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0 J Mlnkle/Gazefte Staffille guard Randy Kazin dribbles away from a steal attempt by Ricky Spicer.irhawks loseNeville grabs WSUC titleER—The WSUC men’s impionship came down to shot, and UW-Platteville’s is was up to the task, had only six points up to made a 10-foot baseline three UW-Whitewater i buzzer, to give the Pio-! win and the undisputede, who along with Robert a second-half War hawk tied the game with two ith 13 seconds left. After timeout, Woods got a ight wing, looked inside, jpen, then looked back atcouldn’t even find the said. “When I did find |ust four seconds left and m or never.” dribbled to the baseline, ral hands in his face, put It swished through at theit was going through?I did,” he said, not at-ifle a laughater coach Dave Vander nal shot was no laughingplaying man-to-man de-not to open up the court get inside or penetrate,” n said. “We did exactly ed to do.State UniversityW LPiatteville14 2Whitewater13 3Eau Claire11 SLa Crowe9 1Oshkosh7 9Stevens Point6 10Superior6 10River Falls5 11Stout1 15“You have to give them credit,” he continued. “They made the shot, but it was a prayer. But it went in.”Piatteville coach Bo Ryan admitted the play had been designed to go inside, but the Warhawk defense prevented that.“I’m not going to tell you I’m a great coach because that was a one-on-one move,” Ryan said.Vance had given Whitewater a 76-73 lead with a jumper with 3:18 left in the game, but Steve Showalter and Rock Ripley came back with field goals. The Warhawks missed a shot, and Pioneer guard Randy Kazin drove the lane for a three-point play to put Piatteville up, 80-76 with 1:38 left.“That was the whole key for us winning that ballgame,” Ryan said.Whitewater still trailed, 82-77, when Barnes hit a free throw and followed with a stuff with 39 seconds left to pull the Warhawks to within two. Whitewater then trapped Kazin at midcourt and stole the ball, but Rickey Spicer was whistled for a foul, a call the Warhawks disputed.Wrestlers repeat in tourneyBy Bill Dray Gazette Staff“You can’t get it back,” said Barnes, “but that was a crucial call. The guy just lost the ball.”Kazin, however, missed the front end of the bonus, and the Warhawks worked the ball to Vance, who was fouled with 13 seconds left. Vance came through with both free throws, setting up the wild finish.Both teams came into the game with 13-2 records, and the game lived up to its billing, which attracted a standing-room only crowd.There were five ties and five lead changes in the first half, Steve Showalter led Piatteville to a 44-39 halftime lead. Showalter was able to break free inside throughout the first 20 minutes and ended with 24 first-half points.Vander Meulen adjusted his defense accordingly at halftime, and Joe Bocker helped keep Showalter to just five points in the second half.Vance, who played a spectacular game, took charge. The senior guard from Beloit Memorial scored 10 points in the first six minutes, and Whitewater went up, 53-52.“We needed some offense,” said Vance, who led the Warhawks with 29 points and seven assists. “I knew one-on-one, they couldn’t stop me. They gave me a little too much room.”The teams traded the lead 11 times in a stretch of six minutes, before the Warhawks took a 70-85 lead with 7:17 left. Barnes scored eight of his 23 points in a three-minute stretch to key that run.MADISON—It was a night for repeaters Saturday in the WIAA state high school wrestling tournament at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse Stoughton High repeated as Class A team champion, while East Troy won its third straight Class B team title.In the meantime, Johnson Creek junior Matt Dressel became only the third wrestler in tournament history to become a three-time state champion. He did it by winning the 119-pound title in Class C, while running his season record to 27-0.En route to its team honors. East Troy also produced a repeat champion in Tom Larson. After winning at 98 pounds last year, he took the 112-pound Class B title this time with a 34-1 record.This area produced another Class B state champion in Shawn Nicholson of Beloit Turner. Nicholson, a junior, won the 155-pound class with a 29-1 record.Paul Brehm fell short in his bid to gave East Troy a second individual champion He settled for second place at 145 pounds with a 33-3 record after being pinned fty Verona’s Chris Kittman lt;28-1 in 1:45.Chris Vike became another Gt the repeaters in winning the 156-pound division in Class A with a 28-9-1 record. His second strdtgfcj championship helped secon#* ranked Stoughton score 140 points for an easy team victory ov?r Wisconsin Rapids, which finished second with 108lt;*.Stoughton’s strength also included championships for AHc Soderbloom (32-0) at 98 pounds and Ron Pieper (30-2), son of Viking coach Verne Pieper, at 126 pounds. The Vikings were denied a third individual championship when Aaron Fellenz finished second to Merrill’s Craig Gosiger at 145 pounds.East Troy’s latest team championship was won with 61 points. The Trojans were followed by Richland Center with 48Vi ^nd Holmen with 47.Shell Lake took Class C honors with 69 points St Croix Central finished second with 61 ^ and Riv-erdale was third with 58.Along with the efforts by Larson and Brehm, East Troy’s drive to the Class B championship included a third-place finish for Chris Reimer (27-8) at 155 pounds and a sixth-place showing by sophomore Dan Pauli in (28-12) at 126.□ Turn to WRESTLERS/ »_
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Janesville Sunday Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Feb 28, 1988
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