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

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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 '

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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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Baseball ends 20-win season Although the 1976 baseballers con- chided the season with their fourth consecutive 20-victory season, the team (defending Missouri Inter- collegiate Athletic Association and Midwest regional champions) could only finish fifth in league play. Coach Jim Wasem ' s Bearcats put together a 20-14 (8-7 in the MIAA) record during the ' 76 campaign. The 20 victories helped put Wasem over the 100-game win mark during his four seasons at NWMSU. Den nis Webb, centerf ielder, became the first ' Cat ever to bat over .400 (.411), and was honored as the MIAA rookie of the year along with being a first team all-conference selection. Webb, along with pitcher Mark Miller (7-2, 2.22 ERA), were NCAA Division II District V third team selections. Miller was a second team league pick. Coach Wasem described 1976 as a disappointing season. We won 20 games, but with a few breaks I think we could have been conference cham- pions, Wasem said. Four seniors will be gone from next year ' s team, but Wasem expects a good season in 1977. 26 BASEBALL