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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 12-6-65 |
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No Spartan Winners At NorCal Meet |
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| Spartan wrestlers were unable to place first in any of the 11 varsity weight divisions at the Northern California
championships in the SJS' Men's Gym Saturday, and failed in their bid for a second straight team title. Cal Poly of San Luis Obispo, winner of three events, took first with 82 points, while Fresno State scored 69 for second. The Spartans tallied 38 points to place fifth in the 11-team field. Stanford (65) and Chico State (43) also finished ahead of San Jose. Only five local grapplers managed to be among the top three in their respective weight divisions. and all suffered their sole defeats at the hands of the eventual winners. Ron Matheson and Gary Scardina took seconds in the 138 and 153-pound classifications, respectively, while Loren Miller (146), Jim Bridger (161), and Rich Popejoy (hwt) earned thirds. Miller, who won his division in last year's NorCal championships, was upset in the second round by Brian Benson of Chico State by a score of 17-5. He fought back to pin Ron Critchley of Humboldt State, however, and then won the consolation championship with a 6-0 decision. Matheson, in his first year on the SJS squad, got into the finals by beating Dean West of Sacramento State 14-4, and Steve Greene of Fresno 5-1. He found himself pitted against defending titleholder Al Siegal of Cal in the last round, however, and lost by a 9-2 count. Scardina defeated Jeff Patch of Chico 6-2 and Marshall Ott of Stanford 4-3, before bowing to Fresno's Mike Gallego 6-2 in the finals. Bridger gained his third by winning a 5-1 decision from Leroy Evans of Humboldt in the consolation finals. He lost to champion John Miller of Cal Poly in the first round, but bounced back to down Fresno's Steve Krisiak 3-0 and Cal's Rich Strangio 8-0. Popejoy pinned Art Brown of Chico in his opening match, but lost to Fresno's huge Dave Birbeck 6-0 in the second round. He used a clever escape to edge Joe Faria 1-0 for the No. 3 spot. SJS freshman Rich Hamm garnered the novice 131-pound championship for the Spartans' only first place of the day. |
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