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

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No bridesmaids this year. Not satisfied with second place at state last year, the wrestlers take center stage and set several records while flying to the 1988 2A Wyoming title. Although the finals were not until that evening, the grapplers knew they had the team champion- ship locked up by noon of the last day of the toumament. Yourscore Box .,...,. ,... ......... ,,,,.,, . . . , ,, ...... ,... . . .. .. . . . ., if '+ sf. it A. A .. ,M .... , I fig A - 1- it iii i 1 'W iii in , lx-Q .. K K gg:-F, 1 , -- to .. t o State Wrestling Team. Back row: Wayne Santhuff, Mike Mackenzie, Shane Birch, Carl Menck, Jason 51515152 Evans, Spinner Jones: Second row: Rodney Hewitt, 55535552 Deon Thomas, Todd Rollins, Lance Walker, Robert Plattsg Front row: Vic VanGieson, Cory Hallam, Darrin Ferguson, Dixon Bluemel, Cole Cifford. Swrebvx Statistics Slate Placirlgs State Toumament Records Set by the H-ance Walker C1309 1988 Lyman 2A 2 -Robert Platts C1351 Ch . -Cari Menek CHWT1 amplons 2-Cory Hallam C1033 iii? 3-Dixon Bluemel iff --Most points ever C1121 scored in the state -Jason Evans 11601 l0Um8mCI1l 5 -Darrin Ferguson C1251 -Shane Brich H521 6-Rodney Hewitt ' C1191 -Todd Rollins C1451 222 --Largest margin of victory --Most state placers School Records at State --First Lyman freshman to place at State CDixon Bluemel1 --Most Lyman state champions in one year Q31 --First Lyman wrestler to go undefeated for the season CCarl Menck1 State Wrestling V ca Reaction to the action. Sideline sitting is hard for coaches who want to be involved. Assistant Coach Rick Hanson and Head Coach Ala.n Lords apply body English at State. Fulltime cheerleader. Every athlete needs the support of parents. Robin Walker comes down out of the stands to make sure her son, Senior Lance Walker, wins his preliminary matches at State. He went undefeated in the toumament.

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Wresstling rap. At a pep assembly, the three amigos of Seniors Lance Walker, Carl Menck and Robert Platts extol the virtues of their teammates. Going forthe win. The grape vine hold works for Sophomore Shane Birch who pins his Shoshoni opponent during t.he Lyman invitational. Eagle vs...Eagle. Cokeville does not field a full team so at the Panther dual, several matrnen end up wrestling thier own teammates Vic VanGieson works on Rodney Hewitt. OURSGDRE 0X '3'5'3'5'1 Wrestling team. Back row: Statistician Janet Schwab, , Manager Vance Cook, Trainers Micki Stewart, Lynn . Stewart. Fourth row: Ken Christiansen, Wayne Santhuff, Shane Birch, Archie Hubert, Spinner Jones, Mike Mackenzie. Third row: Coach Richard Hansen, Dixon ggggggggg, Bluemel, Kyle Eyre, Cory Hallam, Vic VanGieson, Gregg 5,55 f:E:Er5:Er Bergener, Coach Alan Lords. Second row: Cole Clifford, 5515 Jason Evans, Todd Rollins, Carl Menck, Deon Thomas, - Gary Watson. Front row: Christiane Falooa, Greg Rollins, Darrin Ferguson, Lance Walker, Eric Sharp. Scorebox Statistics All State Wrestlers, Tournament Record gg gig Awards--Robert Outstanding Wrestler ' Platts, Lance wind Riverlnvit-First 3, 5,5553 Walker, Carl Menck Kemmerer Invrt-First Most Aggressive- Greybull Invit-First Dlxon Bluemal . . Best Defense-- Lyman Invit-Frrst Shane Birch Reg1Ona1SalMt' Most Dedicated- View-First :aa Spinner Jones :5:2 -F' '53 State at Casper 1rst Mostlmprovedu Jason Evans Season Record I Duals: 7-3 Tourneys: All Team Firsts Sports I I Wrestling

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'W 'rirria CHAMPS G0 get 'em. On the mat or at ringside, team captain Senior Carl Menck lives and breathes wrestling. He tries to get everyone to perform his best at State. BREEZE T0 TITLE Broken noses still permit champions to be the best They did what they had to do in order to Win. fter a heart- breaking second at State last year, the grapplers made sure their luck was better this time. It was. The Eagles won by a landslide. Last year we knew Greybull would get it, said Senior Robert Platts. Last year it was more exciting because it was closer, except we didn't win. This year we knew we should win. Sophomore Cory Hallam noted, We knew we'd won State by the third round before semi-finals. Actually we knew we'd take it before we went. Although Hallam felt good that the team had already wrapped up the title, he was disappointed that he lost in the championship finals to a Mountain View wrestler he had beaten at regionals. At the sports awards banquet Head Wrestling Coach Alan Lords noted the state championship was a culmination of the past 12 years he was at Lyman. They did what they had to do in order to win, he noted. Lords thanked the moms who 'whooped' up on the referees for bad calls and were on hand for the wrestlers. The parents also provided the state champs with special jackets. He recognized volunteer Assistant Coach Gary Rollins for his years of help with the wrestling program. Rollins was later awarded the Friends of Education plaque at graduation. At the Hilton during State, Senior Todd Rollins was jumped and beaten up, breaking his nose. Junior Darrin Ferguson and Senior Carl Menck came to-his aid. Ferguson said, The night before State, we were in a tight and everything was against us. When it came to wrestling, we came through and beat the other teams. lt made us want to beat everybodyg they knew we were coming, added Hallam Dixon Bluemel, the first freshman from Lyman to place at State, said it made him more nervous because there were more people there watching and yelling. It didn't bother me once I started wrestling, he added. Alan's done a good job, noted Assistant to the Dean Nancy Nakahara. He's built up his program, there used to be only five or six wres- tlers. The program had up to 30 this year. She expected the popularity of wrestling to only increase. She said, Ev- eryone likes to join a winning team. tate Wrestling