Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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0 Since ancient Greece the sport of wrestling has been admired and res ected for the en- durance, strength, and dedication of its par- ticipants. The wrestlers train their bodies to the peak of gerformance just to exert all their strength an concentration in a few minutes of intense competition. The Diamond Bar Brahmas trained and worked in the manner of their Greek ancestors. Iunior Varsity Wrestling Head Coach Iack Cooprider said he made sure his wrestlers learned the value of training hard and dedicating themselves to achieve the utmost. Even though the Brahma wrestlers moved to a harder league, the dedication of the team helped them to some exciting wins. The Sierra League coaches didn't ex ect us to do well in the league, but we mage a step up and challenged for the league title our first year, said Coach Cooprider. Dedication was illustrated in the wrestlers as the travelled to Castle Rock Elementary School, everyday to practice from three to five. Dedication was also shown as the wrestlers endured the hardest workout of the entire school, according to Coach DBHS DBHS DBHS DBHS DBHS IV Wrestling 10-1 7-1 44 27 Nogales Rowland Wilson Los Altos Charter Oak edicated Wrestlers Train Hard Coolprider. T e fpractice was proven to be the most deman in of all sports preparation. Even the footbai players who went out for wrestl- ing were in too poor of condition lfor prac- ticeI, said Cooprider. One Cross-Country kid who tried out for the team died tfigurativelyllin practice. To get t e wrestlers ready for tour- rig It was great to watch my friends and help cheer them on. We were a real team said Tommie Dorsey. 3 57 33 36 36 33 ,, 36 42 ' HOLDING TIGHT -IV wrestler Leon Manzon grapples for a controlling hold on his o ponent. Diamond Bar wrestlers put in extra practice hours over the weekend to build up endurance and strength. A LOST GRIP - is what the Rowland wrestler has as junior Ma esh Soman slips away. Soman was one of the many wrestlers who wrestlefin both IV and Varsity tournaments because of wrestle-offs. is' -5' '- 7 -W-in naments, Coo rider said he stressed, techni ue and live wrestling. ' In adtdition to the weekday training, the wrestlers took workouts one ste farther. Some IV and Varsit wrestlers ran Eve to six miles and did calistllienics over the weekend. We would run for two miles then do 50 push-ups, then run for one to two miles more, t en do more push-ups at 7:00 in the morning, said senior Terrence Hall. The motivation that made the players workout on the weekends without being forced to was only part of the key to their success. Another important factor was com- petition. The wrestlers were motivated to ex- cell through the competition in wrestle-offs. Varsity and IV wrestlers were determined each week by a series of challenges called wrestle-offs. Those who won in the wrestle- offs in their weight category were Varsity for a week and those who lost were in IV. We all do our best during the week so that when we have wrestle-offs we can win our weight division, said IV wrestler Benny Lee. Everybody wants to be on Varsity. 102 SportsfIuniorVc1rsity Wrestling ,. , . . . ,, moJ 'f .Ii Y . m mm -N k

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WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT - are gliven by Armand Santos to his IV teammates. C eer- ing by teammates often spurred the team to victory. REACHING FOR THE LOCK - IV wrestler Lar- son Hahm gains control over his opponent over the back. Basic techniques were stressed in practice to get a fundamental basis for winning. 'T GOING FOR A TAKE DOWN - is Ioe Nemeth. Nemeth was often confused with his twin brother Pete, who was also on the wrestling team. IV WRESTLING TEAM 1986-87 - Front row: Larry Hoggard, Tommie Dorsey. Ar- mand Santos, Benny Lee, Eric Iones, Iason Martorano, Ieff Sebelia, Pete Nemeth, Ioe Nemeth, Leon Monzon, Steve Thome, Arty Barela, Danny Sebelia, Kevin Phillips, David Kohl. Conrad Zamora, Jeremy Murphy, Scott Young. junior Varsity Wrestling!Sports 103