Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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A - Hicksville's State representative, sophomore na Ballinger, attempts to turn his opponent over. Senior Rob Wyatt squeezes harder to put his man ay. C - Dennis Camp, senior at 155, listens for p from the bench. D - First year man Paul Over- er grapples at heavyweight. E - The referee nds by as Jim Brown works his opponent over. Ven to District, One to Sta te In the sectional tournament the Aces fortunately received a good draw enabling them to wrestle mostly unseeded opponents at first. Dana Ballinger, Jim Brown, Rob Wyatt, Mike Zimmerman, and Dennis Camp all advanced to the semi-finals. Rob and Dana then advanced to the finals where Wyatt won the cham- pionship and Ballinger took second. After losing in the semis, seniors Brown, Zim- i ' K - KXXX 'Li merman, and Camp all wrestled back through the consolations as Brown and Camp took 3rds and Zimmerman a 4th. Juniors Shull and Overmyer were carried through to the consis, thus they both cop- ped 4th places, qualifying them also for districts. At districts the Aces ran into some hard luck and some tough opponents as only .1 -:::'-f tvz ...gg Z- Wyatt and Ballinger were able to win first round matches. Ballinger kept winning however, and advanced to the finals where he defeated two-time state partic- ipant Tommy Quyer from Fremont St. Joe. At state Ballinger lost his first match. The Aces throughout the year did a fine job considering their handicaps. Wrestling 'I

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Log Hicksville 50 Hilltop 23 Hicksville 29 Edgerton 46 Hicksville 36 Defiance lV 28 Hicksville 31 Lincolnview 33 Hicksville 45 North Central 15 Hicksville 30 Ayersville 35 Hicksville 15 Stryker 52 BBC 3rd of 6 teams GMC 3rd of 5 teams Sectionals 4th of 10 teams Districts 18th of 46 teams Record 14-11 The 1977 Hicksville High School wres- tling team in only its fourth year in exist- 'ence had perhaps its best year. The squad started four rookies with the lettermen and forfeited classes every match. They were led by Senior co-cap- rains Jim Brown and Mike Wright. Wright unfortunately was unable to make weight for any of the tournaments due to an ill- ness. Other seniors in their respective weight classes were Rob Wyatt 41265, Mike Zim- merman 41325, Dennis Camp 41555, Jim Gambrel 41675, and Steve Tonneas 41755. The rest of the team consisted of juniors Brad Shull 41455, Paul Overmyer 4Hwt.5 ans sophomores Dana Ballinger 41125 and Mark Zimmerman 41385. In the Buckeye Border tournament Bal- linger placed lst and was awarded most outstanding wrestler. Other place finish- ers were Brown, Camp, and Overmyer 2nds'g Mike Zimmerman, Wyatt and Shull 3rds'g Mark Zimmerman and Ton- neas 4ths' . At the GMC the grapplers couldn't defend their title as Edgerton took lst, Fairview 2nd, and Hicksville 3rd. Bal- linger again took first along with Ton- neas. Brown, Camp, and Wyatt all placed 2nd, while Shull took 3rd and Zimmerman, Gambrel, and Overmyer placed 4th . Wrestlers Ex erience Best Year Yet- Send P 1 Back Row - Cindy Repp, Beth Haines Coach Geor e Cherr , Dennis Cam lim Cambrel, Paul - 8 Y P' Steve Tonneas, Kolby Neidhardt. Stephanie Leonard. Second Row - Brad Shull. Mark Zimmerman McClish. Dana Ballinger. Mike Zimmerman. Mike Wright. Rob Wyatt. lim Brown. Front Row - Robin tert. Diane Burns, Dawn Emenhiser. 18 Wrestling 1425. 1 Q ,X ., A - Senior rookie Mike Zimmerman gives his opi ion of the officiating. B - Steve Tonneas, a senio attempts to hold down state runner-up Craig Fitzc arlcs of Edgerton. C - Senior 'Co-Captain Jim Brow clamps down on his opponent as the ref signals a pin

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IHS Roundballers EIGHTH GRADE LOG Hicksville 37 Antwerp Hicksville 16 Fairview Hicksville 25 Edgerton Hicksville 18 Crestview North Hicksville 31 Antwerp Hicksville 30 Paulding Hicksville 15 Tinora Hicksville 31 Wayne Trace Hicksville 28 Pettisville GMC Tournament Hicksville 29 Ayersville Record 2-8 SEVENTH GRADE LOG Hicksville 10 Antwerp Hicksville 12 Fairview Hicksville 19 Edgerton Hicksville 31 Crestview North Hicksville 16 Antwerp Hicksville 19 Paulding Hicksville 18 Tinora Record 1-6 ln his eighteenth year at HHS, Coach John Fast and his eighth grade basketball team had trouble all year putting it together as they ended the season with a 2-8 slate . Coach Fast brought up two seventh graders, Brad Kline and Mike Volkert, who ended the season as the leading scor- ers for the Junior High Varsity squad. Eighth graders Steve Caryer, Todd Shock, and Rob Quaintance rounded out the starting five. Aces Tony Akerman, 20 Jr. High Basketball Look to Future l ' uv wang ln QL? WIS ' ' 1 ' -.s JE: if We ,fx v y J . . .- 1. ,. -, 1 W x fx 1. 4 D x gc 5 , R 1155555 'irfzfs-'I -AY Q, A , ' 1 ' T, '-- -1 . '.-- kd i . .f-k U --v 'Q X . -1 , 4., 4 A-'12 r'-7' 7 EIGHTH GRADE: Wes Barker, Steve Bare, Bill Wheeler. Rob Quaintance, Todd Shock, Mike Vol- kert, Steve Davis, Brad Kline, Dave Richie, Dennis Vetter. Don DeMuth. Steve Caryer, Pat Von Kae- nel. Tony Akerman, lim Miglin. Kneeling - lim Fowler, Coach John Fast. SEVENTH GRADE: Front Row - Ron Bauer, Mark Thiel, Dave Miglin, Rod Hisson , Dean Lothamer, Todd Stairhime, Zac Art, Ted lgostetler. Back Row - Coach Dallas Thiel, Jason Tuttle, Bill Yochum, Bob Battershell, Alan Etehey. Frank Sinclair, Randy Steckley, Harold Brown. A - Ace Mike Volkert tries descperately to grab a rebound as Aces Brad Kline and To d Shock look on. B - Hicksville's eighth grade boys get ready for the opening tipoff . Steve Davis, and Dennis Vetter also saw quite a lot of action. The seventh grade, under Coach Dallas Thiel also had a hard time all year as they could muster only one win all sea- son. However, seventh graders Kline and Volkert along with help from Bill Yoc- hum, Jason Tuttle, and Mark Thiel will make for a more experienced eighth grade squad next year.