving giant'
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you made some choices that might
not have benefited you or the
team. But I hope you can finish
your degree and continue on in
the game of basketball, because
the talent is there for you.
But now that you’ve been
dismissed from the team, students
and other fans have lost their fun
loving giant.
And the next time I see you at a
local watering hole, the next one is
on me.
claytonjones@dailyemerald. com
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