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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 11-26-80 |
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Wrestlers Tie Powerful Bakersfield |
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by Dave Meltzer |
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| As heavyweights Guy Heath and Craig Shoene went out on the mat, it was another chapter in a rivalry that began
back in high school. Last night in Spartan Gym, more than 3000 eyes were riveted on the two heavyweights as a near-packed house tried to urge SJSU's Heath to upset his long-time rival, Shoene of Cal State Bakersfield, needed a victory as his team's commanding lead of 17-3 had fallen to a 17-17 stalemate. The first round ended without a score, and referee Pat Lovell cautioned Heath for stalling. If the match were to end in a scoreless tie, this would break the deadlock. Shoene was given the bottom position, and quickly escaped to take a 1-0 lead. But with 40 seconds left in the period, Heath scored a takedown and went into the final round with a 2-1 lead. Heath escaped from the bottom as the third round began, but then Shoene scored a takedown and the score was 3-3 with 2:22 remaining. Controversy clouded the next sequence of events. "Riding time," or the time on top minus the time on the bottom, if the difference is more than one minute, is worth one point at the end of the match. Shoene had a 58 second lead on the riding time when it appeared that Heath had escaped. Referee Lovell ruled the escape three seconds later, giving Schoene a 1:01 advantage. With Heath's point for the escape, those seconds made the difference between a tremendous upset for the Spartans and a tie, which pleased no one. Heath and Shoene had battled to a 4-4 draw, the meet ended as a 19-19 tie. After the match, Spartan wrestling coach T.J Kerr was cursing Lovell's officiating, rather than taking consolation in wrestling to a tie with the No. 7 ranked team in the nation. "Things really looked bleak for us after the 158's," Kerr said. "But that was a great comeback, they really rose to the occasion." SJSU had only won one of the first six matches of the night, falling behind 17-3. Eddie Baza, the Spartan 134-pounder, was SJSU's lone winner in the lighter weights, scoring a 12-5 decision over Mike Burch. Spartans' Albert Perez and Jay Slivkoff were both wrestling in their first home dual meet. They were being thrown to the lions with the opposition of Adam Cuestas (winner of two international tournaments with the United States pre-olympic team in Europe this summer) and Jesse Reyes (No. 4 in the nation in Division II as a freshmen), respectively. Both responded well, giving their opponents quite a scare before each fell behind in the third round to lose 12-7 and 13-9, respectively. But a big blow was the 158 pound battle, in which Reggie Thompson was totally dominated by Bakersfield's Glen Cooper and lost a 17-3 superior decision. Randy Davis got the Spartans on the winning track with a tight 3-2 win over Joel Acosta, followed by Dave Brouhard's defeating Marty Jones 23-7. All seven of Jones' points were scored when Brouhard would let him to his feet, only to take him back down again. With about ten seconds to go in the match, Brouhard put Jones on back, apparently flat. The buzzer sounded just as the ref was about to record the pin, which would have been the difference in the meet. "I had both his shoulders down, he was flat," Brouhard said. "I was just waiting for the ref to slap the mat." Billy Thomas thrashed Bakersfield foe Jim Filarsky, injuring his shoulder and forcing a forfeit, which brought the score to 17-17 going into the heavyweight match. |
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