Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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VARSITY WRESTLING: Bottom: John Kindley. Todd Birch, Charlie Cornett, Marl Baer, Ted Schaffer. Robb Mills and Brian Rhodes. Middle: David Metcalf, Tommy Laymon, Aaron Peterson, Dan Moreno, Todd Ashburn Steve Wilson, and Steve Roggeman. Top: Tom Margraf, Todd Bradly. Scott VonStetina, M,ke Faulkner, Galen Pelletier, Art Anderson, Mel Jones, Lance Beehler. Mike Revell, and Mr. Smith. Top: Dan Moreno, regional champ with an excellent 31-0 record, successfully obtains a 3-pt. nearfall. We had a good season, and next year we ' ll be awesome, exclaimed Mike Faulkner. Wrestling MHS OPP Marian 52 12 Elkhart Central 62 9 Laporte 47 17 Plymouth 47 15 Huntington North 42 21 Washington 51 21 Penn 23 31 Elkhart Memorial 56 12 Michigan City Elston 49 8 Concord 61 6 Northridge 64 3 Goshen 34 23 Warsaw 62 6 Elkhart Memorial 60 12 Adams 62 Riley 52 13 Clay 50 10 LaSalle 45 15 Season Record 17-1 Invitational 2nd place MATMAIDS: Standing: Trisha Hcrsh- berger, Kristi Lisi, Betty Frye, and Anita Smith. Kneeling: Cristi Katona, Julie Schrannm, Kim Frye. and Mary Jane Schramm. Wrestling 83

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Wrestlers Go Semi-State The most solid team I ' ve coached in 22 years, was the way coach Al Smith commented about this year ' s wrestlers. Overall, the Varsity grapplers ended up with an outstanding 17 and 1 season. This year for the first time, five wrestlers went to Semi-State. Regional champ Dan Mor- ena (126 lb) carried a 31-0 record to Semi-State. Also 98 Iber Mark Baer and 132 Iber David Metcalf obtained 31-1-1 and 31-1 records respectively. Junior Mike Faulker (185 lb) gave the Cavemen crowd many nailbiting matches. Yet an- other spark on Smith ' s team came from Sophomore Charlie Cornett (105 lb) who went 21-5 into regionals. At the conclusion of JV matches, Coach Lance Beehler certainly had some- thing to brag about. His team posted a 17-0 season, the best JV record ever in the history of Mf-fS wrestling. Each and every wrestler has much to be proud of as they once again have displayed their best and have shown who is number one. We are all anticipating next year as Smith has nothing to worry about — great wres- tlers are on the way. Above left: Junior grappler Todd Ashburn puts a stomach churner move on his arm. Above right: Regional champ David Metcalf pre pares to rock his opponent to a pin with a cradle, FRESHMEN WRESTLING: Bottom: Jeff Ste phens, Sam Bailey, Eric Nelson, Tom Keeley, and Jon Kozlowski. Top: Tim Osborn, Jody Johns, Rich Anderson, Steve Emmons, and Mr. Kindig. 82 Wrestlmg JUNIOR VARSITY WRESTLING: Bottom: Mark Taylor, Mark Schroeder. Nick Hartley, Todd Birch, Eric Nelson, Tom Keely, Jon Kozlowski, Grant Stillson, and Jeff Stephens. Top: Mr. Beehler, Lance Beehler, Jody Johns, Rick Anderson, Todd Bradley, Galen Pelletier, Mel Jones, Steve Emmons, Tim Osborn, and Coach Kindig

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Boys Win Cham- pionship Game Pride, heart, and guts was what this year ' s boys ' varsity basi etball team was made of, as Cavemen fans had a basket- ball team that they could proudly hoot and hollar for. The team ' s special high- lights came in winning the championship crown in the Elkhart Holiday Tourney and the South Bend Sectional Champion- ship. The team defeated the John Adams Eagles 59-45 before a crowd of 2,567 at Notre Dame ' s Athletic and Convocation center to win their first S.B. tourney vic- tory since 1975. The Cavemen then pro- ceeded to the final game of the Michigan City regional before losing to No. 4 ranked Rogers. Although we heard about high scorers and performances quite often, not much was said about the guy who made it possi- ble. Coach Bill Davidson, who was named by the South Bend Tribune as the All- Metro boys ' basketball coach of the year. This comment from Greg Martin (Plasma 1) sums him up well; Mr. Davidson treat- ed us all like individuals and not just as ' players ' . Overall, the varsity ended up with an excellent record despite forfeiting three wins because of an error made in calculat- ing credits concerning the eligibility of two players. Bob Fowler (Plasma 2) re- plied, We played like a family because that ' s how close we were, Above left: Leading scorer Greg Martin, ave. 16.1 pts- per game, tips the ball during an exciting over- time game with Plymouth. Above right: Senior guard Jeff Dainton offensively gets the Cavemen momentum rolling. FRESHMEN BOYS ' BASKETBALL: Front: Tim Draskovits. Lance Hewitt, Steve Dorbin, David Si- denbender. and Steve Lanham. Back: T.J O ' Keefe, Phil Fowler, Steve Gruler, Ken Hayes, Andy Ankrom. Thad Johnson, and Coach Robert- son. BOYS ' J.V. BASKETBALL: Kneeling: Derek Wieczorek, Mark Benner. Don DeCraene, Rich Wood, Bob Reppert. Standing: Phil Thorton, Eric Rauch, Glen Fairley, Matt Brown, and Coach Kent Adams. 84 Boys ' Basketball