Fairmont East High School - Falcon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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qi ii Wiz 'X 0' A sa. IQ73 WRESTLING RECORD Easl 54 Chaminade Eas+ 33 Xenia Easl 37 Norlhridge Easl 35 Slebbins Easl 33 Beayercreelc Easl ZI Cenlerville Easl' 327 Fairmonl Wesl Won 6 Losl I UD Holiday Tournamenf Fairmonl Easf lnvilafional Norlhmonl lnvilalional WOL Above Leffz A+ an Easf home meet Scoll Lucas, l55 lb.c1ass, sefs up his swifch againsl his Beavers creek rival. Middle Le'F'r: Tops in his IZ6 lb. class, Roy Leonard slands among his compefifors as he is recognized as The champion al fhe UD Holiday Tournamenl. Top Righlz Al fhe Easf lnvifalional, lsl place winner, I I9 lb. Gary Wise, uses an arm- bar series on his Belmonl opponenl. Lower Righfz Placing lirsl af lhe Easl lnyilalional, I38 lb. Mark Sfeinbarger shows his sfyle by pulling a swilch on his Aller opponent

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Grcipplers besT record every deTeoT oT Becivers o TirsT FairmonT EasT's Falcon grapplers compIeTed Their besT season in The his- Tory oT FairmonT EasT High School. Coach Larry lvIcVey's grapplers com- piled The dual meeT record oT six wins and one loss, losing only To The CenTer- ville Elks. The win over Beavercreek would probably be voTed The biggesT dual meeT oT The season. IT is The TirsT Time in The Ten years oT FairmonT EasT his- Tory ThaT The Falcons have deTeaTed The Beavers. The Falcons won by a score oT 33 To 20. Being champions aT Two inviTaTionals is also a TirsT in FairmonT EasT grappler hisTory. They won IsT aT The NorThmonT InviTaTional, where They placed 3rd lasT season and IsT aT EasT's invirarional, where They placed second IasT season. Placing TiTTh in The WOL champion- ship, They had Two TirsT place winners: in The II9 Ib. class, senior Gary Wise, and in The I26 lb. class, senior Roy Leo- nard. Chris ATkinson oT The l75 Ib. class and heavy weighT Russ CompTon boTh placed Third. Junior Tim Denlinger placed TourTh in The WOL champion- ship. The reserves' record sTood aT Two wins, Two losses and Two Ties. The reserves placed TourTh in The CenTer- ville Reserve TournarnenT, where eighT Teams parTicipaTed. Three reserves - sophomores Tom Sullivan, Dana WooIT, and EIlioT Car- penTer - had good seasons. Tom Sulli- van and Dana WooIT were champions in The CenTervilIe Reserve TournamenT, while EllioT CarpenTer placed second. WRESTLING TEAM: FronT Row: Coach Larry lvIcVey, ScoTT Lucas, STeve Burch, Larry CurTis, STeve Myers, Charlie Brown, Roy Leonard, Tim Denlinger, STeve lvlalesko, Mark STeinbarger. Row 2: Coach McKnighT. Don RooT, Tim OrTman, Gary Wise, Jim GaTes, Jim KriTzer, Russ CompTon, Shawn PobsT, Ray Jarvis. Row 3: Mark Lucas, Dana WooITe, John Laughrey, Dave I-Ierzog, KurT Needles, ElIioT CarpenTer, Tom Sullivan, KeiTh Leach, Don Farren, Dan WhiTT. Back Row: Jirn Shipley. Dave Schum, Jerry Click. Jim Geiger, Karl George, JeTT Brown, Greg Kochendorfer, Mike Gillum, Dave ArneTT, STeve Scarpelli.

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Leonard, Wise ouTsTanding grapplers of wresTIing Team Being a FairmonT EasT wresTler means Tough physical workouTs several days aTTer school each week, WhaT makes wresTling a personal challenge is The challenge To make weighT. Each wres- Tler musT weigh in beTore each meeT. His weighT musT noT exceed ThaT oT his weighT class or he will be auTomaTically disqualiTied. The Two senior co-capTains, Roy Leo- nard and Gary Wise, had The besT records on The Team This year. As co- capTains, Gary Wise and Roy Leonard led The Team in all pre-meeT exercises, Took The responsibiliTy Tor The acTions oT Their TeammaTes aT all meeTs and Tour- namenTs, encouraged and led pep Talks and presenTed problems oT The Team members To The coach. Roy Leonard. who leTTered his sopho- more year, wresTled in The IZ6 lb. class. Roy was The only EasT grappler To win a class aT The UniversiTy oT DayTon l loli- day TournamenT, Taking TirsT in The T26 lb. class. Roy also placed TirsT aT The NorThmonT lnviTaTional, and made The second Team oT The Miami Valley Wres- Tling AssociaTion. Roy was also one oT Two EasT wresTlers To place TirsT in The WOL7 Gary Wise was The oTher cham- pion. Gary Wise Took TirsTs aT boTh The NorThmonT and The EasT lnviTaTionals. Gary was also named To The second Team - Miami Valley WresTling Asso- ciaTion. T-le had a season record oT I3 wins and I loss despiTe leg iniuries suT- Tered early in The season. AnoTher ouTsTanding member oT The Team This year, ouT Tor his TirsT year, was iunior Russ CompTon. Russ is The heavy weighT Tor The Falcon grapplers. He holds a record oT 23 wins and 5 losses, including I7 pins. Russ's TasTesT pin was in I5 seconds. ATTer Taking The championship in The T38 lb. class aT The NorThmonT lnviTa- Tional, Junior Mark STeinbarger was voTed The mosT valuable wresTler Tor The TournamenT. Mark was also The l38 lb. champion aT The EasT InyiTaTional.