a — Casa Grande, Ariz. DiSPATCH Monday, February 18,1985 (ASA GRANDE DISPATCH sports Garcia Runner-up for State 135-Pound Wrestling Crown PHOENIX — Mike Garcia of Coach Nick DePadre. "He went advanced to the semifinals in the Casa Grande High School came with the things that got him there. 101-pound division before being oh-so-close to winning the Class He's a good, solid wrestler. upended. Dasti was then defeated AAA 135-pound wrestling title Sat- "He should be proud of second in the consolation semifinals. urday. place." Chris Sommers, wrestling at Garcia, a senior, was forced to Garcia, who finished the 115 pounds, and 122-pounder Raul settle for second place, however, season with a 26-6 record, became Gamez both were both eliminated after dropping a 10-5 decision to the third Cougar wrestler to take from the tournament after losing Holdaway of Canyon del Oro in second place in the state tourna- their opening matches Friday. the championship match at ment. Since CGUHS's wrestling Matt Duran lost his first match Shadow Mountain High School. program began, 14 Cougars have at 170 pounds but came back to Garcia won both of his prelimi- placed in the state meet. Two win his next two bouts before nary matches Friday and posted a have won titles, including Jeff bowing out in the consolation sem- 7-1 victory over Gauna of Tempe Berryhill at 155 pounds last year. ifinals. in the semifinals Saturday to earn Garcia won one tournament Fred Marquez, competing at a berth in the title match. title this season, at the Mesa Invi- 194 pounds, was ousted after drop- "Mike is a consistent wrestler tational, and took second in three ping his first two matches. and he did the things in the tour- tournaments. He took third place Tucson Sunnyside claimed the nament that he's done throughout in one tournament. team title for the fifth straight the season," said Casa Grande Ralph Dasti of Casa Grande year. Suns Rip Cold-Shooting Pacers INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ciating "was at the same level of and take a 46-39 lead. Michael officiating aside, Indiana coach our play." Holton had six of his 15 points" in George Irvine calls his Pacers' The Phoenix Suns, who won for that spurt for Phoenix, which second loss to Phoenix this season the sixth time in their last eight stretched its lead to 54-46 at the simply an offensive disaster. games, boosted their record to 27- half. "I thought we met a team that 27 with the victory, while Indiana The Suns put together another played very well and during the slipped to 17-37. rally in the second half, outscor- ing Indiana 11-2, with Adams and heat of the game; we shot the ball Alvan Adams poured in 23 MIKE GARCIA (right) of Casa Grande High shown here in a match earlier this season, fin- awful," Irvine said of the Pacers' points for the Suns, pacing six of James Edwards tallying five 115-97 loss Sunday. "When we did his teammates in double figures. points apiece. That gave Phoenix School took second place in the 135-pound divi- ished with a 26-6 record and became the "14th that, they kept packing it in more "Some games it seems like a 69-52 lead with 8:20 remaining. sion at the Class AAA state meet Saturday in Cougar wrestler to place in the state tourna- and more and when you shoot none of Alvan's shots fall, but the Phoenix increased its lead to Phoenix, losing .10-5 in the title match. Garcia, ment. (Staff Photo by Brian Cannon) poorly, we have to get on the of- shots just came for him today," 24, going ahead 91-67 at the end of fensive boards." Phoenix coach John MacLeod the third period. Indiana shot only 40 percent said after the victory. The Suns pushed the lead to as from the field. "The last two games, we've many as 26 points three times in But the Pacer misfortune was had good, solid efforts," he added. the fourth quarter, the last time at Lack of Clutch Hitting, Faulty also blamed in part on Indiana's "We've played intelligently. 102-76 with 7:32 remaining. The foul trouble and the officiating by When we have had the shots, we closest Indiana could come was Tom Nunez and Mike Lauerman. took them. And when we didn't the final score. "I don't like to knock the offici- have the shots, we looked elsew- Baserunning Fatal for CAC ating because there are always here. We are starting to play intel- Larry Nance contributed to the questionable calls, but today ligent basketball." Suns' victory with 21 points. By PATRICK KINAHAN control problems gave Glendale a a fitting end when Brock was (Sunday) there seemed to be a lot The Pacers were.ahead 37-36 Jim Thomas led the scoring for Staff Writer gift run in the second, Cochran, 1- nailed for the final out trying to go of them today from our point of with 7:32 to go in the second Indiana with 19 points, and .Vern SIGNAL PEAK — A combina- 1, walked four men to force in a from first to third on a single with view,'' said Pacer Clark Kellogg. period, but Phoenix rallied to out- Fleming chipped in 13 for the tion of no clutch hitting and faulty run. Meanwhile, CAC squandered Central down by four runs. Irvine said he thought the offi- score Indiana 10-2 in the next 3:07 Pacers. baserunning paved the way for chances to break the ice in the Afterward, Richardson's com- Central Arizona College's first first and fourth innings. ments focused on the obvious. conference baseball loss Saturday The Vaqueros put together "I'm disappointed with the as the Vaqueros dropped a 10-6 de- walks by John Fullen and John way we swung the bat with men Elliott Cruises to Daytona 500 Win cision to Glendale. Batina and a single by Mike Ham- on base," he said. "You've got to DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) track to take the lead while Elliott "I don't think I ever did hold CAC had already beaten Glen- lett to load the bases with one out hit the ball and we failed to do — Bill Elliott wasn't convinced he pitted for fresh tires. back. I felt at times, especially dale twice this season but the in the first. But Horner grounded that." was the big game being hunted in "Tim and I talked it over and when Cale was still in there, that I third time didn't turn out to be a into a 4-6-3 double play to kill that Richardson said the outcome the Daytona 500. decided to stay out there," Bon- was running over my head." charm. Central, 3-3-1, is now 1-1 in hope. Central also put three men might have been different if CAC But his domination Sunday in nett said. "I figured maybe I Ernie Elliott, Bill's brother, the Arizona Community College on in the fourth but again failed to had put a couple of hits together the 27th renewal of the $1.2 million could hold him off, or he would get crew chief and engine builder, Athletic Conference. land the big hit. when the score was only 2-0. "If Grand National stock car event held up or something." said, "I don't think we're that The Vaqueros, who trailed 8-0 A six-run Glendale fifth broke we hit the baseball we get the lead came as no surprise to those who Three laps later, however, dominant. I just think we had a after five innings, had several the game wide open. The crushing and the momentum changes." were trying to snare him. Bennett's Monte Carlo good day and a lot of other, people chances to make a game of it blow was dealt when Phil Ganie- "The base bn'balls hurt us but "We went bear hunting with a SS went the way of former Dayto- didn't have a good day. A lot of it was only 2-0 in the fourth 'inning people came into this race with early but couldn't come through wicz doubled home three runs off BB gun," said Tim Brewer, team na 500 winners Yarborough, Rich- with men on base. And when they reliever Rod Simon. so.it didn't hurt that much," Rich- manager for , one of ard Petty, and a problems." CAC came back to slice the ardson said. slew of others. He blew his engine It was the fifth victory of Elli- finally put a couple of hits togeth- only two drivers who seriously er, baserunning blunders prevent- margin to 8-4 by scoring four CAC posted 12 hits, led by challenged Elliott on the high in hot pursuit of Elliott, took a ott's Grand National career, all of Brock's three singles. Horner wild slide through the infield and which have come since he won the ed them from doing any damage. times in the sixth. Horner opened banks of the 2.5-mile Daytona In- with a walk. Tom Brock followed went 2-for-4 with one RBI and ternational Speedway. had to settle for 10th place. season finale at Riverside, Calif., "We ran ourselves out of some in 1983. runs at times," said CAC Coach with a blast that one-bounced off Hamlett and David Martinez each The other was two-time de- "Bill Elliott could beat me went 2-for-5. Martinez also had an fending champion Cale Yarbo- anyway, so I had nothing to be Bennett's teammate, Darrell Kenny Richardson,, noting the the 417-foot marker in right-cen- rough. He and Elliott, the two fas- afraid of," Bonnett said. "Some- Waltrip, finished third in a Chevy, times the Vaqueros had three run- terfield but Brock was ruled out RBI. test qualifiers in the history of thing in the engine came loose. It followed by former 500 winner ners thrown out on the paths. when he passed Horner between Cochran's figures showed four stock car racing, immediately dumped stuff onto my tires and, in an Glendale scratched out a run first and second base. Two hits, a innings pitched, four earned runs, broke away from the field and when that happened, I did the best Cutlass, in a Ford and each in the first two innings to go walk and an error then brought eight walks and six strikeouts.' began waging a stirring duel in I could do to hold on." in a Chevy. All were a up 2-0. A single, two walks and a Central's four runs home. CAC played the University of their Ford Thunderbirds. Elliott, who qualified for the lap down. throwing error by third baseman Glendale scored two more in Nevada-Las Vegas junior varsity "If it had come down to a last- pole at 205.114 mph and led 137 of Among former winners of the Wayne Horner gave the Gauchos the top of the ninth before CAC Sunday and today and resumes lap Shootout, I don't know if I the 200 laps, had only to outrun race, David Pearson was 28th, a 1-0 lead in the first. tacked on two of its own in the ACCAC play in Tucson against could have beaten him," Elliott Speed's Pontiac Grand Prix to A.J. Foyt 30th, Losing pitcher Carl Cochran's bottom half. The contest came to Pima Community College Friday. said of Yarborough. collect $185,500, the biggest payoff 31st, Allison 33rd, Petty 34th and But the showdown ended when in stock car history. When the Yarborough 36th. All but Petty, Yarborough, low on gas, burned a green came out with one lap re- who went out with a clutch prob- piston on the 63rd of 200 laps. maining, Elliott ran away from lem, succumbed to engine failure Arizona Topples Trojans; Shoots From there, the rout was on. Speed to win by seven car lengths. on a day when just 18 of 40 starters Only a series of late caution Elliott said he never hesitated finished. flags, reducing Elliott's average in making the last pit stop, noting, Five caution flags slowed the speed to 172.265 mph, and the craf- "I felt like my best chance was field for 18 laps and denied Elliott For Share of Pac-10 Lead Tonight tiness of Bonnett, briefly made it putting on four new tires. I made an opportunity to break Baker's saw Steve Kerr licking his chops all-time 500-mile race record of LOS ANGELES (AP) — After Coach Stan Morrison said. "Now race. i up my mind to pit on the backs- a win over Southern Cal, Arizona we need some teams to go knock when he saw the zone. If we had Bonnett, who along with tretch, so what Neil did didn't 177.602, set in this race in 1980. hit our free throws, the game The cautions followed spins can earn a share of the Pacific-10 off Arizona and Oregon State." second-place finisher really matter. Conference basketball lead with a Arizona led 24-21 at halftime would have been over 10 minutes were the only other drivers on the "I just didn't want to get beat, precipitated by blown engines- before it was." There were no injuries. victory tonight at Washington and took a 26-23 lead early in the lead lap, went in front with eight because I never would have lived second half. Pete Williams then Morrison said his team's trou- laps remaining. He pulled up that down," said the 29-year-old A crowd of more than 125,000 State. and a national television audience "If we get through Monday, scored six points in an 11-4 run bles began when the Trojans fell behind Elliott after Lennie Pond Georgian, who added that he we've got as good a shot as anybo- that gave the Wildcats a 37-27 lead behind and then ran headlong into blew an engine on lap 192, faked a never felt certain of victory until watched the race run under near- perfect conditions. dy," said Coach Lute Olson after with 13:59 remaining in the game. Arizona's "dynamite" zone de- dive into the pits and stayed on the he took the checkered flag. his Wildcats beat USC 60-55 here Southern Cal trailed 45-34 fense . Saturday. "We'll make a run at before outscoring Arizona 11-2 to "We didn't shoot well from the them." trim the deficit to 47-45 with 4:58 perimeter or anywhere," Morri- Eddie Smith scored 17 points remaining. But the Trojans' son said. "Their matchup zone de- and Steve Kerr added 14 to lift Wayne Carlander had a basket fense was dynamite. I wish we Arizona to its sixth straight win disallowed for charging and the didn't have to play from behind and pull to within a half game of Wildcats took control of the game. against it. Arizona's maturity at league-leading USC. Southern Cal made two more both ends of the court was great. The Wildcats are now 18-6 baskets than the Wildcats but Ari- They played a super game." overall and 9-3 in the Pac-10 while zona made 16 of 32 free throw at- the Trojans had their five-game tempts compared to the Trojans' Williams added 12 points and a winning streak snapped and fell to seven of 12. game-high 10 rebounds for the 16-6 and 10-3, respectively. "USC went into a zone about Wildcats. Ron Holmes had 14 "Everyone said this race four or five trips down the court points and Glenn Smith and would be tight and tough and no and I think we knocked it down Wayne Carlander had 10 each for one is disappointing you," USC every time," Olson said. "I think I USC. UCLA Takes Advantage of Sun Devil Defensive Lapses to Post 69-65 Victory LOS ANGELES (AP) — For locker room. said first-year UCLA Coach Walt the third straight game, Arizona The Bruins extended their lead Hazzard. "This breaks a four- State Coach Bob Weinhauer says to 47-31 with 17:20 to go in the game losing streak for us. My some "non-intelligent basketball" game before Arizona State ran off food will taste better and I won't has cost his Sun Devils a victory. a 21-5 spurt to tie the game at 52-52 yell at my wife. I was tired of Saturday night here, UCLA on Bobby Thompson's jumper losing and our team was tired of took advantage of Arizona State with 7:18 left. losing." defensive lapses late in both UCLA regained control and Reggie Miller led the Bruins halves to post a 69-65 Pacific-10 took a 64-54 lead in the next 4% with 18 points, hitting eight of 13 Conference victory. minutes. But the Sun Devils crept shots mostly from long range. "It was a little bit of the same back to within two with 39 seconds Brad Wright added 15 points and a story. We can't put two halves to- to go on Warren Everett's layup. career-high 14 rebounds while gether," Weinhauer said. "This However, the Bruins respond- Miguel had 16 points as UCLA im- time, it was a three-minute ed with four straight free throws proved its record to 10-11 overall stretch-near the end ,of the first by guard Nigel Miguel to pull and 7-5 in the conference. half. It was non-intelligent basket- away to a 69-63 lead with 11 sec- Arizona State is now 11-13 over- ball." i onds remaining to seal the win. all and 6-8 in Pac-10 play. Fresh- LENNIE POND slides down the grandstand ning during the Sunday's running of the Dayto- UCLA, up 33-29 with 2:27 re- "It wasn,'t too artistic and I man forward Chris Sandle had 14 straightaway with two blown tires after spin- na 500. Pond, driving a Chevy, finished 19th. maining until halftime, used a 10-2 wasn't really pleased with the points and 10 rebounds for the Sun (AP Laierphoto) run to take a 43-31 bulge to the way we played, but I'll take it," Devils while Thompson scored 13.