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THE SUNDAY RECORD. MARCH 13, 1978 7 i Pagano? Nixon, Bessette triumph FROM PAGE C-l i V--. I I I (W I 1 I v. -yx. -w I 1 i 1 lightweight free-style champion who had been 23-0 this year.

Pagano upset previously-unbeaten Jim Miller of Warren Hills, 4-2. getting all his points on first-period takedowns. "I felt confident on my feet," he said. Hills' one title ironically was won by Catalfo's closest friend. "After Chris lost I thought I might go to pieces," Bessette said.

He was partially correct. An inadvertent head butt by Iglar opened up a large gash near the top of Bessette's head. The tournament physician, Dr. Fred Buechel, closed the gash temporarily by tying the hair on either side into a knot, then taping the head vertically. Iglar needed horizontal taping when his own skull was opened up above the right eye in the second period.

"I was on top when I saw the blood Summaries and related stories on Page C-9. and I said, 'Oh, no, I'm bleeding and I'm out of injury recalled Bessette. "It was coming out in gallons. Luckily it was his blood." Thus encouraged, Bessette wrapped up an 8-4 victory. Catalfo had been foiled by Surage's patent style of finding an opening and then hanging on for dear life.

Surage's uncanny ability to shoot for one leg kept the normally-physical Catalfo at bay. When Surage finally found a limb in his grasp, Catalfo was forced to get away rather than attack. Surage struck first at 1:02 with a single-leg hold that he slowly turned into a double-leg takedown. Catalfo easily broke the grip six seconds later, making the score 2-1 after one period. Catalfo anchored one arm through Surage's legs and pulled the Hornet heels-over-head for a second-period reversal.

This time Surage broke Catalfo's grip with a stand-up escape. -When Surage again broke Catalfo's grip 30 seconds into the final period with a tremendous flex of his upper-arm muscles, Catalfo was in trouble. Surage kept it that way by seizing an ankle and hanging on the rest of the match. last times we met he wrestled. This time he just held onto my leg," said Catalfo quietly.

"They called a stall warning against him but it came Hackensack's Bill Nixon strains to get the advantage in his 101-pound title ln Dhotoi by Ed HID bout wtth Spinazzola. to victory over Jim Miller. Championship PRINCETON Hert Is the match-bv-match lummary of the final round of the Sute wrestling tournament vesterday: 101 pounds Bill Nixon, Hackensack, decisloned John Spinazzola, Seton Hall, 7-6. Nixon led, 4 2, after two periods on a takedown and two escapes. Spinazzola went ahead, 5-4, on a reversal and a stalling penalty assessed Nixon.

Nixon won on a takedown. Spinazzola gained riding time. Nixon is 24-1-1; Spinazzola 23-1. 10t pounds Mike Dougherty, Madison Central, won his 29th match without a loss, 16 2 over Greg Bonn (25-3-1) of Edison. Dougherty, a senior, led only 2-0 after one period but added five-second period points, including a predicament.

He led 10-0 when Bonn, a junior, gained a reversal. pounds Jim Pagano (25-1) of Passaic Valley dec i stoned junior Jim Miller (25-1) of Warren HiMs. 4-2. Two first-period sequences in which Pagano had a takedown and Miller an escape provided all the scoring. Pagano planted his limbs far part in the final period and refused to budge.

122 pounds Lou Durant of Jackson (24 0) dt-feated Andv Zuckerman (28-1) of North Burlington, 3 2. Durant broke a 1-1 tie 1:18 into the final Donovan shows FROM PAGE I Donovan scored two baskets in 14 see-But It was mostly Donovan, on passes onds, and, after an Edgewood foul shot, from Rowe, on offense and Elyse Dowd, Vnade two more in 19 seconds to cut the Terry Schneider and Reilly diving all gap to 54-51 with 1:28 to go. -v -vwofcyssx)! 1 u-y- JTl. aifc 4 Xj tt A i 1 I i I 3 i ASft. Jim Pagano, left of Passaic Valley rides too late 15 seconds remaining.

It should have been a point. It was really frustrating." Surage's style, called frustrating by others and "conservative" by Surage, gave him a perfect 28-0 season. Catalfo finished 25-1. Nixon lost a 3-0 lead early In the second period of his match and found himself down 5-4 on a stalling call with VM minutes to go. He tied the score with an escape but it was not good enough, because Spinazzola had accrued plenty of riding time.

So Nixon shot the works a double-leg takedown. Before Spinazzola had realized it, the buzzer had sounded and Nixon was sailing into the arms of his coach, Bill Paladino. over the court on defense that evened the contest. I I i 3 i i i "I thought I could get the double-leg," said Nixon. "I knew it was close." "I don't believe It," said Paladino.

familiar? Galdi's easy, deceptively-strong style of wrestling that had staked him to 27 wins failed him here. Jerry Miller of Hunterdon Central drove him, twisted him and cradled him for a lead that stood at 6-1 after one period and 11-1 after two. Lindstrom never led his match, either. The senior's presence in the final was a surprise by itself, since he had lost five times this year. Paulsboro's Joe Wade, who had trampled Vic Delia Torre in the semifinal, treated Lindstrom much the same way and led 8-2 after two periods.

way Paula Kirkley hit a foul shot for Edgewood, but Rowe made two for PC with 56 seconds to go. Podosek fouled out on the latter play. Donovan's basket with six seconds left forced the overtime. Strock hit a foul shot with 2:39 remaining in overtime for Edgewood, and Donovan tied the score with a foul shot 36 seconds later. Shemansky added another foul shot with 1:39 to go, but Donovan answered with a basket 16 seconds later.

Iris Trotman hit a foul shot with 1:18 left, tying the game for the 16th time. Both teams had chances to take th lead, but traded turnovers until Rowe's pass to Reilly with 15 seconds left. Donovan then forced a jump ball under her own basket with 10 seconds to go, but Rowe missed the shot, setting up She-mansky's last-gasp attempt. The press bothered Edgewood In the first half, as PC took a 24-16 lead. But Shemansky (14 points), Kirkley (11) and Strock (12 and 11 rebounds) began to score.

Paramus Catholic made 26 baskets to only 20 for Edgewood. But the Paladins made only eight of 15 free throws to 18 of 28 for Edgewood. Donovan finished with 31 points for a season total of 1.015. She made her last six shots and 15 of 21 overall. She also had 18 rebounds and itx blocked shots, and dominated tha defensive board with help from Schneider and Peg McAteer in the final 11 minutes.

PARAMUS CATHOLIC lM Donovan 15-1-31. E. DewO -J -14. fl M-t, Prwml 1-0-2. McAtwr 1-1-5.

frilly J--4, Icnnwdwl-M. To-ton 1M-W. IOOCWOOB Strock 2-1J. Tmttrwn 1--11. Klrl 11-11.

mtnsfcv 4-! Pooouk U4, Km 0-0-0, Jonrn 02 1. Totals 20-10-St. II 14 11 It 0 (27-1) Etfoawood 12 14 14 11 Group 1 NORTH BRUNSWICK Theresa Mc-Glade knocked a pass out of Amelia Gomee' hands In the final two seconds yesterday, preserving Gloucester Catholic's 70-65 Group 1 State championship win over Mother Seton. Group 4 NORTH BRUNSWICK Jackie Campbell's five-foot jumper with five seconds remaining gave Willingboro a 44-42 win over previously-unbeaten Columbia in the State Group 4 girls basketball championship yesterday. round period with a two-leg takedown.

Tuckerman, a defending State champion, escaped with 25 seconds remaining but missed on his one ensuing takedown attempt. The victory was a State-record 116th for Durant, who had finished fourth, third and third in his three previous tournament appearances. 12 pounds Darryl Burlev of Pemberton won the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler award by defeating returning State champion Peter Schuyler of Bound Brook, 7-5. Burlev, the stronger of the two when on their feet, led 4-1 after one period and 5-1 alter two, Burley finished 29-0. Schuyler is 28-1-1.

135 pounds Jerry Miller (26-2) of Hunterdon Central defeated Dave Galdi (27-1) of Pascack Valley, 12-3. Miller used two takedowns and five back points to take an 11-1 lead into the third period 141 pounds Anthony Surage of Passaic VaMey defeated returning State champion Chris Catalfo of Pascack Hills, 4-3, on an escape with 1:30 remaining. Surage had lost a 2-0 lead and trailed, 3-2, midway through the middle period. Catalfo finished the year 25-1. The Bears made their best effort early in the final period, cutting a nine-point lead to two with 5:42 to go.

But Jane Gowe missed the second foul shot of a two-shot foul and Lyndhurst went the next five possessions without a point as Pleasantville scored seven straight. Laurie Miranda's 17-footer with 1:58 left, closed the gap to 41-36, but Shelley Johnson and Faye Gerald, who scored 38 of Pleasantville's points, made two foul shots each in the next 42 seconds, handing Lyndhurst its second finals loss in three years. Lyndhurst jumped to an 8-2 lead in the first three minutes behind three long set shots by Adrianne Machcinski. They were her only points in the game. But Pleasantville ran off the next nine points, seen by Johnson, to take an 11-8 lead after a quarter.

Lyndhurst never again led. Gerald scored all nine of Pleasantville's second-quarter points es the 141 pounds Two-time regional champion Rich Zanders. i (26-0) of Newton defeated junior Jan Michaels (17-4) of Newton, 7-0. Zanderskt used an early takedown to ride hit opponent for much of ine matcn. 158 pounds Rich avail of Johnson Regional de feated td Balma of Long Branch, 2-0.

Zavsil (28-0) took down Balina (26-3) with second! aone In the opening period for the only score. 170 pounds Steve Bessette (24-1) of Pascack Hills took an 8-4 decision over John Iglar of West-field. Bessette, dizzy from an opening-minute head cut, rallied from a 4-2 deficit. A reversal with I 46 remaining put Bessette ahead 5-4, and he added two bock points and riding time. Iglar finished 25-3.

IN pounds Paulsbero'i Joe Wade (78-0) raced to an 8-2 lead after two periods to defeat Howie Lindstrom of Pascack Hills, 11-5. Lindstrom's cm bid was foiled bv tha final buzzer. He finished 21-6. Unlimited Paul Finn (26-0) of Mtllburn pinned Ridge's Jerry Modugno with 41 seconds remaining when he pinned Modugno 2-J- in tne second oenoo. ine jz-poung t-inn leo.

-o, EL P1SETZNER Staff photo by Pagiioni Southern school took time lead. a five-point half- "I didn't think we'd have the team this year to get as far as we got," said. Groszman. "But the girls came along very quickly. It's just disappointing to.

play as poorly as we did today and only lose by seven." Lyndhurst shot just 32 per cent from the floor, hitting 16 of 50 shots. The Bears made 10 of 19 foul shots. Pleasantville was 18 of 46 (39 per cent) from the floor and 13 of 26 from the foul line. But the Greyhounds made 11 of 15 in the 5 final quarter. Johnson had 20 points and Gerald 18 for the winners.

Janine Jablonski was Lyndhurst's only consistent scoring threat, hitting six of 10 shots for 15 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Fran Bonczkowski had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Lyndhurst. PAUL SCHWARTZ how 1 1 i Janine Jablonski, left, and Fran Bonczkowski of Lyndhurst battle for a rebound. Is Lyndhurst gir NORTH BRUNSWICK Rosemary Groszman looked at the scoreboard, and shook her head. "I really wanted this game," said the Lyndhurst coach.

"But it always seemed just out of reach." Unheralded Lyndhurst, rated fifth in the North Jersey Section 1 Group 2 seedings, lost to Pleasantville 49-42 in the State Group 2 championship yesterday a surprising performance for the underdog Golden Bears but a disappointment nevertheless for Groszman. "Their quickness hurt us," said Groszman. "We didn't move to the basket well, and nobody wanted to shoot from the outside. They just outhustled us. LYNDMU DHURST (421 anda 1-2 8, Jblr1 3-'S MschClnsM J-O-a, 0-0-0, B-i-1.

Stirona 0-0-O, Hoick 1-0-2. 6on- V-y-U, UCW U-t-i. SHrone czkowUi 3-4-10. Totals 1a-'0-42 PLeSXTVILLe t) a'd ft-4-11 Rsoa l-l. slit i its St photo by Pigiion Anne Donovan of Paramus Catholic looks for help against Edgewood..