Archbishop Hoban High School - Way Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Wrestlers Have Successful Season .' J asf' , f fT0pj Senior jim Dougherty fights to turn his adversary over and pin him to the mat. fAboveJ Sophomore Mark Holland battles with his rival. After a number of mediocre seasons, the Hoban wrestling team came out this year with a group of highly- talented grapplers. This fact, and also the fine coaching of Mr. Ralph Paonessa, was the reason behind the team's great success this year. Seniors played a key role in the success of the team, especially co-captains joe Klein and jim Dougherty. Both of these highly talented and experienced wrestlers helped lead the team to many great victories. The team has a lot of talent for next year as Well, with juniors like jack Kelley, Iohn Coatter, Tim Angel, Pat Kennedy, and Re- naldo Tyson. At the beginning of the year, hopes were high for a successful wrestling season, and the Knights got off to a good start by beating a good Kent Roosevelt team. Unfor- tunately, the team dropped HOBAN OPPONENT 29 Kent Roosevelt 24 29 Buchtel 31 33 St. V-M 21 49 Canton Cent. Catholic 6 61 Barberton 2 40 Ellet 18 29 Cuy. Falls 26 13 North 40 46 Walsh 9 29 Beaver Local 22 its next match to a talented group from Buchtel. Good times were ahead, though, as St. Thomas Aquinas decided to forfeit their match with us. Perhaps the most satisfying victory of the season came with a big victory over St. V-M, as the outcome of the match was in doubt up until the final match. Great performances by all the members of the team helped us win over a dismayed bunch of lrishmen. Springing off of this win, the Knights completely overpo- wered Canton Central Catholic by a score of 49-6. In the next match, a confident group of Hoban grapplers went on to defeat a strong Barberton team. After taking third place in the Coventry tournament over the Christ- mas vacation, the team went on to vanquish a strong and determined Ellet team. 113

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Next, the Knights just got by a powerful group from Cuyahoga Falls in an exciting match. Following this, the Knights went into the match with top-ranked North with a definite psychological edge. Many fans turned out to cheer the team on, but watched the Knights fall to a stronger group of wrestlers. Coming off a hard defeat like that had to get the team down, but they came back to take third in the NEOC tournament, while many individual mem- bers advanced to district com- petition. The team then traveled to Walsh, finishing on the good side of a 46-9 score. The final match of the season brought Beaver Local up from Southern Ohio, in a long- anticipated match. After much struggling, the Knights came from behind to defeat the visitors 29-22. Mat Maids 114 . . Wrestling Team Iunior Varsity wrestlers QFront rowj Iohn Andrews, Mark Holland, Mike Armocida. fSecond rowj Coach Ray Sharnsky, Iohn Thomas, Dave Krummel, john Blankenship, Mark Hodgkiss, Coach Ralph Paonessa. way 'ZW ,Maw msnxna 56543 QMMQ ,46'3S a441as ggsrug -may 1?-Yimv Hoban's mat maids fFront rowj Sue Rene, Lori Smith, Margaret Reymann, Vicki Coatter, Marie Manchester. QSecond rowj Teresa Redle, Mary Kelley, Cathy Bab- cock, Ioan Schismenos, Monica Cortesi, Cath Kos- suth, Danielle Spak, Nora Stadler. fThird rowl Ianie Re mann, Kim Hucldleston, Kathy Wright, Edith Yakubik, Laura Drexler, Ioanne Gingo, Diane Orihel, julie Musci, Margaret Kunkler, Betsy O'Neill.