Logan High School - Aerial Yearbook (Logan, OH)

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A lot of sports have had a very successful year, and wrestling is no exception. This relatively new sport has grown tremendously since it began here four years ago. One of the fallacies associated with wres- tling is that it is the same as one would see on television. This, according to head coach, Doug Nel- son, just isn't true. He said there is a significant difference between the two. In fact, people have been known to become instantly hooked at their first match. Wrestling is a game that every- one can compete in. That's one of the many merits wrestling has. There are thirteen different classes of competition ranging from 98 to 300 pound weight class. Anyone, freshman through senior, that wishes to join the team is assured of at least three matches in compe- tition. These advantages help to enable any team member to become a star grappler. This can give some people up to four years on the team. Even the time factor is great. Practice consumes only one and a half hours a night at the maxi- mum. Coach Nelson is naturally pleased and satisfied with the team's performance, but he stated, “The team needs more self confi- dence.” The major goal of the coach and team is to obtain at least 40 members. OPPOSITE PAGE, LEFT: Smiling broadly. Coach Nelson accepts the Chiefs' award for second place in the SEOAL. RIGHT: A proud Dave Emerson smiles trium- phantly over the defeat of his opponent. BELOW: Movement is impossible when Don Griggs wrestles. ABOVE: Struggling to free himself, senior George Cassidy contemplates his next move. CENTER: Tension builds as Mark Cullison slowly but surely overcomes the opposing grappler. BELOW: Defeat is inevitable when junior Gregg Geiger gets into the act. Sports 27

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A Game for Everyone FRONT ROW: Jim Ogg, John Jeffery, Tim Clark, Keith Adams, Steve Myers, John Miller. ROW TWO: Troy Hoke, Rick Schnager, George Cassidy, Kelly Helber, Greg Geiger, Mark Lehman, John Spence. ROW THREE:-Coach Chuck Helber, Don Griggs, Tim Myers, Dave Emerson, Larry Ogg, Mark Roland, Mark Cullison, Terry Woltz, Don Ellinger, Coach Doug Nelson. 26 Sports

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Chief+ainet+es Stand Tall Amidst all the publicity and rec- ognition the boys' football and bas- ketball teams received for their much deserved championship sta- tus, it seems that the highly suc- cessful girls’ basketball teams got unjustifiably ignored. Both the varsity and reserve squads had fantastic seasons with equally impressive records. The varsity roundballers finished with a highly respectable third place, and the reserve gals captured the 1977- 78 SEOAL reserve championship laurels. Coach Barb Boley’s varsity squad just kept getting better throughout the season, bouncing back to beat teams that had previously defeated them in first round play. Such was the case when the Chieftainettes took to the court on a cold Tuesday night to challenge the highly touted Waverly Tiger ettes. The Tiger- ettes led at all three whistle-stops, but the never-say-die effort that has brought Logan teams the sweet smell of victory so many times before prevailed again in the fourth quarter. Logan was down by three points with less than two minutes to play, but a shot made good by Cindy Jamison, and a spectacular steal and lay-up by Becky Kuhn put Logan up by a single point. Two free throws by Jamison increased the lead to three. Waverly fought back to within one, but it wasn't enough as the elated Chieftainettes won 45-44. It was, without a doubt, the best game of the season. The reserve roundballers were a complete surprise to everyone. In her first year as an LHS coach, Debra Bridgewater led her champi- onship team to a 7-6 record. Attain- ing that record was no easy task. The Chieftainettes faced some pretty stiff competition throughout the season. Take for example the Ironton Game where the gals held off a fourth quarter Tiger-ette onslaught to win by a single point and Gallipolis where the girls fought through three overtimes only to lose a heartbreaking 31-29 decision. The losses were few and far between for both teams, and they deserve a hearty congratulation for their contribution to the athletic program at LHS, in this, The Year of the Chieftain. 28 Sports