Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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THE WRESTLERS placed second in the Big Nine. FRONT ROW: Rick Reimann, Jeff Richgels, Gerry Bakke, Dave Weseman, John Demo, Ted Naegeli, BACK ROW: Assistant Coach Neal Skaar, Bruce Severson, John Johnson, Bob Forman, Chuck McKey, Tom Jean, Mike Jean, Coach Paul Ehrhard. 128 - Sports Wrestling Grapplers End Season With Total of 10 Wins Ten wins and two losses was the season record for the A-squad wrestlers. The losses were heartbreakers with scores of 19-20 and 20-22 against Rochester and Manka- to respectively. Co-captains Dave Weseman and John Demo contribut- ed much to the team. Weseman's record was 10-1-O and Demo, hampered by injuries had a record of 6-2-1. Ac- cording to Coach Paul Ehrhard, both were hard workers and good wrestlers. Helping the squad out with the most'pins were Rick Riemann, Butch Severson, and Jeff Richgels. Scoringthe most net points were Richgels, Weseman, Ted Naegeli, and Riemann. The toughest match ofthe season was Mankato. We felt we should have won. A few breaks did not fall our way and that was the differnce in the match, commented lVlr. Ehrhard. Going on to regional competition were Riemann, Gerry Bakke, Weseman, Demo, Naegeli, Tom Jean, Chuck McKey, and Severson. kt H 'Mansi-

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MANY THOUGHTS are in Coach Les Etienne's mind, as his first line takes to the ice for the opening face off against Burnsville. FRONT ROW: Mike Braun, Ken Lein, Tim Tideman - Swanson, Rod Sorenson, Bill Beers, Dick Humphrey, Dan CAPTAlN,Jerry Tidemann, Chuck Evans, John Stearns, Shea, Coach Jon Shutte. BACK ROW: Craig Dahl, Dean Bruce Kratzke. SECOND ROW: Coach Les Etienne, Steve Dahl, Tom Baas, Steve Appel, Bob O'Byrne. Hockey Regulations, Team Size Change Nature Of Game The game of high school hockey developed a few dif- ferent regulations this year. The periods were lengthened from 12 minutes to 15 minutes, and checking was al- lowed to three-fourths of the rink instead of to the red line. The team was enlarged to three complete lines of players, and played two games more than last season. According to hockey coach, Mr. Les Etienne, the com- petition was better this year. Of his own team, co-cap- tained by Bob O'Byrne and Tim Tideman, Mr. Etienne said, These kids have come a long way. He added that every team in Region I compared very favorably to any team in the state. The B squad, which was made up of only freshmen and sophomores, also did well in their season. Com- menting on this, Mr. Etienne said that having freshman on the team gave the boys an extra year of competition and experience that aided a great deal in their develop- ment as a team. Sports - 127

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SCORING TWO POINTS for a takedown is grappler Ted Naegeli. Naegeli won by decision, 8-0, in a dual meet with New Richmond, Wis. The Tigers won, 32-16. 'WK 'W 'L if' X'-4 gas-fi: -, Pvsw .4 Pd!! SENIOR GRAPPLER and co-captain .Iohn Demo fights his opponent BEFORE AN UPCOMING MEET with John Marshall the Tiger grapplers do from New Richmond, Wis., to a one-to-one tie. 50 push-ups while Coach Ehrhard watches closely. Sports - 129