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Long Beach Wins PCAA Wrestling Title
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by Rich Kendall
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| SJS individuals did well, but the team trophy went to Long Beach State who edged defending champion Fresno State
74-71 in the PCAA wrestling championships Saturday. |
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| The Spartans, coached by Hugh Mumby, took fifth out of six teams. However, they had three second places and a third.
Mumby said of his team's effort at Fresno, "I was pleased but i would have liked to see a few of them win
for their own sake, We only took an eight man team and placed six. We didn't have anyone compete at 177 or 190
pounds." |
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| Mumby is applying to Athletic Director Bob Bronzan and the athletic board for funding to send Terry and Tim Kerr
and Dan Cabral to Pullman, Washington for the NCAA District 8 tournament. Mumby said he will not know if the trio
is going until later in the week. "They would have to finish in the top three of their divisions to be sent
past there," Mumby said. |
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| In the PCAA championships Cabral lost in the finals 2-1 at 118 pounds. Rudy Rodriguez placed third at 126. Mumby
said of his performance, "I knew he had the potential, but i didn't think he had the conditioning." |
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| The team's lone senior, Terry Kerr, placed for the third straight year. He took second at 142. As a sophomore he
took second at 125 and last year placed third at 134. |
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| Freshman heavyweight Don Jackson grappled to a second place finish. Mumby said, "I was surprised, but i was
glad to see it. He has been coming along real strong." |
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| Sophomore Tim Kerr was beaten 3-2 in the semi-finals and placed fourth. Kerr said he had two points taken away
on "two debatable penalty points." The man he lost to went on to take the title. Mumby added, "They
were judgement calls. One was for an illegal hold and the other for going off the mat deliberately. That's the
way they called them." |
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| With the loss of only the older Kerr, Mumby looked toward the future and said, "We will win the meet next
year." |
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