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Albert Lea 3rd at Regional3 Tigers Win Ways Into StateThe old adage: “It’s quality not quantity that counts,” might well apply to Albert Lea High School’s wrestling team.With less than the usual nine or 10 grapplers that have made the trip to the regional tournament for the last hurdle before the state tournament, Albert Lea’s six performers put out 100 per cent at Lake City Saturday.Albert Lea didn’t win the team title nor did it place second, but the six Tigers were good enough to draw high praise from Coach Paul Ehrhard.5 PlaceOf the six men that made the trip, five placed in the top four positions and two took championships.That team effort paced Albert Lea to a third-place finish with 44 points. Big Nine foe Northfield took the team championship with 51 points and Owatonna’s Indians nosed out the Tigers for second place with a total of 46.Although the finish was the lowest Coach Paul Ehrhard has experienced since coming to Albert Lea in 1958, he was highly pleased with the outcome.“We went up there and had five of our kids place,” Ehrhard said. *T consider that a tremendous team effort on the part of all our kids.”Neist ChampGary Neist nailed down the 95-pound crown by going through three matches to run his unbeaten string on the season to 20.Mike Callahan, although n o t seeded in the first or second spot, went through three matches in the 120-pound class to gain his second consecutive berth in the state tournament.Heavyweight Mike Roberts will also appear in the ‘ big show at Mankato State College next Friday and Saturday. He won two referee’s decisions and then lost a 2-1 verdict in the finals to finish in the runner-up spot.Although Ken Stauch, sophomore 112 pounder, placed third and Dave Posthumus, senior 175 pounder, placed fourth, neither will see action at the state tourney.The first two place winners in each weight class advance.Neil Skaar, junior 145 pounder, was the only Albert Lean that failed to place. He lost a 6-5 decision to Faribault’s Basil Bauer-fiend in the first round. Bauerfiend was knocked off in the second round, thus ending Skaar’s chance to participate in the wrestlebacks.Neist Pins Prestonite Neist pinned Preston’s Jon Arnold in 2:40 of his first-round match, decisioned Blooming Prairie’s Ken Esplan, 8-0, in the semifinals and beat Northfield’s Keith Dennison, 9-2, for the championship.Callahan pinned Ken Esplan of Blooming Prairie in the first round and then decisioned t h e No. 1 seeded man, George Ce-plecha, of Faribault, 5-2, in what Ehrhard termed “the most thrilling match of the day.”Callahan got the championship by beating the No. 2 seeded man, Don Mullenbach, of Stewartville, 5-0.Roberts got referee’s decisions over John Ingram of Waseca and Duane Bergdale of Ellendale as both of his first two matches went into overtime.Owatonna’s Dave Nelson beat him, 2-1, in the finals.Two things could have given Albert Lea second place. If Roberts had won, the Tigers would have climbed ahead of the Indians.The event that really upset the applecart was that favorite Chuck Field of Rochester lost the 145-pound championship to Owatonna’s Stan Schuster.Ellendale’s Elliott Johnson won the 154-pound title to become the only Raider to advance into the state tournament.Ellendale finished in seventh place with 25 points.REGION ONf PLACINGSState Tournament RepresentativesGARY NEIST 95-Pound ChampMIKE CALLAHAN 120-Pound ChampMIKE ROBERTS Heavyweight Runner-UpIn City Meet . . .Ravenhorst Leads Teams1. Nf 1ST (ALBERT LEA) 2. Dennison (Northfield) 3. Eiplon (Blooming Proirle) 4. Eujtlce (Janesville).1. Sortor (Faribault) 2. Enfield (Nortn-fteld) 3. Schmauss (Lake City) 4. Richter (Chatfleld).1. McBride (Stewartville) 2. WolfeRavenhorst Block and Tile of the Hollandale League forged into first place in the Men’s City Bowling Tournament by posting a 3,-096 in first-weekend action.That total is eight pins higher than the handicap 3,088 posted by Evans Rambler, the team champion last year.Dick Mandt cracked a 656 actual and finished with a handicap total of 741 to move into first place in the singles event.With one weekend to go, the doubles leaders are Floyd Matter and Don Worke with a handicap total of 1,358.Worke has the all-events lead with a total of 1,924 to 1,918 for Ben Herman and 1,916 for Dick Mandt.At the close of action on the first weekend, 64 teams had completed rolling at the Town Club with 111 sets of singles and 222 sets of doubles finishing at Bob’s Lanes.The tournament will windup next weekend with the completion of the team event at the Town Club and the last of singles and doubles at Bob’s.Millwrights of the Wilson League holds down second place in the team event with a total of 3,073. That quintet is followed by Patio Hams and Play Pen with 3,067 each and Norby’s Texaco with 3,061.Ray Randall is runner - up ii singles with a total of 712 to 705 for George Fields, 682 for Art Ludtke and 681 for Dan Jochum-sen.LaMar Johnson and HaroldiRoss Severtson have 1,300, Jack Kermes rank second in doubles Westendorf and Dick Werner 1,280, with 1,304. Ken Severtson and | and Tom and Ed Huesman 1,280.Champions Crowned in Elks Bowling TourneyThe 17th Annual State Elks Bowling Tournament came to close with the crowning of champions as a result of the final audit Sunday.The team champion is St. Paul Wallace’s Bar No. 2 which posted a total of 3,022 to nose out the Albert Lea Braves No. 1. The Albert Lea quintet finished second with a total of 3,012.Kaufman and Boerboon, leaders since the first weekend, won the doubles title with their score of 1,291.Robert Graham took the singles title with a 744 total as all 10 positions remained unchanged. Low pay was 603.P. Boerboon of Faribault won the all-events title with a total of 1,978 to 1,955 for runner-up Bob Meloy of Minneapolis.1. CALLAHAN (ALBERT LEA) Zl#ntjch (Stewartville) 3. Cep lectio (Faribault) 4. Nagel (Harmony).1. Alberts (Kasson-Mantorville) 2. Hen-kelmon (Northfield) 3. Hartle (Owatonna) 4. Heines (Rochester).1. Philo (Rochester) 2. Christianson (Northfield) 3. Kane (Faribault) 4. Wohlers (Lake City).1. Samudio (Waseca) 2. Matson (Harmony) 3. Kllndworth (Lake City) 4. Hanson (Chatfleld).t. Schuster (Owatonna) 2. Field (Rochester) 3. Head (Kasson-Mantorville) Scrabek (Harmony).1. Johnson (Ellendale) 2. Dittmer(Faribault) 3. Woodworth (Winona) 4. Engle (Harmony).V Owens (Rochester) 2. Anderson (Austin) 3. Peterson (New Richland) 4. Lewison (Ellendale).17S1. Werner (Northfield) 2. Swalla (Kas-son Mantorvllle) 3. Black (Spring Valley) 4. POSTHUMUS (ALBERT LEA).HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Nelson (Owatonna) 2. ROBERTS (ALBERT LEA) 3. Bergdale (Ellendale 4. Boettger (New Richland).ALBERT LEA RESULTS 95—Gary Neist pinned Jon Arnold (Preston), 2:40; Neist dec. Ken Esplan (Blooming Prairie), 8-0; Neist dec. Keith Dennison (Northfield), 9-2.112-Ken Stauch dec. Bill Foster (Waseca). 5 0; John McBride (Stewart-ville) dec. Stouch, 4-0; Stauch dec. Gary Randell (Rochester), 5-0; Stauch dec. Russ Ault (Hayfleld), 9-2.120—Mike Callahan pinned Vem Benson (Blooming Proirle); Callahan dec. George Ceplecha (Faribault), 5-2; Callahan dec. Don Mullenbach (Stewartville), 5-0.145—Basil Bauerfiend (Faribault) dec. Nell Skaar, 4-5.175—Dick Swalla (Kasson-Mantorville) dec. Dave Posthumus, 3-2; Posthumus dec. Bob Olson (Grand Meadow) 6-4; Paul Black (Spring Valley) dec. Posthumus,4-2.Hwt.—Mike Roberts beat John Ingram (Waseca), referee's decision; Roberts beat Duane Bergdale (Ellendale). referee s decision; Dale Nelson (Owatonna) dec. Roberts, 2-1.TOP 4 TEAMS1. Northfield. 51; 2. Owatonna, 44; 3. ALBERT LEA, 44; 4. Faribault, 31; 1 Rochester, 37; 6. Kasson-Mantorville, 30.TOP II TRAMS1. St. Paul—Wallaces Bar No. 2 . 3.0222. Albert Lea—Braves No. 1 .....3,0123. Owatonno—Order ............... 3,0074. Owatonna—A P Bar ..........2,9875. St. Paul—Kaplan Scrap Iron ..2,9826. Hlbbing—Team No. 1 2.9757. Owatonno—Steve s Cigar Store . 2.9688. Minneapolis—Backdahl Transfer .2,9639. Albert Leo—Post Office ..........2,953TOP II SINGLES1. Virginia—Robert Graham .........7442. Owatonna—Gus Nilsson ...........7263. St. Cloud—Tom May ..............7164. St. Paul—Tom Carroll ............7015. White Bear Lake—John Stone ...6926. St. Paul—Lowell Schell ...........6867. Fergus Falls—Don Anderson .....6838. Minneapolis—Bob Meloy ..........6839. Minneapolis—Stanley Rea .........68210. Albert Leo-Lenny Wolfe .........675Low Pay .............................603HIGH THREE GAME ACTUAL Howard Pausette, St. Paul ..........730TOP 14 DOUBLES1. Faribault—Kaffman-Boerboon ...1,2912. St. Paul—Witwicke-Pousette ....1,2813. White Bear Lake—Ron Wenzel-Don Wenzel ......................1,2794. White Bear Lake—Dennis-Rude .1,2745. White Bear Lake—Clime-Rlemenschnleder .................1,2716. Wlllmar—Arnle Vosser-CliffOlson .............................1,2667. Hlbbing—Maras-Toscano .........1,2648. White Bear Lake—Stone-Behr ....1.2639. White Bear Lake—Grant Sokola .1.261 10. Wlllmar—Rog Mlchels-BernleScerer ...........................1,256Low Pay .............................1,171ALL-EVENTS1. Faribault—P. Boerboon ..........1,9782. Minneapolis—Bob Meloy .........1,9553. St. Paul—Joe Pschandl ..........1,9384. Owctonno—A. Wangen ...........1,9305. St. Paul—Tom Carroll ..........1,9246. White Bear Lake—Glen Copeland .1.9237. Detroit Lakes-Ken Christenson .1,9208. Duluth—H. Mcllroy .............1.9149. - Albert Leo—Lenny Wolfe .......1,91310. Rochester—G. Sorlna ............1,912Team Wins Puck Title . . .Gustafson GetsST. PAUL (AP)-St. Paul Johnson gave retiring Coach Rube Gustafson the perfect farewell gift Saturday night, his fourth Minnesota High School hockey championship.Gustafson’s Governors dethroned defending state c hampion International Falls 4-3 in a oneovertime thunderous finale in St. Paul Auditorium as 8,087 fans, most of them St. Paul backers, roared their approval.Gustafson, who steps down officially in June, is the only non-Northern M nnesota coach ever to win the high school title. His teams also accomplished the feat in 1947, 1953 and 1955.Those four Johnson crowns are the only ones won by Twin Cities area schools in the meet’s 19-year history.Winning GoalRob Shattuck fired home Johnson’s winning goal 4 minutes, 31 seconds into the overtime after taking a pass from Mike Crupi. The deciding tally came on an 18-foot shot that skipped past Falls goalie Larry Roche.Only minutes before, International’s great Jim Amidon had given the Broncos new hope whenV BELTS PULLEYSROLLIR CHAIN AND SPROCKKTSVary L«r«a StockMIDWAY mssrhe rammed in the goal that tied it 3-3 with only 42 seconds left in regulation time. Amidon had skated half the length of the ice to tally an unassisted goal on a 22-foot shot.The defeat halted a 54-game unbeaten string for the Falls, who had two ties during that span.Third place went to 1962 run-nerup Roseau, which defeated St. Paul Murray 4-1. Capt. Larry Skime had two goals and an assist for Roseau.Consolation Title The consolation title was won by Alexander Ramsey, a 3-1 victor over Richfield.Johnson dominated the all-tournament team, with four selec-
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