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Coaches: Big Eight wresiHimg nation's best
With two victories in the Hall of
Fame wrestling classic in StCwater,
Didx, the Nebraska wrestling team
rent to work on using body position in
preparation for the Bison Open Satur
ley in Fargo, RD.
; "I was pleased with the outcome of -both
rAatchea" Nebraska coach Bob
Fehrs saf J, "and more importantly, we
;aw those areas we felt we were pre
pared to and these we were not".
The top Nebraska wrestlers, heavy
yeight Gary Albright, ICO-pounder
Jim Seheer and 177-pounder Bill
:"c!iCT wen each of their matches
landily against Arbona State and
?enn State opponents. At the start of
he lineup, lC3-pousder Matt Camp-'
;dl won. hl3 two matches, while 128
:oundcr GIU Eandhs, 134-poundar
2hris Ifarisstte and 142-pounder
lance M2iap split their matches. ,
: In the middle, Nebraska newcomers
Ton til six of their matches.
i "I rea"y fed as a team we performed
cry well," Fehrs said. "We thought we
?ere going to haw problems in the
aiddls weights, end we did. But we
lave several inexperienced people
here, and this match did allow them
o get some competition under their
Footwork and position were the
: cam's major flaw at the Hall of fame
neet, Fehrs said. . .
"We. were not preparing ourselves
'or the diHereat Mnds of offenses they
hrew at us," Fehrs said.
! Nebraska wO return to Stillwater
sext week to open the Big Eight feea
on. The Cowboy's, with two returning
:nce favorite according to a consensus
;f Fehrs coaching colleagues. .- -
"Of course, it's hard to tell right
sow," Fehrs said. "but OCU would have
o be the favorite this year, with Okla
homa, Iowa State, Nebraska then Mis
souri," he said.
has six starters back from last year's
team, which won the Bis Eight
Championship.
Three of those returners, Gar And
erson at 134 pounds, Kenny Monday ct
ICO, and Mike Sheets at 167, were
NCAA finalists last year. Anderson '
and Sheets were national champion,
while Monday won the award for cut
standing Big Eight wrestler. - ,
In addition to those three senior
starts, the Cowboys return Junior
Hark Perry at 118, sophomore' Luke
Skove at 142, junior Leo Ballsy at 142,
end senior Kcrl Lynes at 100. Bill
Dykeman, a transfer 'who wo red--shifted
last season, should El the 158
slot, Chesbro said. But, the Cowboys
will probably fill the 125, 177 and hea
vyweight classes with freshmen, he
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Chesbro said he sees a four-team
rece in the Eig Eight In 1C33-D1
"Missouri's going to be last," he said.
"I think Oklahoma State and Okla
homa will probably be the front
runners, with Nebraska and Iowa
State right behind those two. "
"Our experience is definitely our
strength," Chesbro said. "Oklahoma
has the most people back (seven) and .
they will be tough. Iowa State lost five
or six people, but I think they have
some pretty good backup people from
last year who are ready to step in. And,
Nebraska should have a fine team."
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Oklahoma coach Stan Abel may be
understating things a bit when he says
his Socners will be "a pretty seasoned
team." With seven starters back from
last year's team, which finished third .
in the Big Eight, Abel WEI field the most
experienced team in the conference.
"I think we have good experience
and good overall talent, Abel said. "We
were seventh in the nation in recruit
ing last year, and the previous two
years we were No. 1 in recruiting, so we
should have good depth."
Senior Clint Burks, bst year'3 Eig
Eight . champion at . 134 pounds, re-
turns to defend his crown for the
Cooners. Other returning starters are:
Bobby DePrcepeib, 118, sophomore;
Merk Zlmmer, 123, senior, Darren
Abel, ICO, senior, Johnny Johnson,
1C3, sophomore; Mchln Dou-.?as, 1 07,
junior, and Bin Chaid, 117, seph
oraore. Abel said he expects a close race in
the B!g Eight thi3 year.
The Eg EJht b without a doubt the
toughest conference in the nation,"
Abel said. "There are three or four
teams that could win it. If I were guess
ing, I'd say Oklahoma State Would be
the leader, with us second, and
Nebraska and Iowa State tied for
third."
Abel said he thought Nebraska
could be a factor at the NCAA tour
nament this year because cf its tal
ented wrestlers in the three heaviest
weight classes Jim Seheer at 177,
Bill Seheer at ICO, and Gary Albright at
heavyweight.
"If they get their top three gup to
the fmais, they could be a very hih
secrir.g team at natienab," he said.
ICT7A STATE
Iowa State's traditional battle for
the Big Eiht crown may be hampered
this season by a lack of experience.
Only Kevin Darkus (125) and John
Thorn (118) return from last year's
team, which won second-place in the
conference and fourth place in the
' nation. "
"We're going to be young," assistant
coach Les Henderson said. "There's no
other way to describe it"
The Cyclones face what is commonly
recognised as the nation's toughest
schedules, Henderson said. He and
head coach Harold Nichols are con
cerned about the lack cf returning tal
ent since many of the schools they will
face this season are on the upswing of
the maturity level; while the Cyclones
are obviously at their low swing, he
,"We think we have some good young
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said. "We're Just going to have to wait
till the season starts to get seme sea-
The biggest loss the Cyclones may
have will be that of three-time national
champion Nate Carr at ICO, but Joe
Gibbons, a former Big Elht runner-up
coming cfT a injury-redkhirt year at
142, should help out some.
Henderson said Oklahoma State
should win the title, with Oklahoma
and Nebraska contending for second.
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Missouri wTcstling coach Bob Kop
nisky said it's hard to say how hi3 team
will do this year, but he b optimistic
with six returning lettermen, and the
transfers, redshirts, and new recruits
on this year's squad.
"We are not a powerhouse, but we
are a good club," Kcpnisky said. "We
will get better as we go along."
The Tigers finished fifth in the Big
Eight and 10th in the nation last year,
and had a 4-10 dual record.
"We weren't bad last year " Kcpnisky
said. "We just had alct of injuries that
hurt us bad."
Returning wrestlers for Missouri in
clude Joe Spinazzola (118), Bruce Malin
owsld (126), John Sonderegger (150),
Shepard Pittman (167), Brian Mc
Cracken (190), and heavyweight Mike
Kleb. Kcpnisky said the return cf these
men should help the team quite a bit
"We had a good recruiting year, and
are pleased with the kids," he added.
Kopnisky predicted Oklahoma State
would win the Big Eight.
"They have a better team than anyb
ody else, and the championship they
wen last year puts them in a plus
direction," Kopnisky said. "They have a
team that could contend for a national
championship."
"We have a very difficult schedule,"
he said. "W e are meeting all the powers
in all the conferences in the United
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