James Madison Memorial High School - Olympian Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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l3 S artan Sophomores Building The Sophomore Basketball Squad bettered last season's win record by five times - finishing their 73-74 season on a 5-l2 note. Head Coach Dick Steckelberg noted just how close many of the scores were, for eight games were lost by less than a five point margin. Coach Steckelberg also noted the skills of his team and broke down their talents into specific cat- egories Leading Scorers: Phil Kessel and Mike Faust. Leading Re- bounders: Rob Kelso and Mike Faust. Best Defensive Players: Mike Faust. Kane Shutter. and Mike Stahl. Best Hustlers: Kane Shutter. Mike Stahl. Chuck Wagener. and Mike Faust. Most Improved Player: Mike Stahl. and Mike Faust was the Spartans' team captain. Memorial's Freshman Green Basketball squad was simply outstand- ing as they molded their talents under Coach Ron Holzueter to an 8-2 final and co-championship in city play. This was the first JMM Basket- ball team 9th grade or above to hold a City lst place berth! The team's success can be attributed to good team cooperation, hard work, and an excellent defensive average of 36.l points per game. Rick Benson and John Zilavy were Green's top scorers and rebounders. The Memorial Freshman White Team was led by high scorers Mark D'Alessio and Dave Parks and Tri-captains K.C. Optiz. Kevin Quinn. and Greg Miller. 108 Coach Fritz Kaump felt the teams' attitude was pretty good and that they were a pleasant, coachable group. The I973-74 Freshman White Basketball team. Tri-captains: K.C. Opitz, Kevin Quinn. Greg Miller. High scorers: Mark D'Alessio and Dave Parks. Remaining Members: Dan Graf. Tom Young. Tom Mehl- berg, D. Christianson. Jim Steinbach, Jeff Okey, Mark Spaith, Steve Matera. Darrell Duerst, Vince Cefalu. Neil Bringe, Mike Butler. David Hill, P. Peterson, A. Fitzpatrick, G. Zermuehlin. The I973-74 Freshman Green Basketball team. Co-captains: Jim Bran- denburg and John Garlinghouse. Most Improved: J. Garlinghouse. Most Valuable: John Zilavy. Manager: George Bryan. Half-time Most Valu- able Player and Captain: Jim Lemanski and Mike Rusch respectively. Remaining Members: Paul Beduhn, Rick Benson. Mark Cosby, John Craddock. Cam Curtin. Mike Hatch. Steve Jennings, Kevin Kumpf, Terry McGinnity. Jeff Schuler, Mike Suter.

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Frosh Go 8-0- Outstanding Wrestling for Spartans The 1973-7-l Memorial Wrestling Squad, lL-Rl TOP ROW: Junior Varsity Tim Fritschie, Kevin Foeryt, Jon Metcalf, Tim Kolb, JeffShomberg, Dan Pauli, Phil Olsen, Tim l.iscuni, Reggie Robinson, Larry Keen , Tim Meier. Greg l.iedel. ROW TWO: Head coach I-'rank Zuerner, EricTretheway'K, Jim Wing, Steve Cairns. Dan Cassidy, John Mutehler, Eric Ostoff, Tim Hadley. Pete Armstrong. Tom Trethewayx, ROW THREE: Varsity Heavyweight ,lim Ciprianif, 1245-Dave Orr , 167-Don Shipman? 155-Mike Mutchler . 145-Tom Schorrf 138-Mike l.ombardino', 132-Mike Foy , 126-Jon Bakkenf 119-Dick Baldwin? 98-Rich Pureellf Absent for picture 105-Bob Pierstorflf ' Denotes l.etter Winners. 1973-74 was a year of outstanding wrestling for Memo- rial's Varsity and Freshman programs. The Spartan's problem, in the past, was the lack ofall around strength in each weight class the eminence of only a few wrestlers empowered the squad. But many things have changed since then, for the Spartan's progress has metamorphized into the most select season Memorial has offered in the last three years. Memorial improved their dual meet totals to 6-7, re-establishing themselves after a dismal 2-win sea- son last year, and their best team efforts would unques- tionably be enviable victories over powerhouses Beloit Memorial and Janesville Craig. Senior Don Shipman and Junior Rich Purcell were the Spartan's most proficient grapplers, as both were conference first place finishers net- ting the team an overall third place rank fbettering last year's 5th place at Conferencel. They both were Sectional qualifiers and Purcell was Memorial's only State Meet 110 representative. Head coach Frank Zuerner praised the efforts of all the Varsity members, but especially in Most Valuable Wrestler, Rich Purcell and Most Improved Wrestler Mike Mutchler, for really coming through when needed. Honorary captains for the squad were Mike Foy and Don Shipman. The Freshman Program should receive special recognition for their remarkable coaching and achievements this season. Head coach Bill Cary boasts a perfect, 8-0 undefeated season, four individual city cham- pions in Paul Rausch-98, Kevin Waggoner -105, Dana Sundby-112, and Fred Flynn-119, and a fantastic, long team effort by the entire squad. Tom Spurly and Kevin Waggoner were chosen Most Improved Players and Dana Sundby was the Most Valuable Player, who wrestled to an 11-0 individual record. Tri-Captains for the squad were Craig Webb, Paul Yde, and Dave McCaw.