Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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i ifeii. rMft ii V Grapplers end as winners Although George Worley ' s grapplers completed their best dual season (13-3) since 1964-65, the team was iinahle to capture the MIAA title and finished second in the meet. Brian Reimers, wrestling at 167, earned the Bearcats lone conference title. He won three decisions to cap- ture his title. The wins upped his season ' s mark to 28-8-1 before com- petition in the NCAA Division II championships at UNI. Three other ' Cats joined Reimers in the national meet. They were: Mike Colwell (29-5-1); Gary Sam- burskv (26-9) and Mike Papini (14-10- 2). Worley served on the executive seeding committee of the tourna- ment. He joined with others on the 22-member committee to seed the en- tries for first-round pairings. Highlights of the year included a big win over Nebraska-Lincoln by a score of 27-19 and a ranking of 18th among NCAA Division II teams at one time during the season by Amateur Wrestling News . BKARCAT WRE.STLIN(; TEAM. FRONT ROW: Mike Colwell, Gary .Sambursky. Darrell Weaver, Jim Conlon. Gary Clemens, Boh Klein, Bob Glenn. ROW 11: I ' hil Jardon, Michael Wiles, Tad Treoker, Marly Carter, Ray .Siegrisl, (Jary Connell, Alan Price, Glen Zenor. BACK ROW: Head Coach George Woriey, Phil Langenfeld, Brian Reimers, Tim McGinnis, Mall Brown, Mike Papini, Mark Walers, Grad. A.ssislanl — Kevin Burgess. 24 WRESTLING

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BEARKITTENS BASKETBALL TEAM. FRONT ROW: Julie Schmitz. Nancy Coughlin, Donna Wageman, Connie McVIanus, De De Miller. B.J. Pratt. CincK S hicber. BACK ROW: Donna Haer. Sii .i Butt. Belt) Grieser. Trish Van Oosbree. Janet Cooksey. Janet Allen, (iradiiate Assistant Susan S igg. Head Coach John Ponlson. NOT PICTIRED: Tammv Anderson. ff ViO.MEN ' S BASki-lBALL 9 NWJilSl] 66,48,61 Kansas r 9.47,71 ■ NWMSi: 65,61 UN-Lincoln 57,04 ■ NVkVlSl 59.59 iMc: 61,96 m NVkMSl 77 (iraceland m NWMSI . ' l.6l Tarkio 58.60 m NWMSI 82 NKMSL ■ NVi MSU 56.64 U m. I ' enn 54.74 m m NWMSU 65 I N-Omaha iH P NWMSI 51 Wayne Stale 50 ' NWMSU 82 .• impson 68 NW.VISI 79 I MSL 77 NWMSL 92 SEMSl; 30 NWMSIJ 87 Si. Louis 37 NWMSIJ .56 CMSU 63 NWMSIJ 80 I ' MKC 85 NWMSU 80.81 SWMSIJ 60,60 NWMSU 71 K-Siate 57 NWMSU 79 ( rand View 67 at NWMSU 63 low a Stale 72 f FINAL RECORD 16-10 , i- BEARKITTKN BASKKTB VLL 23

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BKIOW AND CLOCKWISE: Another take-down for the Bearcats! Hea ywei ht Mike Papini ficmonstrates the finer points of wrestlinf; in his niatih ai;ainst a I ni ersity of Nehraska opponent from take-down, to pin to team congratulations. Marty Carter, wrestling in the 185 class, tangles with a Nebraska wrestler. A head-to-head con- frontation results between a Nebraska srapplcr and a Bearcat wrestler. A Bear- lal wrestler attempts to down his Nebraska opponent. mm WRESTLING 25 '