Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Qz !3 If FRONT ROW: Amin Alousi. Mark Tanise. Matt Bray, Brian Hughes, Brian Schickedanz. Mark Broadwell. Mark Bergman. Mike Hess, Tony Borman, Bill CosteUo. THIRD ROW: Coach Tom Tisler. Dave Hodges. SECOND ROW: Brian Mcintosh, Dan Johnson, Kevin Hickey, Alan Grundeman, Carl Wielerman. Josh Calomeni. Pat Neally, Ken Webb, Pete Talmers, Ted Berry. Seeing that his opponent is trying to escape from junior Tony Tisler ' s mighty grasp. Tisler catches him. pins him down, and secures a victory. photo by Paul Donar WRESTLING 221

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new Coach, new Style, Pulls Mad Matters To 12 Triumphs by Craig Ciccone It was a help conning in and having them all know each other well . . . that helped them improve 100% COACH TOM MCINTOSH WRESTLING OPPONENT SHS OPP Ferndale 52-24 Troy 15-53 Groves 60-12 Andover 50-19 Country Day 60-15 Groves 69-6 Lahscr 72-6 Andover 60-12 Kimball 21-49 Berkley 50-18 Hazel Park 15-56 Lahser 53-18 Southfield 51-24 Athens 27-37 Pontiac Catholic 56-14 Bethesda 41-15 When a guy asks a girl out, and she refuses, unless the guy is desper- ate, he will forget about her and try to find someone else. This guy will keep trying until he finds methods that work. This year ' s wrestling team was the guy and the beginning of their season was the girl, as they were matched up against and lost to the toughest teams in both the state and the league. But they forgot the setbacks, found methods that worked, and destroyed the rest of their opponents finishing strongly with a 12-4 mark, despite their slow start. The team enjoyed their season even more because they adopted an attitude in which they treated each match like it was state competition. Even when they were leading by thirty points, they would keep a high intensity level and play like they were losing. This attitude was something they adopted from their new coach, Tom Mcintosh. Senior Pat Bray attributed their triumphant season to the new coach as he said, The coaching was better this year mainly because last year. the coaching was too advanced. Tom was a college wrestler and taught us the more common collegiate style. Being so close to a league champion- ship, losing to Hazel Park, Troy, and Kimball was hard, but didn ' t seem to matter to Coach Mcintosh. We didn ' t let it get us down. We just took it one meet at a time knowing that we were a strong squad. The wrestlers felt the same way about the outcome of the season as senior Mark Borman added, The season was fantastic; 1 couldn ' t be happier because when we lost, we lost to good teams. So the team not only found a different method, but a colle- giate method to conquer high school wrestling and they did just that. It is true that one never forgets their first love, but the wrestlers did and found it much more comfortable the second time around. I don ' t want you to talk to her. look at her. or even think about her. explains junior Pete Talmers as Talmers teaches his Troy opponent a lesson about asking his girl out. photo by Doug EngW Senior and two-year veteran Carl Wieferman attempts to tame his Colt opponent not by pulling his reins, but by putting him in an arm lock during meets at Troy. photo by Paul Donar 220 WRESTLING

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Flipping Flying Falling Fearless Gymnasts Karen Reynolds The room was hushed, the tension was high. She chalked up and continued pacing. Mentally she re- hearsed the moves over and over again. One free hip, into a catstrap, around twice and back up front. Legs up - steady and straight, now don ' t forget! Come down, fast, get that momentum! Prepare for dismount, get lots of speed. Arms straight, toes pointed. Ready set ... flyaway! A perfect dismount . . . she ' d said it a hundred times, she knew it perfectly. She prepared to mount. But right at the start - a gymnast ' s nightmare! The bars collapsed and the cables slipped. Katie Dahn tumbled to the floor. Her teammates rushed forward to see if she was O.K. Embarrassed more than anything else, Dahn jumped to her feet more determined than ever to conquer the uneven parallel bars. Fortunately, that is not the way the season progressed for the girl ' s gymnas- tic team. The season developed with a record of six wins and six losses. We considered it to be a successful season, and we placed third in the SMA, stated Fearlessly sliding into a straight leg split, sopho- more Suzanne Corej shows off her flexibility on the balancing beam during a home meet against Groves. photo by Doug Engic w ■■ Gvmna sties is a chance V ' to work as a team, but V iB alsoach ance to work and B. :y%. iM perform individually. B M COACH SUE W CHROSTEK GYMNASTICS OPPONENT SHS OPP Harrison 105 ■ 121 Rochester 106.25 - 116 Fcrndale 113.85- 75.95 Farmington 110- 104 Troy 116.55 - 122.70 Groves 120.45 - 84.25 Dondcro 121.50 - 122.25 Andover 107 - 99 Lathrup 123.80 - 104 Kimball 122.80 - 122.20 Troy Athens 84 • 124 Coach Sue Chrostek. The most unique aspect of the team was its outstanding senior leadership. Senior Katie Dahn really pulled the team together, contin- ued Coach Chrostek. Just as the seniors were important, rookie coach Chrostek was well appreciated by the girls. The most important thing we learned this year was the benefit of a good coach, asserted sophomore gymnast Lee Ham- mond. In four of the twelve meets, the team scored 118 or better, which qualified them for regionals where they placed 10th. According to Chrostek, the consis- tently high scorers of this year ' s team were Dahn, Hammond, junior Beth Hockman, and freshman Jenny Four- acre. As a team, Seaholm did not qualify for states, but Dahn, who placed second in regionals, went on individually to states. Dahn competed in all four areas — vault, floor, beam, and bars. I really gave it everything I had, she explained. Overall she placed 13th in the state- ranking 9th for her floor routine. We had fun, summed up Hockman, but more importantly we improved individually. Lathrup 123.80 104 Kimball 122.80 - 122.20 | Troy Athens 84 124 N. Farmington 112 126 222 GYMNASTICS