Mundelein High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Mundelein, IL)

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Boys RESTLE for improvement in conference and county standings 132 mprovement was the 1983- 84 varsity wrestlers? key to success. They showed great effort in January when they converted six wins out of eight meets. Their record in dual meets was 12-5. The team consisted of nine seniors, five juniors, 13 sophomores, and one freshman. The freshman was awarded a major letter along with six sophomores, four juniors, and all nine seniors. Senior Matt Gallimore, who weighed in at 167 pounds, won his regionals, along with sophomore Norman Hays, who wres- tled at 155 pounds. Junior Tony Hernanez was conference champion at his weight class at 126 pounds. Tony's brother, Tim, who is a year younger and 21 pounds light- er, captured the county title in his division. Juniors Mike Velez and Hays were the only two to place in all tournaments and to compete in every meet. Three seniors who were three-year vet- erans to the sport, Gallimore, Scott Bus- chick, and Armando Duenas, were the captains for the 1983-84 season. Coach Don Miller thought the team's best efforts came in the second half of the season. He said, We improved our stand- ings in the county and in the conferencef, They placed fourth in conference, fifth in county and third in regionals. Left: Coach Don Miller gives one of his wrestlers help and encouragement. Above: Scott Buschick lunges for his opponent as the match begins. Top right: Eyeing thc challenger, Dan Brown makes his move. Lower right: Armando Ducnas carefully keeps in step with his man. Far middle right: On top, Mark Zciglcr comes one step further to the finish. W MHS . . . p 29 Woodstock . '31 36 McHenry 1 - 27 L 34 Niles North A 14 j is t Libertyville 241 17 Lake Park 31 - 54 Zion-Benton 98 . 30 Carmel 21- 41 Lake Forest 15- - 28 Crystal Lake So. 24 i t 50 Crystal Lake Cent. , '12 1 51 Cary Grove 9 16 Fenton V 301 . 36 Fremd 19 45 Stevenson E2 1 29 Antioch V 1? V L 18 Warren 30 i 31 Wauconda Q .21f , Won 12 A Tied D

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Freshmen Wrestling Team, front: Eric Goldberg, Skee Clendening, Jeff Ambrose Larry Piotrowski. 2nd Row: Rubin Gonzales, Ken Lasko, Pat Sloan, Bob Carneke Jay Schallock. underclass wrestling JV wrestling is he wrestling season was definitely a building year, commented Coach Dennis Szymkowlak. All the fresh- men wrestlers learned what i faw.,fLIFE' it was like to compete at the high school level, he said. I would have liked to produced a better win-loss record, but I can't complain as far as achieving instructional goals? This group of freshmen wrestlers had placed finishers in all of the tournaments they competed in. That is quite an accom- plishment, he added. Wrestling for JV is a way of lifef, said Steve Pape, who had a record of 11-0. I had to wrestle seniors that were good, but couldn't make the varsity team. There were many guys besides Pape who took wrestling seriously enough to give their season a solid 8-3 record. It takes a certain mental toughness to be wrestling on the JV team, commented Coach Frank Giannamore. The wrestler has to constantly watch his weight but still be able to wrestle either JV or on the varsity. Giannamore added that they had a super season. Upper Left: Freshman Pat Sloan looks deter- mined bcfore his match. Left: Sophomore Steve Pape moves in to pin his opponent. 131

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varsity wrestling AAfA Junior Mike Velez, left, and sophomore ' Q ., Norman Hays were named Most Valuable . Players. Mike also received the Apprecia- ,QL tion Award, had a 25-6-0 record, and re- g, ll' as Qifiii ceived his major letter. Norman was the 'ilii first sophomore in the history of the wres- ik tling Mustangs to receive the MVP award. v He had the most falls on the team, ll, had a 25-10-0 record, and received his major letter. At 155 lbs, Norman was the district champion. ll-yin, 5 Front: David Ponclkowski, Willy Maslanka, Jason Seebachcr. Mike Church. Middle: Mike Vclez. Tony Sidari. Mark Zeigler. Armando Duenas. Tim Hernandez. Back: Norman Hays. Coach S7jIUkOWl21li. Steve Pape. Matt Gallimore, Dan Brown. Phil Selsor. Scott Buschick, Tong Hernandez. Coach Vlillcr. lf., - I' fir- ig. J