Fargo South High School - Bruin Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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lVers See 3-4-1 Recordp Good Season B Fres h m en ,lnexperience hurt the Junior varsity wrestlirigiteam as thelyffll struggled to a 3-4-1 record under Coach Lynn Forde. The Bruins started the season off welt with back to back dual? Qgfgiggtnries Red Riveii 3440-21 and 42-254 respectiveiyg C The team hita mid-season . slump with tour consecutive .gfkzrsses at the of Moor-gf if5555?ih9ad, G,F. James-if and West Fargo. The remaining matches saw the Bruins tie Valley City 30-30 and defeat crosstown rival . fargo North,f54-3. lnconsis-,gg plagued tiiewrestlers deals, but they were a model of consistency at ali tournaments, never placing wnrse than sixth , J.,Qr,lh'igher thanggthird. The top, , being ffl? JV lhafifational. Keyff 9 wrestlers for the Bruins were Brian Orman, 15-55 Dennis Seeb, 17-37 and Dennis Loth- , speich, 11-1.,U nder the di- rection of Coaclfigejtohn Kelleygff the freshmen got off to a fast, start and never looked back. The freshmen started with nine straight wins on the way to a 10-1 record and a first place finish in All City'Tournament The Bruins had six individual All City champions and one runnerup in what Coach Kelley termed as a strong per- formance by theentire team. tc- r J eighty-six 1977-78 JV wrestling members are, Row 1: J. Upton, K. Paulson, R. Cilbraith, W. Edinger, T. Anderson, C. Harrison, D. Brunette. Row 2: B. Orman, T. Zimmerman, G. Radtke, J. Allen, R. Narveson, J. Wadeson, J. Dabill, B. Wetlzin and Coach L. Forde. Junior Mark Zimmerman attempts to pin his Jamestown opponent in JV competition. Zimmerman continued to put pressure on the Bluejay until the pin was completed.

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77-78 varsity wrestling team members are Row 1: K. Westby, M. Payne, D. Seeb, S. Savageau, D. Fellbaum, M. Zimmerman. Row 2: T. jones, C. Stensgard, M. Lordeman, Coach jerry Larson, D. Lothspeich, K. Condon and B. Peterson. Not pictured W. King. junior 126-pounder Dean Fellbaum slips in a tight half in an effort to pin his opponent, which he succeeded in doing. This was FeIlbaum's first year on the varsity team. Wrestlers Capture EDC, jerry Larson's Reign Ends What started out to be a spectacular season ended in a disappointing finish for the Bruin varsity wrestling team Capturing EDC and posting a 10-3 won-loss record, the Bruins suffered a letdown at both region and state. Senior standout Tim jones led South with a 28-4 record 1 and second place finish at state. jones was selected MVP by his teammates at the end of the seasonfduring a memorable athletic banquet. It was at the annual banquet that Coach jerry Larson, a veteran of 11 years, announced hisfiretire- ment. His reason was that he wanted to devote more time to a -family farm. Larsonf s accom-1, ,.i. plishments here at South in- cluded a 100-34-2 coaching re- cord and 17 tourneys won. Also at the banquet, seniors Curt Stensgard and Mike Lordeman received the Gary Stensgard Teammaker Award. Stensgard was 23-6 for the year while Lordeman posted a 24-6 record. Sophomore War- ren King was named most im- proved. Even though we had a letdown at the region and state meet, we had a very special season. We won in con- ference and had a 10-3 won-loss record, commented Coach Larson on the Bruin varsity's up and down 1977-78 wrestling season. eighty-five

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All City champions freshman wrestlers are Row 1: T. Knoll, R. Sklebar, B. Kittelson, T. 1V Coach Lynn Forde shows a burst of anger Kester, D. Webber, J. Knoll, B. Boss. Row 2: Coach J. Kelley, C. Scott, S. Williams, F. while three of his wrestlers react differently. Villanueva, T. Boss, C. Larson, R. Schneider, R. Schmitz, Coach D. Henderson. Sophomore Cary Radtke, a 119 pounder, slips in his leg and goes Blue jay opponent, Many of the JV squad members gained exper- for the guillotine hold in an attempt to bring down his lamestown ience on the varsity level when they subbed for injured wrestlers. eighty-seven