Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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VARSITY WRESTLING Six wrestlers go to state A is... Watching the referees hand fall towards the mat. Jerry Salaz pins his Rincon opponent with a series off of the double grapevine. What l tried to do was go through two series, the sit-out and the stand-up, explained Coach Howard Breinig. These two series were used to teach various escapes and reversals during the sea- son. We don't stress any one hold, con- tinued Coach Breinig. For each differ- ent match, the team would work on the counters to the holds the opponents were anticipated to use. One week the team would practice on the Sun Devil ride and the maneuvers for escaping or reversing the hold. Other holds used in practice were the inside switch, for the far-ankle ride, the Jacob's series and the Guillotine, the double grapevine, and the wizard. The team consisted mostly of under- classmen, for there were only two sen- iors on the team. Outstanding wrest- lers were,Jerry Salaz, John Hanshaw, Ed Torrejon, Chester Badgett, Rich- ard Golub and John Beckwith, all of whom went to the state meet in Phoe- nix. Jerry Salaz took first in state in his division and was named the tourna- ment's outstanding wrestler. The season began with a close meet at Amphi, in which Sahuaro was ahead 22 to 19 until the heavyweight match. In it, Bob Bess lost, making the final score 22 to 24. The roughest match was with Sunny- side. Sahuaro was ahead through most of the match, due to the success of the lesser weights. But, the heavy weights upset their chances to win. The team ended their season with a rec- ord of five wins and seven losses. S PORTS 131

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J.V. WRESTLING h ' h 'n c ity J.V. WRESTLING: Back Row: Coach Breinig. BUVEGSS- From RWII Gary CfBWf0fd, John Mike Ryan. Fred wiemann. Mike Nelsen. Henry. Mark Gilland. Chris Stockton, Brat Goode. Jeff Simpson, Mark Wright, Lou GEOYBE ReiS- Homer Peffey- 5 I BOTTOM LEFT: Fighting his man tothe mat, Dave Pricetries to pin his man before he escapes his hold. I LEFT CENTER: Reaching his man's arms, Gary Crawford forces his Catalina opponent to the mat. I TO P LEFT: Grabbing his opponent's head, John Henry pins his Pueblo man with a headlock. I TO P RIGHT: Throwing his hands in the air, Coach Bill Lopez excitedly watches the referee call another pin for Sahuaro. IRIGHT CENTER: Forcinghis Pueblo rival's arm, Chris Stockton tries to break his man down onto the mat. 132 S PORTS