Hempstead High School - Equine Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

Page 55 text:

Captain Dennis Debolt, '83, puts 51 Mark Simon, '84, struggles to 61 Tom Duccini, '84, struggles to get man in position to get back gain control over his opponent for control on top. Photo by Karl ints. Photo by Karl Anderson. points. Photo by Karl Anderson. Anderson. X ,,jQw....... gg Varsity wrestling scores 1 1 Hempstead Hempstead Hempstead Hempstead Hempstead Hempstead Hempstead Iowa City West Davenport Central Wshlert Bettsndorf Beckman C.R. Washington Iowa City Ctty Hempstead West Dubuque Hempstead C.R. lefferson Hempstead C.R. Kennedy Hempstead Clinton Hempstead Senior 1 4 9 'L ' A A - 6 81 Walt Woolf, '83, forces a sit-out 91 Captain, Dale Brandel 83 fights to gain control on top. Photo by Ieff to get a takedown and gain control ' Becker. Photo by Ieff Becker. C, r,e 1. I .4 1 J

Page 54 text:

Stick 'Ern! Three To State by Rich Curiel Ir. Three seniors made state qualification this year and are as follows: Dennis Debolt, 185 lbs. Dale Bran- del, 145 lbs. and Kurt Horch, heavyweight. Debolt and Brandel were also district champions. Other district placers were Kurt Horch, 2nd place, Ieff Stahr, 3rd place, and Greg Gottschalk, 3rd place. The state qualifiers were all stopped in the first round of competition. Varsity coach Dan Dun- ham said, I wanted to have a 60'7n dual meet winning season, finish in the top three of all tournaments, finish in the upper three in the MVC, and have two or three individual state place winners. I thought our season was similar to what I expected. Dennis Debolt, Dale Brandel, Scott Wilm- ing, and Dean Esser lead the team as squad-captains in a 4-8 season. Dunham said that injuries played a big part in hindering their performance. Especially Brad Langan, two time letter winner, who couldn't participate this year. Debolt commented, We had a good season consider- ing that we had a lot of injuries and lost a key wrestler because of them. Dunham thought that the 23-30 loss to Wahlert was their best effort, because it was a tough meet and everyone tried to wrestle to their full potential. He also thought the team greatly improved during the course of the season with their wrestling techniques. Esser said, I thought the team gave a good effort once they decided we could beat people. Then we wrestled good against the better schools. . 'flirt-iv . . 3,5 ,Q e.,4,,,,M Q., gmt 1 F Nana' ' m :,,, ., . ' 21 Assistant coach Bill I-Iuerter gets in position to study the meet. Photo by Karl Anderson. 11 Varsity coach Dan Dunham contemplates on the strategy for the upcoming meet. Photo by Ieff Becker. 31 Back row - L. to R: Kurt Horch, Tony Taylor, Dennis Debolt, Ieff Stahr, Iohn Richards, Brian Cliff, Shawn Mathis, Ron Krug, Ieff Hefel, Duane Dean. Middle row: Scott Wilming, Steve Pins, Tom Duccini, Ioe Giunta, Ieff Becker, Dale Brandel, Mike Waldbill Bob Dury, Coach Dan Dunha Front row: Tim Cate, Tim Ess Greg Gottschalk, lay Church Dean Esser, Mark Simon, Ian Bahl, Mike Coyle.

Page 56 text:

Pin Gaining Experience by Lisa Chappell The 22 freshmen wres- tlers finished the season with a 1-6-1 record, but more importantly, Fresh- man Coach Dick Worm said, they had the opportun- ity to learn the necessary skills and get the needed experience to compete in the Mississippi Valley as sophomores. ' Worms' expectations of the season were to improve skills and just basically survive. Worm said, The inexperience of those who had never wrestled before really hurt us, but as the skill improved so did the scores. One wrestler, Kelly Davis 1108 lbs.l did more than survive with a personal 11 Kelly Davis, 108 lbs., tries to gain an escape for points. Photo by Ieff Becker. record of 17 wins and no losses. Worm said, Kelly has all the potential of becoming a great wrestler. His ambi- tion, drive, and personal motivation together with skill will definitely work in his favor. Worm feels Davis will be wrestling varsity next year because of his talent and weight. And wrestling tends to lose participants as they get older. If I could do one thing to improve this program, it would be to get more boys on the team. With the problems of weight control, knowledge, skill and strength it is hard to get kids interested these days, and that's a pity, Worm said. 21 Legs fly as lohn Guinta tries to pin his opponent. Photo by Karl Anderson. ,,,.unl!'i I 3 -in 'ef t 'N-vu 5 -' , 'WV X -L. l 'xf tr, Front - Mike Hammerand, Lee Hammer:-md, Ken Iones, Ioel Langan, Ron Fens, Kelly Davis, Brian Brandel. 52 Middle - Doug Bishop, Brian Sabers, Steve Grey, Brian Hefel, Chris Stahr, 'Wx ws,-sig, Dan jackson, Mike Harris, Kevin Shetler. Back - Ted Tammer, Clint Sharkey, Brian Phillips, Iohn Guinta, Ioel Moorman, Ken Gorton, Iay Gren- ore, Absent: Eric Blakeman. 1 1. 2 , 21. mf.- sf 4 3. Q-we f f.fs,e,.t A t.. . was g N3 kl ll F .wx siivwfz--Y so 1 X 1 S.-. sf . V. , ttf., ,. gs. fs .tw . t ,en 1 Invitational Dubuque Area Frpsh League, 'R