Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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CHS Matmen Ending the wrestling season with a 1 last place finish and a 1-11 record, Coach lack Segurson looks to the tu- ture. I feel our boys did as Well as can be expected under the circum- stances and they gained a lot of needed experience, he commented. Lack ot experience was cited by the coach as the major reason tor the bad season and poor showing in the city and state tournaments. Catalina Won the first meet by de- feating Amphi 27-13, but then the grap- plers proceeded to drop their next eleven contests although some of the battles were decided by one point. Se- gurson, who remained optimistic throughout the year, feels he will have a better team next Winter because the boys are young and should develop into fine wrestlers by next season. They did manage to place four men in the city finals: Iohn Moss, Steve Thompson, Dean Stock and Richard Starkey. However, only Stock placed in state. SCOREBOARD CHS Dec. 9 27 Amphi 13 Dec. 14 8 Pueblo 36 Dec. 15 17 Flowing Wells Z1 Dec. 19 19 Rincon 21 Ian. 6 18 Central 22 Ian. 12 15 Salpointe 29 Ian. 13 19 Mesa 23 Ian. 19 ll Sunnyside 32 Ian. 20 17 Yuma 25 Ian. 26 22 Tucson Z4 Ian. 27 18 Kota 19 Feb. 2 16 Palo Verde 27 Using Steve Thompson as an example, coach Iack Segurson demonstrates to the rest of the team how to accomplish a new take-down. The coach often teaches the boys new holds to im- prove the squad's skills by showing them himself. By getting a near pin on his helpless Tucson High foe, grappler Danny Iorqensen, wrestling at 154 lbs., went on to win the match 5-3. How- ever, Iorgenson's efforts were useless as Cata- lina lost the match 24-22 in the THS gym. 1 I Varsity wrestling coach Iack Segurson yells ad- vice to his team as asistant coach Everett Nichol- son looks on. The CHS Matmaids, led by Annette Cline, add their vocal support as well as scoring and assisting Coach Segurson.

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Trojans Lose Season? Inexperience Plagues In a match held on Ian. 27, 127 lb. Richard their tenth defeat ot the season. Unotiicially Starkey struggles to break the hold ot his Kota ranked second at his weight in the division, opponent. Starkey lost 3-1 as CHS lost 19-18- Starkey placed third in the city meet. w 4 Hoping to break free of his Palo Verde foe, grappler Bob Salonic struggles to reverse his man. Salonic went on to win 17-11, but CHS lost 26-16, despite his efforts. With this loss, Cata- lina finished last with a 1-11 record. VARSITY WRESTLING-Front row: Larry Dean. Bob Salonic. Tom Kay, Steve Thompson, Dan Iorgensen, Ierry Ross, Ron Drake, Ron Whitman, Richard Starkey, Doug Gonder, Chris Kaufmann, Larry Wiczynski, Duane Lough, Paul Miller . . . Back row: Frank Ott, Gregg Barry, Kevin Con- cannon, Ion, Pattenroth, Iohn Tschirley, Larry Peterson, Dean Stock, Mark Levine, Felix Laugh- lin, Dave Cook, Art Brady, Steve Moe, I. R. Westertield, Monte Taylor, Steve Caid. Despite good sportsmanship, long after-school practices and just plain hard work, the CHS grapplers, led by co-captains Ierry Ross and Dave Cook, didn't fare as well this year as last year, finishing with an over-all record of 1-11.

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Frosh, JV's Gain Experience for Next Year IV WRESTLING-Front row: Mike Humphry, Mike Campillo, Ed Kitchen, Doug Chamberlain, Nathan Cox, Berney Meeker, Curtis Hall, Lanny SCOREBOARD CHS Dec. 9 9 Amphi 17 Dec. 16 3 Pueblo 38 Dec. 19 13 Rincon 45 Ian. 20 33 Flowing Wells 17 Ian. 27 18 Salpointe 40 Feb. 3 Z Palo Verde 49 Freshman coach Everett Nicholson demonstrates a basic wrestling stance to his young squad. Betts. Greg Harralson, Iim Meed . . . Back row: Tom Atkinson, Mike Dietz, Danny Hanson, Gary Stock, Iohn Martin, lohn Leeney. The IV matmen finish their season with a five-Win and seven-loss record. The boys shaped up well after their first few losses and really looked like Wrestlers which accounted for our good season, commented coach lack Segurson. He adds We should have a tough Varsity squad next year with these men. The freshman wrestlers compiled a one-Win, eight-loss record for the '67- '68 competition. According to coach Everett Nicholson, the matmen changed philosophy in the middle of the season. He says that four of the best Wrestlers were lost due to injuries which hurt us. SCOREBOARD CHS 15 Amphi 29 19 Pueblo 24 19 Benson 24 32 Rincon 16 20 Central 21 26 Salpointe 19 25 Mesa 21 10 Sunnyside 43 29 Yuma 20 11 Kota 41 2 3 Palo Verde 15 l 5-...,,,..,.-ff' 4 ,,.T. FROSH WRESTLING-Front row: Richard Sanes. Brad Randoll. Dale Naugle, Dean VanHorn, Iim Requarth, Bill Schari, Toyo Gillman, Bill Miller, Steve Creedon, Thad Terry . . . Second row: Howard Drake, Iim Guinn, Alex Ramsey, Bruce Anderson, Ree Zeck, Robert Strunk, Ishmael Palafox, Martin Fleischhauer, David Rudis, Steve Carreon, Steve Robinson, Iim Barr, Alan Hasler, Barry Prater . . . Back row: Paul Perry, Lance Karplak, David Schultz, Richard Hall, August Lemke. John Sartiri, Iohn Williams, Bruce Maiter, Dennis Chamberlain, Gary Stevens, Steve Castle- berry, George LeBarge, Tim Devlin.