Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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Heights Matmen Place 8th in Fridleg Tourneg Nearly succeeding in pinning his opponent, Jack Solem receives two points. Doug Krugerud and his opponent appear to be equally matched as each struggles to force the other to the mat for a take-down. Wriggling tree trom a treacherous leg hold, Eddie Pollock prepares to tlip his l l 2 pound op- ponent trom Coon Rapids for a take down and two points. SCORES TEAM WE THEY North St. Paul l3 30 Coon Rapids l4 25 South St. Paul 13 29 Irondale 44 6 Ramsey 7 3l Anoka l6 28 Stillwater l8 30 White Bear 28 l4 Hastings l9 24 Mounds View 2l l7 Sibley 34 l4 Kellogg 2l 20 STANDINGS WON LOST Alexander Ramsey ll l Coon Rapids lO 2 South St. Paul 8 4 Anoka 8 4 Kellogg 7 5 Mounds View 7 5 Stillwater 6 6 North St. Paul 6 6 Columbia Heights 5 7 White Bear Lake 5 7 Hastings 4 8 Sibley l l l Irondale O l2

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sf ,sry Following through with a pinning combination, l45 pound Dan Thul struggles to hold his Coach Gause mentally approves as a Heights White Bear Lake adversary to the mat in a helpless position. Straining to gain controlling position, Lenny Oswald tenses his muscles as he makes the first move. grappler reverses to gain two points. Duncan. Oswald. Spano and Solem Advance in Region 4 Finishing with a record of tive wins and seven losses, the varsity wrestling team had a disappointing season. However, the year ended on a bright note when Heights tied for sixth in District i4 com- petition. Junior Jack Solem received honorable mention on the All Confer- ence wrestling squad. Throughout the season, the team was hampered by injuries and tough breaks. Coach Jack Gause stated, The guys did not do as well as expected, but they worked hard during the season and pos- sessed a fine attitude. Several ot the wrestlers agreed that the Moundsview and Kellogg meets were the most exciting because their outcomes were not decided until the last minutes ot the tinal match. Heights de- feated Moundsview 2l-17 and topped Kellogg 21-20.

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.ff w. J With a rib crushing yank, sophomore heavyweight Steve Linder tries to prevent a White Bear Lake grappler from scoring two points by escaping his grip. Resting their aching backs, B-squad coaches Lundin and Erickson relax as they watch wres- tlers vying for positions on the varsity squad. B-SQUAD: FRONT ROW: Al Skalicky, Rod Marquette, Tom McShane, Larry Wood, Ron Mike Thies, Cooper Wiggen, Pollock, Rick Downey. BACK ROW: Dave Warfield - mgr., Phil Lundin, Jim Collins, X w . ns., . - figs-ig, M F J A ' 5.1, js' K ' i A ' - 5 ' 1 I lie .c.ii A f f ,.,f ' A T- j ,ga Successful Season Due to Team Work Consistency and strength added up to what Coach Lundin called a fine B- squad team. Lundin cited the teams strength in middle and lower weights as the most important factor in a fairly suc- cessful season, which ended with a rec- ord of 7-5. One of the highlights of the season was the Fridley Invitational. ln this tour- nament, the grapplers captured second place with Dan Pierro placing first in the T65 pound class and Steve Miller taking first in the T T 2 pound class. Pierro repre- sented CHHS in district competition. I SCORES TEAM WE THEY Coon Rapids 25 T7 South St. Paul 22 T8 lrondale 53 5 Ramsey 27 22 Anoka QT 20 Stillwater 22 T5 Hastings 37 7 Moundsview T5 32 Sibley 26 23 Kellogg 46 6 Steve Grineski, Steve Linder. 19, if . ... ig ,.- . Q-Q, -f - s . f' ti Ti,