Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 104, Number 32, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 January 1981 — Page 13

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Nappanee Advance-News Wednesday. January 7, 1981

Wrestlers place second in tourney

'■ The Panther wrestlers had a good day last Saturday in the Pit where they placed second to LaVille in the team competition of the eighth annual Northwood Wrestling Tourney. “We wrestled well as I look back over

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• The Panther wrestlers tuned up for their tourney by traveling to Northridge where they met and defeated the Raiders 45-23. This was the best effort by the entire senior portion of the team. All six seniors won easily and five of their victories came by way of a pin. In all, the wrestlers won eight of the 13 Weight classes with Jon Flickinger and Greg Urednick also scoring victories with a pin.

Again Jon Flickinger started the team .off with a 58-second pin. Jim Ely dropped a close 5-4 match and Fred

Thursday, Jan. 8 7th & Bth Boys Basketball at Brookdale, „4:15p.m Freshman Boys Basketball at Triton, 6 p.m. * \ Varsity Girls Basketball at Rochester, &30p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 Varsity Boys Basketball at Warsaw, &15p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10 Varsity Wrestling at Brandywine Invitational, Ba.m. JV Wrestling at Mishawaka Triple

the day’s action,” Coach Louis Bonacorsi said. “I thought we might have a shot at the team title but LaVille made no mistakes and were not to b 4 denied the team championship.” The Panthers had 10 place winners of

Johnson was defeated in the last 10 seconds to lose 11-7. Senior Larry Mishler scored another quick pin in just 30 seconds as he got his sixth pin in seven victories this season Greg Urednick got a pin in 1:06 with Roland Rohrer pinning in 4:31. At this time the Score was 24-23 North Wood and the Panthers never slowed down. Jeff Kirkdorffer scored a decision followed by a 20 second pin by Wayne Maggard Then Kevin Mullet improved his record with a 3:30 pin followed by heavyweight Keith Morin in 1:06 The final score was 45-23.

_ Sports . this week

Dual, 10 a.m. Gymnastics at Concord Invitational, 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12 Freshman Wrestling, Pierre Moran, 6 p.m. Varsity Girls Basketball, Jimtown, 6:30 p.m. ■*•' Tuesday. Jan. 13 7th & Bth Boys Basketball, Bremen, 4:30p.m. Freshman Boys Basketball, Plymouth, 6:3opm. Wrestling, Bremen, 7 pm

their 13 entries. Jon Flickinger, Greg Urednick and Kevin Mullet were all champions on the day. After the first round of action the Panthers found themselves in fourth

Sophomore champ “Hold it right there,” is what North Wood wrestling coach Louis Bonacorsi seems to be telling Greg Urednick in action during wrestling invitational action last Saturday at the Panther Pit. Urednick, a sophomore, had the best day of his young varsity career as he pinned top-seeded Terry Hill of Jimtown in the final round. He defeated Joe Warstler of Fairfield 6-2 in the first round and followed with a 13-6 win over Phil Stein of LaVille. Coach Bonacorsi is shown encouraging Urednick during an injury time out.. Urednick was one of three champions for the Panthers in the tourney as North Wood finished second behind LaVille in team competition. (AN photo)

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Panthers at tourney

place. i “We seemed as though we forgot to start wrestling,’ Coach Bonacorsi said. “We were 73 points behind LaVille and the day looked like a loss. Our boys regrouped and got into the flow of things. “Although we were out of the team title, I was proud of our boys who knew they were a lot better than fourth,” the coach added. The Panthers found themselves 45 points behind at the end of the next round. As they looked at the final session they were "in second place by only six points over John Adams. In the last round, led by their three champions, the Panthers closed the gap even more by winning seven of 10 matches and LaVille won by 51 points. The runner-up honor was the best finish by the Panthers in three years. Team scores were: LaVille 192%, North Wood 161%, Adams 144, LaSalle 134%, Lakeland 128, Memorial 118, Jimtown 89, Fairfield 76. At 98 pounds Jon Flickinger won his first varsity champponship in his three years of action. Flickinger easily won his honors by scoring three pins on the day. He defeated Jim Johnston of Lakeland in 45 seconds, Todd Rengel of Adams in 1:20 “and pinned Rod McCollough of Memorial in 1:34 in the finals. His record is now 10-1. Greg Urdenick, a sophomore at 155, had his best performance yet in his young varsity career. He defeated Joe Warstler of Fairfield 6-2 in the first round and followed with a 13-6 win over Phil Stein of LaVille. In the finals Urednick pinned the number one seeded wrestler Terry Hill of Jimtown in 5:28. “Greg has improved with each match this season, and it was easy to

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Winning form Jeff Kirkdorffer is shown in winning form during recent North Wood wrestling action. Kirkdorffer. undefeated going into tournament action last Saturday, was upset by John Momm of LaVille in the second round of the tourney. He came back with two more wins to improve his "•-■ record to 11-1. (AN photofc „

North Wood's wrestling team, led by champions Jon Flickinger, Kevin Mullet and Greg Urednick, celebrate the Panthers' second plate finish in the tournament last Saturday in the Pit. First row, left to right, Jon Flickinger, Kevin Mullet and C.reg Urednick; middle row from left, Jeff Fervida, Brian Ramer, Jim Ely. Steve Hummel and Roland Rohrer; back row from left. Coach Louis Bonacorsi, Larry Mishler, Wayne Maggard, Bob Howard, Jeff Kirkdorffer, Keith Morin and Assistant Coach Rich Dodson.

see this today,” Coach Bonacorsi said. Kevin Mullet at 185 also came up with his first varsity championship. Mullet, number one seed in his weight class, defeated Dan Ingle of LaVrlle 8-2 in the opening round. In the second round Mullet pinned Steve Quimby of Adams in 3:10. In the finals Mullet found himself behind his Elkhart Memorial opponent John Soptich with only 10 seconds to go in his match. Mullet was behind and in

5 PORTS

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the bottom position with a 3-2 score. He scored a switch to regain the top position and score two points to win 4-3 in a real crowd pleasing match. Mullet is now 8-3. “These three boys have really improved and we are extremely proud of them,” Coach Bonacorsi said. Other place winners were Larry Mishler at 126 placing third. Mishler, the number one seed, was upset by Dave McNarney 7-6 in the second

round. Mishler bounced back with t more pins and came up with third pi honoffe. Mishler is now 10-2. The other Panther upset w as suffer by undefeated Jeff Kirkdorffer. He a had to settle for third place hon when he was defeated by John Mon of LaVille in the second round. Kr dorffer also came back with two m pins to place third. He is now 11-1 on season. Jeff Fervida, a freshman, also plai third by posting three pins in his thr victories. While losing only one mat in the second round, Fervida is now which is excellent for a freshman varsity action. “Although this was Jeff's first pearance in tourney action, he i made his presence known.” Coa Bonacorsi said. Wayne Maggard at 177 placed th' by posting three wins to one loss to t tourney champion in the second rom Maggard is now 7-4. Other place winners for the Panth were: Roland Rohrer, fourth at 1" who scored two pins while losing [ matches^This was a good finish as wrestled well. Heavyweight Keith Morin plat Morin, the number three seed the tourney, was upset by SU McClanahan in the consolation roi and had to settle for the fourth pi; honors. He is now 7-5. Steve Hummel at Ilf placed sixth round out the Panthers' 10 pi; winners. The Panthers wrestled at Wawa r on Tuesday and travel to Brandyw h Michigan (Niles) this Saturday Next week the Panthers will fini their dual meet season with Bremen < Tuesday, Jan. 13 and Concord • Thursday, Jan 15. Both contests will 1 in the Pit.