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McBee signs with UO By Don Hunt EAGLE POINT � It isn�t often that the University of Oregon wrestling team recruits someone who hasn�t fared better than fifth at a high school state tournament, but the Ducks saw a budding star when they signed Chet McBee to a scholarship. McBee, a senior at Eagle Point High, signed a letter-of-intent with the Ducks on Wednesday. "It�s not what I�ve done in the past so much as what I�m going to do in the future, because I have yet to put together a complete tournament," McBee said. The 145-pound McBee managed only a fifth-place finish at last year�s Class 4A state tournament. But he beat former Crater standout Justin Godley � now a freshman with the Ducks and last year�s state champion at 145 � at the district tournament and knocked off a couple of other wrestlers who signed Division I scholarships at a big tournament in Reno. Brad McBee, Chet�s father and the coach of the Eagle Point team, said the Ducks are banking on the younger McBee getting stronger physically. "He�s a skinny kid, a late-bloomer physically," Brad McKee said. "I think Oregon is looking where he�s going to be when he 19 or 20 years old. "And I think they like his athleticism. Chet has beaten some of the best (high school) wrestlers in the country." Chet McBee posted a 37-7 record last year after moving to Eagle Point from Dodge City, Kansas. He was also being recruited by Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., but decided he didn�t want to move 3,000 miles from home. As a freshman, McBee will have his tuition and books paid for, but not his room and board. Depending on how he performs, his scholarship money could increase. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.