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

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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

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O6 West places 10 swimmers on combined Joliet team T As in previous years, there were not enough participants to have a swimming team at each of the three joliet Township High School campuses. This, however, did not discourage those students who were willing enough to fumish their own transportation to and from the YMCA each day before and after school. VVest had ten swimmers on the team this year. joliet teams did well at most of their meets. They took second place in the confer- ence competition and third in the district. In the district meet, records were broken by Steve Morimoto in the 200 yard individual medley and Tom Markwalter in the 100 yard backstroke. Steve also tied another meet record. Andy Wood placed third in the 200 yard freestyle. Each of these swimmers went to state finals. 1 Seniors Andy Wood, Reid Langerman, and Ernie Kreutzer prepare for the start of a practice race. All three have been swimmers since their freshman vear. Sports 1 , i Q , X L Freshmen swimmers Bruce Markwalter, Harvey Seybold, Dan Keith, and john Cassels dive into the pool during their afternoon practice at the YMCA. Steve Morimoto and Tom Markwalter practiced their back stroke. Steve and Tom both went on to the state competition