4 Page 10 -The Michigan.Daily- Friday, November 30, 1984 Despite success, 'M' wrestlers grapple with a lack of interest Dy iv1H11 a 1In vvvax% The word is out: Michigan has an excellent wrestling team, one of the best in recent years. Good enough, in fact, to be ranked 10th in the nation by the Amateur Wrestling News in its pre-season rankings. But the squad ,is suffering from a common Michigan sports malady, the Minor Sports Syn- drome. Is the word of the grapplers' early success abuzz in the streets of Ann Arbor? No. Are people acutely aware of the exploits.of Joe McFarland, Scott Rechsteiner, Kirk Trost, and John Fisher, the 126- pound freshman wunderkind? Hardly. The team won the Wolverine Open, the Ohio Open, and was im- pressive in the Northern Open, but talk of the team hasn't exactly been sweeping the campus. STILL, THE grapplers have yet to open their. home season, a situation that will change Sunday at 2 when they face Central Michigan at Crisler Arena. Perhaps as much as winning, head coach Dale Bahr wants a large turnout - something that is usually missing from Michigan's wrestling meets. "We want to let people know that we're there," said Bahr, who is now in his seventh year as head coach of the Wolverines. ,"They (CMU) should offer a challenge in several weight classes, but we fully in- tend to win and win.big'" Wrestling Top 20 SPOR'r 1. Iowa 2. Oklahoma State 3. Oklahoma 4. Penn State 5. Iowa State 6. Louisiana State 7. Wisconsin CHICAGO 8. Northern Iowa Byars of Ohi 9. Arizona State Big Ten's M 10. MICHIGAN 1984 footbal 11. Lehigh Press. 12. Tennessee Byars, aE 13. Navy Dayton, Ohi 14. Bloomsberg (Pa.) award from 15. North Carolina tswriters . a 16. Oregon State the Big Ten 17. North Carolina State went to Iowa 18. Syracuse Byars hel 19. Wyoming Big Ten ch 20. Illinois State Rose Bowl a SOURCE: Amateur Wrestling News. A unanimou Ten team, rushing wil with 144 poi PRWINnNq ning with 2,2 Ann Arbor's fastest! Irish 79 From 10-800 T-shirts screenprint- SOUTH B] ed within 24 hours of order. scored 17 p Multi-color printing our specialty. of Notre Da You supply art or use our expert night over N design staff. '.a non-confe Hundreds of surplus T-shirts only game. $2. each. Located beend the Bind Pg Cate Northwest 20W8.s FvrstSt Phone 994-1367 game-high hit only 35pe NOTRE D ded 15 poin Ken Barlow Irish. Coming off an impressive showing at the Northern Open last week in Madison, the grapplers have a cumulative record of 118-28, with 23 pins amongst them. Most impressive at the tournament was senior Scott Rechsteiner, who won the 177-pound division by defeating Wisconsin's Terry Manning, 6-5. With five wins (two by pins), Rechsteiner raised his season record to 13-1, with four pins. YET THE grappler raising the most eyebrows this season is freshman John Fisher, who, at 126 pounds, is 12-2 with two pins. One of those losses came at the hands of Olympic silver medalist Barry Davis. Despite Davis' lofty status, Fisher gave Davis problems in their quarterfinal match. Davis was ahead only by a point at the end of the second period before pulling away., Prior to his loss to Davis, Fisher beat Iowa State's John Thorn, an All- American last year. Bahr knows a find when he sees one. "John is one of the most outstanding freshman, if not the most out- standing freshman in the country," he said. And one can never ignore Joe McFarland. The senior from North Olmsted, Ohio, has a career record of 138-22-4, 15-1 this season. Alternating between 126 and 134 pounds this year, McFarland is ranked second in the nation by the Amateur Wrestling News at 126. Ranked first in the weight class is Davis, who defeated McFarland in the finals of the Northern Open. "HE (McFARLAND) didn't wrestle well. He didn't take it to Davis," Bahr said of McFarland's perfor- mance, noting that McFarland has a .500 record against Davis in his career. "Joe got behind and wasn't able to come back." Three good wrestlers do not an outstanding team make, however. Along with McFarland, Fisher, and Rechsteiner the squad is deep at every weight. Heavyweight Kirk Trost is 13-3 and a favorite to win the Big Ten title. Steve Richards is 12-5 at 158 pounds, Tony Latoia 12-4 at 150, and Rickey Moore 15-3 at 142 and leads the team in pins with five. Things are going so well so far this season that Bahr feels it is possible to shut out Central Michigan which is not an easy accomplishment. But these Wolverines are tough, talented, and deep. Assistant coach and Olympic gold medalist Steve Fraser con- vinced Bahr to institute two-a-day practices and the team has responded in kind - they're mean as well. They are a force to be dealt with in the Big Ten. The word is out. The queston at hand, however, is will anyone take notice? TS OF THE DAILY: yars wins MVP'award r Daily Photo by CAROL L. FRANCAVILLA Senior wrestling captain Joe McFarland proves it takes two to tango as he gives his teammate a tough workout in practice. McFarland, last year's Big Ten champion at 126 pounds, lost to silver medalist Barry Davis of Iowa last week. McFarland is looking to become a four-time All-American this season. Cott Inn CARRY OUT & FREE DELIVERY WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT OUR DELIVERY AREA 546 Packard (at Hill-Main Campus) 665-6005 927 Maiden Lane (at Broadway-North Campus) 995-9101 0 (AP)-Tailback Keith o State has been named the ost Valuable Player for the I season by The Associated 6-2, 225-pound junior from o, received 12 votes for the a 14-member panel of spor- nd broadcasters covering . The remaining two votes a quarterback Chuck Long. ped lead Ohio State to the hampionship and into the against Southern California. us selection on the All-Big Byars led the nation in th 1,655 yards, in scoring ints and in all-purpose run- 284 yards. , Wildcats 61 END, Ind. (AP)-Scott Hicks oints to lead the University ame to a 79-61 victory last Northwestern University in erence college basketball tern's Elliot Fullen scored a 19 points, but the Wildcats ercent from the floor. DAME'S David Rivers ad- nts and Tim Kempton and w added 14 a piece for the me, 2-0, led 49-29 at half- Scott Hicks with 13 points, while holding Northwestern, 1-1, to a single field goal in the last eight min- tues of the half. The Irish took the lead 13-12 on a hook shot from Kempton at 13-39, and held it through the rest of the half, scoring eight unanswered points four times. . THE COLD-SHOOTING Wildcats hit only seven of 26 field goal attempts in the first half, while making 15 of 16 free- throw attempts. Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps gave credit to his squad's defensive play for helping break Northwestern's two game winning streak over the Irish. "I thought our defensive intensity got us into a transition game in the first half," Phelps said and "We shot well and got our running game going." Last year the Wildcats captured a 40- 36 decision in overtime against the Irish. In the 1982-83 season, North- western beat Notre Dame 73-56 in a post-season game. Oilers 4, Bruins 2 BOSTON (AP)-Glenn Anderson scored two goals. Wayne Gretzky reached another national Hockey League milestone with his 600th assist,. and the Edmonton Oilers snapped an old Boston hex with their fifth con- secutive victory last night in a 4-2 decision over the Bruins. After Charlie Simmer pulled Boston into a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal in the opening minutes of the second period, Gretsky assisted on Anderson's 15th and 16th goals as Edmonton went ahead to stay. The assists were Gretzky's 41st and 42nd of the season. He has 66 points in leading Edmonton to a 17-3-3 record. The Bruins out-shot Edmonton 43-27, but goalie Grant Fuhr frustrated the Boston shooters as the Oilers earned their first victory at Boston Garden sin- ce joining the NHL six years ago. Black Hawks 6, Penquins 3 PITTSBURGH (AP)-Denis Savard scored three goals to lead the Chigago Black Hawks to a 6-3 victory over Pit- tsburgh last night, extending the Penguins' National Hockey League winless streak to seven games. Savard's second goal of the game came at 7:02,of the final period and gave Chicago a 3-3 tie. DARRYL SUTTER got his second goal of the game at 9:36 before Bill Gar- dner and Savard scored late in the final period to put the game away. Savard opened the scoring at 15-47 of the first period with his 10th goal of the season. Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead in the second period on power-play scores by Mike Bullard and Warren Young. Sutter got his first score on a power play at 10:32 of the second period to make it 2-2. 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