Ducks Fall in Season Finale

Bryan Holt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Salt Lake City, UT- The short-handed Ducks fell in their season finale to the Utah Utes, who posted a season-high 16 hits, resulting in a 10-3 final score.  Oregon played without usual starters Ryon Healy, Brett Thomas and Scott Heineman. Senior shortstop J.J. Altobelli, playing his last regular season game in a Ducks uniform got the offense started in the …

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Irvin ties School Record for Wins in Ducks 6-2 victory at Utah!

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

SALT LAKE CITY – Cole Irvin tied the Oregon single-season win record Saturday leading the No. 8 Ducks to a 6-2 win over Utah on Saturday at Spring Mobile Ballpark. The freshman lefty picked up his 11th win while allowing two runs on seven hits in eight innings pitched. The 11 wins match the school record Pac-12 Pitcher of the …

Ducks Drop Opener in Softball SuperRegional

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

EUGENE – In its first-ever NCAA Super Regional at Howe Field, the #3 NCAA-seeded University of Oregon softball team (49-10) dropped the series opener to #14 seed Nebraska (44-13) by a 5-2 count. The Big Ten runner-up capitalized on a five-run fifth inning that was capped by a two-out grand slam by Husker clean-up hitter Brooke Thomason. The Huskers opened …

Notes from around the college football nation: Tebow making headlines and Charlie Weis breaks the bank

Jeff Hostetler FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  Less than 100 days to go and college football will be here. This is such a dead time. All we can do now is just speculate and gossip about the upcoming season. Of course your gossip and speculations will vary depending on where you are in the country. Down south they talk about Alabama about to win its fourth …

Christian Jones’ Road to Recovery

Victor Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

One sentence can mean completely different things depending on who reads it.  Take this one, for instance: “Jones entered the year looking like a potential top pick.” That is the first sentence in Christian Jones’ scouting report from this Baseball America article written last year, where author Conor Glassey listed the top MLB draft prospects from the state of Oregon.  To …

Oregon vs. Michigan 2007: The True Dawn of the Chip Kelly Era

Joey Holland History

Football is an extremely complex game filled with trickery, mental toughness, and constant adjustments.  Coaches and players alike must be on their toes at all times, actively trying to remain one step ahead of their opponent. As Oregon fans know, perhaps no coach in recent history has done this as well as Chip Kelly, at least on the offensive side …

Meet Your New Ducks: Another Set of Superstar Twins!

Joe Packer FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Eric Amoako is the first of the two Amoako brothers to be introduced here on FishDuck (Stephen Amoako, also a Duck, is his twin brother).  Now, some Duck fans may not have heard of either of these guys for a couple of reasons.  One, they both redshirted their freshman year and stayed out of trouble.  Two, the recent commitment of the …

Recruiting Update: Oregon Commit Mahalak King of Elite 11

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Football Recruiting News Quarterback and recent Oregon commit Morgan Mahalak (3-Star/Kentfield, CA) is quickly gaining fame around the summer circuit camp water cooler. At the latest edition of Nike’s Elite 11 showcase, Mahalak was named top performer and garnered praise from Super Bowl winning signal-caller Trent Dilfer. “Morgan had a very good day. Lots of energy in his body. My …

NCAA Postseason Insight

Bryan Holt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The Pac-12 baseball race seems to have come to a close with Oregon State’s defeat of the Oregon Ducks this past weekend, taking two out of three games at PK Park.  The Beavers now hold a two game lead over both the Oregon Ducks (43-13, 20-7) and the UCLA Bruins (37-15, 20-7), both of which are now tied for second …