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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 11-10-80 |
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Wrestlers Impressive In 2nd Blue-Gold Meet |
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by Greg Miles |
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| Heavyweight Guy Heath stopped Jerry Morrison 5-4 in Saturday's feature match of the second Blue-Gold intersquad
wrestling meet at Spartan Gym. The matches were to determine the starting lineup in SJSU's season opener against Cal State-Bakersfield on Nov. 25. Heath took the lead with a takedown at the end of the first round and never relinquished it. Morrison wrestled better as the match progressed, scoring the last three points of the match, but it wasn't enough to overcome the slim lead Heath had obtained. "Morrison could wrestle better," SJSU coach T.J. Kerr said. "He just got off to a slow start." The top returnees looked very good, but in the 126-pound match, newcomer Albert Perez gave Wayne Jones a surprisingly tough battle, before falling 9-6. Neither wrestler could score in the first round, but Jones took a narrow 4-2 lead going into the third and final round. The third round showed both men making moves, but Perez couldn't make up the difference, and lost by a three-point margin. "Perez looked pretty good," Kerr said. "But Jones pressed more, which made the difference in the match." Crowd pleaser Eddie Baza got off to a sow start, as David Barnes held a slim 2-1 lead after the first round. In the second round, Baza displayed a few of his super quick moves to take a 6-4 lead after two rounds, and held on for a 10-5 victory. The other top returnees, Reggie Thompson and Dave Brouhard both scored pins in their matches. Thompson pinned John Guy in 54 seconds. Brouhard pinned Andy Tsarnas early in the third round. To round out the night, Billy Thomas showed the crowd what they could expect of him this season, as he pinned John Torrise in just 58 seconds. Overall, Kerr said he was pleased with his wrestlers at this time, but mentioned the men needed a little work on technique. "We're going to press harder on conditioning," Kerr said, "and try to use it as an advantage against Bakersfield." |
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