East Bay High School - Warrior Yearbook (Gibsonton, FL)

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OPPONENT Tampa Bay Tech lefferson lesuit Leto King Tampa Catholic Plant City Chamberlain Robinson Brandon Plant Hillsborough DATE Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec lan lan lan lan Ian Top left Dean Diehl kept control of his man. Middle left Nico DiCioia held his man tight to keep control Middle right jeff Canaday kept his man to the mat Bottom left jimmy Badgerow saw his chance for a crossface Bottom right Coach Lota and Coach Toudt discussed with Billy Carlisle how to keep control of the

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Superior Endeavors Experience and skill marked a suc- cessful year for East Bay's 1979-80 Wrestl- ing team. Having finished first in dis- tricts, first in regionals and eighth in state, they dis- played the qualities that were needed for future teams. Early in November, the 1980- 81 wrestling team ...my 'fi .s LW y Top right: Billy Carlisle pulled his man to the mat, Middle left: Ralph Davis never let his man get away, Middle right: leff Legg nailed his man. Upper bottom: Nico DiCioia made his man strain before the pin. Lower bottom: jeff Legg showed his easy going technique. 228!Sports: Wrestling began practicing for what was known as another year of success for East Bay. December marked their first match, which was a victory over Tampa Bay Tech. The 1980-81 team ended with nine victories, two losses and one tie. Districts were held on February 7th, in which again they placed first. Regionals were held on February 13th and 14th, in which the team placed third. State competition was held on February 20th and 21st at Palatka, Fla. The team placed ninth to last year's eighth place. With varsity wrestling taking a top position in East Bay's out- standing sports, 1981 was another year of superior athletic en- deavors by the wrestling squad.

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The Winning Tradition East Bay's wrestling team kept the win- ning tradition alive this year as our team man-handled oppo- nents. The wrestling team fought hard and practiced many hours, and as a result, the team com- piled an 8-2-1 record. In post season tournaments, the team won the District 10 title and ualified twelve of flairteen Top right: Greg Williams shot down his opponent. Middle left: Coach Lota an- ticipated the win. Middle right: Ken Carlisle made another six points. Bottom left: jeff Canaday pushed his man to the mat Bottom right: Ken Carlisle man-handled his man. 230fSports: Varsity Wrestling team members for regional competi- tion. The team mem- bers attending regional competi- tion were: jimmy Badgerow, jeff Clark, Charlie Sumner, Nico DiGoia, Bill Carlisle, Vaden Hines, Dean Diehl, Greg Williams and Danny Olinger. At regionals, the team inished third and qualified the following team mem- l bers for state com- petition: Ken Carlisle lfirst placei, jeff Legg tsecond placel, an placing fourth in in- dividual weight classes were: Greg Williams, Charlie Sumner, john Mason and Dean Diehl. Finishing out the post season tournaments, the team placed ninth at state with jeff Legg placing second and Ken Carlisle placing third. 1980-81 wrestling team - the con- tinuation of a win- ning tradition.