East Noble High School - Legend Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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r .-— ? LEFT: Coach Oren Skinner shouts instructions and encouragement to his matmen during a meet. Mr. Skinner has been coach for E.N. grapplers for four years, his most successful being ' 68- ' 69 when the team completed a 7-7 record. The matmen have fared better and better in sectionals even though each year sees a new team. BELOW Completing the year with an impressive 16-5 record, senior captain Keith Gillian laces his new wrestling shoes for another hard work out in preparation for another meet. Keith, wrestling in the 167-lb. class placed 2nd in N.E.I.C. and 3rd in Sectional. BOTTOM: Dennis Bidwell, completing his first season in varsity wrestling grapples with his counter part from the Columbia City Eagles. Mike Shank (126-lb. class) and Randv Lutter (heavy weight) both first year varsitv wrestlers and section- al champs, were others who returned creditable performances. Wrestling :

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Wrestlers four seconds from 7-4-1, finish 5-6-1 The En Matmen, under the guidance and management of coach ' OG ' Skinner, finished the ' 71-72 season at Regional in Fort Wayne on February 3-5 with three representatives. These wrestlers were Lyn Cochard (98-lb class), Mike Shank (126-lb class), and Randy Lutter (heavyweight). Finishing the season with a 5-6-1 record, coach Skinner feels that the voung team performed well. The coach added; We were only four seconds, in time, from getting a 7-4-1 record which means the team has plenty of potential. ABOVE: East Noble Wrestling team, 1971-72. Front Row: Lynn Cochard, Pat Shank, Delbert Hatton, Bob Freeman, Mike Shank, Jav Brown, Earl Emerick, Dexter Lutter. Back Row: Coach Oren Skinner, Ted Kirschner, Dennis Bidwell, Randv Lutter, Ass ' t. Coach Bill Savage. Absent: senior captain Keith Gillian. RIGHT: Ted Kirschner, wrestling in the 185 lb. class against his North- side opponent was decisioned short after being on top with an early two point lead. Teddy bear finished the season with a b-6-1 record. Although it was a mediocre season for EN, and the coach would have liked to see more wins, he feels that for a young, largely inexperienced team, the matmen performed well and fullfilled his hopes. If we keep this team together and train together, we ' ll have a strong contending team. Several new rules have been in effect this vear, to the benefit of safety in general, and functioning of meets in particular. The leg behind rule is a definite improvement for wrestling, and the new method of scoring makes it more essential to get a pin. The coach is also very partial to the increased number of sectionals, allowing for a greater number of meets and more experience for wrestlers. 2o Wrestling

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T-shirts, curls middies cycle back to 40 ' s Cycles of change, ranged all the way from dress to speech. With the advent of a relaxed dress code, the wav had been paved for individualism in the choice of dress. The mode ranged from knee boots to Charlie Browns, T-shirts, tank tops, blue jeans, hot pants, maxi skirts and mini- lengths. Beat-up tennis shoes walked be- side chunkv heeled boots. Saddle shoes fit-in beside the suede harness boots. Hair styles cvlced back to the curls of the ' 40s. Change took place with waves, shags, prettv bows, and girlish pig-tails. ABOVE: Junior Alan Rehwinkel is shown wearing the printed shirts, sweater vests, and wire rimmed glasses which hecame a common sight at EN. BELOW LEFT Mrs. Smith, para-professional tor the science department, showed that students were not the onlv ones that could get it on. Boots were as popular as mother and hot apple pie. BELOW RIGHT: Sophomores Jennv Hart and Tina Traxler did their thing with T-shirts, vests, and knickers. Individualism and comfort were the general rule. The English language got re- written by the injection of bite, easy now, amazing, mute, I can ' t stand it, shakv, and superstar. Fashion and language were pre- dictable onlv in their unpredicta- bility, cycling in circles, endlessly. 23 Fads and Fashii