Kellam High School - Challenger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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Kellam's wrestling team, coached by Kevin Michaels and Mike Benzel, got off to a good start this year by winning four of its first six matches. The Knights finished 4-5 overall, taking on powerhouses Kempsville, Cox, and RA. in the last three matches. The year was satisfying, but if not for some bad luck, could have been better. The team lost two of its top wrestlers near the end of the season. Pat Ricks became ineligi- ble at the end of the semester, and Joe Matyiko went down with a shoulder injury. The team still qualified seven wrestlers for the regionals, taking ninth out of thirty-one teams. Richard Ostrea, Eric Woodhouse, Scott Matyiko, Joe Matyiko, Cecil Hassell, Ro- if ,v. ger Grimes, and Dennis Cannon all went to regionals, with Eric Woodhouse and Scott Matyiko advancing to state. Se- nior wrestler Dennis Cannon took fifth in the region in only his first year of wrestling, missing state by one place. Junior Roger Grimes upset the area's number one wrestler, even though wrestling twenty-five pounds under his weight class. Eric Woodhouse won the city championship and took second in the region, He was ranked number one in Tidewater and finished 20-3 overall. The state tournament was a disappoint- ment, though, as neither Woodhouse nor Matyiko placed. Next year there should be no stopping the Knights, with ten returning starters and a good crop of sophomores moving up. Alf Practice makes perfect. lo?

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wqZg,,.,,Z,Wgg , I 422244. 5' Kellam's basketball team finished the season with a lO-8 overall record, the first winning season in the school's twenty year history. The squad, coached by Joey Caruthers, fell short of their main goal, however, which was to win the city championship. Ranked as the preseason favorite to take the title, Kellam found a thorn in its side. The Kempsville Chiefs beat the Knights four times this season, the final time knock- ing them out of the city tournament. Leading the squad of five seniors were All-Beach guard Roger Burnham and second team All-Beach Y uso' The frontline crashes the boards. Roland Foreman. Holding down the forward spots were Tim Christian and Robert Wadsworth, who played together with Roger and Roland for the last five years. Second year player Bill Holcomb, one of the tallest in the area at 67 , played center for he Knights. Next year will be a total rebuilding year for the team, but Ken Gilbert, Warren Stevens, Jimmy Dor- man, and Bobby Holcomb could make for a promis- ing season. l7l