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20 Matches On Tap; Finals S lturdayillid-n-ithrnrsonhe•e,sr,ds*1rsinillDkxl17,tsthis:T-iy |ie |e.ieiest Ilt;sle»yisd-minThe Region 3 High School Wres-! tling Tournament will start at 7 p. m. today at Woodrow Wilson High 'School, not 8 p.m., Director Vic Foolish announced this morningAn announcement hv Pcelish yesterday mistakenly reported the starting time as 8 p m.This evening's session is the first of three. Twenty matches—two in each of the 10 weight divisions— are on tap tonight. Ten more semifinal bouts are booked for an II a m. session Saturday, and the ten championship matches begin at 7:,'10 pm. Saturday,The ten champions will represent the region agamst champs from Regions l, 2 and 4 in the State Tournament at Parkersburg on Saturday, Feb. 22. Semifinals there start at 1:30 p.m. with the finals booked that night.The 50 boys entered in the regional from five area schools will weigh-in at 5 p.m. today. The draw for opponents will follow immediately with one boy in each weight group receiving a bye to Saturday’s semifinals and the other four wrestling tonight. One of tonight’s winners in each group will move directly into Saturdaynight's finals.Peclish, who also coaches the Beckley entry, said there would likely be some changes in the alignment of contestants as a result of the weigh-in. One change he anticipates is that George Thompson, the 115 pound regional champion a year ago. may trim off enough poundage to get in the 106-pound division. He also noted that Jack Mason wou'd replace Lewis Williams in thr 157-pound class. Williams has been ailing.There are four other 1057 regional champions in this year’s field.ment last year, the champions areJohn Spinelli of Beckley, 123 pounds: Bill Adams of Rich wood, 157; Johnny Pyles of Beckley, 141-pound champion who is competingthis year in the 168-pound class, and Harold Meade of Beckley, 136 pounds. Meade also went to the state finals a year ago. Richwood’s Adams was a consolation winner then.In addition to Foolish, coaches of competing teams are Randy Scott of Hinton, Marvin Wetzel of Shady Spring, James Lowrv of Sophia and Ralph Johnson of Richwood Ken Wheeler of Stoco will referee the matches.The tentative entry list, pendingtoday's weigh-in:106-poundsRacine Thompson of Beckley, Jack Plumley of Hinton, John Dorsey of Richwood, Bill Lester of Shady Spring, Cecil Newman of Sophia.115-poundsDwight Houseknecht of Sophia, Ron Hopkin- of Shady Spring,Denny McQuade of Richwood, John Webb of Hinton, GeorgeThompson of Beckley.123-poundsBill Honaker of Hinton, Dale O'Dell of Richwood, Zcke Wood of Shady Spring, James Mills of Sophia, John Spinelli of Beckley-130-pounds John McClure of Richwood, Russell Lilly of Shady Spring. Henry Houseknecht of Sophia. Bob Wills of Beckley, Timmy Waid of Hinton.136-pounds Archie Pack of Shady Spring, Jimmy Mills of Sophia, Bob Vermillion of Beckley, Clacey Goff of Hinton. Dana Johnson of Rich-141-poutidsWoodrow Darnell of Sophia, Harold Meade of Beckley, BobHogan of Hinton, Don McCutcheonof Richwood, Jim Nixon of ShadySpring.148-poundsNed Donaldson of Beckley, Gary Wilson of Hinton, Philip Bever of Richwood, Howard Lester of Shady Spring, Bobby Simrrv ofSophia.157 poundsJames Richards of Hinton, Bill Adams of Richwood. Bob Greer of Shady Spring. Fred Martin of Sophia. Jack Mason of Beckley.168-poundsLeonard Williams of Richwood. Dophen Redden of Shady Spring. James Cook of Sophia, John Pyles of Beckley, Jerry Meadows of Hinton.UnlimitedRoger Harper of Shady Spring, Harold Vaught of Sophia, Duke James of Beckley, Glenn Bennettof Hinton, Pete Spencer of Richwood.R.v THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLos Angeles — Paulie Armstead, 133, Las Angeles, stopped Mickey Northrup, 135, Los Angeles, 8 Revere, Mass. — Tony Veranis.149. Boston, knocked out Rocky Ford, 147. New York, 5.wood.Lightweight boxer Joey Lopes won AAU and Golden Gloves featherweight titles in 1948.• . -
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Beckley Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1958
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