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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.