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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1969)
Jonuary 17, 1969 G-Men to face Cards ponents were'Merle Johnson at 98 lbs., Barry Hasson at 106 lbs., Bill Curry at 136 lbs., Bob Lott at 141 lbs., and Steve Baily at 168 lbs. Wrestlers who decisioned their opponents were Dave Gray at 148 lbs., and Ward Bruner at 191 lbs. Tonight’s wrestling match faces the Generals against a very tough Lincoln team. The Cardi nals lost their state champion Wayne Karney when he gradu ated last year but boast a much better all around team than be fore. They have no outstanding wrestlers in any weight but as a team they are a very tough match. PIL ALL-STAR Mike Reniker attempts to go behind his New Zealand All-Star opponent in the January 4 wrestling tourna ment. G-Men bounce past Demos by Bruce Fishback “It was a real good game. The team shot better than last week and the defense did a good job,” commented Coadh Ed Rooney on the Generals’ 62-54 victory over Jefferson last Friday night at the Memorial coliseum. By dumping the Demos the eagers upped their league record to 2-0 and their total win-loss record to 8-0. The win over Jeff placed the G-Men as the only undefeated PIL team this year. “Our scoring was balanced and our rebounding was the same. These two things helped us greatly,” stated Coach Roo ney. “We used ten men against Jefferson and our second team put up a good defense against them,” he added. Leading by only three points at half time, the Gen erals came back from a poor first half where they only hit 33 per-cent of their shots to a 62 per-cent effort dur ing the second half. Leading the scoring for the Generals was Mike Naylor who poured in 14 points during the game. Close behind him was Bill Flowers who racked up ten for the eagers. Third period ended with the Generals leading the Attend the Dance New Zealanders meet PIL Claiming nine wins and one tie, the PIL All Stars, led by four G-Men, swept past the New eZaland High School champions 37-13 last Saturday night. The four: Mike Rienecker, Dave Gray, Ward Bruner and Larry Yakymi gained 11 points for the PIL. Benson’s Mike Downer started things for the PIL by pinning his opponent and gaining five points for the All Stars. The next match found Milo Meskel of Lin coln moving past his oppo nent 7-2. New Zealand’s K. McLaughlan swept past Jim Liming of Benson 7-0. In the 140 pound division Randy White of Jefferson de- 3 Cogers daim victory Grapplers smother Jeff 51-6 Grant’s wrestling team trav eled to Jefferson last Friday and by showing strength throughout the entire match and gaining vital points from forfeits, they dumped the Democrats 51-6. Jefferson’s challenge seemed unworthy because they forfeited four matches on the varsity level which gave the Generals a twen ty point lead to begin with. Grant lost only two matches, but these were very even and the scores were close. Mike Reineckr, Lar ry Yakymi, Bill Lott, and Dan Baisly were the wrestlers who had forfeits. Jefferson boasted only nine wrestlers on their varsity team, and this was the reason for so many forfeits. Gaining pins against their op- THE GRANTONIAN feated his opponent with a 6-2 showing. The next match showed General Dave Gray pinning his opponent in 1:01 of the first round. Randy Brasfield of Lin coln captured the next match by a fall also. Mike Reinecker, wrestling in the 155-pound bracket, grabbed a win over his op ponent with a 5-2 effort. In the next match Ron Lindley of Cleveland gained a tie with K. Russell of New Zealand with a 5-5 showing. General Ward Bruner crushed his opponent 8-1. Dave Aspin of New Zealand claimed the next match by defeating General Larry Yakymi 13-0. Madison’s Bob Johnson then came back for the PIL with a 7-1 win over his opponent. In the next match P. Ragg pinned Dave Howells of Jefferson. Con cluding the night’s matches was the heavyweight match in which Benson’s Louis Amadoro high lighted the meet with a 19-sec- ond pin over his opponent. Demos by five points. By picking up two baskets and a free throw the G-Men surged to a ten point lead which the Demos could never get lower than five. At one time during the fourth period Jeff fell as far back as 11 points but managed to cut the deficit to only eight points by the final buzzer. Coach Rooney cited Don Lin coln as being outstanding on the boards and Bill Flowers as do ing a good job while being sick. He also cited Mike Naylor as being steady throughout the game. “We were very pleased with our play against Jefferson,” concluded Mr. Rooney. Tonight the Generals face Lin coln at Grant. Lincoln is not considered one of the better teams in the league and are rated toward the bottom. After last Friday’s action the Cardi nals held a 0-2 record. G-MAN ED GUEIST leaps for two points while two Democrats watch on in vain. We set the scene the choice is yours Worthmore Saddles HOLLYWOOD Poly - Clean 3805 N.E. 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