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THE BATTALION Page 13 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1980 •ports i>m L>! jn’s iVrestling team takes iecond in state meet By STEVE SISNEY Sports Staff espite unexpected losses by its top rformers, the Texas A&M Univer- y wrestling team managed to take cond place last weekend at the A lemeet due to strong showings by ishtnan wrestlers. The Aggies finished with 53 points d barely squeezed past third place )rth Texas State University, which thered SIVT points. Heavily favored Richland College ptured the meet title with 78 ints. Texas Tech finished fourth. “We had expected to do better,” plained head coach Bob Santini. t the meet, our veteran wrestlers d a tough time, but our freshmen deed up the pace. Eoming as a major disappoint- :nt to the Aggie wrestlers was a —x)nd place finish by John Sweatt, o-time state champion in the 142- lb weight class. Sweatt was pinned in the final 20 seconds of his match by a wrestler from UTEP. Santini, the defending state champ at 167 pounds, retained his title with a convincing 20-0 win in the finals. Bill Kelvey finished second in the 118-lb division, with Rick Vigue and Curtis Templet wach earning a third place berth at the 134-lb and heavyweight classes, respectively. Unseated (unranked) freshmen Phil Schauer, 158, and Mike Walch, 177, both did surprisely well, finishing fourth in their respective weight classes. Finishing 8-2 for the season, the Aggie wrestlers, though considering this year as a rebuilding year, feel the season was a success. “It was an encouraging year. We went into the year with six open weight classes,” summarized Santi ni. “Although we didn’t pick up any stars, we picked up some good, solid wrestlers. ” While the Texas A&M team will be losing its top wrestlers in the 118, 134, and 190-lb classes, several in coming freshmen — state champions within their own states — have indi cated they wish to try out in these weight divisions next fall. The Aggies will also be picking up a transfer student who captured the 118-lb title this past weekend. With this expected influx of wrest ling talent, the Aggies have sche duled a two-week trip to California in January to help gain national expo sure. Although the Texas A&M wrest ling team is not sanctioned as an offi cial varsity sport by the University, the team wrestles a full varsity sche dule. Rockets beat Washington United Press International HOUSTON — Moses Malone’s 33 points led Houston to a 110-97 vic tory over the Washington Bullets Wednesday night and moved Hous ton into a second-place tie with the San Antonio Spurs. The Bullets were ahead 54-50 at halftime with Greg Ballard leading the way with 12 points. The Rockets, 33-32, remain in playoff contention along with San Antonio, Indiana and New York, and travel to Washington for a game Thursday night. )VV C spotlight shifts ensi, Alamo City tonight gi United Press International IAN ANTONIO — The South- igine clroppo st !p on f er ence post-season basket- was immedi f> ur nament embarks on a new imes tonight, but no matter what type the touchdom listor y is bein g made > ^ wil1 sti11 ormal The pi tbl same old teams battling for r emergenev 'championship. Int tournament moves to San Hio for the first time ever — igtips were on tinging a major college event to a as rolling dom vn that does not have a Southwest me to stop near nference school, ing,” Andrade sibeague officials voted last year to ane was still ta.ff.og the tourney to the 16,000-seat they sawsomeol ’niisFair Arena, partly for a lingoutofthegai uige of scenery and partly to eli- ockpit. Itwasloate the home-town advantage ngers were trarioyed for the past three years by craft. ! Houston Cougars. ■s said fire quidWever thought much about the 'lane’s fuselage> utrality aspect before now,” said nly the cockpitr *asA&M University coach Shelby ||alf, whose team won the regular ■in title and is the favorite to cap- n cameras set upmjjg post-season tourney. “But \ a ,\ ° r Houston has come on in the 0 mister Ltt\'„t er p art 0 f season I’ m gl ac f ed the plane ’ re not pl a yj n g j n Houston again >n the govenwrPt this year.” Tonight’s quarterfinal round games will have the Texas Lon ghorns (17-9) meeting the Houston Cougars (14-13) and the Texas Tech Red Raiders (15-12) meeting the emotionally charged SMU Mustangs (16-11). The Texas-Houston winner will return Friday night to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in the semifin als and the Tech-SMU survivor will tangle with Texas A&M. Winner of the tournament will receive an auto matic bid to the NCAA tourney. Texas defeated Houston in both of their regular season games while Texas Tech and SMU split their two contests. “Texas handled us better than any team in the league,” said Houston Coach Guy Lewis, referring to 99-73 and 84-82 losses to the Longhorns. “We played everybody else pretty good but Texas wore us out.” Texas Coach Abe Lemons said Lewis had done the best coaching job in the Southwest Conference this year. “They are probably the most im proved team in the league,” said Lemons. “They have had a lot of adversity but still they have come back. We’re not playing bad, either, but Houston has really come on. I would think this would be an even battle.” SMU Coach Sonny Allen resigned under pressure last week and his team responded by winning a first- round game over Baylor to push the Mustangs into the San Antonio phase of the tournament. “Actually I don’t think our players will be thinking about my situation,” Allen said. “Players just love to play. They are going to be up for the game, but that’s just because it is a tourna ment game.” SMU and Texas Tech have a his tory of close ball games. None of their last nine games has been de cided by more than six points. In their first meeting this year SMU won by a point in Dallas and later in the season the Red Raiders were winners by three points in Lub bock. eim, (udy’s woes worrying Metcalf ORNIA >US BO 30 PM ial YE AINEES uates of the prospective BmentTeam. I United Press International SAN ANTONIO — The coach lose team is favored to win the uthwest Conference post-season sketball tournament would just as in not think about it. In fact, he doesn’t. “There isn’t anything I can do ab- t who is favorite and who is not, idttexas A&M coach Shelby Met- lon the eve of the tournament’s i|ning games. The Aggies won the regular season ampionship with a 14-2 league re- H— a game ahead of the Arkansas Razorbacks. And Metcalf acknow ledged that one of the big reasons for this year’s title has been guard David Britton. Britton, a junior college transfer, was inconsistent at best last year and was frequently benched by Metcalf. This year, with the Aggies needing vastly improved guard play to go with their talented front line, Met calf made Britton a special project. But if Britton has turned into a key factor in the A&M success this year, speculation began to center around the zeal being displayed by 6-11 cen ter Rudy Woods. Woods averaged only 11.7 points a game this year — making him 22nd on the league’s scoring list. “I haven’t talked to Rudy,” Met calf said. I m sure he has come here ready to play. At least I would think so. This late in the season, if you have to worry about the attitude of your players, you have the wrong people playing for you.” Texas A&M will begin play in the se^T a T nt ? riday ni § ht ^ the semifinal round against the winner of tonights SMU-Texas Tech game ent| 1DDI- AND JP. PROCI ^r- GOTO' ,/t UNITE! \ ; $2.00 :S: id MAR 3-4 M-2PM COMMONS iPM HALL x v* . v x A. *f "-:**** ,*l 1 j ^ .lIS/jL KSS JTJGa Wed ottomless Mug Night Dne Mug of Beer - $1.50 Fill up as many times as you like! No Cover Thurs. y 2 Price Drinks for Everybody No Cover .Q n ^ r '- Dr ° W " $2.50 Cover Fr ee: Beer-Wine 5 0e Bar Drinks Sat. Ladies Night Ladies’ drinks 1 /2 price No Cover HEAR SALE! r—.I'r t A JL BE REABT FOR THAT SPRING SRI TRIP WITH SKI WEAR FROM TRI-STATE! 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