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SYRACUSE - Ftrst the slate. ncKl the Ea3l ami then pt>rhaps lh~ nation.

Gory Ke~l o! East Strouds· burg Slal!! College added lhe East~rn lntercolleglate Wres­Ulng Assoclatlon lSO·pound cha rnplons!IIJJ to h.ls Pennsyl­vania Coorerenco title Satur­d41y in Ute 73rd 'annua• ElWA T~mamect at Syracuse Uni­versity. · K~~l def<'ated S~c Grub­~". of Princeton. l -1, ln the H11~ls . . He h.':lq trouocoo Lar.ry .Ktblst.1dha.~ or Navy, 18-6, in lhe semi-fin;.~ llt. ·

T'be ESSe eoptaln ami two other ESSC wrestler~ Cr~8 Shoemaker. runnerup at . 128 pounds, and ·Jim Vargo, tblrd .lt li7 pouttd~. 1111 rained bcrr1lls Jn the NCAA Wrestling O~mplonshlps Ma~h ·1'7-19 a~ Ultt Universily of Oklahum;~ .

Shoemaker s tunned l.op.seed­ed Guy D11gas of Syracuse, IN, in the semi-finals, but he wu be:~teJ'I by Lan~ Leon· hardt of IA!bi~. 8~. In the Clnal.s.

• Vargo tost in Ole l;(!ml-finals

to Roger Fleischer of Navy, ~1. He then. came back to win coosolatloo rnatcl\cs over Ted Kastner ot Co1g.,te, 8-l, ~md Pet.e ~n~lehardt nf Syracuse, 4~. to ~aln tM third ·plA~ lin­ish.

These three wrestler!! etc· counted for SO'n of ESSC'll &41h poinl.-; In the S<.·hool's first ETWA tournament appeoronce. The le.am placed 5-eVenth of Ul~ 16 cOlleges.

I,M,Ieh P•ft 1..-m Lehigh, wi lh four lndivldua)

dlamplons In L.«~nhard1, MRrx Litberman ( 167), Mtke Brown 1 J17) and Don McCorkel ! 190), won its third str~ight ElWA. chiinpicnshlp wlth I~ points •

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Nt~vy, which J1ad ooe ch3m· pio n in John ~itbans (159), ..-.·<IS second· wHh 95 polnt" with Princeton. "t\tcb l\3tl the he a· ,·ywe-iKht winner Itt J ohn &: rler. thlrd with 86.

Wilkes wm~ fourth wl1h 85 • pojnls foJJo~·l!d by Syracuse,. wlth two tillisls in Gene MiUs 1118) and lh~ tournoy·s oul­atandlng wrestler award . win­ner George Medina C13·H . completed the lop fiYC wUh 73'h. .

Tht> only otbu .!lduxJl wlth a~ indiv1thml champion . w~s Yale which tmd Ute 142-pound winner in Steve 'l'raylor, . who was only seventh seeded al his weigltt c.L41ss. .

Kesscl, chosen lls the out- . • standing wrestler Jn the Penn-

sytvouia Conference, jusltrled his S('ason-lofl& nut~ing as the number one l50-pound wrestler \n the E:ast ami hi s fl\lm'tler one tourney seeding by reach· ing tht' Hnats with :1 p in .. nd lwo :o;upcrior deci~lons .

ROth (inalists had only· oue •

1()&";, K~l 26-1 nnd 16-1 in d1.10Jl tnatcJ•cli nnd Crubman, U1e number two seL-d, 25-J .

Ct·ubman look the lead, t -(), wHh an escape cnrly in the second period. A ftt!r ootll wrestlers were wamctl for s1allin~. Kessel seon.'ti what prov~d to be Uu~ match-win­ning ta\l:edown wUh :~ minute lo g<l in tbe period.

He ~as in deep rm Gntb­m,·m'S right Jeg noor the silk: of lhc m nt. Tltey l'Cisklinct.l in the ~me po!i:illon for almost 20 second.~ bcl<lre Kessel got the l('g up <~t1d fol'C~ Grub· m:m to rdeJStl his hold for the t~kedown.

Jn tile tMrd period, Kessel spua <lll l lo•· an csca pc with n mlnule :.nd o h.atf remaining

• . Shoemaker, only filth-seeded

and f<lurtb in lbe Penc~lvanla Conference, shock.ed Dugas wUh ,. four-polnl leg over rc­v~:rs.-l int.o " near lall In the thir~ period. ll gave h.tm a 10-6 leutl . wh'ich ho held despite Dugu' reve.rsaf :~t the buner.

Jn the finals , the ESSC soph­omore from ~str:m was tied with Leonhardt, 2·2, aller two prriods . The Lehlgh wreliUer s~orcd n pair of dt!cislve lake· downs, countcrlng and slipping around Shocmilker·, In the third JICriod for th.e ti ll~.

Vnrgo BtJVC Fleischer, the sccoru.l .lH .. -c.'<l . u good batt le ror lbc St!mi~finals , narrowly missing a lyjnlf takedown 1n the (inal seconds in the two-. . polt1t l()SS.

The ESSC rre!ihman from and the wr~U~rs apeod the Ri~tcrside,' a PC runncNp and rest ol the bout in the neutral lllird seeded, gave up cmly. four posltton. J•oints ln Uvl! tournament

· Grubman . grabbed a sln'gle matclx!s. scoring three shu~· leg wlth 30 seconds t.o RO, but outs. ·. Kcsst>1 reached over tho top' to T~rem S.corlng; 'thl9 h (L) ~~~ • .,..;vl malntaJn ne u lr 011. :tnd Ia tp-r ( loll u . Prlnctten (Pit 16. Wilkes lWI. Syr• cuu· IS I U~ Ttmp14 ( T) n\11, lint locked Gt·ubman·s leg.~ lo hold .!.lroud~~"'" ccs) s.&·~. ''4 IA1 ·3P~. on ror the win in the hnat !'ire- ~:91~Cc~~~" f~~.ff,Y~~c~luk~~ c~~~ Onds. 1~'.1. l' l nn•r i ~MII (J>.) 14, Haf't• rd I HI . e~ F re n\o ll n er41 .M"stt•• CF-MI 4'.4.

IK••MI overc;11me lnlury . 111 - otn~Ml;l • ts~ ~· ltllfl KMflt Kc!;St!l wrestled Ute nnals <tnl, ,H

and almosc ~he entire to11rna- s~~~~k~~itst~•wudt fL >. dtc Gl.g rnent willl his left leg locted, Ill- Geor9e .Y.otd lna 1s1 ph111ed Lew~ 9tlum IW., S;1T • . an injury which OCCurred early Ul - $ttvt lra~ lor 4"1'1 dtc: . Pel Scull)<

H (I J, W · ln a Lirst-roun'd match. e was 1so - G•rr hmt CE~I o~. ~1aor

•~R .o~ tL. I d Grubman H 'r l, J.\ uoabre · to e)!~~ rLe eg an 1st - G•rr tcuscl U!S) e«. str.• II '" 'l h•] h 1.- Grubman IJ>r), l · \ was mpu.g 9 i ~ 'i w e~ IW: 1st - J ohn ·""""' I WI d ~t::. c , I ~

had to circle oJ\ hi$ feet . ~~·~·J:.,~~ L l•~rm•n IL) dtc:. 1101.,. .. ~00 bend YOLir knee5 woon Flcllcl!<r CNJ. f ·2

you're wrestllng so .H didn' t <~'::. ;:1 Ml~ ero~n H.• dec.. K•.ll" Gly bother me " ' Kessel said bler. •~ Dc4\.MtCor~•l u .. • dK Gr~g coo-• · Pff (N), ~ " Rul willkinK around Jl burt." . Hwr - J~'" ~~ <Prt ptnne!S ~ • .....eluUt IAI , :li :V lromually, the kcee llnally . . c-,.,...,11..-.. ur!locked five mlnute9 a!ttr .. ~~.; 1 ~~~~~:·~

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lhc (ina Is The ~nlor Croni H~ lt4- Guy Ougu ts) dec . Ktnc De'-r ' I Pr) . I~ patcang. N.J. h<Jpes to be back 1~ - e.,c s roo~ rt.l ~. oouq Parl.e • ( 't'l. 4-1 . • in lop form ror the NCAA h2 ~ To,.. l!t)~r I Nl dec. ' II rue• Laor

champion9hips. 1 vt~ ~\ ... ,y Klhltla dlus <N> dK. ~~~ O' Annu"IIO t "'' I, 11•1

151- ~lis OtatoD I l ) d tC. John •kln1 tTl, 9> I

I"- Jim Var11~ (ESt dte . Pete l!l\911· herdl I S.l, <11.0

U1 - II art CC.O'- (WI II«. lt l<=h Mr:PI!H < ... I . ... t . . 190 - O•n Gr~r- (W) .Stc. Mike

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t tona,dl dee. Dllb,~. , ., 134- Mtdlna ~tc . ~I • n~ I H : O.ll..ftl

dK. Krl'fn McHugh (CI!'J>. 1·:.1 • H 2 $tully dK. f:d RIYtUI Cn, 4· 21

TrtV'.or cte<. Lo1r. 12·1 . 1~ - Kesltl dec. ll:lhl"-dkn, 16-6;

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f.l; M1H• dec. O.ac:on. 16_. ,.1- U•ller m•n pln~ 0 ene Cttmou 4WI. ,1~ 24.; l'lfhc..htr dec, Varpo. :H ·

171- Drown ctec. Ctrmal .Morl~ ITJ, . 17-7; Cly p\nnHI cno~. o:•s I~- '-"(Otlt.el CL) plnnell 8ob ••ll'""

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