
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 24, 1991                   TAG: 9102240203
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: MANASSAS                                LENGTH: Medium

EAGLES 3RD IN REGION WRESTLING

Woodbridge had three individual champions and easily defended its Northwestern Region wrestling championship with a victory Saturday at Stonewall Jackson High School.

Woodbridge finished third in Group AAA last season. Host Stonewall Jackson finished second Saturday and Franklin County placed third. Cave Spring finished sixth and Pulaski County 13th in the 19-team field.

Jeff Tatum (119 pounds) of Franklin County, and Noah Tempkin (135) of Cave Spring won individual championships. Tatum won a 3-2 decision over defending region champ Ricky Arigo of Stonewall Jackson.

Tempkin took a 6-3 decision over Kevin Phelps of Osbourn Park.

The top four wrestlers in each weight division advance to the Group AAA Tournament.

TEAM SCORES

1, Woodbridge (W), 197; 2, Stonewall Jackson (SJ), 142; 3, Franklin County (FC), 124 1/2; 4, Osborn Park (OP), 116; 5, Gar-Field (GF), 103; 6, Cave Spring (CS), 90; 7, Albemarle (A), 67; 8, James Wood (JW), 63; 9, Fauquier (F), 62; 10, Potomac (P), 52; 11, Stafford (S), 49 1/2; 12, E.C. Glass (ECG), 41; 13, Pulaski County (PC), 38; 14, North Stafford (NS), 33; 15, Heritage (H), 27; 16, William Fleming (WF), 20; 17, Halifax County (HC), 15 1/2; 18, GW-Danville (GWD), 12; 19, Patrick Henry (PH), 12. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

103 pounds - Kania (SJ) d. Lapanec (JW) 9-4; 112 - Upperman (NS) d. Zehring (OP) 9-4; 119 - Tatum (FC) d. Arigo (SJ) 3-2; 125 - Rivera (GF) d. Hicks (JW) 8-2 (OT); 130 - Stone (P) d. Williams (CS) 4-2; 135 - Tempkin (CS) d. Phelps (OP) 6-3; 140 - Sykes (GF) p. Miller (SJ) 1:10; 145 - Rollins (OP) d. Ewing (W) 8-5; 152 - M. Bradie (SJ) d. Emerick (F) 3-1; 160 - Hebert (W) d. N. Bradie (SJ) 11-9; 171 - Moistner (W) p. McKinley (GF) 3:56; 189 - Perkins (W) d. Helberg (OP) 9-7; Heavyweight - Tyles (S) d. Filabi (W) by disqualification. CONSOLATION ROUND

103 - Artman (W) p. Willis (OP) 4:27; 112 - Southall (FC) p. Rinehart (F) :39; 119 - Parker (W) d. Zirkel (CS) 4-0; 125 - Morris (ECG) d. Ellis (FC) 6-3; 130 - Spittle (F) d. Dobash (GF) 5-3; 135 - Walker (JW) d. Frias (GF) 2-1; 140 - Simmons (FC) d. Johnson (CS) 4-2 (OT); 145 - Kaczmarek (CS) d. Tignor (S) 6-4; 152 - Leisher (W) d. Patrick (OP) 2-1; 160 - Rollins (PC) d. Dillinger (P) 4-2; 171 - Tarkington (ECG) d. Lyons (PC) 4-0; 189 - Tavoni (P) d. Smith (F) 3-2; Heavyweight - Hughes (H) d. Young (FC) 6-5.

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