Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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Wrong place. Sometimes wrestlers aren't always in the position they want. Rodney Hewitt is no exception as his opponent grasps him from behind. TzgB'w'DaLw Wrestlers. Front row -e Greg Rollins, Cory Haliam, Mike ' Ellison, Rodney Hewitt, Gregg Bergener,'Victor VanGieson1 ' Middle row - Todd Covelo, Todd Rollins, Robert Platts, Deon Thomas, Lance Walker, 'Pat Doty, Eric Sharp, Spinner Jonesg Back row - Carl Menck, Vince Blasi, John Martin, Spencer Eyre, .lace Ferguson, Shane Birch, Assistant Coach Rick Hanson. Wrestling Stats and Facts j Team , Kemmerer Cokevillc Evanston Shoshoni Eneampment Kemmerer Rocky Mountain Lovell ' Basin Mt. View Mt. View Kemmerer Shoshoni' Basin Greybull Cokcville Basinffhird Wind River-Sixth Seton'CatholiefFirst Kernmerer-Second Encampment-First Regionals-First State-Second Score ,V Win-Loss i Duals ' ' ' - 3083 y X 44-'IO X 54-45 X 55-I2 x 27-37 , x' 40-27 x ' ' 48-24 x 54-18 ' x 45-I3 x 48,-I8 x 37-I3 ' 'x 33-30 x ' 58-12 x V45-24 ' ' x l7-4l x 26-23 x r Tournaments 80 Wrestling Fire out of there. During all the hours of practice one of many points stressed is fire out of there and stand up. Assistant Coach Gary Rollins helps Darrin Ferguson learn this concept. i '

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I'm very excited about next year with a strong group of seniors and. . sophomores. Rick Hansen No track few tracksters, but ecord setting performances. Jessica Dunn ithout a track, the runners worked in the parking lot or on the highway. Bad weather forced them to buzz down halls or jump in the gym. Practices were not all fun and games, said Anette lsom. Stefanie Thomas added, The seniors chose not to go out for track while others decided to go on the trip even after qualifying for state. These all combined to give the track program fewer than 30 students but four went to Casper. Susan Apgood, Carol Bluemel, Patti Hicks and Deena Moretti, placed eleventh as a team at state and scored more points than other practices helped me Out by schools with more entries. keeping me in shape. The senior trip to California conflicted with the state meet. Some Bluemel and Apgood usually earned enough points to place the girls team in the top three or four at each meet. Big Piney beat them for a trophy at regionals by two points. Regional titles and records in the 100, 200 and 400 m runs went to Bluemel. She was the only girl in Wyoming to place in all three state events. Strong in the field and running events, Apgood won the triple jump and was second in the long jump at regionals. She set a new record in the 300 m hurdles in the rain at Pinedale. Some outstanding times were turned in by Chad Anderson in the hurdles. He was rated high state wide, said Coach Rick Hansen. Vince Blasi was the most consistent athlete in both weight events? The most valuable track award went to Anderson and Bluemelg the most improved went to Brent Williams and LeAnn Choate. Hansen said, I'm very excited about next year with a strong group of seniors and some outstanding sophomores. -simaumuww Intense stretching. ln a hurry to finish the relay, John Martin gives it his all to do the best he can. He passes the baton to the next runner and prays they do well. E+ Touch me. A little touch of magic is what Clint Bradshaw wants at this point in the race. He adds his own touch of magic by sprinting as hard as he can. Track 79

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Going into state we were underdogs. Greybull should have beaten us. We almost rose to an upset, but fell short. Matmen boost tradition Coach Alan Lords Eagles give best show ever Grapplers are pinner winners Spinner Jones anked second all year Lyman's wrestling team had an exceptionally good year, coming out regional champs and taking second at state. Coach Alan Lords said, I think we had a very successful season, and we reached our goals. We were somewhat disappointed with our second place finish, but were very excited because we came so close to taking first. This had to be the best team at Lyman since I've been here, and it was also one of the most enjoyable to be associated with. I felt the team grew a lot both as a team and individually. The team set the standard of excellence from which we hope to do even better next year and in the future. Junior Robert Platts said, We came on really strong in the end when we needed to, but just missed our goal. It's the best team Lyman has had since I can remember. Next year's team will even be better if we can fill all the weight classes. We did considerably better than last year, noted Senior Vince Blasi, considering all the talent we lost from the previous year. Junior Greg Rollins said, Our team's really good. I had fun this year, and next year will be better. I thought that the team did really well, Freshman Gregg Bergener said. Everyone was real excited about our success on the mat this year. Coach seemed to be really impressed with individual progress and the team as a whole. I'm looking forward to next year. The Eagles were expected to trail far behind Greybull who were the state champions for three years running. As the season progressed the Eagles became more of a threat to Greybull. The team is a lot more solid than it was last year. We just need to have patience and diligence to keep working on the basics and not get in a big hurry, now that we are in shape, noted Assistant Coach Rick Hanson. We are as tough as nails this year. At state they were ahead most of the tournament, until the last round. Lords noted, Going into state we were underdogs, Greybull should have beaten us. We almost rose to an upset, but fell short by 3.5 points, 168 to l7l.5. He added that his team wrestled as high or higher than they were ranked, but it just wasn't enough. Suck that weight. Weight is one of the major concerns all year. If one isn't on weight he doesn't wrestle. Victor VanGieson is always four pounds over at the beginning ofthe week, but manages to get down. Wrestle offs. Every week one practice day is taken to see who will be the varsity wrestler. Spencer Eyre and Vince Blasi oppose each other while Rodney Hewitt watches. Wrestling 81