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THUKS: 7 Staunton vs Rose-dale: 815 Rockville vs Van Buren; SAT: 1230 Montezumavs Brazil BROWNSBURG WED: 7 Monrovia vs Danville: 815 Brovvnsburg vs Plainfield; THURS: 7 Avon vslavilleLuwriK. ^enxrai v:730 Boone Grove vs Lake Cen- GARY _ UPPER BRACKET: WED: 7*1: m- ^JCro™P™» „WpER.,™ACl?Lll™'JlM!J5hawl Marian vS LaVffle; winner game 1.WED^f Angola vs Hamilton; LOWER BRACKET: THURS;815 Eastside vs DeKalb; 7.10 Andrean vs Wirt, SAT. 1-30Roosevelt vs winner game l.Wallace. Lqw'ER BRACKET: THURS:THURS: 730 Prairie Heights vs7 Argos vs. South. Bend Jackson; 815 North Liberty vs Glenn.815 Mar 730 Orllt; SAT: 11ner gar HUN WED:Branch:Ron Howard Carries LogansportColors Into State Mat Tourney: Washington, and once to Glen I Zacker oF Culver Military ^ Academy. Zacker and Barkes : also tied in another match.of the 12 weight, classes.Pitted in the second match in the 123-pound class are Mike Altman ot North Central and_ — T I..sn t fa in aTtDiner jiuuwi. ™The Mishawaka grappler lt;lt;has j for thecome in second m every tourn-, ’ deluding -12 pins. Heament in which he’s competed ^asotl Jnauai.ng - ^until the sectional” according to his coach.He won the sectional on a 7-3 decision over a wrestler from Lake Central after building up a 7-1 lead early. He won his preliminary in the sectional on a 5-3 decision. Barkes is in his second year of wrestling varsity. He is a senior.1 Howard is going into the state • finals with a 23-0 record inelud-: ing 17 pins and one forfeit. Hei-I'D'.-: has a R5-G career record through1 four years of varsity wrestlingRON HOWARD*» wmPr?eie- more and eirfed'second »fl*I sectional. He was 24-2 last yearincluding a loss in his only varsity match as a freshman. Howard was 18-3. as a sopho-t: aujyv* v- ■ * _ ,renting the Berries Saturday at Southport High School in theIHSAA wrestling State Finals.Howard, who has had a winning record for the past three years has credentials including two North Central Conference championships, two sectional championships, two regional titles and a second place finish in the state last year in the 127-pound class. ---sectional He was 24-2 last year with the second-place state fin-^The Berry grappler will be attempting to join only three other Berries who have wrestling state champion honors behind their names. Those were Terry Annis in 1963, Dave Shoemaker in 1965 and Tom Cummins in 1966.Howard is the 18th Berry wrestler to wear the red and0 . * ■ carries the title of South Ceil' tral Conference champion. He was eliminated in the second round of the regional last year by Joe Gately of Twin Lakes.Altman, also a senior, is 18-4 so far this year with losses to Howard (4-3) in the North Central tourney and twice to a wrestler from Ben Davis.Altman got into the state finals with a 12-0 decision in thesectional over a grappler from Noblesville, and a 4-0 decision in the finals of the regional over a westler from Plainfield.The weigh-in for the tournament will begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday with the first round action starting at 1:30 p.m.The all-important night session kicks off at 6 p.m.• The North Central conference is represented by three wrestlers in the finals. Aside from Howard, there are Steve Wagner of Muneie in the 115-pound class and Fred McGuire of Kokomo in the 185-pound division.RoiNelt;InrCould Be New ChampFrom Ft. Wayne AreaINDIChicagt moved today c sweepir Indiana coaches The 1 elite flt; week apossibleSeymoi defeate place ] with H Gary “Big It since e ing up NIHSC also r« elite, fcto nintFourpromotthrougleago W third,, to four' tk'tytanapOLIS (UPI ) —ftion in the Northeastern districtINDIANArublo \ vr ft Mflriftn win be looangThere’H be a new semi-state is that Marion will be looking'the moScgI/-UUUIIW 1 WlWUti w — ~ ~He will meet Larry Barkes of I black to the state championships MishawakSthe first afternoon in the 13-year history of thematch Barkes is presently 23-3-1 sport in the city.high school basketball tourney four-team finals, with Elkhart and Fort Wayne’s top contender among the principal choices.About the only safe specula-4Juan Leavesgrind.What a difference a year makes? Last time the Marion Giants of coach Jack Colescott rolled into the state finals witha perfect record. Virtually completely rebuilt, the best they can do this trip is an 11-8 season record—and even that isfrom lt;Four three £ week.skiddei hart f Evans’ to 12tl tied fc Menthe “ITil
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Logansport, Indiana, US

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