Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Scott Rosencranz cradles his oppon nt. he Last Year Coach Craig Place Retires As A 10 Year Coach At the end of the Wrestling season Coach Craig Place stepped down as the Head wrestling coach. He has coached Green Mountain Wrestling for the last ten years. His coaching helped many wrestlers reach state. He did a wonderful job for the Rams. His skill as a coach was witnessed at the Lakewood match. The dual against the Lakewood Ti- gers was indeed a great night for all three Green Mountain teams. Eric Kolstad placed at Varsity Districts. Eric had placed fourth which was one spot down from being a state qualifier. The junior Varsity team also had an exceptional time at Districts. Green Mountain sent eighteen people to Dis- tricts, having ten of the eighteen people placing. The team leaders were Tom Swartwood, Todd Scott, and Doug Threldkeld who took either first or sec- ond. Todd Scott who took first did say, I have taken first in Districts the last two years and it feels great. As Coach Place quit Eric Kolstad has something to say, It's going to be strange next year not having him with us, because he made you want to work. me it Tom Swartwood breaks his VA opponent to the mat. , in f, f 4' 'f-' a ' f, C05 fy fm. f.:wa,x,am1,,Aa+vfw,af,. 4 WW all ff ft 82 Wrestling :SW 'C it aa' H ,... L ref an Y 4 -ia ,Ewa e r . . .Q Ron Contrerraz hold back his opponent Hom an escape.

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BASKET BALL Tales Of Teams Freshmen The freshmen got their first taste of the Green Mountain Basketball program. The program stressed the importance of playing as a team. With raw material in the form of freshmen, the team was molded. As with any new team the coaches and the players had no idea how they would do throughout the season. Skill was in abundance and the team lost some key players to the sophomore and varsity teams. Overall we did really good and worked as a team, said Mike Chaffee. The team finished with a record of 4-6. Sophomores The Sophomore boys basketball team excelled beyond expectations. Finishing in the top eight, they made county semi-finals, Pat Skillern felt, The reason we did so well was team work. Team work and the ability to move the ball was vital to the success of the fast break. The team's scoring was lead by Tommy Dean,jim Pierce, and Pat Skillern. Skillern attributed the loss of the semi-finals to a lack of effort at practice by the team. The season ended with the sophomores having a record of 14-4. Junior Varsity We had a tough year with a lot of ups and downs, said David Dingerink. The junior Varsity basketball team started off strong but fell off midseason. As bad as the season got we stuck together, said Will Dmytriw. The team had a strong lower class, with sophomores Chris Connely, Damon Storms, and Mike Hilger seeing action. JV finished the season with a record of 9-9, and a heart breaking last game. Even though we lost our last game by a final shot, it was the best game we played, said Dmytriw. 84 1 Basketball Coach Mages builds confidence and applies strategy du mg a time our