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Show Vernal thumps matmen The Vernal Junior High Panthers massacred the Craig crew in a . wrestling meet in Colorado, Saturday, 76 to 31 and 12 pins were produced by the Vernal team. Craig Funk, 98, pinned Larry Clubb in 55 seconds and George Cook, 105, flattened Andy Busch in 27 seconds. Kary McNeill, 112, pinned Jim Madsen after 48 seconds of wrestling . action in the second round and Wilbert Woody, 119, topped the Panthers in the pinning department when he pinned Will Harper in only five seconds. Chad Bedell, 126, pinned Alex Cleverly in 1:15 and Murray Johnson, 132, pinned Eugene Bradley in the third round. Neldon Smuin, 138, used a fall in the second round to defeat Tony Lord and Steve Luck, 145, pinned Jess Gates in one minute of action. Reese Shultz, heavyweight, pinned Alstrom in the third round. Jerry Tingey, 105, pinned Nick Auaguves in the third round and Brown, 105, pinned McKinney. Duzenack, Craig, 119, pinned Russ Mecham and Nyberg, Craig, 119. pinned Huber. Arnett, Craig, 119 decisioned Ken Campbell, 9 to 2 and Mike Fry, 126, pinned Fletcher. Slaugh, 126, downed Cleverly, 14 to 4 and Nybert of Craig pinned Vernal 126 pounder, Mike Lindsay. Robert Merrell, Vernal, 112, won his match due to a default. Allen of Craig downed 155 pounder, Shultz, 4 to 0. The Vernal Panthers will battle West Junior High, Friday at 3 p.m. and will battle Roosevelt on the road, Jan. 22. Vernal will host Craig, Jan. 24 and wili battle teams in the Rangely Junior Varsity Tournament, Jan. 31. The West Vikings have downed Duchesne and Roosevelt. Some of the top West wrestlers are: Craig Phillips, 75; Shane Frost, 80; Ronnie Rich, 105; Tony Winn, 112 and Ken Winn, heavyweight. Vernai has defeated Rangely, Roosevelt and Craig. |