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Show -- Sporfstacular - Thursday, November8, 1979 Pag 7 , State grapplers set to Uifebs7 wrestle at local high schools During the month of November, football playoffs reached their peak, harriers run for the final tape, cagers gear up and last but not least, grapplers flex their muscles and prepare for their season opener. At Weber State this winter optimism for a Wildcat sports program is at an e high. Coach John Webb and his crew dont plan on letting anyone down with the caliber of wrestling team they sport. To help prepare for the tough success-oriente- Big Sky competition, Coach Webb has planned three inter-squa- d wrestling exhibition matches at three local high schools during the month of November. The Wildcat grapplers will participate at Weber, Box Elder and FORMER WEBER HIGH WRESTLERS, Mark Storey (top) and Bruce Finch (below) will be in action when Weber State holds an exhibition match at Weber High. in-sta- te d all-tim- Bountiful high's. "The idea we have about going to these local communities and competing is two fold," said Coach Webb, First is the fact we as a Utah college are interested in local talent and seeing it develop on a college level. Most of the other Utah colleges concentrate mostly on recruiting out of the state, but we like to steadily concentrate on kids. We like to show high school kids, their coaches and the parents that we have a quality program here at Weber and wed like their consideration about coming here. The second reason for going out is that wed like to increase our fan support here at Weber. We want to show people that we have a team that is competitive and is fun to follow," said Webb. Presently the Wildcats have five wrestlers from Weber High which is a big reason Coach Webb is going back to Weber High. Those five include Lynn Jackson, who he coached his first year at Weber High; Russ Campbell, who he coached three years at Weber and was a state champion; Bruce Finch, Mark Story -- and Dave Shiney are other wrestlers who Webb coached in high school at Weber and are now in his program. Kim Peterson, who was a heavyweight wrestler at Weber State, now coaches at Bountiful High. Coach Peterson and Web are close friends and the Bountiful appearance has a lot to do with that acquaintance. Two brothers, Kary and Gary Norman of Brigham City, starred in high school at Box Elder. Brigham City fans will delight in seeing WSB stands near three of his defending Big Sky Conference champions. StanBrad Isom and Russ Campbell ere kneeling. Isom ding is Craig Simpson at 190 pounds. stored at Layton High while Campbell was a state champion from Weber High. . COACH JOHN these two talented wrestlers come back for an evening. From Wyoming Steve Perea comes from McCook Junior College in Wyoming where he enjoyed great success. Hell wrestle at 118. He was behind Rob Wurm last year. At 126 the Wildcats have Lynn Jackson and a California state champion in Jim Hamilton. Another talented recruit at this weight is David Lundscog from e Brighton where he was a state champion. A load of experience is at the Mike bracket. McMahon is wrestling harder and sharper than ever before according to Coach Webb. McMahon is the older brother to two-tim- 134-pou- BYU Jim quarterback, .McMahon. Challenging McMahon will be Hamilton who was mentioned in the category. At 142 we have a situation that coaches both like and dislike, We have Russ said Webb, Campbell and Brad Isom who both are conference champions in 126-pou- nd the same weight." Coach Webb says when these two wrestle off, it looks like a minature war going on. Isom may move to a lower weight, which he is capable of doing. Also in the 142 class, the Wildcats have David Hansen who is a Wyoming chamtwo-tim- e pion. Needless to say, Coach Webb is Continued on page 15 COACH JOHN WE3S, Weber State head grappling cooch, stands by Lynn Jackson and Dave Shiney. Both wrestlers are big names for Weber State and both were coached by Webb in high school. |