Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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j 'if ' 4 .5-' - 'i one in three YOU G TEAM ADD EW DIME SIONS ANDTALE T 86 wrestlmq A I W -',!',a,.4 four ON NOVEMBER IO, 1986, LOARA'S WRESTLERS STARTED WORKING OUT FOR THIS YEAR'S SEASON. AL- THOUGH THE WRESTLING SEASON DIDN'T START UNTIL IANUARY 8, MONTHS OF PRACTICE WERE NEED- ED TO PREPARE THE TEAM FOR A DE- MANDING SCHEDULE. FOR MANY STUDENTS, WRESTLING WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE, BUT WITH THE EXPERT COACHING OF RICK MARTENS AND ASSISTANTS TOM CA-

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F-. V . iw iif,-,f . . . f I ,. ,,,, five THIS YEAR'S VARSITY TEAM HAS KEPT LOARA'S WINNING TRADITION. THE TEAM COMPETED IN MANY PRES- TIGIOUS TOURNAMENTS, TAKING QND IN EDISON, IST IN MAGNOLIA, QND IN EL CAION, 8TH IN FIVE COUN- TIES, AND 3RD IN MID-CAL CHAM- PIONSHIPS. SOME OF THE OUT- STANDING PERFORMANCES WERE TURNED IN BY NICKY KOB, EDDIE AN- DROS, BRIAN MALAVAR, TEVITA AHOLELEI, AND DONNY FLORES. WITH ONE WEEK TO GO IN THE SEA- SON, THE SAXONS HAD A TOTAL RE- CORD OF I7 WINS AND I LOSS. EMPIRE LEAGUE CONSISTS OF THE BEST WRESTLERS IN ORANGE COUN- TY, AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE LEAGUES. OUT OF EIGHT TEAMS, FOUR OF THEM ARE RANKED IN TOP TEN IN THE COUNTY. UNFORTUNATELY LOARA LOST AGAINST THE SECOND- RANKED TEAM, EL DORADO. BUT THIS DID NOT STOP THE GRAPPLERS AS THEY WENT ON TO DEFEAT ESPER- ANZA, LOS ALAMITOS, KENNEDY, AND KATELLA. CREDIT FOR AN- OTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON MUST BE GIVEN TO COACHES RICK MAR- TENS, ROB MARTENS, DR. TERRY, AND TOM CASPARI. WRESTLING IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST SPORT IN HIGH SCHOOL. TEVITA AHOLELEI COMMENTED ON THIS BY SAYING, HI THINK WRES- TLING IS THE TOUGHEST SPORT BE- CAUSE YOU HAVE TO CUT WEIGHT AND TRAIN AT THE SAME TIME WITH- OUT SKIPPING A DAY. ALSO, IT'S ONE ON ONE, SO YOU HAVE TO TRY HARD. ALTHOUGH WRESTLING MAY SEEM LIKE ALL WORK, WORK, WORK, IT HAS A GOOD SIDE TO IT. SAID DONNY FLORES, WRESTLING HAS HELPED ME LEARN THE REAL MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP. v. wresIImqfB5

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E Z s 4 wmssmsxw wmwmwwmwxw ff., 4, ww ' ive Y ff' .- f f SPERI, ROB MARTENS, AND BRUCE CDRJ TERRY, THE NEWLY DISCOVERED TALENT OF THE I UNIOR VARSITY AND EROSHXSOPH WRESTLERS GAVE PROMISE EOR THE CONTINUATION OE LOARA'S OUTSTANDING WRES- TLING TEAMS. AN EXCELLENT GROUP OE FRESH- MEN HELPED BUILD THE IUNIOR VAR- SITY AND FROS1-If SOPH TEAMS. INDI- VIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS WERE RE- CORDED BY SOME OUTSTANDING .w z 'M E -f 'ff 1 - -ef 4- ..,, . , . ,, . .. . . f.:'w:.,,. 'v '?f4' ff . ' ' ' f 1 f if I . i . Q 'Sak , 'I' . :L, . V '12 ' 11 1 ' Q55 91 ' WL - envy.-' seven eight SENIORS AND IUNIORS AS WELL. SEAN CULROSS CSR., 148 LBSJ, DALE SIX CIR., 141 LBSD, GLEN NEISES CIR., 141 LBSD, AND IOI-IN ADAMS CSR., 148 LBSJ WERE ALL STEADY PEREORMERS AT THE I.V. AND VARSITY LEVELS. A COMMENT MADE BY ONE OE THE WRESTLERS WAS TYPICAL OE THE TEAM'S ATTITUDE: HSAXON PRIDE AND SELF DISCIPLINE ARE THE MAIN OUALITIES TAUGI-IT BY COACH MAR- TENS. At the end ot a close match, the ret. qives the victory signal to Iuan Suarez. Anthony Dunton uses the defensive move ot sprawling to prevent his opponent from scoring a take-down. The challenger struggles to escape from a reverse hall-pinning combination. Head coach Rick Martens intently observes a close match. Carlos Barrientos works tor a take-down. With an inside cradle, Sean Culross attempts to score points. The l98t5-l98T Wrestling Team. Eyad Akel tries for a 2 on l. wrestl1nqf87