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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 2-3-81 |
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Wrestlers Second In Portland |
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by Jerry McDonald |
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| The SJSU wrestling team split up its squad over the weekend to perform in two different tournaments, and came
up with two vastly different results. In the Portland State Invitational in Oregon, the Spartan team first placed second out of 16 teams, finishing only behind Oregon State. However, in the San Francisco State Invitational, the matmen only placed one wrestler enroute to a 13th place finish. Dennis Shea finished fourth at 150 pounds. In Portland, Oregon State scored 93.75 points to outdistance the Spartans, who followed up with 70.50. The University of the Pacific followed with 64.75, trailed by Portland State 50.50, Central Washington 24, and Arizona 21.75. Champions for SJSU in the tournament were 118-pounder Albert Perez and 134-pounder Eddie Baza. Kerr termed them "convincing champions." On his way to the title, Baza defeated Portland State's Rick Anderle, 19-6, who gave Baza all he could handle in dual meet action earlier this season. "I think they thought he could beat Baza, but now they must have some doubts," Kerr said. "That's important when the conference tournament rolls around." Taking thirds for the Spartans were David Barnes at 126 and Andy Tsarnas at 167. Barnes' performance was particularly pleasing to Kerr, since he will be trying to replace the injured Wayne Jones. Jones' hamstring injury ended his season at 16-4. Barnes had been wrestling at 134. "it was good to see Barnes do well at 26, because that was quite a cut for him," Kerr said. "But we did have a four-pound allowance on the weight, so we'll have to work on it." "We didn't place in 42s, 58s, and heavyweight, and that is what made the difference," Kerr said. In a year in which SJSU has gotten the better of most of its opponents, Oregon State has been a particular problem. The Beavers gave the Spartans their worst defeat of the year in dual meet action, winning 31-5 in early January. The only other SJSU loss was to Oregon. "They are a really underrated team. The University of Oregon gets all the press, but after this, it will be interesting to see what happens," Kerr said. "Like us, they wrestle aggressively, and their conditioning is comparable also." Spartans who lost in head to head competition with Oregon State wrestlers in the tournament were Jerry Morrison (a third-place finisher at 190), Reggie Thompson (a second-place finisher at 150), and David Brouhard (a second-place finisher at 177). |
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