Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 18, 1991 TAG: 9102180051
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B7 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: RAY COX SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Spangler, the Bees' powerfully built 250-pound heavyweight, beat Sam Stewart of Fieldale-Collinsville 9-7 in Saturday evening's final match to put Brookville over the top for its third-straight regional crown.
The Bees had three champions and two runners-up to edge Martinsville 177-173 1/2. William Byrd was a distant third with 124 points.
The Bulldogs, who will send eight wrestlers to the state tournament at Liberty University on Friday and Saturday, took an early lead on Brookville once the championship round started, but could not hold it.
With Martinsville leading with two bouts to go, Jeremiah Scott of Brookville pinned the Bulldogs' Mark Ivey at 1:42 to set up Spangler's heroics.
"We had two matches to do it and came up a little short," Martinsville coach Spencer Chang said. "I'm still proud of our guys."
Spangler said he entered that last match with an uncluttered mind.
"It's a pressure situation, but that's sports and that's life," he said. "If you can handle it here, you can handle it in college or anywhere else."
Martinsville got off to a splendid start when Stephen Foger pinned Brookville's Jon Booth at 3:19. It was the first time in three tries Foger had beaten Booth, who represented the only losses in Foger's season.
"I was just happy to get him on his back," Foger said. "I'd never done that. We wrestled the last time in the Big Orange tournament and he beat me by six points in the semifinals. I've been waiting ever since then to wrestle him again."
During practice this week, Bulldogs assistant coach Bobby Herndon prepared Foger for a possible rematch.
"Bobby wrestled just like Booth; to me, he was Booth," Foger said. "Day after day, we worked on it. It took me about a week, but I finally learned his style and how to counter it."
Another head-to-head bout pitting Martinsville and Brookville wrestlers involved the Bulldogs' LeMart Stockton and the Bees' Mark Stephens at 119.
As seniors, they knew each other well, having met five times previously dating to their freshman year. Stephens came out strong and almost pinned Stockton during the first period before the Martinsville wrestler managed to wiggle free.
Stockton (27-1) rebounded in the second and put Stephens's shoulders to the mat at 3:16.
"I caught him in a head and forearm move, loaded him up and put his back on the mat," Stockton said.
Brookville's Jonathan Thomas got the Bees' first victory in the finals when he stopped William Byrd's Mark Andrews 6-4 at 125.
Luqman Wade, Salem's 112-pounder, dominated his match against James Archer of Appomattox and won 6-1.
"I tried to do what I'm good at, which is stay on my feet and ride him," said Wade (25-2). "I thought I had him the whole way, as long as I didn't make a mental error."
Northside 130-pounder Tony Garland (28-1) defeated Jefferson Forest's Eddie Eldridge 14-4.
A similarly lopsided bout was staged between Jefferson Forest's Kenny Clubb and Alleghany's Willie Kimberlin at 135. Clubb rolled to a 15-6 victory.
Another Alleghany wrestler, Robert Gillespie, had a better time of it in the 140-pound match. He whipped Martinsville's Todd Jenkins 7-3. Jenkins, who has eight losses, was a mild surprise to reach the final.
At 145, Bassett's Rick Carroll is still searching for his first tournament victory. This time, the roadblock was Tunstall's Chris DeVivi, who had dropped down from 152 before the Piedmont District Tournament. DeVivi hung on for a 1-0 victory Saturday to beat Carroll for the second-straight time.
Team scores
1, Brookville (B) 177; 2, Martinsville (M) 173 1/2; 3, William Byrd (W) 124; 4, Lord Botetourt (LB) 100; 5, Tunstall (T) 95 1/2; 6, Alleghany (AL) 95; 7, Northside (N) 93; 8, Jefferson Forest (JF) 88 1/2; 9, Amherst (AM) 69 1/2; 10, Appomattox (AP) 59; 11, Fieldale-Collinsville (FC) 49; 12, Staunton River (SR) 44; 13, Magna Vista (MV) 41; 14, Salem (S) 29 1/2; 15, Liberty (L) 25 1/2; 16, Bassett (BA) 20 1/2; 17, Patrick County (PC) 20; 18, Rustburg (R) 11; 19, Laurel Park (LP) 3; 20, Chatham (C) 0.
Consolation finals
103 - Robertson (T) def. Flippen (WB) 11-1; 112 - Hardy (M) def. Sell (LB) 8-3; 119 - Cody (A) def. Mayes (N) 2-1, overtime; 125 - Walton (M) def. Hughes (MV) 4-2; 130 - Myers (AM) def. Dodd (SR) 6-0; 135 - Jamison (LB) def. Aughey (AM) 6-3; 140 - Kinney (AM) def. Inge (T) 13-11, overtime; 145 - Cothran (BR) def. Bednarek (LB) 7-3; 152 - Koumparakis (M) def. Thomasson (N) 6-3; 160 - Vaught (FC) p. Yopp (SR) 1:42. 171 - Simmons (SR) def. Burford (AM) 7-2; 189 - Lowry (L) def. Hodges (WB) technical fall, 3:00; Heavyweight - Inge (M) def. Sheilds (LB) 11-8.
Championship finals
103 - Fogler (M) p. Booth (B) 3:19; 112 - Wade (S) def. Archer (AP) 6-1; 119 - Stockton (M) p. Stephens (B) 3:16; 125 - Thomas (B) def. Andrews (WB) 6-4; 130 - Garland (N) def. Eldridge (JF) 14-4; 135 - Clubb (JF) def. Kimberlin (AL) 15-6; 140 - Gillespie (AL) def. Jenkins (M) 17-7; 145 - DiViti (T) def. Carroll (BA) 1-0; 152 - Proctor (WB) def. Anderson (LB) 4-3; 160 - Brown (JF) def. Kasey (WB) 3-2; 171 - Long (T) p. Baldwin (BA) 1:15; 189 - Scott (B) p. Ivey (M), 1:42; Heavyweight - Spangler (B) def. Stewart (FC) 9-7.
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