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VS niiizn.BKOWNSBURGWED: 7 Monrovia vs Danville; 815 Brownsburg vs Plainfield; THURS: 7 Avon vsDEKALBWallace,WED: 7 Angola vs Hamilton; 815 E a s t s i d e vs DeKalb; THURS: 738 Prairie Heights vsLOWER BRACKET: THURS: 730 Andrean vs Wirt; SAT: 1230 Roosevelt vs winner game 1-aw ri---LOWER BRACKET: THURS: 7 Argos vs. South., Betid Jackson; 815 North Liberty vs Glenn.PRINCE!WED: 7Branch; 81!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 of North Central and_ — ▼ I..The Mishawaka grappler has theseS’ Sing « He. lias a’fiS-fi career record through1 four vears of varsity wrestling\r+f ir\ KC I\nlv VAT*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 includ-! ing 17 pins and one forfeit. Hei-RON HOWARDincluding a loss in his only var sitv match as a freshman. Howard was 18-3 as a sopho-Kon rtH°r£ wmP0. KsI sectional. He was 24-2 last year«enting the Berries Saturday at Southport High School in the IHSAA 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 wall 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 andcarries the title of South Ceil-trai Conference champion. He was eliminated in the second round of the regional last year by Joe Gateiy 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 froiri Ben Davis.Altman got into the state finals with a 12-0 decision in the sectional over a grappler from Noblesville, and a 4-0 decision in the finals of the regional over a wrestler 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.RoosNearIn Rlt;rCould Be New ChampFrom Ft. Wayne AreaINDIANAChicago Romoved froi today came sweeping t! Indiana hij coaches’ b( The Rou? elite for t week and possible 21 Seymour, 1 defeated, cl place poin1 with' 187 p Gary Rc Big 10” bi since early ing up fro NIHSC titli also recap elite, beingto ninth. Four othpromoted ithrough las cago Wash third, Miclto fourth,;^UUUHUU«w. IWIMUCi w - — — .He will meet Larry Barkes of I black to the state championships MishawaJcaTn the first afternoon in the 13-year history of thematch. Barkes is presently 23-3-1 for the season. He lost twice tosport in the city. .There are 48 grapplers left m• i . i' in annnSaw of South Bend the state including four in eachhigh school basketball tourney four-team finals, with Elkhart and Fort Wayne’s top contender among the principal choices.About the only safe specula-4Illinois Falls HardHoosiers WinJuan LeavesHome ForT raininggrind.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 is unlikely since they close at strong Muneie Central Friday.Carmel or Tipton?Marion is routed through Anderson’s regional district, whereSAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-I Carmel or Tipton could be theJuan Marichal leaves his home top threats._ -a _ _ . _ T1 Au.tiVilii'k I fin the Dominican Republic today for the San FranciscoElkhart’s Blue Blazers should miP their own regional districtninth tofrom eighiFour ot three as th week. Inc skidded ,fri hart fromEvansvilleto 12th antied for 1( Memoric the “Big 1 has won : The bre places an1. EC I2. Seymo .3. E.C. V4. Michig5. Indpls6. Munei7. Richm
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Logansport Pharos Tribune and Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, Feb 18, 1970
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