Injury Forces Wisconsin’s Dameworth to Miss Season

Bryan Dameworth of Wisconsin, the 1989 Kinney national cross-country champion for Agoura High, will redshirt this season at Wisconsin because of a recurring stress fracture in his right ankle.

Dameworth initially suffered the injury in mid-June, but after wearing a leg cast for four weeks he began training in hopes of running for Wisconsin this season.

He began experiencing pain in his ankle several weeks ago, however, and X-rays revealed a fracture.

“I wanted to have a really good freshman season,” said Dameworth, who has been wearing a second, more rigid cast since mid-September. “I wanted to come in here and make a name for myself. But that’s not going to happen this year.”

Dameworth, the state Division I cross-country champion from 1987-89, will wear the cast until the second week in November, then start rehabilitation for the 1991 track and field season.

Cal State Northridge has cracked the Division II Top 20 in football for the first time this season. The Matadors (3-1) are tied with New Haven (Conn.) for 18th in the rankings this week after defeating previously 19th-ranked UC Davis, 14-10.

Northridge, which has won three in a row, is among three Western Football Conference teams that are ranked. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (4-0) is eighth and Portland State (4-1), CSUN’s opponent at North Campus Stadium on Saturday night, is 11th.

Cliff Robinson of Valley College and Lolesio Takapu of Glendale have been honored as Western State Conference players of the week.

Robinson, a sophomore from L. A. Baptist, was the co-offensive player of the week after rushing for 174 yards in 19 carries and scoring four touchdowns in a 41-21 victory over Ventura.

Takapu, a sophomore from North Hollywood High, was selected as the defensive player of the week. He had eight tackles in a 21-12 win over L. A. Southwest.

Victoria Herazo of Newhall finished fourth in the 10,000-meter Alongi International Memorial Race Walk on Sunday morning in Detroit.

Herazo bettered the previous U. S. road record but was the third U. S. finisher. Her time of 46 minutes 50 seconds was two minutes below her personal best.

Charles LaGamma, a former Cal Lutheran wrestler, was among those who died in a shipwreck off the coast of British Columbia last week.

LaGamma, 42, of San Diego, a 1970 graduate of Cal Lutheran, was the captain of a tuna seiner that foundered in heavy seas early Friday morning. He won four NAIA District 3 championships, wrestling at 123 pounds and below, and competed in three NAIA championship tournaments.