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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 11-19-79 |
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SJSU Overwhelms Chico State |
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by Ron Lazzarotti |
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| In a meet highlighted with three pins, the SJSU wrestling team kicked off its 1979-80 campaign with a 44-6 thumping
of the Chico State Wildcats Thursday night in Spartan Gym. SJSU wasted little time grabbing a 5-0 lead when Wayne Jones decisioned Dan Prado 21-9 in the 118-pound division. In the 126-pound division, Eddie Baza started slowly, trailing 0-4 after one period. However, he turned things around in the second period scoring a three-point near fall taking a 5-4 lead, and then going on to win 26-14. The Spartan dominance quickly came to a halt in the 134-pound division when John Middlestead lost a low scoring match to Don Williams 4-2. In the 142-pound division, SJSU's Dennis McDowell lost another low scoring match to Chico's Dan Lehor 12-8. Lehor place third in the 1979 NCAA Division II Western Regional championships. As Chico closed the gap to trail 10-6, the Spartans got a big lift when Doug Stewart pinned Sean Burns at the 4:37 mark of the match. Before Chico had a chance to catch its breath, Reggie Thompson pinned Bob McLaughlin at the 1:52 mark, giving SJSU a 22-6 lead. In the 167-pound division, Randy Davis decisioned Steve Marinello 25-7 as the Spartans moved out to a comfortable 27-6 lead. It was Dave Brouhard's turn next, and the 177-pounder muscled his way to a 28-15 win. At 190 pounds, Jerry Morrison picked up his easiest win of the season when Chico forfeited the match. In the heavyweight division, Ken Klein ended the evening following in the footsteps of Stewart and Thompson, pinning Charles Ogle at the 2:51 mark of the match, giving SJSU the 44-6 victory. "It was a pretty good match," SJSU wrestling coach T.J. Kerr said. "But in a couple of matches, conditioning didn't look that good. We need more work because we have some tough matches coming up." Some of those "tough matches" Kerr was referring to include Nevada-Las Vegas, Michigan State, and Cal Poly-SLO. "We've been practicing technique, but not quite applying it," Kerr said. "It's hard to make the transition from practice to matches." However, the Spartans made a pretty good transition against Chico. "I'm happy with the outcome," assistant coach Tim Kerr said, "but we still need a little work." "We got some good breaks in the 150s and 158s, but overall i'm happy with their performance," Kerr added. The Spartan wrestlers were also happy with their performance. "It was a good meet," 177-pound Dave Brouhard said. "Those pins really helped, it's good for morale. The total victory, it gets the adrenalin going." The adrenalin continued flowing as the Spartan's freshman and second-string wrestlers traveled to Biola for a dual meet tournament Saturday. The Spartans won all four dual meets: 24-17 over host Biola, 27-13 over Stanislaus State, 54-4 over Cal Poly-Pomona, and 51-0 over Southern Utah. Vic Redon, Mike Rodrigues, Ken Klein, David Barnes, Butch Vale, Sheldon Kuehn, and Phil Blocker all recorded pins. |
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