Chugiak High School - Babiche Yearbook (Chugiak, AK)

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BACK ROW: Head Coach Bill Watkins. Assistant Coach Gary Steeby, Ken Demers. Henry Miles, Mark Lemery, Rob- ert Steed, Tom Huffer, Assistant Coach Mike Doody. FRONT ROW: Scott Kuer- sten, Wes Becker, Dale Donadio, Quinton Burrough, Mike Rush, Maurice Ballard, Sean Dolan. OPPOSITE PAGE: TOP LEFT: A careful- ly placed bar arm gives Scott Kuersten the edge. BOTTOM LEFT: Subduing his oppo- nent, Mark Lemery executes a well placed stack. TOP RIGHT: Proudly receiving his first place award, Robert Steed stands at attention. RIGHT: Raising his arm in vic- tory, Quinton Burrough accepts the ac- knowledgement from the referee. THIS PAGE: TOP LEFT: Grappling during practice, Robert Steed and Tom Huffer work on holds under the supervision of Coach Watkins. LSFr; Struggling to keep his opponent under control, Mike Rush goes for the pin. TOP RIGHT: Circulating through the practice wrestlers. Coach Steeby searches for potential problems. ABOVE: Testifying to the pain of hard practices, Mark Lemery pauses to catch his breath. 209

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' ' Class Athletes ' ' Pin Down Season The 1985 Chugiak Wrestling Team pinned down the season with a good win loss record. This was due to the closeness of the team members. Their intensity and posi- tive meptal attitude gave them more success than was expected. Those who made it through the season were dubbed by head coach Bill Watkins as Class Athletes . This was proven true by the most improved wrestlers- Mark Lemery and Maurice Ballard, and most outstanding- Tom Huffer. Robert Steed, Dale Donadio, and Sean Dolan. Coaches Bill Watkins, Gary Steeby, and Mike Doody agreed that If we could graph the results of the season, we were constantly on an upward peak. Seniors Tom Huffer, Robert Steed, and Dale Donadio agreed unani- mously that Though the team itself didn ' t take first, their individual accomplishments, through proving themselves champions, made this the best season they could have hoped for. One of the problems that hindered the team was that many of the wrestlers could not tough out the season. The lack of wrestlers made us suffer. It seems only the ' class athletes ' who have the mental toughness to put forth the effort that it requires to be a fine wrestler can survive our program, concluded Coach Watkins. CHUGIAK 25 won won won lost 38 15 31 20 won 30 24 48 44 30 29 45 lost VARSITY WRESTLING OPPONENT EARTLETT EAST DIMOND KENAI SERVICE WEST .. 1 NORTH POLE WEST VALLEY LATHROP PALMER EAST BARTLETT SOLDGT-NA ' fALMi! DIMOND KENAI

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JV Shows Spirit On Tlie Mats The 1984-85 Junior Varsity Wrestling Squad was burst- ing with enthusiasm, despite their lack of experience. The main goal of the season was to build a strong program for future years. The shortage of Junior Varsity Wrestlers caused a few problems. One of the problems was that the team could not participate at dual-meets without a complete squad. Con- sequently they were forced to forfeit many matches. Coach Bill Watkins commented, What we mainly stressed this season was the individual, our main concern was not the dual-meets. The squad learned that there were advantages to having fewer wrestlers. They re- ceived more specialized attention which helped to improve their weaker moves. Although the squad had not yet voted on most im- proved Coach Watkins felt sure that it would be Maurice Ballard and Don Yackley. Also holding the squad ' s best win record was Maurice Ballard. The squad was managed by Sylvia Hagelberg and Ro- chelle Cheely, and was trained by Laura Bayer. All three agreed, The team had a lot of spirit as well as untapped potential that will surely shine through. According to JV wrestler Paul Copeland, Our squad has come a long way, and Chugiak should be proud. Under the superb coaching of Bill Watkins, Mike Doody, and Gary Steeby the squad was transformed into a group of more experienced, energetic grapplers. The JV squad has improved in one season twice as much as the average squad would have, concluded Head Coach Bill Watkins. ABOVE: While flexing his muscles. Alan Demers pins his contender. TOP RIGHT: Trying to compress his opponent into a fetal position, Barry OrzaUi struggles under pressure. RIGHT: Doing their classic imitation of rams butting heads, Brian Chambers stares his competitor down. ■?«% 2 ' ;0 JV Wrestling