Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Wrestler Mario Petersen congratulates Mike Kiral after a tournament win. Both are varsity letterman. Attempting to put a move on his opponent is senior Mike Kiral. Kiral won 32 matches this season with only 5 losses. M I am very honored to be named MVP because it means the team respects me as a wrestler” senior Mike Kiral. Row 1: M. Lauritsen, K. Craig, C. Strehl, M. Danko, J. Barker, M. Fitzsimmons; Row 2; K. Brown, K. Brown, M. Kiral, J. Ayersman, S. Miller, T. Smith, R. Mal- kowski; Row 3: Coach Emerick. D. Dun- stian. D. Lauritsen, E. Kulig, J. Dickie- man. M. Petersen, Q. Peterson. M. Fross, K. Parent. Taking a familiar stance, Jeff Ayersman prepares for another match. Ayersman qualified for state this season. flodir Wrestling 153

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Wrestler Joe Dickelman has his arm raised after defeating his ECR opponent. Dickel¬ man proved to be a strong wrestler this season. Senior, Jeff Ayersman gets the upper hand on his opponent. Ayersman finished the season with a 29-6 record. a 4! H»d,r Mir Wrestlers become first Team Regional Champs in the history of LC Kiral places 3rd at State D uring the wrestling season the team built endurance together, dieted together and even took team wins and losses together. But dif¬ ferent from most other sports, each wres¬ tler we nt out on the mat and competed alone, victorious or defeated alone. The support of fans, coaches, and teammates could help but the wrestler was one to one against his opponent. This made wrestling unique from other sports. The season was a unique one for the Indian wrestlers. The team captured its first-ever Regional Championship in the schools history and had a record of 9-3, including a first at the Harvest Classic. Leading the team with a record of 32-5 was senior, Mike Kiral. Kiral placed third in the state tournament and was named MVP. “I felt the team did an ex¬ cellent job, we were underrated the whole year. We beat Calumet early in the season then winning Regionals was an accomplishment in itself,” said Jeff Ayersman. Wrestling LC OPPONENT 74 Horace Mann 0 54 Gary Wirt 12 51 E.C. Washington 11 32 Calumet 24 30 Plymouth 32 36 Huntington North 29 25 Mishawaka 35 22 Munster 30 45 Highland 14 40 Crown Point 19 46 Lowell 18 ! 54 Griffith 3 1st Harvest Classic Season record 9-3 152 Wrestling

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Mike Deter uses his big body to pin a TF player into the boards, while Bob Wiley digs out the puck. LC’s hockey team uses tough defensive abilities in 14-8-3 season record; Team 3rd in NIHSHL A t the start of the 1984-85 hockey season, LC had no idea what to do for a goalie. A sophomore by the name of Scott Ryba decided to try to make a go at being an LC goaltender. In a total of 25 games throughout the year, LC scored 138 goals while giving up 107. Ryba s goals against average was a 4.28. He showed much improvement and re¬ ceived Rookie of the year honors while also receiving the Most Improved Player award. Ryba was a needed and welcome addition. On the offensive side of the coin, Bob Sullivan led the team with 78 points in 25 games. Sullivan had nine hat-trick games, that’s at least 27 points in just nine games. Sullivan lost the scoring championship by three points to Bishop MacNamara’s Jerry Fronek. Sullivan ended up with 30 goals and 17 assists in NIHSHL for 47 total league points. Sul¬ livan ended up winning the MVP award for LC and received honorable mention for the Class AA All-State Team for In¬ diana. Partly due to Sullivan, LC was not shut-out at all this year. Sullivan would always come through with a goal or two to show LC would not be skunked. LC’s defensive play was much im¬ proved by the end of the year. Coach Ira Zimmer was pleased with the play of the entire team, but especially the defense at the end of the season. “I think we made great strides with our defensive play by protecting our goalie ...” Zimmer stat¬ ed. The team was led with the defensive play of Tony Negrelli, who received Best Defensive Player honors from some tough competition in John Zbell, Erick Erminger, and Bob Sullivan. Next year, LC will have a veteran cap¬ tain in Tony Negrelli, and a rookie cap¬ tain in Erick Erminger. They hope that they can put the team together so that the team will play as a team not as indi¬ viduals. A lot of hard work will be needed due to the loss of seniors Bob Sullivan, John Zbell, Kevin Babusiak, and Bob Wiley. Other award winners are for Best Mental Attitude, Eric Penman and Tony Negrelli and for the Hustle, Pride, De¬ sire award, John Zbell. LC finished third in the NIHSHL and the league playoffs while finishing a re¬ spectable eighth in the Indiana State Tournament. LC OPPONENT 8 DeSales 5 16 Morgan Park 3 1 HF Varsity 5 5 TF South 3 11 Bishop Noll 1 I 6 Culver Military 3 7 S.B. Adams 4 4 Bishop McNamara 4 10 S.B. St. Joe 4 6 S.B. Riley 7 3 S.B. Clay 3 6 HF JV 1 6 Hobart 5 5 Hobart 2 7 TF South 5 1 HF Varsity 4 1 TF South 5 2 Bishop McNamara 7 4 HF Varsity 4 8 DeSales 0 5 Bishop McNamara 3 3 Hobart 2 6 Bishop McNamara (4 OT) 7 STATE TOURNAMENT 2 New Haven 12 3 S.B. Clay Season record 14-8-3 6 w rwtP? (MR ©S Row 1: B. Ross, M. Crim, B. Sadewasser, B. Tolley, M. Ehlers, P. Mazur, S. Ryba; Row 2: J. Zbell, E. Penman, P. Boggess, K. Babusiak, T. Negrelli, B. Sullivan; Row 3: M. Post ma, E. Erminger, C. Tucker, B. Howard. B. Wiley, Coach Ira Zimmer, J. Andrews, M. Deter, R. Voss. “It wasn ' t a one man team this year, oth¬ er players hustled just as much as 1 did. I am honored to receive this aw r ard. Bob Sullivan MVP. 154 Hockey