Webster finishes on top.Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm - Shane Webster would not be denied. The Oregon senior, wrestling at 184 pounds, stayed off the mat and then took down Minnesota's Roger Kish midway through the third round to beat Kish 3-2 and win the school's first individual NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling title since 1969 on Saturday. Webster, seeded fifth, beat three of the top four seeds, including the second-seeded Kish in the final, to win the title. "This moment was something I've been working for my whole life, ever since I started wrestling at 7 years old," Webster said. "I can't even describe how I feel right now." The score was tied at 1-1 when Webster made his winning move. After Kish grabbed his legs, Webster got away, then got behind Kish and scored the two-point takedown Takedown 1. The price at which underwriters obtain securities to be offered to the public. 2. The portion of securities that each investment banker will distribute in a secondary or initial pubic offering. Notes: 1. . Webster held on from there. Kish earned a point with an escape with 30 seconds remaining in the match to close to within 3-2, but Webster kept him from scoring again. "I knew I had that little bit of a lead, and I knew neither one of us had riding time, so I just tried to stay in a position where he couldn't get any points off me," Webster said. "He wrestled somewhat differently than I was expecting, but I did the best I could and scored just enough to win." Oregon coach Chuck Kearney said Webster was a worthy winner. "We are really excited for Shane; this was the perfect ending to his college career," Kearney said. "He kept himself focused all tournament long." Webster's title was the first for the Ducks since Johnny Miller
John Laurence "Johnny" Miller (born April 29, 1947) is a former professional golfer on the PGA Tour who was born and raised in San Francisco. won the national crown at 115 pounds in 1969. He was the first Duck to reach a final since Scott Bliss made it at 150 pounds in 1980. Joey Bracamonte lost his consolation match 15-10 to Edinboro's Deonte Penn before coming back to beat Iowa State's Travis Paulson 4-3 in the fifth-place match. "Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle," Kearney said. "He was solid all weekend." Oregon finished in 22nd place with 33 points for the meet, the best finish for the Ducks since finishing 21st in 1997. Oklahoma State won its fourth straight national title, and 34th overall, with 122 1/2 points. The Cowboys' Johny Hendricks Johny Hendricks (born September 12, 1983) is an American amateur wrestler. Competing for Oklahoma State University, Hendricks won the 2005 and 2006 165-pound NCAA Division I wrestling title. scored a takedown with four seconds left to beat top-seeded Ryan Churella of Michigan 8-7 for his second straight championship. Afterward, he pumped both arms, yelled ``That's two!'' to the Cowboys' fans, then ran over and lifted coach John Smith into the air with a bear hug Bear Hug An offer made by a company to buy the shares of another company that is too high for the board of the target firm to refuse. Notes: If the target company says the merger is okay but they want a higher price, it is called a "teddy bear hug. . Smith then guided Hendricks toward the ringside ring·side n. 1. The area or seats immediately outside an arena or ring, as at a prizefight. 2. A place providing a close view of a spectacle. steps, but that didn't stop him. He led a large section of orange-clad fans in an ``O-S-U'' chant, grabbed an Oklahoma State flag from a fan on the arena floor and carried it over his shoulders. ``I looked up and saw three seconds left and I went to my crowd after that,'' Hendricks said. Churella, who had taken a 7-4 lead with a four-point move at the end of the second period, complained, but to no avail. Even in the interview room, Hendricks hadn't settled down. ``In my mind, I'm still cheering over there with OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. fans,'' Hendricks said. Jake Rosholt Jake Rosholt (born September 2, 1982) is an American amateur wrestler. Competing for Oklahoma State University, Rosholt won the 184-pound NCAA Division I wrestling title in 2003 and the 197-pound title in 2005. became the 15th Oklahoma State wrestler to win three national titles, beating Penn State's Phil Davis
CAPTION(S): Oregon's Shane Webster celebrates after winning the title. |
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