Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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Varsity wrestling coach Ray Klootwyk tenses and anticipates as he watches one of his boys' contests llis attentiveuess proves to he helpful to the team. Dave Wright tried to drag his man from Bremen to the mat to aid the cause of the team. He succeeded. and he and his teammates had a 41-3 victory. As he takes down his man, Randy Eberhard's facial expression is very descriptive of the muscular strain that is necessary in wrestling. Varisty Tiger wrestlers win I-8 championship Joliet NVest's varsity wrestling team had itself a very eventful year during the 1969 sea- son, lt not only took first place in the lllini-8 conference championships. hut also won first place in the Rich Rocket Tournament and the Lockport District Tournament and took second in the Quad City meet. West sent Bon Brown, jarrett Hubbard, and Dave Wright to state finals. Of the three, Dave finished third in the 180 pound division. SCORES VVest Opponent 36 Alonzo Stagg 5 23 Oswego 26 53 Kankakee Eastridge 5 54 Kankakee Westview 0 24 Argo 24 44 Fractional South 0 38 Morris 6 39 Ioliet Catholic 10 27 Lockport Central 17 32 Fractional North 11 44 Lockport West 6 41 Bremen 3 25 Rich East 14 29 East Aurora 15 33 joliet Central 8 36 Joliet East 6 1 Tom McKeon, who had a 23-3-3 record, made pinning a man look easy when he upset this opponent. Sports 103

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102 Lifting I54 pounds of a helpless opponent from Breinen High School seemed to he no problem for thc museulzn' john Kappas. From starting position, to reversal, to near-pin. to vietory, 112 pounder Ron Brown showed his form in this match against his Bremen opponent Sports if 58v ' Rich Prihode attempted to role his man onto his hack and make the pin. Although this was Rich's first year, he had an 8-8 record. jurrett Hubbard dropped to his knees to make the take-down on his opponent, jarrett was one of three Westmen to go to state finuls. Ron has always been a great threat to the opposition and a supplier of Tiger power. Ron was third in the shite last year.

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104 Sophomore matmen take first in conference play Tiger cub wrestlers showed their desire to he a championship team during the 1969 season, They took the 1-8 championship and ended the season with a 12-1-1 record. Freshmen rnatmen had a less productive season hut nevertheless improved through ex- perience. Freshmen had an overall record of 3-8-1. SCORES Sophomores Freshmen XVest NVest 27 21 ...A X lonzo Stagg . . , , . 28 22 19 13 . . . Oswego .,.... . . 41 8 27 15 .,,. -Xrgo .....,.,... 26 21 43 9 . . . Fractional South . . . 25 31 34 13 . . . Nlorris ..,.,. , , 15 37 47 5 ...Q I oliet Catholic -.... 28 21 22 22 . , .Lockport Central . . . 38 18 pp 37 15 . . . Fractional North . . , 22 30 , 1 42 10 . , . 1,oc14port XVest ..., 36 20 34 18 . . . Bremen .,,...... 28 22 23 18 . . . Rich East . . . , . 41 13 31 16 I ' ' Raft Alfmra Clurv Woollioids opponent succeeded in sliding off the mat in the sophomore mee ' ' ' 'rlollet Eelitral 26 26 against Loclvport Xiest. Clary had a line 11-2-3 overall record, 2. . . . o ie as 1 reshinun Torn Pierce succeeded in this attempt to apply ii leg ride to in eleven matches and non seven of them. He was one of many freshman luring lns man to the mat lor the l'lI1Lll pin. '1'orn, a 138 pounder, urestled urestlers eveing key positions in the sophomore squad next year. Sports