Page 12—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
February 22, 1978
Penn Manor’s slip leaves DHS grapplers tied for 1st place in section;
Greiner,
Mummau win
tournament
It was a great week for
the Donegal wrestling
squad. First, Columbia
upset previously un-
defeated Penn Manor,
leaving the Indians tied for
first place in the section.
Then the double A
grappling finals were held
at DHS, and 8 Indians were
advanced to the semi-
finals.
Two Indians got top
honors in the tournament:
Greiner decisioned PV’s
Weaver 6-0 and Mummau
pined Steelton’s Sauder in
1:39.
Sweigart advanced to the
finals but lost by default.
Jones and Splain won
consolation matches, and
Hershey lost his on a
decision.
Wrestling coach Gene
Funk had this to say about
the season last week:
‘““This year has been
quite a happy surprise.
There were lots of under-
classmen who improved
over last year and devel-
oped their skills this year.
They proved themselves
worthy of a co-champion-
ship. [The Indians shared it
with Penn Manor.)
‘‘Mike Greiner at 10S is
undefeated in the league.
Arlen Mummau in the 138
weight class is undefeated.
And Brent Hershey had
only one loss—he’s a 185
pounder but his loss was at
heavy weight. We had to
move him up because our
heavyweight, John Davler,
was injured in the Christ-
mas tournament.
“We moved everyone up
to help the team, even
though everyone's individ-
ual ratings were hurt.
‘“‘Scott Jones, 126, had
only one loss also.
‘“Another thing that
happened is that our soph-
omores kept improving.
They got better and better
and better throughout the
season. It really helped
toward the end.”
field 54-56; rifle team vs.
Conestoga Valley, 483-21x -
499-32x; Jr. high wrestling
vs. E-town, 32-31; basket-
Here are last week’s
Donegal sports scores:
Girls’ basketball vs. Hemp-
ball vs. Elco 75-74,JV
72-39; wresters vs. L.S.
41-13; wrestlers vs. Pequea
Valley 39-20.
Hempfield squeezes past Donegal girls
Donegal was knocked out
of the number one slot in
Section 3 of the L-L girls’
basketball league last
Weds. when the Hempfield
Knights defeated the
Indian girls 56-54.
The game was a close,
Kinsey set up plays with
devastating precision.
Butch Kolp didn’t get to
score very often because
she was double-teamed half
the time, but she grabbed
A Eg vy"
more than her share of
rebounds from the taller
Knights.
The heavy pressure on
Butch made things easier
for Sharon Hershey and
Tanya Merchant Sharon
Albright, all of whom
scored in double figures.
hard fought battle from the
minute it began. The lead
changed hands several
times, and the fans at
Lancaster Catholic (the
playoff was held on neutral
territory) were on the edge
of their seats the whole
time.
Donegal’s ball handling,
teamwork, and hustle were
very impressive, but in the
end, Hempfield’s height
and calm experience won
the game.
Next year won’t be
nearly as exciting. The
Indians are a young team,
and they will probably be
invincible in 78-79.
Hempfield’s stars will have
graduated. :
The Indians were in good
form last week, and it was
only bad luck that gave
Hempfield the title. Sherri
ball, but Butch has just launched herself toward the
rafters. Photo at right shows what had happened by the
time the girls hit the ground; Butch has a hand on the
ball and enough contol to force a jump-off.
Butch Kolp (at left in both pictures) gave taller Hemp-
field girls a real battle for rebounds in last Wednes-
ay’s playoff game. Photo at right shows the height
difference: the big Hempfield center thinks she has the