Covina High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Varsity Wrestling We ' re Young, but 1. Sophomore Dan Nyeholt takes his opponent down. 2. Jim Trittin looks for an opening. 3. Kevin Freeman records a pin for the Colts. 4. 185 pounder Manse Sinkey controls his opponent. 5. Junior John Volzke wins one. 4 103

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Junior Varsity Wrestling Close, but Not Enough . . . Close, but not enough, is the perfect phrase to use in describing the junior- Varsity Wrestling season. Finishing with a 4-1 league record, the squad sported a perfect 4-0 record going into their last match. The loss came at the hands of the South Hills Huskies, and cost the league championship. The Colts were the underdogs in the match, but wrestled excellently, losing by a mere 10 points. The team also did well at the numerous tournaments they attended, placing at least five wrestlers in the top three positions at each tournament. A Colt wrestler flattens his adversary to the mat against the Workman Lobos. Heavyweight JV coach Mike Ariano. 1981 was Mike ' s first year with the Colts, after coaching one season at Sierra Vista High School. Mike worked on a volunteer basis for Covina, but claimed to enjoy it very much. 1. Another Lobo finds himself on his back. 2. Tim Olson. 3. Covina stat girls — Suzi Cannataro and Lori Drucker. 102

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Varsity Wrestling We ' ll Be Back In any other league, the 13 wrestlers that made up the 1981 Covina Colt Varsity wrestling team would have fin- ished first. However, in the Valle Vista League, known for the toughest competition in the San Gabriel Valley, Covina placed third of the six competing teams. The Colts won two of their five league matches, a disap- pointing season to the 13 young men who worked and strived for more. With little exception, workouts averaged two hours a day. Injuries, unless serious, were ignored until the season ' s finish. The real anguish of the wrestling season is cutting weight. This involves the pains and problems of losing anywhere from six to ten pounds — overnight. Various techniques for this torture include: hard workouts in plastic sweats, saunas, steambaths, and the most common method, starvation. And what motivates 13 healthy young men to go to such odds? Surely a third place finish in league would not make an entire season of hard work worthwhile, so why? The reason for Covina ' s wrestlers was simple — because they ' ll be back, and the team to beat in ' 82. Head Varsity Coach Marc Haygood. Coach Haygood was very involved in CHS athletics during 1981. In addition to wrestling, he coached var- sity football, and also bad- minton. Junior Varsity Coach Scott Smith. 1981 was Coach Smith ' s first year at Covina, coaching football and wrestling. He gradu- ated from Cal State Fuller- ton with a B.S. in physical education. League Scores Nogales — 22-32 Workman — 59- 6 Northview — 32-34 La Puente — 43-26 South Hills — 11-43 Front: Don Nyeholt, Kevin Freeman, Adrian Salas, Brian Olson, Tim Riley. Sophomore Adrian Salas fights to keep his Workman Lobo opponent in control. Adrian wrestled well at the 140 pound division for CHS. 104