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Show Sportstaculor Poge UThursdoy December 20, 979 1 wrestling team has vastly improved over the beginning of the but Coach Joe James says his team still isn't where he wants them, THE WEBER Those that placed in the Weber Invitational are pictured above, Song Pak, don Montgomery, Bart Bushman. John Rudd, Brad Story, Randy Goodell, nis Singelton, Danny Eastman and Joe Oram. Gor-seaso- Den- Wsmmr grappHers tmjpmwmg, tisike secmd In WeberInvitational While area prep basketball squads are sharpening their nails for what should be a hectic winter of basketball play, local grappling teams are testing everyone on their squads in preparation for another wrestling campaign. Last Saturday at Weber High, Coach Joe James and a few others made the gymnasium their home for the day due to the annual Weber Holiday Wrestling mat-huggi- Invitational. head coach of The first-yewrestling, who has assisted other coaches in building a top quality wrestling program at Weber, arrived at the school at 5:30 in the morning and didnt leave until at least 10 p.m. that evening. Id do it again," James said voice gruffly with a worn-torenthat constant gave couragement through the day. James couldn't be too disappointed either, since his Warriors easily staked claim to a second place in their own toimament. A much improved West High team took team honors with 176 points. The Warriors were a ways back with ar n 129. Finishing third in the eight team tournament was South Summitt with 102 and a half, Ben Lomond was fourth with 101, Kearns was fifth .with 86, Bonneville was sixth with 77 and a half, seventh place went to Roy with 62 and Ogden took eighth with 7 points. Warriors On the Move Weber, the defending dualmeet champion in Region One, was plaqued by injuries in the early part of the season, but appears now, to' be headed back into contention for the regions top honors. The Weber tournament, despite the second place finish; probably did more for the Weber team than most fans would realize. James claims that the tournament exposure helped immensely in preparing the more inexperienced wrestlers for further competition. Coach James was also impressed with how well th tournament was run by his assistant coach, Dennis Peart. "Many of the coaches from other schools came to me after the meet, complimenting the smooth way in which the tournament was handled, said the coach. James says his Warriors are not where he wants them to be yet, but says it shouldnt take much longer for things to be where he would be satisfied. Injuries have curtailed the Warriors from being a stronger team. Take for instance Junior Ricky Tanner who has suffered from nagging pains with a back injury Another is Joe Oram, who CONTMUCD ON PAG! IS DANNY EASTMAN of Weber and Alan Watson of Bonneville were in the minds of most coaches for balloting of the Weber Invitational's MVP wrestler. n |
