Snowflake High School - Retort Yearbook (Snowflake, AZ)

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The average day of a Snowflake High School wrestler begins at about six 'o clock, with a noisy alarm trying to get through to a tired mind. Little or no breakfast is very common to most wrestlers, since most are usually over weight. While trying to wake up he finds what he will wear to school that day and gets dressed. Next is the agravating task of starting his car or truck, which during wrestling months is quite often frozen throughout. Even after a wrestler gets his car started and gets to school, he often finds that the does get there. He also finds that the coaches car didn't start and he's stuck out in the cold until the coach does not get there. Finally the coach drives up to the school, and opens the gym door. Have you ever tried to slip into a frozen, sweat soaked, practice uniform? I promise if a person isn't awake by now he will be before he gets that thing on. And I can't understand why someone doesn't leave the heater on in the wrestling room either. The mat's are practically as hard as the gym floor, the heater takes ten minutes to get going, and then another twenty to get the room warm. After practice, wrestlers have about five or ten minutes to shower and they are consequently caught combing out the tangles in their wet hair when the bell rings. Then when he dashes in thirty seconds be- fore the tardy bell, the teacher usually makes some crack about the way he presents himself in public. A dedicated wrestler simply has to swallow his pride and let it slide by, because to get on the bad side of the teacher could mean having to give up wrestling, the next time report cards came out. Through out the day it is fairly easy to pick out the wrestlers while walking through the hall. They are the ones with no color left, that just stare into space as they walk by, or lean on strong girlfriends or lockers. If a wrestler doesn't seem as friendly as he did before he started wrestling, one should try and understand that he probably can't hear you, nor because he's ignoring people, but because his concentration is almost constant and is very deep. Wrestlers are not only tired from hard practice and little food, but also from restless sleep, as hyperten- tion often keeps him from a good night rest. Teacher's can't pay as much attention on class as previously, before he or she lables the student as lazy or irrespon- sible, and almost naturally grades drop after the sec- ond term. A wrestler goes through the day doing the best he can in classes, and the brave ones even try and maintain a good position on the social scale. After school a wrestler prepares mentally for total exhaustion and fatigue while dressing out. The method of this preparation could be deceiving to someone not familar with what is soon to come. This method is the last laughter before death, and comes about through, for the want of a better word, horseplay. From ninety,-eight pound freshman to a two-hundred twenty- five pound heavy weight, wrestlers share a common bond. This is expressed throughout an occasion slap on a bare nonvital part of the body to the spreading of heat balm in a very vital piece of under clothing. But all good things must come to an end, and so to with this fun. For after about ten minutes in the hot wrestling room, people begin to sense the seriousness of the situation, and the fun really begins. Dedicated coaches have planned and schemed all day, how they can most effectively get their boys in shape in the least amount of time, and even though in a little pain to make them tough. After about an hour with the heater going constantly and approximately forty bodies bodies panting violently, the oxygen is simply used up.

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Bottom Cheers Kewl or , wg ,AAV The Mat Maids tried their best to promote Spirit and enthusiasm throughout the wrestling season. During the season they encouraged the wrestling team by making posters and signs for spirit, throw- ing parties, and cheering the team on to Victory. If ever the team was down, the Mat Maids were al- ways there to back them up. With all the long hours of selling honey, planning assemblies, and prac- ticing cheers, they felt it was a very successful and fun year and was well worth their time, f' 'H' K ev.: Q in 1 X it H 3 Linda Lee, LouAnn Johnson, Sherri Palmer, Nancy Hatch, Sherri Brewer, Lisa Click Miss Thompson Advisor ,N ,Y J, X i , , ,...XN ,l V Ql lr N i 30 MAT MAIDS ,iz gf, X M V f 5 , , ,ya A Linda Lee, LouAnn Johnson, Sherri Palmer, Nancy Hatch, Sherri Brewer, Lisa Click