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Donohoe Grappling MVP;
Phi Delt Edges Sigma Nu

By DOUG DOUGHTY

Randy Wert, trying for a
rare fourth straight IM crown,
polished off Doug Brindle, 3-2,
in the 150-pound weight class
and handed Phi Delt a slim
96-95 margin over Sigma Nu
last night in the intramural
wrestling finals in Memorial
Gym.

Despite Wert's heroics, he
was unable to repeat as Most
Valuable Wrestler, an honor
falling to Page Dormitory's
Mike Donohoe, who humbled
Independent Joe LaCasio in
the 158-pound category.

In other matches it was
Independent Ed Fink, an
ex-varsity grappler, over Zete's
Bill Cooper, 3-1, in the
126-pound event; Kim
Hatcher, Cooper's housemate
and one-time ACC titleholder,
decisioning PIKA's Kenny
Clemens, 4-0, at 134, and
repeater Alan Rasmussen of
Chi Phi bumping Jake
Kenworthy of Phi Gam at 142.

In the heavier classes, Larry
Davis of Emmet Dorm shut out
George Turner of Phi Gam,
4-0, at 167. Turner, who had
lost in the semis Tuesday
afternoon, gained the final
round when David Nash of
Sigma Nu, also bidding for title
number four, stretched
ligaments in his knee and was
ruled out of his finals bout.

Nash's loss was costly to
Sigma Nu, which, if Nash had
been able to repeat past
performances, would have
wrestled the house trophy
from the Phi Delts, who won it
for a second straight year.

At 177, it was Phi Delt Jack
Harris against Independent Jess
Bower. A repeating bridesmaid
along with Kenworthy and
Brindle, Harris was edged by
Bower, 3-1, providing his house
with a hesitant moment with
one Sigma Nu wrestler still left
to do battle.

But before that bout took
place, the small crowd saw one
of the best matches of the
evening as Hancock's Greg
Johnson managed the only fall
of the evening with an exciting
performance in his match with
Phi Delt's Ed Lawton. Lawton,
behind from the beginning, fell
victim to a Johnson cradle with
1:37 gone.

At the heavyweight bell, it
was Independent Rick Oftedal
against Sigma Nu's Lynn
Housner. Oftedal, a beefy
230-pounder, towered over the
smaller Housner, a 5-9,
185-pounder, whose toughness
is indicated in his nickname,
the "Gross Wicker".

Unaware that a fall could
bring his house the individual
trophy and himself instant
stardom, Housner, a
high-school teammate of
Hatcher and Brindle, wore
down his less-experienced
opponent but was only
successful in gaining a 4-2
win.

The victory brought the Phi
Delts just one little bit closer
to the High Point Trophy for
which they are contesting
primarily with Phi Gam. Phi
Gam had two finalists in the
wrestling, but Turner, as a
substitute, was not awarded
runnerup points.