Cave Spring High School - Accolade Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Moore Toni Moore IFS not Jason r... 2..-: - Strategy At the match against Patrick Henry, Coach 0th Dowdy relays moves to the waiting Dough Grabowski on the mat. Trapped Placing Patriot David Sheldon of Patrick Henry in a bind is Matt King. Sheldon went on to win six points to two. However, Matt placed second at the Big Orange Christmas Classic. David Michie 2 Tor: Moore first at the Big Orange Chn'st- 3 mas Classic and at the Roan- I 167-p0und Dan Clabbers oke Valley District match, sets up rival John Alexander with a season record of 20-2- 8 of Patrick Henry. Dan placed 0. SCORE OPPONENT end CS Duals 45-21 Pulaski County lst Big Orange 30-36 Franklin County lst William Byrd Quad 32-21 Patrick Henry 30-27 William Fleming lst Hermitage Quad 58-18 Nonhside 44-18 Heritage Dual 60-15 Salem f Roanoke Valley District Meet: 2nd Northwestern Regional: 9th Season record: 6-1 Wrestling - 65

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David Michie The liai$2390 out. Only a central spotlight remains. Twofat'aitime, the evenihgfs opponents step onto the mat, briskly shake hands, then sprint back to stand with their tense team mates in determined, fiery concentration. Flash! The lights come back on as the last of the wrestlers meets his rival, and the match begins. It seemed a perfectly normal beginning for a match, but something was different. It was the last match of the season, the grand final against Salem. And for the wrestles, grand it was. Dan Clabbers finished out his regular season at 18-0, which he celebrated after his match with an air guitar solo. All the others who wrestled for the Knights also registered victories against Salem. The Salem match was a fitting end to a very successful regular season for Coach Otis Dowdyis wrestling team. The season started for the wres- tlers with practices and weight-loss just before Thanksgiving. uPractice is a killer,'1 said co- captain Wen Jones. Starting with a 46-27 blowout win against Fiel- dale-Collinsville at the Cave Spring Duals match Going About wrestling, Mike Howard 20-8-0 Ken Stark said, uIt's Matt King 12-5-1 just you and that George other guy on the mat Marsinko 4-5-0 one-on-onef, Danny Mobley 0-4-0 Because of this, an Sean Pratt 0-1-0 individualis scores are Tracy Salyer 11-7-0 just as important as Wesley the teams. Here are Schaffer 18-5-1 the wrestlers, Chris Shockley 7-2-0 individual statistics: Kenneth Stark 16-9-0 Brett Jones 1-4-0 Dan Clabbers 20-2-0 Freddie Wen Jones 16-5-0 Williams 4-13-0 Bryan Lewis 7-14-1 Doug Drew Oakes 7-9-0 Grabowski 9-11-0 Jeff Newman 0-0-0 Kenny Mark Grinspun 16-8-0 Underwood 2-6-0 64 - Wrestling I had to starve myself all through the holidays, but it was worth it. - Doug Grabowski After winning a close match against Patrick Henryis Yancey Cobb, Ken Grinspun celebrates with his team mates. WRESTLING TEAM. Front Row: Sean Pratt, Ken Stark, Bryon Lewis, Doug Grabowski, Danny Mobley, Wen Jones, Mark Underwood. Second R0 Brett Jones, Matt King, George Marsinko, Freddie Williams, Jeff Newman, Ken Grinsgun, Stephanie Hines. Back Row: iabbers, Tracy Sal er, Coach Otis Dowdy, Coach Don Oakes, Drew Oakes, Chris Shockley. Mr. Walt Rinehart, Dan Through the intense, grueling practices and exhausting matches, the Knights go n theymat one-OU- one 2621? fnsz-WWZMIM which they hosted, the wrestlers went on to take 0 second place. The team picked up momentum as Toni Moore w: Laura Svec, Mike Howard, they headed into the Big Orange Christmas Classic match, where 1 12 pound Wesley Schaffer and 167 pound captain Dan Clabbers took first places in their respective weight classes. Next came the William Byrd Quad match, in which the team took first place. Finally, Districts came. Eam- ing first places in the District match were Kenneth Stark 98 lbs. 1, Dan Clabbers U67 lbs. 1, and Wen Jones t132 lbsi. The wrestling team ended their season with several distinguishing awards. Senior Dan Clabbers was named to the All-Timesland team. At the team awards banquet, Doug Grabowski was named most improved wrestler. The team placed first in the Roanoke Valley District in regular season. Henry's Eric Franklin lies devastated at his feet. Wen went on to place first in the Roanoke Valley District in his weight class. Flying high Hig jumping in triumph, Wen Jones savors a hard- won victory as Patrick one-on-one for the record Crushing In an effort to pin Yancey Cobb of Patrick Henry, Ken Grinspun puts the pressure on as he goes chest-to-chest and grits his teeth i i I s Ir ., ' a r.- I l - i J Art Coumoyer

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For a team whose coaches stressed the importance of defense, the Lady Knights were uiok to be defensive David Dantzler Shh! The crowd settles and becomes still. She steps up to take the shot. She eyes the goal with great concentration as all eyes are upon her. She shoots the ball, it goes in, and the crowd goes wild. The cheering was not the reaction to a crucial game-winning free-throw but to all the ones shot by the Knights at home. All season long the team was rooted on by such enthusiastic and attentive fans. The Knights only had two seniors, but stormed out of the gate at the beginning of the season to win eleven games in a row. The streak ended when they lost to Northside, the only team to defeat the Knights in the regular season, uOne reason the team did so well is that they worked so hard in the off-season. They came in with a good frame of mind and were ready to work, said Coach David Layman. Proof that the Knights were ready came as they outscored their opponents 655-418 in the first eleven games. itOur defense was the key to our winning. It kept the other team from scoring so much on us, and it took over when we found our- selves shooting poorly, said Amy Boteler. As a result of a powerful defense the Knights Kw SCORE An additional honor 3:2 935:2: 5 1::Ii d . . Q! ' g2 32 ngrtlstlggs: For most senior ttlt surprised me when Drew came to '3 i . I 2333 FPulisihi 80. football players the when I first got the the high school to 46-30 'a'hefl'tage' last game was a great letter saying I was work-out in the eighth 9:22; G wPatrick Henry way to end a chosen, he said. til grade. uI felt that I 49.36 QO'QeWifff:I:I?lg';lEEJ disappointing season. did not think I would could improve my 2:33 Norghiide But for Drew Oakes, get another chance to size and strength at 67-54 Frankli:g: this exciting play high school the time I started :33: . . Salem conclusion was the ball, he added. coming, he said. 60-47 w'lhapmulgiTEE next to last. AIl-star Since Drew played 2332 P Narthside coaches from around center for the Knights, 60-42 agl'jasuegg the state picked Drew weight lifting and K n1 ht m, ht 47-55 Season m d. 18 3 Salem to compete in the body-buiiding played Gettingready gsr the next lift k 0' . i J annual allsstar game a big part in his 31;:ngth aDerfu 53:33:92: 66 e Girls Basketball Our opponents w o u 1d h a v e rather beaten us than anyone on their schedule. C o a c h D a v i d Layman Smooth sailing Amy GarIow 5 jump shot soars to the goal for two Amy saw action in every game this year The Knights demolished George Wash- ington 76- 43 held in Lynchburg. David Dantzler compiled impressive statistics. They averaged over ten steals a game and were led by Amy Bote- Ier with 52 for the year. Andrea Lucas provided a powerful inside game as she racked up 37 blocked shots. During the season, the Knights offense was not as heralded as their defense; With the help of their defensive game, the Knights found themselves a dominant force. iiThe scoring seemed to come easy to us. We had to work harder on defense? said Kristie Jones. The activities that the team did together helped produce a successful season. During the season, the team had goodies before the big games. Before a game against Northside, the team had breakfast at Shoneyis, and some members of the team ate at Hardeeis after games. The team also had dinner at Andrea Lucas s house The Knights were coached by Mr. David Lay- man and Ms. Linda Long. itCoach Layman and Coach Long motivated us all year long. They really understood and helped us in our game? said Kristie Jones. selection. It started each day after school.