1. Hopatcong Upsets g Field,
Miller, Juskus. Russo Chief Stars
ROXBURY - Hopatcong, the
town in the Sussex County
woods, turned out a high school
wrestling team which wrested
the District 16 wrestling crown
from defending state champion
Randolph of Morris County
Saturday night and beat down a
challenge from this season's
pretender, Roxbury of Morris
County,
Five Hopatcong wrestlers
fought in the final round to help
the team outscore second place
tiers Randolph and Morris
Hills, 55%-49%.
Three of the Chiefs' finalists
— George Miller at 122, Joe
Russo at 148, and Carl Juskus at
] sg — won and two, Sean Hardy
at 141 and Jeff Ryder at 188 lost,
but still contributed valuable
points by virture of their second
place finishes.
The Chiefs had been given an
outside shot to win the District
title mainly on the credentials
of Miller and Juskus, and their
success in gaining five finals'
berths gave them more than an
even chance at winning their
first District title ever.
The whole tournament swung
on the 148 pound weight class,
Roxbury's Al Turoinsky carried
an imposing 18-1 record into the
District::, but lost to Lenape
Valley's Neil Vitale in the
opening round. Russo beat Scott
Guerin of Randolph, another
favorite, 3-2, to set up the final
bout with Vitale.
The Russo-Vitale bout
resembled a basketball game
as both wrestlers traded two-
pointers. Russo busted Vitale in
the third period with a reversal
in the final period to take a 10-8
lead, added a point of riding
time, and held on, barely, to
win, 11-8.
Russo's unexpected victory
all but clinched the team
victory for Hopatcong. All that
was needed was Juskus' 3:47
pin of Morris Knolls' Robin
Rorrer to make the District title
official.
Entering the finals, Hopat-
cong held slim leads over
Morris Hills and Randolph.
With five finaUfts of its own,
Morris Hills had a good shot at
the title, ana did in fact go
ahead after Ken Lennington
beat Hopatcong's Sean Hardy
at 141, but Russo and Juskus
snuffed out the Knight threat.
Randolph lost its bid early
when Roxbury's Tom Sloand
beat the Rams Chuck Jameson,
11-2 at 101. Jim Fiscus at 135
and heavyweight Nick Mygas
gave Randolph victories and
the tie with Morris Hills.
Roxbury marched through its
dual meet schedule undefeated
largely on the strengths of team
balance rather than individual
performances. This was likely
to cost the Gaels in the Districts
where individual wrestlers
contribute the bulk of a team's
points, and in fact the two
wrestlers Roxbury advanced to
the finals, the undefeated
Sloand brothers, Tom at 101 and
Jack at 115, bore this out per-
fectly.
The Gaels did have eight
wrestlers survive the opening
round, but all but the Sloands
fell before the finals. Both
Sloands easily won their bouts,
Tom over Chuck Jameson and
Jack over Kevin Pryor of
Morris Hills, 7-2.
Lenape Valley had two
champions in Ed Ravo, an 11-0
victor over Rick Palanchi of
Dover, and Tony Notorberto,
SPORTS
MARCH 6, 1975
CHAMPWINS
... Randolph's Jim Fiscus defends his 135 pound title against Dan Falvey of Morris Knolls. (Staff Photo by Jim Poris)
Central Outduals North
Byes Hurt Lions' Chances
FLEMINGTON - The
District 17 wrestling cham-
pionships turned into a dual
meet, as expected, between the
host Red Devils of Hunterdon
Central and North Hunterdon's
Lions with Puss Riegel's Devils
pulling out a 101% to 99% team
victory over North.
Of the 12 individual cham-
pionships North Hunterdon
amassed seven while Central
copped the remaining five. And
of the 24 fin list, only six were
not from the two Hunterdon
County schools.
Byes, more than anything
else, hurt the Lions of Harold
Vandermark, as North had
eight in the first round where
most team pin points are
scored.
Jeff Murphy had a big part in
Central's team victory as he
pulled his bout out in the waning
seconds in the consolation
round at 129 to pick up a third
place and two team points.
At 101, Central's John
Mulligan (21-1-1) rolled to a 84
shutout over North Hunterdon's
Jack Holthaus in the first of six
pair-ups between the two
schools.
North's Pete Hughes (19-2-2)
scored a crucial escape with
just 30 seconds left to eke out a
1-0 win over Central's Tom
Andrews (19-7-1) at 108 and
Central's Tony Cooper (23-2)
handed Steinert's Pete Brown
(17-2-1) a 6-0 loss at 115.
At 122, North's Bob
Hemhauser (15-7-1) used a half
nelson and scissors to deck
Princeton's Dave Robertson (7-
2-1) in 3:35. North's Steve
Hurford (16-4-2) edged top
seeded Harold Jones (18-3) of
Ewing, 10-7 at 129 and North's
Bill Karnish (17-2) pinned Joe
Martino (6-6-1) of Central in
1:46 at 135.
Central's Dave Nielson (17-7-
1) also knocked off a first
seeded wrestler when he
decisioned Hank Suydam (17-2-
1) of Hopewell Valley, 10-4 at
141. Dave Osmun (19-2) handed
North's Tom Farrell (17-6) an 8-
1 setback at 148 for Central's
fourth victory. And Daryl
Kanach (19-2) won his 19th bout
by defeating Ted Elker (12-6) of
Princeton, 9-1.
North's Dean VanAr^dale (23-
1) handed top seeded Chris
Holcombe (17-1-1) of West
Windsor his first loss of the
year, 3-0 at 170. Van Arsdale
scored a reversal with 1:28 left
and picked up a time point.
At 188, North's Bret Hudnutt
(13-4-3) rolled to a 9-1 win over
Central's Lud Alvater (10-7-7)
and heavyweight Hal Burton
became North's seven wirier
with a 6p2 win over Joe Alt-
vater, Lud's brother.
NO GATOR HE
Hunterdon Central's John Peterson has no trouble with West Windsor's Jim Holcum in a 170
pound semi-final bout in District. 17. (Staff Photo by Lloyd Shannon)
Hunterdon Central 101%;
North Hunterdon 99%; Steinert
33; Ewing 20; Princeton 16%;
Hopewell Valley 16; West
Windsor 14; Trenton Central
12%; Notre Dame 12; Hamilton
10; Lawrence 8; South Hun-
terdon 1
Championship Finals
101 — John Mulligan, HC, dev.
Jack Holthaus, NH, 8-0
108 - Pete Hughes, NH, dec.
Tom Andrews, HC, 1-0
115 — Tony Cooper, HC, dec.
Pete Brown, S, 6-0
122 — Bob Hemhauser, NH,
i pinned Dave Robinson, P, in
3-
55
129 - Steve Hurford, NH, dec.
Harold Jonas, E, 10-7
135 — Bill Karnish, NH,
pinned Joe Martino, HC in 1:46
141 — Dave Nieison, HC, dec.
Hank Suydam, HV, 10-4
148 — Dave Osmun, HC, dec.
Tom Farrell, NH, 8-1
158 - Daryl Kanach, HC, dec.
Ted Elker, P, 9-1
170 — Dean VanArsdale, NH,
dec. Chris Holcombe, WW, 3-0
188 - Bret Hudnutt, NH, dec.
Lud Altvater, HC, 9-1
Hwt - Hal Burton, NH, dec.
Joe Altvater, NC, 6-2
who barely beat Glen Henry ot
Randolph, 6-5.
Jay Magda of Morris Hills
took the 129 pound bout from
Brian Flynn of Morris Knolls, 8-
0, whiie Flynn's teammate Art
"Butch" Cougle beat Jeff
Ryder of Hopatcong, 7-2.
The finalists in District 16 will
compete in the Region IV
tournament at Union High
School, March 7 and 8.
Hopatcong 55%, Randolph
and Morris Hills 49%, Roxbury
44, Lenape Valley 38%, Morris
Knolls 38, Dover 21, Morns
Catholic 2.
Final Round
101 — T. Sloand (Rox) dec. C.
Jameson (Ran), 11-2.
108 — E. Ravo (LV.) dec. R.
Palanchi (D), 11-0
115 - J. Sloand (Rox) dec. K.
Pryor (MH), 7-2
122 - G. Miller (H) dec. D.
Magda (MH), 6-0
129-J. Magda (MH) dec, B,
Flynn (MK), 8-0
135 — J. Fiscus (Ran) dec. D.
Falvey (MK) 11-0
141 — K. Lennington (MH)
dec. S. Hardy (H), 3-1
148 - J. Russo (H) dec. N.
Vitale (LV), 11-8
158 — C. Juskus (H) pinned R.
Rorrer (MK), 3:47
170 — T. Notoroberto (LV)
dec. G. Henry (Ran), 6-5
188 — A. Cougle (MK) dec. J.
Ryder (Hop), 7-2
Hvy — N. Mygas (Ran) dec.
B. Guemere (MH), 3-1
STAND EM UP
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nun back down to the mat in their 122 pound final in District 16. (Staff Photo by Jim
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Poris)
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PHILUPSBURG — Upsets
prevailed in the District 12
wrestling championships, last
Saturday night as no less than
six top seeded wrestlers were
beaten in the final round.
As a result Phillipsburg,
which enjoyed a tremendous
tourney, amassed 68 points to
tie Delaware Valley Regional
for the team title while pre-
tourney favorite, Warren Hills
had to settle for a close second
with 67 points. Surprising
Phillipsburg Catholic was third
with 42% followed by
Hackettstown with 32%.
belvidere witn « , West Morris
with 4 and North Warren with 3.
The Stateliners also had three
individual champions to share
that lead with Catholic and
Warren Hills while Delaware
Valley had two titlist and
Belvidere had one.
Unbeaten sophomore Jeff
Mayberry (18-0-1) became the
Blue Streaks first champion
with a fall over Hackettstown's
Marty Sickles (16-2) at 129.
Mayberry, who had handed
Sickles both of his losses,
stunned the Tiger junior in the
opening seconds when he
snapped on a Deadlock that
reaped the 33 second pin.
At 170, junior Jim Popinko
(18-1) broke open a scoreless
bout with Catholic's John
Sullivan (17-5) with a second
period escape, takedown and
nearfall. Popinko then rode out
the entire last period for a 6-0
victory.
Then sophomore heavyweight
Dan Slack (18-1) climaxed the
tourney by pinning Hackett-
stown's Dave Simmons (11-4) in
4:36. Slack led 7-2 when he
reversed Simmons into the final
round fall.
Two other Blue Streaks were
beaten in the finals as Rob
Rhinehart (16-2) was beaten, 14-
2 by Delaware Valley's
defending district champion,
Jeff Segreaves at 148, and
senior Bruce Paolini (16-2)
dropped a 7-3 decision to
Belvidere's Tonv Frisbie (13-4-
1) at 188,
Segreaves (19-0) took
Rhinehart down into a five point
play and then added a two point
nearfall for a 7-0 first period
lead. The Terrier senior then
escaped and scored takedowns
in both the second and third
rounds while RhinehLrt scored
with a last period reversal.
Frisbie led by a slim, 2-1
midway through round two
when he scored a crucial
takedown that gave him a 4-1
lead going into the final two
LEG IRONS
... Jack Yost of Phillipsburg (white) keeps a firm grip on the
leg of Jay Hendershot of Hackettstown in their District 12
title bout at 135 pounds.
minutes. Both wrestlers traded
reversals and Frisbie picked up
a time point for his final
margin.
Phillipsburg got its titles
from freshman Charlie
Ganguzza at 101, Jack Yost at
135, and junior Mike Kennedy at
158. All of the Stateliners
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Ganguzza (13-2-2) used three
takedowns to key a 11-3 win
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(15-10) at 101, Yost (18-5) broke
away from a 5-5 tie with a last
period nearfall that came with
just two seconds ieil on tne
clock to defeat Hackettstown's
Jay Hendershot (17-1). 8-5,
Kennedy (15-5-1) used a last
period escape, takedown, and
nearfall to defeat Del Val's
Dennis Flannagan (20-5), 6-2.
Phillipsburg Catholic's three
titles came from Terry and
Rick Rutt, sons of head coach
Dick Rutt, and Sal Picone at
106, 115, and 122, respectively.
Terry Rutt (15-7-1) used a last
period escape to edge top
seeded Jim Traxinger (18-3-1),
3-2 at 108, Rick Rutt (14-3-1), the
defending district 101 cham-
pion, broke a 2-2 stalemate with
a last period takedown and
nearfall to defeat top seeded
Steve Mularchuk (22-3) of Del
Val, 6-3 at 115. Unbeaten Sal
' Picone (20-0) used a pair of
reversals to take a 4-3 lead over
• Phillipsburg's Gus Rutledge
(16-4-2) before icing the bout
with a l?ot period nearfall and
time point that gave him an 84
win.
Delaware Valley's only other
champion came from senior
Dave Traxinger (19-1), a
defending district champion,
who pinned Phillipsburg's
Terry Tersigni (12-5) with a half
nelson and body press in 4:18.
The top two finishers in each
weight class will now advance
to the Region 3 tournament at
the County College of Morris in
Randolph this Friday night and
Saturday.
HEADLESS
.. . Rob Rhinehardt of Warren Hills seems to have no head left after being put on his back by
Jeff Seagreaves of Delaware Valley. The two met in the 148 pound final in District 12.
Phillipsburg 68; Delaware
Valley 68; Warren Hills 67;
Phillipsburg Catholic 42%;
Hackettstown 32%; Belvidere
24; West Morris 4; North
Warren 3.
Finals
101 — Charlie Ganguzza, P,
dec. Lonnie Johnson, DV, 11-3
108 - Terry Rutt, PC, dec.
Jim Traxinger, DV, 3-2.
115 - Rick Rutt, PC, dec.
Steve Mularchuk, DV, 6-3
122 — Sal Picone, PC, dec.
Gus Rutledge, P, 8-4
129 - Jeff Mayberry, WH,
pinned Marty Sickles, H, in :33
135 — Jack Yost, P, dec. Jay
Hendershot, H, 8-5
141 — Dave Traxinger, DV,
pinned Terry Tersigni, P, in
4:18
148 - Jeff Segreaves, DV,
dec. Rob Rhinehart, WH, 14-2
158 — Mike Kennedy, P, dec.
Dennis Flanagan, DV, 6-2
170 — Jim Popinko, WH, dec.
John Sullivan, PC, 6-fl
188 - Tony Frisbie, B, dec.
Bruce Paolini, WH, 7-3
Hwt - Dan Slack, WH.
pinned Dave Simmons, H, in
4:3b
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