Urbandale High School - Echo Yearbook (Urbanville, IA)

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xguli! Q . il' 2 'Chance to play most important,' says coach Palmer Everybody gets a chance to play when playing on the Junior Varsity Team, said coach Gayle Palmer. He also felt this was more important than winning or losing. The Junior Varsity Team had a thirteen game schedule but due to bad weather, four were cancelled. Their spirited season led to five wins over four losses. Coach Palmer commented that he could see good imporvement in the play of many of the players during the season. 1 Doug Lollman takes a free throw for the J-Hawks. 2 Craig Zimmerman and Todd Kimm follow the ball. 3 Troy Richards and Joe Palmer defend. 4 Coach Dennis Barnd calls time for strategy. fn 3 Boys' Basketball 0 72 153

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Seven To Stote 154 ' Wrestling Injuries plague teamg 7-4-0 season record Finishing the season with a 6-1-0 conference record, the varsity wrestlers took second in the CIC. Though injuries hampered the varsity line-up, their over-all record was 7-4-0. Tournament action carried the grapplers to second place in districts. Seven were advanced to the state tournament where the team finished eighth with a total of 40W points. Senior Drew Waddell grabbed second at 138. Participating in the state meet for the third year in his high school career, Waddell faced No. 1 rated Danny Waid of Crestwood in the finals. Waid scored a late reversal to edge Waddell 6-4. Junior Jim Goodman at 145 and senior Wes Boehm at 185 both finished fifth for the J-Hawks. Others wrestling at state were Murray Rattray, Jerry Towers, Rick Nelson, and Al Carver. At the last conference tournament, the Jays were wrestling Ankeny for the Dual Meet Championship. A disqualification threw the meet into a tie. The championship rested on the last match of the meet. Heavyweight Al Carver won the title for UHS. The team finished second in the S.E. Polk Invitational and fourth in their own Invitational. The team was coached by Dan Keller and assisted by Wade Winters. 1 At the state tournament, Drew Waddell C1385 takes second place. 2 Varsity Wrestling Team: FRONT ROW- Coach D. Keller, D. Waddell, B. Boyce, R. Nelson, W. Boehm, G. Olson, coach W. Winters. SECOND ROW-B. Newcomb, M. Rattray, D. Winger, T. Smith, M. Rhoads, B. Johnson. BACK ROW-J. Towers, M. Orr, J. Goodman, M. Filling, A. Carver, T. Peterson, D. Dietch. 3 At the S.E. Polk Tournament, sophomore Denny Winger tries to keep his balance. 4 Jerry Towers waits for the referee's signal to start his match at the Ankeny meet. 5 Rick Nelson moves against his S.E. Polk opponent. 6 Top of control, senior Doug Winger C1121 muscles his man. 7 Advancing to district action, Murray Rattray C985 raises his hand in victory.