Colusa High School - School Daze Yearbook (Colusa, IL)

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Varsit Wrestle Show Improveme p,,-- New iss- '- Raw Senior Ed Demhski has his hand raised in vici IV grappler. Randy Yaffe, tries to build up his base in the finals of the JV tournament. where he Varsity Wrestling ME Opponent 25 Maine South 22 Deerfield 15 Maine West 17 Niles East 23 Glenbrook South 21 Highland Park 46 Niles North 15 Glenbrook North 28 New Trier West 27 Niles West JV Wrestling ME Opponent 12 Hersey 15 Maine South 27 Deerfield 18 Maine West 29 Niles East 27 Waukegan 01 fWI,...L...AA1. Qnniln took first place. 3 Win in Varsity Wrestling: Bottom row: M. Styne, M. Silcroft, K. Schmidt, S. Sellergren, B. M. Fiorio. Second row: M. Karlins, B. Russell, M. Semmerling, E. Dembski, C. Livingston. Third row: T. Ujiiye, J. Obog, S. Eisenberg, G. Levin, R. Mack, K. Ujiiye, f R. Kailins, R. Johnson, M. McDoneld, manager, G. Terzian, trainer. Top row: G. Jurir C. Meinzer, L. Tomaszewski, M. Elatkin, D. Austin, J. McMahon, M. Gnatkowsky, D Yaffe

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Wrestlers Finish 9-1 .it 1 The frosh wrestling team took fourth place in the 1975 conference tournament and though . 2 , M ' 1 they finished with a disappointing 4-11 record, L Freshmen Wrestling: Bottom row: J. Capozzoli, J. Dahlgren, . the wrestlers did well individually. Five of the 1 freshmen wrestled on upper level teams. Accor- ding to Coach Geselter, this helped the sophomores to place second in conference. Other individual highlights included third places in the conference for Mark Sommer and Dave Pink, and conference championships for John Sedivy and Guy Boliaux, who was later named Most Valuable Wrestler at the March 17 awards banquet. J B Colby, T. Palchek, T. Imburgia, M. Warba, M. Buttliere, . Boliaux. Middle row: T. Gadomski, R. Uslander, J. Appel, G. Boliaux, B. Levinson, D. Aklinsky, J. Sedivy, S. Sedivy. Top row: B. Wallack, Student Coachg G. Dix, manager, D. Pink, M. Meltzer, L. Y Gerber, E. Mich, M. Sommer, M. Geselter, coach. Freshman Wrestling ME Opponent 19 Hersey 51 30 Maine South 40 45 Deerfield 18 21 Maine West 33 23 Niles East 32 33 Waukegan 21 50 Glenbrook South 14 25 New Trier West 33 14 La Grange 51 9 West Leyden 35 39 Niles West 18 Sophomore Sheldon Cohn works for the pin against a Niles West opponent. The Sophomore Wrestling Team finished the season 9-1 in the conference, losing only to Glenbrook North. The thirteen sophomores in the program constantly shifted levels of com- petition, with many of them wrestling on the JV and Varsity teams, thus allowing capable freshman to advance to the sophomore level. Stand-outs included MVP Brian Shields and captain-elect Doug Kaplan. Sophomore Wrestling ME Opponent 12 30 33 21 52 Deerfield 6 14 Hersey Maine South 49 Maine West 44 Niles East 8

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an 98-pounder, Mike Styne. gets ready to throw a takedown his opponent. In addition to improving over last yearls record, the varsity wrestling team gained ex- perience. According to Coach Jurinek, however, they are still making mistakes. Stand-outs for this year included: Captain and MVP Mike Semmerling, with a record of 22-8, Kurt Schmidt with a record of 21-9-1, and Mike Fiorio who placed fourth in the sectionals. Left: Mike Semmerling, Varsity captain, works hard for a turnover ir one of his matches. Above: Junior Mike Fiorio counters a takedown in the District Meet