Hempstead High School - Equine Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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LL- Take Down Disappointing Season by Lisa Chappell With nine members of last year's freshmen wres- tling team returning as sophomores, Coach Chuck Iuergens was expecting a good, steady 500070 season, and placement in the top half of the Mississippi Valley Conference, but the final season record closed with only two victories. lim Fransen U26 lbs.1 said, The season record really didn't show the capacity of the team, I think we could have done better throughout the season and we proved it at the Missis- sippi Valley Conference Tournament in Iowa City when one half of our team placed in the top five positions. Fransen said, Being beat by Wahlert was the worst because there was a lot of 11 Dave Lehr tries to maneuver his opponent into a pin. Photo by Karl Anderson. pressure on all of us, and pressure is one of the hardest things about wres- tling to deal with. But other team members had different views of the demands of wrestling and its drawbacks. Ioe Giunta, l132 lbs.1said, The hardest thing for me is to lose weight. It usually means spending time in the hot box and I hate that! Yet even with the setbacks, wrestling is popular. The outlook for next year is very promising according to Greg Gottschalk, I98 lbs.l who expects a better than 500070 season. Giunta said, Next year's team is going to be young, but we have gotten a lot of valuable experience and I think we'll be hard to beat! Time will tell. 21 lohn Gremmel takes the advan- tage over his opponent. Photo by Karl Anderson. JKI ist' 0. lb O W Kneeling - Greg Gottschalk, Tim Esser, Tim Cate, Steve Pins, Doug Iudge, lim Fransen, Ed Clancy. Standing - Don Burrows, Dave Iohnson, Tom Coyle, Tim Matthews, Bob Scherf, lohn Gremmel, Ron Snyder, Ioe Guinta, lim Weis, Chris Cox. Not pictured: Tim Berry, Dave Lehr. 53

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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

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Stamina! First State Champ Ever by Tina Heires Finishing high in the MVC meet and qualifying girls for the state track meet were Coach Ken Beeghley's expectations for the 1982-83 girls track team. The team had many re- turning letterwomen and a number of talented under- classmen to add depth to the squad. The girls reached most of their goals, as they placed third in the MVC meet in Varsity, and second in 1.V., and qualified six girls for the state meet. Ienni Van Etten qualified in the shot- put and discus, Connie Kemp in the 3000 meter run, Stephanie Swehla, Kelly O'Neill, Mary Potts, and Kathy Hayward in the 4x100 m. relay, and Swehla in the 200 m dash. Some highlights of the season were a first place finish in the Loras Invita- tional, a second place finish at the Muscatine Invitation- al, a second place finish at the Hempstead Relays and a first place finish at the state meet by discus thrower Ienni Van Etten. Van Etten was the team's and school's first state track champion ever. Van Etten also received second place in the shot-put at state. The tri-captains for this year's track team were seniors, Ienni Van Etten, Mary Potts, and Shawn Dralle. 11 Iolene Neyen, '84, strides out the last leg of her race. Photo by Karl Anderson 31 Ienni Van Etten, '83, warms up before the Hempstead Relays. Photo by Rich Curiel. 21 1982-83 Girls track team 1st row: folene NGYGH, Ienni Van Etten, Mary Potts, Shawn Dralle, Denise Kapparos, Tracy Kramer, Ke ly O'Neil, Connie Kemp, Kim Schi dgeng 2nd row: Ienny Oberman, Rhonda Scholbrock, Paula Stotlar, Stacey Rhomberg, Debbie Lemm, Iill Healy, Tina Hoa , Patty Weland, Kelly Carlson, Sue Sheppley: 3rd row: Rose Clancy, Tanya Rhomberg, lean Lange, Karen Brayton, Sheila Stevenson, Iudy Droullard, Tina Heires, Iudy Heires, Beth Schumacher, Robyn Hess, Terry Urbaing 4th row: Mary Sarah Gordon, Carrie Siefert, Ian Styve, Kim Miller, Kim Datisman, Iulie McGrath, Lynn McGrath, Melissa Claussen, DeLisa Debolt, Kathy Hayward, Tracey Schildgen, Stephanie Swehla, Cinda Tucker.