Gross High School - Heard The Latest Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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JV WRESTLING: Front Row: Dennis Munnelly, Tom Fenton, Tony Peska, Dave Giandinoto, Tom Monaghan, Frank Kment, Scott Fox, Danny Owens: Back Row: Jason Dosek, Mitch Flynn, Joe McNeil, Todd Klein, Rob Morris, Sean McGrath, Ed Cummins, Coach Paul Novotny. FRESHMAN WRESTLING: Front Row: John Stolinski, Todd Cloyd, Scott Smith, Scott Fox, Craig Nickelman, Brian Urban, Back Row: Coach Scott Thomas, Ed Cummins, Tom Schnitker, Phil Warner, Sean McGrath, Mitch Flynn, Dana Kraft, Tom Fenton. invincible undefeated team reaches goals The 4985 junior varsity wrestling team accomplished their goals this year with hard work and the coaching of Mr. Paul Novotny, Mr. Mike Butler and Mr. Scott Thomas , according to junior Dave Giandin- 111-J freshman 81 jv wrestling oto. The team's first goal was to end the season undefeated. The sec- ond goal was to finish first in the Bel- levue East and West tournaments. The undefeated team was lead ,pf . .,C,714i . iff - . A, by senior John Brown, juniors Mal Sutej and Dave Giandinoto an sophomore Danny Owens. Dave Giandinoto said, The ki on jv right now are the future the varsity team. The future loo bright. Ending the season with Q fifit place finish at the league tournc ment and a 3-3-4 record, thi team learned the basics abou wrestling and the competition brings. ' According to Coach Thomai the leading wrestlers for the fresh man team were freshmen Brian Ur ban, Craig Nickelman and Mitcl Flynn.

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ndefeaTed eTro champs break records MeTro champions and The Team Two sTaTe champs, The Gross var- y wresTIing Team had a busy sea- n This year making and breaking hool records. Coached by Mr. Mike BuTIer, The resTling Team ended The season iTh a record of eighT wins and no sses, meTro champs and ninTh in The sTaTe wresTling championships for Class A in Nebraska. Our goal was To finish in The Top four aT sTaTe, buT we finished ninTh, said sopho- more Phil FenTon. BuT we made up for iT by having Two sTaTe champi- ons, Taking meTro and Coach BuTler being named coach of The year. Eleven records were broken This l O 0 cu OUQ Cl o O D n Junior Tony DeGeorge Takes one sTep closer To The sTaTe championship afTer winning an- oTher maTch. Tony broke seven records This year, including The mosT wins and The leasT losses. His record was 35-4. year. Four of The new records were made by The Team. These honors include Takedowns, escapes, near falls and falls. Seven individual records were also broken This year by Two juniors. Danny lvlickells and Tony DeG-eorge boTh Tied The school record for The mosT Take downs. Tony DeGeorge broke The re- maining five individual records. They were The mosT escapes, 35: The leasT losses, 4: The mosT wins, 35: The mosT Team poinTs, 238.55 and The mosT falls, 24. Tony didn'T sTop aT The school re- cords. He and sophomore Phil Fen- Ton became The sTaTe champions for Their weighT classes. Tony was in The 445 lb. weighT class and Phil was in The 98 Ib. class. varsiTy wresTlingf 1413 O

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S ftxrhw.. LJ Y. A-fatal-erm, W wwf Pl, re K V1 Junior Tony Peska drives his opponent from Bellevue West to the mat. Tony finished the season with 'I3 wins and A losses. ,mkwwwnuum if Junior Varsity Tournament Finishes Bellevue East tst Bellevue West tst Freshman League Tournament 5th Taking advantage of his position, freshman Tom Fenton attempts a reversal on his foe from Logan. Tom had 'IA reversals this year. Freshman Ed Cummins fights to lock up a craddle to take the opposition to the mat. Ed Cummins had 44 near fall points for this sea- son. I g v Q V V 4 freshman 84 jv wrestlingft45