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Page 8 Grapplers place In Mason-Dixon by Tom T resize Western Maryland's grapplers placed third in the 29th annual Mason-Dixon wrestling tournament held here Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th. Towson State won the meet with Baltimore University placing second. Towsonhad champions in 118, 167, 190, and unlimited weight classes. Baltimore University placed first in the 142and 158 pound classes. Two Western Maryland matmen won cham- pionships. Tom Yates won the 126 pound class by defeating Ed Garono of Towson State. Dick Sch- mertzler capped his third title in the Mason-Dixon by defeating James Hebbel of Baltimore Univer- sity. Schmertzler finished his season undefeated and will compete in the National Championships to be held this March in New York. Western Maryland ended its regular season February 22nd at Towson State. The squad took a 30-9loss at the hands of the Towson matmen. The only WMC men to win their matches were Jay Kintzing, by decision over Terry Dillion, and Bob . HIS. . P I B h Wolfing, with a pin of Mike Hilton. !~~e ~~~~;!di~~i~~t~~~~n_1~~o~c~:~~~~:~igr:nhc: et~di~f~~~~t~~nnth~r ow wrmrrnnq 00 _. ot Western Md. finished the season with a 6-7-1 record and finished third in the conference. This year was a rebuilding year for the Terro squad, WOo me-n end season Wl'th wl'n streak having graduated most of the team last year. The ::::pe;~Sd~O:ti~~xtin~ars~~:a;r~~'1si~~hf~~;f:~:~ . coming to t-e team. by Chip Rouse When Western Maryland faced Catonsville Community College, the Terrorettes were looking on a streak, having won the last four games. They for their third straight win. A tremendous third next faced the University of Maryland, Baltimore quarter spurt placed WMC out in front in a lead County, and one more school went down to the never to be recaptured by Catonsville, though the Terrorettes, 42-25,in a crowded game in Gill Gym. half time score had been tied. The Terrorettes took Salisbury State College was next on the list, and in the game, 56-36, and came into Baltimore on the an exciting game which went into overtime, the Terrorettes squeaked by, 39-38,with a foul shot by 15th of February to play Goucher. Once again, the Kathy Walter. In the final game of the season, third and fourth quarters proved all-important in WMC's terrific surge ahead. Kathy Walter and Dickinson College bowed to the Terrorettes, 38-27, Nancy Piklous were high scorers, with Cathy leaving WMCwith a winning streak of seven games Dudderar and Lin Van Name right behind them. a.(1da place in the invitational tournament which is being held at Frederick Community College the The final score was 55-33.and the Terrorettes were weekend of March 3-5. Playoffs left to FIRST DIVISION end intramurals Betes W L GB Faculty 6 5 2 3 B's and C's by Bob Ramsdell Phi Delts 4 4 4 4 Well, it's all over. except for the play-offs. It took Bachelors 2 6 nine weeks, but now only four teams are left to battle for the Championship. SECOND DIVISION In the First Division, the Brothers And Cousins finished with a Flurry, winning three out of their last four games. Included in this streak were wins Rejects W L GB over the Faculty, a 91-65scorerest which saw Tom Natch 9 2 1 Danver pump in 34 points and Tom Patterson 23 f?r Quandam 8 6 3 4 21/2 the B's and C's, and over the Betes, 60-46. But III C.C.A.S. 51/2 their second meeting, the Betes scored a 52-31 Nads 3 7 victory over the Brothers and Cousins to clinch the Preachers 3 7 51/2 Divisional title. 2 8 61/2 The Second Division had what was probably the most exciting finish as the regular season ended THIRD DIVISION .... Korbonlh with the Rejects and Natch tied for first place with Kathy Walter passes over opponent's head in a identical 8-2 records. In the play-off game last W L GB Tuesday night, the 'Rejects held a slim lead at t.he Fomac 9 I game during Terrorette win streak. half, 20-18, but found themselves down by 3 With Faculty 8 only 8 minutes to play. However, they then put In 8 Animals 7 2 3 straight points to go ahead, 35-31, and Natch was Pyrrhic Feet 3 7 never able to catch up as the Rejects took the game, GNP 1 and the title, 43-4l. Silent Majority 1 9 9 Down in the Third Division, Fomac took the marbles. The race was close all the way, the Faculty finishing just one game out, their downfall FOURTH DIVISION being a 38-21 loss to the Animals. .~ The Psycho-Sloan game turned out to be the W L GB deciding factor in the Fourth Division race. At first Psychos 11 I it seemed that it would be no game at all as the Sloans 10 2 1 Psychos jumped out to a 25-11lead at the half. But Gross Outs 8 4 3 the second half was a reversal of the first as the Seventy Fivers 5 7 6 Sloans tied it up at 31-3l. However, Jeff Ham- Suicide Squad 4 8 7 mersla hit a jump shot in the final seconds to win it Chiefs 3 9 8 for the Psychos, 33-3l. Flashers 0 12 11