Page 12—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Donegal’s Steve Meszaros (left) grapples with Lebanon’s Kevin Boltz. Meszaros won a 2-1 decision. Wrestlers pulverize Lebanon Is Jeff Keener in trouble. Nope. A few seconds after this photo was taken, Keener took a deep breath and broke the grip of Lebanon’s Tim Rott with an awesome display of sheer brute force. Keener won with a pin in 5:15. Lebanon was able to squeeze only three points from the Donegal wrestling team last week. The Indians remain un- beaten in section competi- tion, along with Cocalico and Columbia. Four individual Indian grapplers have yet to meet their match in section competition; Kent Sweigart, Mike Greiner, Arlen Mummau and Pete Splain are all undefeated. Indians who scored pins were; Mike Greiner, Jeff Keener, Scott Jones, Cliff Sweigart, Arlen Mummau and Brent Hershey. Ken Davis, Steve Meszaros and Pete Splain won decisions. January 24, 1979 Garden Spot breaks Indian winning streak Garden Spot handed the Donegal basketball team its first defeat last week. The Spartan’s 74-71 victory catapulted them into a tie for first place with the Indians; a tie which will probably be broken only by a post-season playoff be- tween the section 3 rivals. Donegal led through the first half, using a fast-paced offense which may have surprised the Spartans, who saw a much more deliberate offense in their first battle with the Indians—a battle which the Indians won by one basket. Brian Ney’s presence in the starting lineup was also a change from the first game. Ney accounted for ten points in a game which plenty of fast break scoring opportunities for him and fellow guard Brian Zink, who scored 30 points. In the third period, the tables turned when Garden Spot abandoned its zone defense and went to a pressure man-to-man. It was the first time this year that the Spartans had used a one-on-one defense, and the tactic rattled the Indians, who quickly got into foul trouble. As the end neared, and the Spartans steadily ad- vanced, Roaten, Johnson and Zink each had accumu- lated four fouls. They were forced to play cautiously, which compounded the In- dians’ woes. Zink, the game’s high scorer, finally fouled out in the fourth period, as the Spartans took complete control of the ball- game. Johnson scored 15 points, Roaten 10, and Persun 6. Girls still tied with Hempfield The Donegal girls’ basketball team trounced Columbia 76-27 last week, but the real news is that the Indians’ chief section 3 rival, Hempfield, seems capable of surviving without their star center, Marilyn Senz, who has been laid low by chicken pox. The Black Knights squeezed past So- lanco by one point, pre- serving their record of one loss, and keeping tnem- selves tied for first place with Donegal. Tanya Merchant led the Indians with 23 points, followed by Derr with 16, Keffer with 14, Musser and Hershey with 8 each. Arlen Mummau (right) wonders where to grab Lebanon’s Brad Youse. Mummau, a very scientific wrestler, thought things over for a long time, the pinned Youse 4:53. Donegal’s Pete Splain (right) gives Bob Sheehan the Indian evil eye. Sheehan suffered a 13-1 trouncing.
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