European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. February 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 23entral european championship Heidelberg s Mizzi Cortes finds himself under the wraps of Stuttgart a Danny Tanaka Friday. Curlese fell Short in his title defense saturday losing at 111 pounds. Heidelberg continues dynasty by Tom Sal Enders staff writer Heidelberg. West Germany a Heidelberg a Patton Barracks was the Castle for the Central european High school wrestling championships saturday. And the Lions were the Kings. The Hometown Matmon claimed a fifth straight big schools wrestling title with 188.5 Points out distancing Frankfurt 135.5 and Mannheim 133.5. In the Small schools tussle. Accent grappled to a fourth straight title with 89.5 Points. Ulm took second with 68 and Giessen finished third with 67. The Lions May have won the prep wrestling War. But they lost saturdays Battle. Heidelberg a seemingly spotless trophy shot was marked with fingerprints after the Lions sent five grapplers into championship bouts Only to walk away with two Bells. A it feels just As Good As the first one. said Phil Godbolt. Heidelberg wrestling coach who led the Lions to titles in six of the past seven years. Godbolt is leaving Heidelberg though to attend school and try his hand at real estate in the Columbus. Ohio. Area. Someday he might be Selling land but saturday people were taking it from him. The first of the five Lions to hit the mat. 103-Pounder Jimmy murrin ran into a stubborn Mark Ridings of Wiesbaden. Whose second round escape provided the 9-8 margin. If nothing else. Murrin could Point to the fact that Ridings was selected out standing wrestler of the tournament. Ridings Overall High school mat record is 41-10. Murrin went Inlo the title bout with a season record of 18-1. Heidelberg s champions suffered a second straight setback this in the 119 class when Mizzi Cor Csc last year s 103 Champ was beaten by accent s Jim Wigzell 3-0. Cor Csc admitted his offensive ploys might be been telegraphed. Quot its obvious what i m trying to do when the crowd screams Arm drag Quot he said. Wigzell explained How he countered Cort Csey a jousts. "1 just kept Good position with my feet because he s Good at shooting for the legs Quot he said. "1 tried to get a Good Clear shot in like that last the take Down came with 16 seconds left in the match. Heidelberg a Rich Rollo broke the drought by dragging shape s Mike Mcdonough through three two minutes periods and the overtime until winning 1912. Rollo peeled off a critical five Point scenario Midway through the second regulation period to Lake an 11-10 Lead. Quot i used a Ball and Chain move cheap tilt Quot said Rollo. The pair lied at 12-12 at the end of regulation then Rollo stacked up Points in each of the three one minute overtime periods to get the Gold. Quot i think this win makes a difference. The next two Heidelberg Guys will he he said. Ilc was half Light. Heidelberg s Mike Handley got cranked 5-4 by Frankfurt s Eric in the 160 Battle but Ethan Topping the Lions unbeaten 189 Pounder out muscled a pursuant Phil Berkheimer of Mannheim 4-2. Cor Csc was the first of three defending champs to Lay the Belt on the line and he was the second to lose it. Augsburg s Steve me lilo defending 130 Champ lost to Mannheim a Fred Hutchinson in the semifinals 9-8. Hutchinson a bid for the Gold was ended by top seeded Galang of Stuttgart who rolled Hutchinson fora 7-0decision. Berlins Tony Alston was the Only defending title Holder to win. The lanky 171 Pounder outfoxed a cagey Tom Otjen of Baum older 6-1. Getting two take Downs and a reverse. In the 112 contest Giessen s Terry Blethyn unleashed a Hurricane in the third period to snap a 7-7 tic and blow past Ramstein a Chon Watson 12-7, then Hanau s la Dorian Emanuel wrenched the 125 title by outsmarting Mannheim s Alfonso Hurtado 8-2. The Only pin in the title bouts was cracked by Wiesbaden a Yard Dennis ton. Who flattened Mannheim s Joe Cruz to the mat like an egg in 4 30 to the 135 title match. Cruz had upper position on Dennis Lon then the eventual Winner simply rolled Cruz Over for the pin. The Only technical fall came As Frank Furt s 145-Pound i to Blount cooked Stuttgart Marvin kitchens 15-0 in 4 f6 to bring Aboul the technical fall Envoi cd when a i 5-Point margin is achieved. Blount burned kitchens with seven first period Points. The anticipated 152-Pound showdown Between lop seeded Scott Lenahan of accent and second seeded Roy Rutherford of Lanau whittled us Way to a 6-5 Lenahan decision. Lenahan recorded two key take Downs in the second period. In the unlimited category Bonn s John Scott was awarded two Points for a take Down in the waning seconds to top Giessen s de Pankey 5-4. Despite the lad that Godbolt is ending his tenure As ruler of Heidelberg s european High school wrestling scene no rival coaches Are smiling. Quot this team s Young. There s Only two seniors on it Quot Godbolt said. There won t be any shortage in the coaching category either. Godbolt explained. Quot Trent Blankenship will be taking Over and hell follow the tradition. He was the assistant the past two said a Godbolt. Godbolt also Felt that his departure should t hamper the team. Quot one person does not make a difference to a team not even me Quot he said. Quot Trent will take Over and do Well a without a Blankenship realizes the task ahead. A i have big shoes to fill Quot Blankenship said. A but Phil has taught me Well in two
