Bozeman High School - Aerie Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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X X .1 A ai 2 3 4 wo ounds Over Most people. girls in particular, would be pleased to be only two pounds overweight and chances are they wouldn't worry about losing those couple of extra pounds. For a wrestler, standing on the scale the day of the match and being two pounds over makes the 'ole stomach queeze. Losing that extra weight is pure torture. Now is the time they regret nibbling on that Snicker bar on the bus. In order to use their weight to their best advantage, wrestlers try to find the happy median between being light and quick or heavy and strong. The state meet is a different story. Even though the Hawks all made weight, it wasn't a great day in Great Falls for the wrestlers. Hoping to be in the top five, the team finished in a disappointing ninth place - lowest a Bozeman team has ever finished. Only three wrestlers managed to place: Rodd Moretz at 1123 Marty Van Ausdol at 119: and Greg Cowdrey at 126, all finished third. Mike Ross at 145 would have finished Sth or 6th but they won't wrestle for those places until next year. Greg Cowdrey, after losing a close one to his rival from Billings Senior. Joe Clevenger. summed up his season disappointedly saying. ln the last 10 seconds of my match it seemed like my whole wrestling career went down the tube. The season's over and the sun did come up again. so there is always next year for the sophomores and juniors. - 'Q -?9' Close only counts in horse- shots .md hand grcnadts. but this pins for rcatl. hscape. Getaway. Russ Will- iams tries to break loose.

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4- Marty Van Ausdol doesn't spare the chin when he applies the crossface. 2 Is this really happening to me? Mike Ross's opponent isn't quite sure what's going on. W -LX -- 'R K!'v-f-'W . ' , i -5- 40 ? iQ i So this is whz1tit's ull about. A Hawk wrestler puts on ll unique clcmun- strutiun. A Hawk wrestler wraps up thc 3 clouhlclcgtukccluwn. Greg Cuwdrcy throws down hi opponent and racks up two puinls.

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T led In Knots Wrestlmg may appear hke total dlsregard for the human body rlppmg an arm torqumg on a leg or perform mg major dental work on a guy s face And that doesn t even start to descrlbe the delightful prnnmg combmatxons Wrestllng ns actually a combmatlon of bram brawn and techmque The more techmcally pollshed wrestler usually comes out on top It s not totally a show of strength The Hawks started out the season on a h1gh note taklng second at the Madison Invltatlonal But soon after thlngs started to sllde fourth at the Butte Chrlstmas Tourney fifth at the Bozeman Invltatlonal and all the way The excltmg part of each match was watching the lower weights wrestle They beat everybody ln the state from 98 pounds to 132 pounds But they dldn t fare so well m most of the upper welghts Varslty mexperlence was a contrlbutmg factor Thls year s varslty was made up of Todd Wxley at 98 Grant Elckelberg and Russ W1l11ams at 105 Rodd Moretz at 112 Marty Van Ausdol at 119 Greg Cowdrey at 126 Jeff Meyers at 132 Joel Maroney at 138 M1ke Ross at 145 Mltch Thompson at 155 Kurt Bushnell at 167 B111 Reler at 185 and Joe Stuchllk at heavywexght The Hawks can look to lmprove thelr 4 8 1 record next year wlth nme of the 12 varsity comlng back I , - . . , , . , . 7 9 ' ! 9 down to ninth at the state tournament. . , . 9 Y 7 1 1 9 7 1 9 7