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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 2-10-78 |
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Wrestlers Rout Cardinal |
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by Steven Goldberg |
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| After his team mauled a small Stanford team 51-3, wrestling coach T.J. Kerr looked towards two of the most important
matches of the wrestling season. UCLA and Cal Poly-SLO (the ninth ranked team in the nation) will wrestle the Spartans tonight and tomorrow night, respectively. Both matches will start at 7:30 in the Men's Gym. "This is the biggest wrestling weekend in the history of the school," Kerr said. His biggest worry is that 11 wrestlers are sick with the flu, he added. One of the ill wrestlers is Robert McDowell, the sixth-ranked wrester in the country at 142 pounds. His opponent from Cal Poly-SLO could be the son of Mustang coach Vaughn Hitchcock. Kerr seemed excited about the possible McDowell-Hitchcock match-up. "It's sort of a pride thing," Kerr said. Although the score could be lopsided (with the Mustangs winning), Kerr noted. He added that the score is not always indicative of a wrestling meet. "In a wrestling match the score doesn't always reflect the closeness of the match," Kerr said. "A match could be lost by one point and the scoreboard shows a 3-0 score." In wrestling, the outcome of the match determines the score entered on the scoreboard. A pin is worth five points while a forfeit is worth six, for example. Against UCLA Kerr expects a close match than against Cal Poly. "It could be real tight," Kerr said. An added feature of the meet would be the heavyweight matchup, Kerr added. The Bruin heavyweight told one of Kerr's wrestlers that he would demolish the Spartan heavyweight who is Ralph Kuehn. One of the reasons that UCLA has a good team, Kerr said, is that UCLA is an excellent school. "It's such a nice school, that two years ago (when the grapplers went to UCLA for a meet) we all decided to transfer there," Kerr joked. They are also able to five full scholarships to more of their wrestlers, Kerr said. Against Stanford the Spartans had no trouble. With only a half-dozen wrestlers, the Cardinal had to forfeit several matches. In the matches they did wrestle they were only able to win one match by a decision. Kerr, who has coached the Spartans to five straight PCAA titles, will coach the North team in the North-South All-Star meet at UC Berkeley Monday night. McDowell, Kevin Hejnal, and Dave Brouhard were selected from the Spartans to wrestle at the meet. |
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