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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-4-74 |
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Wrestlers Win! |
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by Terry Day |
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| FRESNO--The SJSU wrestling team took its second PCAA championship here Saturday as they bounced arch-rival Fresno
State 135.5-128.5. Although there were six schools competing, the team championship was definitely between the Spartans and Bulldogs. As an added bonus, three Spartans will be traveling to Ames, Iowa, for the NCAA championships later this month. Copping PCAA titles and NCAA berths were Danny Kida (118), Oscar Trevino (126), and Donnell Jackson (hwt). All three men are no strangers to the NCAA finals. This will be Jackson's third trip while Kida and Trevino will be making the trip for the second time. But these three individuals were only a small part in the capturing of another league title. Of the ten spots available in the finals, SJSU filled seven, winning three and garnering four second place spots. All the Spartans drew first round byes. Trevino got the ball rolling in the second round by winning a close decision over FSU's Rick Rio Frio. Kida followed suit by pinning Lee Montoya from Long Beach State with 3:15 left in the second round of the match. George Jagger was shut out by FSU's Mike McGough 11-0, but Steve Dick came back to pin Victor Garza from UC Santa Barbara. Jim Niskanen dropped a decision to Long Beach State's Wally clark in the 158 pound division, while Dean Prescott toyed with, and then pinned FSU's Nick Quintana in the 167 pound weight class. Mike Cunningham put up a good fight against FSU's George Howe (177), but the defending PCAA champ proved to be too much for Cunningham, winning 7-1. Tom Roberts won his 191 preliminary against a Long Beach competitor. Jackson rounded out the first qualifying round for the Spartans by disposing the Bulldog's heavyweight Luther Norred by way of a quick pin in the second round of the match. SJSU's Jim Lucas (142) was the first Spartan to make it into the finals, but he won by not laying a hand on anybody. Lucas was supposed to wrestle the 142 pound man from Los Angeles State, but for some mysterious reason the L.A. wrestler failed to make weight in time for the match. Lucas was surprised but not overly disappointed at not being able to wrestle in the first two rounds. Kida started off the final round of action against FSU's Dave Hernandez. The last time these two met, Kida pulled out a decision in the last few seconds of the match, but this match was going to be a different story. Hernandez got off to an early 1-0 lead with an escape. Kida came back in typical fashion with a takedown and was never relinquish the lead again. Kida won the match 10-5. Trevino didn't wait around long before winning his second PCAA title at 126. Trevino started off fast and didn't stop until he had Long Beach's Joe Vega down 6-0 with less than a minute remaining. The next two matches are better forgotten, if one is an SJSU fan. Steve Dick from SJSU met Jeff Gerry, a two-time PCAA champion at 134, and Gerry showed why he has dominated that weight class for three years. After outscoring his SJSU opponent, Gerry polished off another championship year with a pin in the third round. The Bulldog's Gary Reinhart made quick work of Lucas in the 142 final, winning 3-2. The Spartans did not have another finalist until Prescott came up against tough Jay Lawson from UCSB. Lawson tagged Prescott early and held on for a 5-1 decision. SJSU's Roberts, a surprise finalist in the 190 class, and John Berg hooked up for a close battle, but Berg overpower Roberts 11-2 for the decision. In the final event of the night, Jackson, a two-time PCAA champ, simply out-fought John Suter from San Diego State in building a 5-0 lead before pinning Suter in the second round. It was a satisfying day for those who won berths to the NCAA finals. Even more satisfying was the team championship, a championship that took ten men to achieve. |
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