February 21, 1969
THE GRANTONIAN
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Grapplers claim seventh in district tournament
Rolling up 55 points in three
days of action, the varsity wres
tling team pulled in a strong
seventh place in the District
wrestling tournament held last
week at Grant.
The tournament was cap
tured by Marshall, who
gained 72 points. There was
only a 17 point spread be
tween the first seven places.
Benson and Franklin were
four points behind Marshall
with 68 points each. The
next three places went to
Wilson, Madison, and Jack-
son.
The Generals managed to
place 11 men into the quarter
finals but lost all but five of
them. These five went into the
semifinals of which only two
made it into the finals.
Bill Lott and Bill Curry
each fought their way
through the brackets in the
130 lb. weight division to
the semifinals. At this point
both' boys were defeated and
sent to battle each other for
the third and fourth place
titles. In the following
match Bill Lott decisioned
Curry in a close 7-4 battle.
In the 157 lb. weight division
Ray Denfeld fought his way
from the sub rounds to a fourth
place title.
Dave Gray and Mike
Reinecker, the Generals’
strongest hopes, were top
seeds in the 141 lb. and 148
lb. weight divisions; they
held true to the predictions
and fought their way into
the finals which were held
Saturday night.
Dave Gray, who captured the
first place title last year, wres
tled Tim Nearing of Marshall
who was seeded second in the
tournament. Nearing, to the sur
prise of the predictors, upset
Gray in a match which went
down to the last 20 seconds be
fore Nearing caught Gray on a
move and pulled out with an
8-2 decision. Nearing was later
named as the outstanding wres
tler of the tournament. Both
Dave and Nearing will travel to
the state tournament which is
being held today and tomorrow.
Mike Rienecker placed
third in the tournament last
year and was pitted against
Carl Summersett of Jackson
in the final this year. Sum
mersett was the second
place champion last year in
the 148 lb. weight division.
Rienecker gained his points
off of a takedown with four sec
onds left in the first round and
from a reversal. Summersett
managed to get a reversal and
an escape but when the final
buzzer rang Mike Rienecker be
came the District champion in
the 148 lb. division with a 4-3
decision.
Mike will be wrestling in the
state tournament today and will
be trying for a state crown as
will Dave Gray. This will be the
third time Gray has been in the
state tournament. Last year he
claimed third place.
G-Men trample Cleveland,
face fourth place Benson
Last Friday the Generals
faced Cleveland for the second
time this year as inter-division
play began. The second meeting
proved even more disastrous for
the Indians than the first as the
G-Men swept past the Tribe
84-69.
In their last meeting the
Generals barely nipped the
Cleveland eagers 64-62 and
did not want to have a game
as close last Friday. The
G-Men took the lead early
in the first quarter and out
shot and rebounded the In
dians while dumping in 21
points. During the first
quarter the Cleveland eag
ers managed to stay four
points behind the Generals
by pumping in 17 counters.
During the second quarter of
action the Generals managed to
increase their lead over the In
dians by one as the eagers
racked up 19 more points. As
the buzzer sounded the end of
the half the G-Men led the Tribe
40-35.
In action during the third
period the Generals again
picked up 19 points but
could not manage to in
crease their lead over the
Indians as
they
were
matched point for point
over the eight minute
stretch.
The fourth quarter proved to
be the fatal point for the Tribe
as the Generals broke loose and
poured in 25 points. The last
period was hampered by Cleve
land fouls which the G-Men took
advantage of. On fouls alone the
Generals picked up 11 points,
the other 14 came on field goals.
During the final period the In
dians could only muster up 15
points and as the game ended
the Generals had increased a
five point third quarter lead to
a 15 point fourth period lead.
It was a high scoring game
which saw four Generals and
four Cleveland eagers score in
the double figures. Walt Reyn
olds of Cleveland was the high
scorer for the game as he man
aged to dump ift 30 points. Lead
ing scorer for the Generals was
Don Lincoln who hit the basket
for 27 points; nine of which
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came in the fourth quarter.
Tonight the Generals meet
Benson for the second time this
year. In their last outing with
the G-Men the Engineers were
dumped by a score of 61-47. The
Engineers had a 6-6 record as of
last 'Friday and could create
some competition for the G-Men.
MIKE REINECKER gains two points on a re
versal over Randy White of Jefferson with 20
seconds left in his semi-final match. Reinecker
won the match 2-1 and advanced to the finals
where he captured the city title in the 148 lb.
division by defeating Carl Summersett, Jackson.
Girls' track squad optimistic;
varsity status seen first time
“We should be pretty good,”
stated Miss Carolyn Fitzwater,
coach of the girls’ track team.
About 55 girls have turned out
for girls’ track in its first year
as a varsity sport.
Sophomore Carolyn Walker,
junior Kathy Eckroth, and sen
ior Rita Harris have been cited
by Miss Fitzwater. Kathy took
fifth in state last year.
The girls work out twice a
week on weights and training.
Due to quite a few injuries last
year, the girls are going to work
harder before going onto the
track.
The long-distance runners are
running every day for one and
one-half hours, which is about
three to six miles.
Starting about the last week
About 25 of the girls trying
out for the team will make it.
Miss Fitzwater feels that, “We
should have a good team. We
have a group of good girls.”
in April there will be a meet
every week until the district one
May 10. Last year the girls won
the district meet, and according
to Miss Fitzwater, “We should
win again.”
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