Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Wrestling - It Will Put Its Moves on You Now it's your turn. Suddenly, the muscles that were once limber are now stiff. A feeling of queasiness has entered your body as you approach your opponent. You take part in the traditional shaking of hands. Both of you stand there waiting for the referee to say the magical word Wrestle. The match starts, everything is instant- ly out of your mind. End of the first period has come, the referee has an- nounced that you're on the bottom. The whistle is blown, the war starts again. Panting like a mad dog, you wonder when it will be over. Rolling around trying to execute some moves, your body starts to cramp while the coaches and crowd try to spur you to victory. Then it hits, the desire to win that has been all locked up inside of you all during the match. A few quick maneuvers and it's a match again. Then comes the moment we all have been waiting for, the decision. The referee goes to the scorers table to con- firm who won. Rushing back, he looks at both of you, and then raises your hand. Wrestling was obviously more than just a sport. lt was an obsession with only the accomplishment of a goal on the minds of the wrestlers. It never ceases to amaze the spectators at the number of wrestlers that went through days of eating only a small salad. Then to practice after school, only raw deter- mination kept them going. All the dieting, conditioning, and practicing is all made worth-while after you have won a match, commented one- hundred-and-twelve pounder, David Rois. Although youth and inexperience impaired the Titan grapplers through the season, you can bet your petunias that next year theyill be a better team. Ill Scott Perales, one-hundred-and-nineteen pounder, concentrates on trying to execute a Iakedo wn during the Pueblo match. iPhoto by S. Wagnerj t21 Ninety-eight pounder, Trent Adamson, at- tempts to pin his man while the wrestlerettes cheer him on during the Marana match. iPhoto by S. Wagner! U1 Ken Snow, one-hundred-and-sixty-seven pounder, tries to counter a move during the the TUSD tournament. fPhot0 by S. Wagnerj SPOR TS 136 Sports ff if

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Wrestling Challenges The Best of the Guys What is that strange looking sport consisting of two guys rolling around on the floor, trying to keep their op- posing player from moving around? Well, that so called strange looking sport is known as Wrestling. One freshman wrestler commented, At a meet you have to block out everything around you, like the people in the stands supporting the team and cheering you on. Even the wrestlerettes can distract your concentration with their pounding on the floor, etc...if you don't concentrate you might just mess up bad enough to get yourself pinned. The wrestlers techniques came from the good coaching, and practicing moves over and over again. Next to having to work hard, ambi- tion to do well, concentration, and technique, was a little sweating. To know that they had put forth all they could, the wrestlers had to show it. Charlie Hughes and Mark Galindo were the JV coaches, and Richard Monka was the freshman coach. All three coaches thought the two teams did quite well this season. One JV wrestler said, You have to have ambi- tion in this sport, or you're not going to get anywhere. 111 A former Titan wrestler, Coach Richard Monka watches his Frosh grapplers. 1Photo by S. Handley1 121 Guillermo Manriquez holds his opposing player in a head lock while waiting for the ref to call the pin. 1Photo by S. Forrest1 131 Sometimes illegal moves were made at meets as this freshman wrestler shows. 1Photo by S. Forrest1 141 J V WRESTLING TEAM Front row: Rob- bie Sproule, Ed Dumphy, Henry Wilczynski, Mike Werner, Guillermo Manriquez, Rick Har- ris, Frank Delaossa. Back row: Andy Goldberg, Tom Kain, Fred Comero, Mack Norris, John Beyer, Jason Shoulta, Brent Sabo. 151 FRESHMAN WRESTLING TEAM' Front row: Ralph Gonzales, John Ricksecker, Danny Allen, Eric Snow, Coach Monka, Terry Inman, Andy Fredan, Andy Huffman, Ricky Manri- quez. Back row: Larry Atkinson, Adam Homan, Darin Pakkala, Eric Lerling, GrantPiontek, An- dy Mills, Russell Dunham. SPOR TS