Lloyd Campbell Bird High School - Talon Yearbook (Chesterfield, VA)

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Striving for the win, Pete Fens keeps the pressure on his man. Team cap- Front: Chris Wiggins, Bruce Goodman, Donald Williams, Joe Garnett, Brian Chamberlain, Brian Lesslie. Second Row: Kevin Fagan, Kenny Viar, Pete Fens, Rob Carter, Mark Waitkus, Darryl Flick, Gary Frost. Third Row: F. J. Jones, Tricia Giegerich, Mgr.; Jon Wig- tain, Brian Chamberlain works for the pin, below. gins, Chris Charlson, Justin Starcher, Chad Mickelson, Russell Baber, Chan- dler McClelland, Chris Fens, Chris Hutchins, Darryl Thompson, Sam Mayo, Todd Shearin, John Fens, Steve Ham- mer, Coach; Rob Hettrick, Coach. Wrestling 125

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inishing the regular season with a 7-8 re- cord, the wrestling team also represented the Skyhawks well in invitation- als and the district meet. At the tournaments, the team captured second place at Hopewell and fourth place at Clover Hill. For districts, all twelve varsity wrestlers placed in the top four to send the tem to Regionals where they placed a respect- able eleventh place. Region- “Riding the Man’’ at the Midlothian a match is tough sophomore matman, al placers and State qualifi- Chris Wiggins. ers were earned by Chris Wrestlers Pin Awards Wiggins (103) and MVP sen- ior Donald Williams (119) who also received the Jeff Garst Memorial Most Take Down Award. Other promi- nent team members were Most Improved, Pete Fens (160), Rob Carter (152), Bri- an Leslie (140), F. J. Jones (130) who received the Jeff Garst Comeback Award. Mark Waitkus (185) and team Captains, Bruce Good- man (112) and Brian Cham- berlain were other standouts on the team according to coaches Hettrick and Ham- mer. Going for a pin, Brian Leslie has his at right. Trying to turn his opponent competitor down and out for the for more points is MVP, Donald Wil- counf, above. While veteran Darryl liams, top right. Flick ffights to turn his opponent over 124 Wrestling

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Team Keeps Kickin’ Ay MESOC: Cor emand the team thinks — sixty minutes of tough physical action coup- led with serious con- centration. Posting a disappointing 2-12-1 record, one would think that the 8-1 victo- ry over Huguenot would be the season highlight. Not true. Team members and coach chose the Thom- as Dale game as the most positive team ef- fort. On top 2-0 for most of the contest with all players moving off the ball, passing Front: Brian Hite, Chris McWhinney, Dwayne Weedon; Capt., Darin Fox, Capt., Ward Thomas, Capt., Thang Nguyen, Bryan Baker. Second Kow: Richard DeVore, Dell Daniel, Tom Rus- sell, Bruce Hall, Donnie Marino, Chris Phelps, Rick FaJohn, Jim Bourque, Brooke Harrison, Mgr. Third Row: Steve 126 Soccer well, creating, taking and making good shots, Skyhawks lost it mentally and allowed Dale to tie the score to force the overtime. Still down, Skyhawks dropped the game 3-2 but were encouraged by the sharpness of fif- ty-five of those min- utes. Captains Darin Fox, Ward Thomas, Dwayne Weedon along with Jerry Carter, Chris Beacham and Jeff Snider were the season standouts. Snider took MVP hon- ors and was named to the first team All Re- gional. Hammer, Coach; Brian Blecke, Coach; Brian Chamberlain, Chris Beacham, John Books, Torbin Neilson, Jerry Carter, Jeff Snider, Andy Toney, Jamie Hobbs, Jennifer Ramsdel, Mgr; Rebecca Pill, Mgr. At right: Outstanding player, Jeff Snider moves down the field.