Connor High School - Archives Yearbook (Hebron, KY)

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The Perfect Match Y W resiling can be an entangling situation. says Coach Badida. With a win over Boone County 40-18. Con- ner wrestlers have pinned another match this year. This tri- umph was a very special one to Coach Wayne Badida. for it was his 100th win with the Cougar's wrestling team. Winning matches has not always come as easy as the one over Boone County. The main obstacle this year was the late start because of the Football State Championship. Some of the wrestlers and Coach Badida were disappointed the first half of the season with many injuries and a loss of experienced wres- tlers. but the second half of the season the team got organized. Coach Badida commented. We started looking like a team.” The first weekend dual was a trip to New Albany. Indiana where as Coach Badida stated. We got blown out.” It was a slow start losing to New Albany. Providence. Ind., and Wagner from Louisville, but the Cougars did capture a win over Union County. The wrestler’s next few dual matches were against Northern Ky. teams. The grapplers were excited with a win over Scott. Boone County, and Dixie, but were soon discouraged with a loss to Simon Kenton. This was the first loss to any Northern Ky. team in the area in 3 years. Each year Coach Badida sets goals for himself and the team. His goals included having as many wrestlers as possible to qualify for the Regionals, State, and State finals. This year the Cougars placed 4th in the District, qualifying 8 for Regionals. Daren Harris. Mike Cheslock. Troy Cole, and Malt Sholwell went to the State Wrestling Tournament at Atherton High School in Louisville where the wrestling team placed 7th. Daren Harris, placed 2nd in the heavy weight class at the State Wrestling Tournament while Troy Cole defeated his oppo- nent from Caldwell County in the 145-weight class finals and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. Also Matt Shotwell won the 167-pound weight class, defeating his oppo- nent from Franklin County. Both Matt and Troy brought home individual state wrestling titles. I. Jay Hargis gives his opponent the eye. 3. Jackie Thomas holding her trophy after being crowned Wrestling Gueen of the 1983-84 season. 3. Being pinned by one of his fellow teammates is Dion Cornett. 94 ■ Wrestling Sports

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Power Of Teamwork For basketball, as with many other sports, exper. ience is a key factor. Most of the Lady Cougars had been playing together for at lest two years. In fact, for some girls, this was their second or third year on the team, and it was the second year of coaching for Tim Shields. Determination and hard work were also important factors. Tim Shields, who Chris Haar said was a really good coach, made sure the girls worked hard. Their defeats only encouraged the girls to work harder. After three consecutive losses, they won against Holmes, a highly-rated team. 55-50. Their persistence made this possible. Nancy Grieve was as example of this deter- mination-, many of her teammates considered her the most aggresive on the team. No one person could claim credit for their wins, though. As Chris Karlosky said, It is very much a team sport.” Coach Sheilds also emphasized this fact quite strongly. He often told his team, not one person wins it. everybody wins it.” Although their season record was not extremely impressive, they were district runner-up; thus proving what the power of teamwork can do! I. During practice. Nancy Grieve improves her free throw shooting. 2. The girls receive a pep talk from their coaches before the game. Girl's Basketball Sports B93

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Kneeling: (L to R) Allen Thiessen. Darren Hensly. Rusty Wentworth. Eddy Bubbly. Pat Miller. Jeff Thomas. Mark Thiessen. Daniai Carlson. 1st row: Paul Carlson. Mike Chesloek, Matt Shotwell, Troy Cole. Brice Bay. Daren Harris. Jay Hargis. Donnie Wallace. David Carlson. Richie Parker. Mark Carlson. 2nd row: Rick Thiessen. Joey Jones. Eric Skidmore. Dion Cornett. Dwane Atwood. Tim Thiessen. Mike Timbercake. Scott Pennington, David Blair. Bobby Roland. 3rd row: John Badida. John Pelley. Keith Bingham. Gary Isaacs. Matt Noel. Jeff Brockman, Dave Oblinger. CSHS OPP. Union County 36 27 Waggener 24 45 Providence. Ind. 14 50 New Albany. Ind. 17 51 Scott 34 27 Boone County 48 12 Boyle County 33 33 Simon Kenton 21 41 Campbell County 33 29 Henry Clay 44 15 Fern Creek 21 38 Trinity 37 24 Dixie 57 4 Boone County 40 18 Oak Hills 15 46 Holmes 42 15 Tournament NKAC 4th CIWT 2nd DISTRICT 4th REGION 3rd KHSAA 7th Wrestling Sports B95 I. Troy Cole watches patiently at the results of the match. 2. Daren Harris is lumping off some extra pounds for the night's wrestling match.