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Show T-Bird grapplers host Utah State to begin new season Revenge for Southern Utah State College is highly desirable but also highly unlikely here Wednesday (Dec. 3) at 7 p.m. when the Thunderbirds host wrestlers from Utah State University at War Memorial Fieldhouse. Admission to the matches will be $1 for adults, 50 cents for students without SUSC activity cards, and free for SUSC students with cards. Last year, the Aggies from Logan treated the T-Birds as roughly as anyone on the schedule. At Cedar City, USU Mountain Athletic Conference last year after starting slowly. He'll be going against USU's Bob Erickson, a freshman and former for-mer state champ from wrestling crazy Iowa, in the 158-pound class. Bernard Schoen, a tough fresh-' man from Salinas, Calif., will represent SUSC in the 190-pound bracket against USU junior Mike Cunningham. Here are tentative match ups and a schedule of remaining SUSC matches: SUSC vs. Utah State won a 43-6 decision, and at Logan the T-Birds lost their first shutout in years, 41-0. "We are awfully young, green and untested in college competition," com-petition," Joe Lopour, head Thunderbird coach, said, "but we do have some fine talent and we will get much tougher as the season wears onunless we run into injury problems." Expected to be especially close matches are the pairings at 134, 158, and 190 pounds. At 134 either Dave Lacy, a sophomore transfer from USU and Blanding, or Robert Buatti, a seasoned junior from New York City, will go against Tim Vance, a veteran for the Ags. Wayne Ritter, Aztec, N.M., placed second in the Rocky 118--John Marshall (SU) vs. John Price (USU) 126-Kevin Taysom (SU) vs. Larry Wagstaff (USU) . 134-Robert Buatti or Dave Lacy (SU) vs. Tim Vance (USU 142--Joe Taylor (SU) vs. Kim Rolfe (USU) 150--Frank Snyder or Kim Hair (SU) vs. Bob Erickson (USU) 158-Wayne Ritter (SU) vs. Bob Erickson (USU) 167-Rick Spjut (SU) vs. Lynn Hinckley (USU) 177-Jack Carlton (SU) vs. Russ Paulsen (USU) 190- Bernard Schoen (SU) vs. Mike Cunningham (USU) Unlimited-Bill Tincher or Mike Engstrom (SU) vs. Frank Mancini (USU) |