Andover High School - Hillcrest Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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VARSITY WRESTLING THE VIEW FROM THE MAT 184 Spons

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The 1986-87 Mens Swim Team entered the season with a tough task -to repeat as champions for the state. The goal was a reahstic one, seeing that the Barons were loaded with talented and dedicated people, many of which had state meet experience. The team started off by winning two relay meets at Rochester and Troy. The team easily swam by inferior league foes such as Ferndale, Seaholm, Hazel Park, and Kimball on their way to another SMA title. The highlight of the regular season, however, was the unexpected ease with which they beat rival Ann Arbor Pioneer and Ohio champs, St. Francis, in a tri-meet in which Andover fans were treated to some of the finest high school swimming in the midwest. With Steve Pancratz dominating the freestyle events, Charlie Chung winning the breast stroke, and transfer star Jason Sciciano diving the way he can, the team looks ' ■■epared to repeat as state champs. 1. Steve gets the last minute word from Mr. Lane. 2. Charlie Chung, the premiere breast, stroker in the area. 3. Along with Tim LaClair.jason handles the diving duties. 4. Hate to disturb your repose, but it is time to swim! 5. Perfea form as usual. 6. Greg and Craig discuss strategy. 7. Poised for the gun. the Andover swimmiers ready themselves for another viaory. r o BOTTOM ROW T Lee. R Barkhordan, R Otto, P Cook, F. Rossi, j. Millet, M. Schultz, B. Chung, M. Dernco SECOND ROW: C. Chung, T, Laubert, C. Millet, A. Wilson, G. Cacciarelli, T. LaClair, A. Drclichman, D Perella TOP ROW: P Pctcison, G BiUer. S. Pancratz, G. Geiger, D Lehmkuhl. S. Lchmkuhl. S. Marsh. L. Whetloffer. M. Lane Sports

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1. With the captains leading the stretches, the team prepares for the meet 2. A Baron feels the squeeze as his opponents grabs the upper hand, and everything else. 3. Ken Genova demonstrates his Hulkster hold. 4. The nucleus of the team. 5. A rather Hght situation. 6. Two grapplers square off. The 1986-87 wrestling team experienced a mixture of success and failure. They recorded dual meet victories over Seaholm, Berkley, and, by an extremely wide margin, Lahser. The highlights of the season were mostly provided by the two captains, Jeff Ross and Joe Lash. Both Ross and Lash now hold spots on the all-time Baron wrestling record boards as a result of the outstanding seasons. Ross won the Baron Invitational Tournament in his 100th career victory. He also advanced to regional competition by win- ning his district. Senior Dave Abbo was also a standout for the Barons. Although the intense training and starvation did not pro- duce a lot of victories, the program appears to be in good hands under Coach Drake, Coach Reynolds, and the younger wrestlers returning for the next season. Jeff Wirthlin gave his appraisal of the season by saying, We were hurt by having to forfeit at some of the weight classes. Those matches aside, we wrestled well -especially against Lahser. • J FRONT ROW: P. Clayton. M. Weitzke. P. Ung, P. Toby, P. Coradona, G Lavine, J. Baker, D Bahcho, D. Edmonson. E. Beumont MIDDLE ROW; P. Gcrstem, E Eizelman, A. Sorowitz, E Simmons, J. Cele- berto. J Rice. A. Sherman, H. Choe, D Wiess, D Campbell, F. Long. S. Foley, BACK ROWS: Coach Drake, L Meech, S. Bogdanovich, W. Kim, G. Sword, J. Spberg, J. Lash, P Joshi, C Carrick, M. Kelly. J. Gonzales, D Abbo. M. Woife,J. Wirthlin, A. Tucker, J. Cooper, J Tattersall, J Ross, S. Kasiewicz, M Callas, Coach Reynolds Sports 185