SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1S32-THE CAROLINA TIWES-5
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John ' Matthews, a
163-pound wrestler from
Flint,. Mich is a late
bloomer.' - .
Only a, tair prep
; wrestler by his own ack
. mission, he improved
': considerably while in
college However, he
receive no scholarship
aid and sometimes had
t6 work two jobs to pay
for his education.
It was not until he was
24 years ; old that he
became a consistent win
j ner int the 163-pound
, weight division ; in na-1
tional and international ?
competitions.'
' Now 30 and working a
full time job as a sales
: supervisor for Sullivan
, and O'Sullivan Inc.,
. ; distributors of ; Miller
Brewing Company pro
ducts in Flint, Matthews -anticipates
winning a
Gold Medal in the 1984
Olympic Games.
To prepare for
wrestlers of world class -
caliber, Matthew spent
sty weeks this summer .
perfecting his techniques
at the Olympic Training
Center in Colorado Spr
ings, Colorado.
Earler this year, Miller
Brewing Company's
Miller High Life brand
committed a minimum
of $3 million to keep the
center operating through
the 1984 f Olympic
Games.
Matt hews '
achievements as a
wrestler include making
the U.S. Olympic, wrpstly
teams in 1976 and in
1980; winning the na
tional Amateur Athletic '
Union (AAU)sT cham-;
-pionship - J hs inv tni
163-pound weight class
from 1976 to 1982; and
competing on U.S.
World Cup teams from
1977 to 1980. !
In his eight years as an
amateur, he has Com
peted in . the Soviet
Union, Hungary,
France, Sweden,
England, Egypt, Mexico,
' Ireland, Cuba, Canada
and Puerto Rico, i
This May, Matthews
competed in the National '
AAU Grego-Roman
Championships in Cin
cinnati, where he placed
first in his weight class.
He also spent two weeks
competing in Russia and
Rumania in July before
going to the OTC to
prepare for the World
Wrestling Champion
ships in Poland in
September.
while Matthews'
achievements on the mat
are many, they hajen't
come easy. He put
himself through college
with a series of grants
and by working,
sometimes at two jobs.
He wrestled for Cen
tral Michigan University,
Mount" Pleasant, Mich.,
without scholarship aid.
In 1974, he was the Mid-
Miller, Matthews Share,
1" Olympic Dream
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Panthers Fall To N. Dakota State
FARGO. ND' Jeff
Willis scored on a 1 yard .
run with 1:06 left in the
game leading North
; Dakota State to a come
; from-behind 21-20 win
jOver CIAA Champion :
i Virginia Union. : The ,
Bison raised their
seasonal mark to 1 2-0
I travel to Calif ornia
s Davis for its NCAA
("Division II semi-final
l, contest.
The Bison marched 80
yards in 16 plays for its
winning score but the
game was decided on a
human error lead in the
game. With the ball at
.the VUU 14 on first
: down, NDS quarterback
Mark Nellermoe drop
: ped back to pass, was hit
by a Panther defender
and his pass was in
; tercepted by junior ALL
CIAA defensive tackle
Dwayne Drew. Drew
picked the ball from
above his shoetops and
, rambled upfield for an
, apparent touchdown. V .
However, the referee rul
ed that he had blown the
three periods. Keith
Cathion scored at 1 :55 of '
the first period on a 6
yard run. Ohio State
transfer Brian Smith up-
whistle after Nellermoe ped the Panther count to
had thrown the ball and
before Drew , made the
interception. Thus i by
NCAA rules, the ball
was returned to its
original line - the VUU
14'. Willis then bolted up
the middle for six yards
to the VUU 8 and then
Dan Harris skirted his
right side.fpr 3 yards and
a first down at the 3.
Nellermoe carried to the
1 setting up Willis' winn
ing fun . Pete Luedtke
converted his third extra
point providing the
margin of victory.
The Panthers, who
outgained the Bison on
the ground 251 to 140,
scored on drives of 62,
79 and 45 yards in
building a 20-7 lead after
12-0 when he went 26
yards at 9:09 of the first
half. The Bison, who
were held to 100 yards
while Va. Union was
gaining 219, scored after
blocking a VUU punt at
the VUU 2. Nellermoe
sneaked in from the one
cutting the Panthers lead
to 12-7 at 2:19 of the
Senior fullback Philip
Davis led all runners
with 80 yards on 15 at
tempts. Smith added 72
yards on 10 carries. Har
ris led the Bison with 63
yards in 12 carries.
Nellermoe completed
8 of . 21 passes for 105
yards.
NDS
First Downs. 16
Rush-Yds ... 46-140
Pass Yds.... 65
Ret Yds 36
Passing 8-21 -I
Punting .' 6-26.8
Fumb-Lost . . 0-0
Pen-Yds.:.. 3-45
N Dak St 0 7 0 14
6 6 8
0
VUU
9
67-251
105
0
6-12-0
4-31.5
5-2
9-67
21
20
half.
The Panthers scored ,Va Union
their final touchdown on ...... m Jf"".8.,
-v..:,..'.. t a . VUU-Harry Mitchell 13-40,. Keith
Cathion s 2 yard run at cathion 11-53; Jetlary Haynes
3:07 of the third stanza. 7-23r Phillip Davis 15-80; John
Troy Cauthorn threw to Johnson 4-5; Brian Smith 10-72;
iroy uauinorn d-(-oj; jonn King
1-(-5). NDS-Mark Nellermoe
20-29; Dan Harris 12-63; Hank
Klox 7-16; Jeff Willis 6-36; Jon
Lane 1-6.
Pissing
VUU-John Johnson 3-4-0 34 Otds,
Troy Cauthorn 3-8-0 31 Otds.
NDS-Mark Nellermoe 8-21-1 105
Otds
Cathion-: for the two
point conversion.
The Bison mounted a
59 yard 4 play scoring
drive with Harris going
in from the 9 at 12:31 of
I the final stanza.
COLORADO SPRINGS John Matthews (right), demonstrates world
class form during a practice session at the United States Olympic Training
Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. -
American Conference
Champion in his weight
class.
Looking back at his
high school years, Mat:
thews rated himself only
an average prep wrestler.
He didn't start winning,
titles consistently until he
was 24, he said, vy
."When I got to col-,
lege, I decided that being
a world-class wrestler I
was my goal. . . '
"In my junior year, I
set my sights on the 1976,
Olympics' he said. ' - , V;
.yicAitnougn, ne. maaexnes
,, leant, m. uwv;
. win a medal at Montreal.
" v Matthews' six-week .
stint at the OTC was his , '
second, having ' trained ' y
there in 1978. "The
' .-, facilities are much nicer
, and are much larger,
Wheri I'was here before,
there was no wrestling
room' he said.
The OTC's new
$4.5-miflion multisport
sports center was com
pleted recently. Its give
.gymnasiums' include a
wrestling room.
Matthews started
-working for the Flint'
distributorship in
September 1980 .after the
U.S. boycott of the 1980
Moscow Olympics.
"My bosses were very
receptive when they '
heard I, still wanted to
t.'ain. I took a year off
from wrestling when I
started working so I
could learn the job. At
that time, working was
more important to me
and I wanted to learn my
position," he said.
At the same time, he
finished . a master's ;
degree in counseling at '
Central Michigan, where 1
he , earned an
undergraduate degree in
physical education. rope.
In addition to being a "Right now, my job
.sales supervisor, Mat- comes first. But, as long
thews heads Sullivan and as my bosses are behind
O'Sullivan special events ' me, I'll keep up my
planning and is active in training,
community events. "I'm not going to
He works his training wrestle all my life, but I
schedule in with the job, :. know I have at least two
getting up in the morning good T years ahead of
to run for 45 - minutes
before work. At lunch he
lifts weights or jumps
Bull CityMiller
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Friday, Dec. 3rd
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gp.m.NCCUvs St Paul's
Saturday, Dec. 4th
7 p.m. Consolation Game
9 p.m. Championship Game
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Eagles Capture First fM DJIL I"
ClAA Victory ,JllMl D AI I
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I itO I .2. Brown 13, Faison 2, Banks 15, V-. W ' -
BOWIE, MD
Senior forward David
Binion scored 20 points
and picked off 19 re
bounds in leading North
Carolina Central to a
96-73 CIAA win over
Bowie State on Monday.
The Eagles notched their
first win of the season
and evened their
seasonal mark at 1-1.
Bowie State dropped to
0-2, 1-3.
Central scored the first
six points and was never
headed as they built a
47-31 halftime lead; The
S3
Bulldogs cut the margin
to 56-46 at 14:30 before
the Eagles gradually
began to pull away.
Sophomore guard
Michael Wright led the
Eagles fast break with 14
points' and dished out 6
assists. Ken Davis, a
freshman .from
Charlotte, chipped in 1 1
points; Richard Kilgore
10.
Charles Warner led all
scorers with 26 points.
NCCU (96) Kilgore 10, Fiucette
8, Evam 5, Wright 14, Graen, Bi
nion 20, Hughley 4, Taylor 8,
Nicholson 2, Jennetta 7, Griffin,,
Davis 11, Perry 4, Winston 3, Sim
mons. Bowie St (73) Williams 6, Bryant
.2, Brown 13, Faison 2, Banks 15,
Holloway 3.- Warner 26, Pelgrlm,
Contee 3, Morris, Johnson 3 -
Halftime: NCCU 47-31
Records: NCCU 1-0 CIAA, 1-1;
Bowie 0-2, 1-3. '
Eagles Host
Bull City
Miller
Tourney
North Carolina . Cen
tral (1-1) make their
1982-83 home debut in
the nightcap of the Bull
CityMiller High Life
Tourney this Friday,
December 4 at 9 p.m.
when they face St. Paul's
Tigers of Lawrenceville,
Va. The 7 p.m. opener
will find St. Augustine's
College going against
Fayetteville State..
The Tigers (1-1 in thr
CIAA, 1-2 overall) ,are
led James Scott, a junior
from Lynchburg, Va.
: Scott leads the Tigers;
with in scoring with 19.3.
(Continued pn Page 61j
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