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FEBRUARY 24, ig
Wrestlers Capture First Dixie Tournament
By ALAN HANCOCK
St. Andrews grapplers captured
the first Dixie Conference wrest
ling tournament.
When the Knights traveled to
Rocky Mount on Friday, February
11th, the first round pairings had
been drawn. In an impartial draw
ing for eighteen matches, the re
sults were unbelievable. Not one
Carolina Wesleyan wrestler would
have to face a Knight in the open
ing round.
SA faced six matches with
Lynchburg, two with Methodist and
had one bye. Yet the Knights still
won six of nine individual matches
and brought home the tourney tro
phy.
Unexpectedly, Lynchburg sent
down a full team to compete. The
“dark horse” of the tournament,
the Hornets sent some wrestlers
to the finals. The finals found 7
Carolina Wesleyan, 7 St. Andrews,
3 Lynchburg and one Methodist
wrestler competing.
In the first match. Dean Leake
(SA) decisloned Ray Mr.rtln (CW),
Leake became the first D. I. A. C.
champion at 123 by using a take-
Frank Grier, Rick Reynolds, Warren Maxon, Huzzy Rogers all woo
individual crowns.
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down and a reversal to outpoint
Martin.
The second match pitted SA’s
captain, Warren Maxon, against
Herbie Smith at the 130 pound
class. Maxon gained the finals
by pinning McLeod of Methodist.
He did the same against Smith of
Wesleyan in 57 seconds of the se
cond period.
Buzzy Rogers proved to be a
welcome surprise to the Knights.
He pinned his man from Lynch
burg in the afternoon match. In a
nip and tuck struggle in the finals,
Rogers pinned the only Methodist
man to reach the Championships.
At 147, the Knights sent Jan
Bartlett against Bob Strope of
Lynchburg. Bartlett recorded the
fastest pin of the tourney in his
first match - 34 seconds of the
opening round. He settled for a
6-0 decision over Strope in the
finals.
At 152, Warr of the Lynchburg
squad met Joe Dickinson of Wes
leyan. Dickinson pinned Warr af
ter building up a 7-0 margin.
Warr had pinned Jim Bouck of SA.
Rick Reynolds, wrestling at 160,
advanced to the finals by deci-
sioning Bob Swlnk of Methodist,
14-2. Jim Gilbert of Carolina
Wesleyan was Reynold’s victim
in the finals.
Jack LaPointe grappled at 167
for the Knights. Receiving a bye
in the afternoon match, LaPointe
faced Nat Ralley of Wesleyan in
the Championships. The match
went back and forth but Ralley
managed to pin LaPointe in the
third round.
At 177, Whit Blackstone ofWes-
leyan was pitted against Jim Ne-
pote of Lynchburg. Nepote was
pinned with :32 seconds left in the
second period.
Going into the heavyweight match
the score was SA - 32 and Wesle
yan - 30 Frank Grier of SA faced
Anderson of Wesleyan. This match
determined the champions of the
Dixie Conference.
When the regulation match was
over it seemed that Grier was de
feated, the score being 4-3 in favor
of Wesleyan. But the veteran SA
wrestler had gained two points for
4 minutes of riding time and thus
won his match and the tournament
for Sta. Andrews.
Dixie Champs are:
123 - Dean Leake - St. Andrews.
130 - Warren Maxon - St. An
drews.
137 - Buzzy Rogers - St. An
drews.
145 - Jan Bartlett-St. Andrews.
152 - Joe Dickinson - Wesleyan.
160 - Rick Reynolds - SA
167 - Nat Ralley - Wesleyan.
177 - Whit Blackstone - Wesle
yan.
Hwt - Frank Grier - SA
Jan Bartlett (standing) and Dea
Leake captured individual titld
In tourney. Bartlett was undd
feated this season in conferencj
competition. Leake, a flrst-yea
man, had a great season, winnin
most of his matches.
First Dixie Wrestling Champs - left to right - Dean Leake, Buzzy Rogers, Jan Bartlett, Jim Bouck,
Rick Reynolds, Jack LaPointe, Gary Ball. Kneeling - Captain Warren Maxon, Coach Johnson and Frank
Grier.
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