Franklin Pierce High School - Micopacen Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Places 4th In Pu et Sound League WRESTLING-FRONT ROW: L. Wood, R. Tobosa, T. Beckstead, R. Reding, T. Bertucci, B. Blessing, C. Simon, P. Sallee, D. Cornelius, J. Simon. ROW 2: F. Eshpeter, S. Becklund, M. Burrell, K. Stevenson, R. Anderson, G. Stevenson, B. Fisch, J. Seldon, J. Gallagher, M. Morris, The Season FP 12-32 Curtis FP 14-25 Lakes FP 33-15 Auburn FP 23-19 Highline FP 26-19 Mt. Rainier FP 12-32 Puyallup FP 28-13 Renton FP 39-12 Glacier FP 40-7 Enumclaw FP 20-20 Kent FP 30-13 Tyee FP 20-22 Clover Park D. Steingoff, S. McLaren. BACK ROW: Mr. Hergert, J. Tobosa, C. Wood, R. Thompson, E. Marshall, J. Kostelecky, D. Anderson, S. Smith, L. Smithingell, J. Spruell, T. Denton, D. Harrison, G. Steinhoff, Mr. Larson. Other wrestlers look on and wait for their matches as Rick Fisch attempts a take-down on his opponent.

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F P Wrestlin Team HE wrestling team sported a seven wins, four loss- es, and one tie season record and placed 4th in the Puget Sound League. The team met each of the 12 PSL teams once, and had a non-league match with Curtis. The team sent seven wrestlers to the sub-district tour- nament, Rick Fisch, Cary Simon, Terry Beckstead, Gary Stevenson, Bob Blessing, Mel Burrell and Terry Bertucci. Three of these placed in the district tournament and were able to go to the state tournament. They were Cary Stev- enson, 2nd place in the 168 lb. class, Rick Fisch, 4th place in the 157 lb. classg and Gary Simon, 5th place in the 136 lb. class. The 14 wrestlers who lettered were Rick Fisch, Terry Bertucci, Ken Stevenson, Gary Stevenson, lVlel Burrell, Terry Beckstead, Rich Anderson, Pete Sallee, Bob Bless- ing, John Seldon, Gary Simon, Rick Reding, Dan Stein- hoff, and John Tobosa. WRESTLINC TEAM FRONT ROW T Beckstead. R. Reding, T. Bertucci, B. Blessing, C. Simon, P. Sallee BACK ROW 'VI Burrell K Stevenson B Anderson. G. Stevenson, R. Fisch, ,I. Selden. l

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Pitcher Terry johnson and catcher Mel Burrell go over pitching signals. 6 Returnin ITH six returning letter- men, Mr. Bud Galusha, head baseball coach, hoped to im- prove on last season's record of 12 wins and 4 losses and a sec- ond place Southern Division fin- ish. The second place finish and the season's record were the best the Cards had ever done. The team's batting average was a re- markable .280, with Rick Wel- fringer leading the team with an average of .380 and Mel Burrell and Jerry Yurochak sharing home run honors with two apiece. The six returning lettermen this season were Terry Johnson, pitcherg Mel Burrell, catcher: Tom Yotty, 3rd base: .lohn Yurov- chak, shortstopg Dick Taylor, 2nd baseg and Gary Hammer, outfield. Coach Bud Galuslia and assistant Robert' Ross.