Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Chopping his opponent. Mark Thomas, goes for the kill. Attempting a switch. Ron Ricks stuns his adversary. Wrestling VARSITY WRESTLING: Row I: Brian Bridge. Bret Gordon. Russ Perry. Chuck Godfrey. Chet Nipko—team captain. Scott Williams. Row 2: Eric Hendershot—coach. Buddy Zarbock, Brad Rentfro, Craig Schmitke, Ron Ricks. Mario Schroeder. Dave Douglas- —team captain. Kevin Bouwman, Eric Knowles. Scott Cowdell—assistant coach.

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--IE.» HHIH “Watch who you give that ball to. Jared! FRESHMEN BASKETBALL TEAM: Row I: David Walbeck. Rhett Marshall. Kevin Timmell. Clint Carter. William Scott. Tony Overbay. Sean Nigbur. ROW 2: Trent Kearl, Trevor Lanham. Bernie Olsen. Jared Larsen. Doug Himes. Jeff Larson. Shawn Lindquist. Mat Richins. Spencer Meikle, Sean McCall Freshmen Freshmen Won: 8 Lost: 5 Region: 3rd Alta 37 vs 63 Hillcrest 62 vs 59 Brighton 60 vs 50 Jordan 61 vs 59 West Jordan 72 vs 63 Bingham 34 vs 48 Hillcrest 44 vs 52 Brighton 56 vs 47 Jordan 42 vs 51 Bingham 64 vs 24 West Jordan post season tournament 34 vs 21 West Jordan 47 vs 53 Hillcrest 65 vs 44 Jordan the air like a hawk. Mat Richins for his feathered friends. Basketball O 177

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Aark Rogers arches into the air to WE AT, STARVATION AND SACRIFICE Iweat. Starvation. Sacrifice, that is what it takes to be a successful wrestler. Hours upon hours of running laps, doing stairs, and then collapsing into push- ups. That is just the beginning! There is the endless learning of moves, bodies tangling one with another. One awkward move and the result could be a broken bone. Then along comes weigh-ins. Many wres- tlers starve themselves before a weigh-in, literally going with out food for hours or days. Then with weakened bodies they run and sit in whirlpools to rid themselves of every extra ounce. Besides getting the body in shape, wrestlers must train their minds. They must de mand self discipline and have an “open throttle dedication as Coach Eric Hendershot de dares. Dedication involves not only dedication to themselves but to the other teammates and all who attend Alta. This years team must have been well dedi- cated to one another for Scott Williams, a faithful wrestler, said, The team is just like one big happy family. They re- spected one another and held coach Hendershot in high es- teem. Assistant coach Scott Cowdell was also respected and well-liked by the team. In their opinion he was “strong as an ox , which is a big compli- ment coming from a wrestler. Sweat. Starvation, and Sacri- fice paid off for this years team. Alta retained the Hammer from Bingham with a powerful 34-14 win. They won the Box Elder Richardson Memorial tourna- ment. took second in the West tournament. 2nd in the Granite tournament, and 3rd in View mont. In region Alta pulled a 4th place. As for state competi- tion. the wrestlers began with Russ Perry’s cheer, Take No Prisoners! With this good start they finished 5th in state. Chet Nipko led the team at 119 lbs. remaining undefeated and re- taining his title as state champ for that weight range! Wrestling O 179