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Show Utah Hosts League Mat Titf ASU, BYU Favored to Wi, B VV I ; V Y V L-lik. -. - . Lr' -.a i-LJ By CHARLIE ZITO Chronicle Sports Writer Wrestling champions of the Western Athletic Conference will be determined Friday and Saturday in the annual conference confer-ence tournament at the Einar Nielson Fieldhouse. BRIGHAM YOUNG University has been picked in a poll of coaches as the team to beat, although al-though both Wyoming and defending de-fending champion Arizona State The defending conference champs, Arizona State's Sun Devils will be tough to beat at this year's meet in Salt Lake City. were ceded outside chances. Wyoming was runnerup last year. The Redskins, rated third last year, were rated fourth by coaches, New Mexico fifth, and Arizona sixth. FIVE INDIVIDUAL champions will be competing in the tournament. tourna-ment. They are Glenn McMinn (123 pound) and Curley Culp (heavyweight), of Arizona State; Brigham Young's Mac Moto-cawa Moto-cawa (137) and Mike Young (145); New Mexico's Marty Lyman Ly-man (167); and Wyoming's Gary Frank (145). McMinn was second in the NCAA championships last year. Lyman and Frank were conference con-ference champions in 1964 in the 167 pound and 145 pound class respectively and Young won the 130 pound title in 1963. TITLE HOPES of Arizona State were shaken by the losses of star performers this year. Sun Devil Charley Tribble, who won the 1965 conference crown and finished third in the national M Ha" won a olft, Herendeen Se ' 1R?r0n6est candid I60 pound cla , ! ha"' Utah; ming; and Can r r-ham r-ham Young ' LYMAN Win 167 pound class . Len N,ckleson,W ; Reinar Prawitt f!':' f77the Ieimg cot;:; 177 Pound class . ces tough men t Brigham Youne- nan V handler: ming. ' IN DEFENDING k, weight crown, CU!PJ: : finish ahead of Brit Monte Jones, year to the champion mmg's Ron Wright third. Another p.' winner is Glen Cook I-'-' decisioned last w Wright, and Wright i-. in a recent tussle. Friday's first round uled for Deseret Gvi' p.m. while Saturday's , will be held at B t0 Einar Nielson Fielfc shi ' T fifeiipf i ," I J -:. f ' . . . tourney, lost a match with the eligibility committee on a ruling that his allowable competition ended last semester. Cowboy Dan Groski, 167 pound champion last year has been sidelined with an injury. Although coaches may shift some of their grapplers for the conference meet in order to gain scoring advantages in a few weight divisions, the following favorites have been listed: IN THE 123 pound classification classifica-tion Mcminn has been designated as a heavy favorite. Strong contenders con-tenders for runnerup honors are Warren Grub, Wyoming; Mike Hart, Brigham Young and Richard Rich-ard Castillo, Utah. The 130 pound title will draw tough competition from Pete Russo, Arizona State; Ray Compos, Com-pos, Utah and Larry Helsip, Wyoming Wy-oming all point winners in the tournament last year. Darold Henry, Brigham Young, is another an-other strong competitor. ALTHOUGH MOTOKAWA is a heavy favorite to win the 137 pound crown, he will get rugged competition from Jay Owen, Wyoming, Chuck Kinney, Utah, Dave Kirby, New Mexico and Norm Dean, Arizona State. In the 145 pound division Young and Frank are regarded as co-favorites but they will be up against Utah's Toby Mercer and New Mexico's Jim Gilliam, who also are regarded as strong contenders. THE 152 pound class, added this year, is marked with a slight edge for Arizona State's Tony Russo, who will be competing with strong contenders Dale Kujah, Wyoming; Bill Kirby, New Mexico; Dona Hall, Arizona; Ari-zona; and Dennis Herendeen, Brigham Young. Russo defeated Hall in a dual meet this year and Mike Young ... BYU matman ptWAI Hill. liaWf-IW-W-wPW--l - ihmhiii htti "mtm m i inJ K -. ' Al nil ' i u y I 1 Glenn McMinn ASIPS NCAA runner-up Mac Matokaw! J?' favorite in 1376 |
