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

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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

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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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y .1 5.i,l,i4, . . . My rf- South's top diver Richard Haarstad won the diving competition in the EDC meet. Butterfly specialist Gage Burdick, junior, is also a member ofthe medley relay team. eighty-eight Bachmeier Leads Teamp Takes State In 500 Yard ' 'The team showed great ef- fort atfstate, .even though we stabbed our toes a few times 0 . . 1wef.stiti finished in the top 0 .fo ur,s'f'1eXplained Tom Manley fseasvn- 5aeh.rneier.wasYSouth's . top ' . firstsduring the 0 the 200 yard and s ' the580 yard freestyles. At state Bachmeier set two team records. He broke the 500 freestyle by seven seconds, the new time was 5:02.71. In this race he took South's only first. His other record was in the 200 yard freestyle, which he placed third. Bachmeier was a senior. South placed second to North with 272.5 points at EDC. The boys took five firsts. Bach- meir took two. Senior Dan Kenward took a first in the 1090 yard freestyle. Senior Richard Haarstad won the div- . .ing..S2ophomore john Miiler, jo nior iBete .Benson and sen- 50.15 ilisditafdiand Basfltmeief 0f.fhs 400 T oo r t ii F so 'jllff team The Y ' fi lsrsslli their seasoiifyyitthnine wins and se-0 oven losses. Tom Manley's team Hwiiiflose six seniors, three of them placed high at EDC. This year's assistant coach was jerry Quenette. jerry has-been assistant coach for two years. junior Pete Benson is Coach Manley's backstroke leader. Below: Senior Tom Bachmeier has the 500 yard free record.