Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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Undefeated Is Great For the First time in seven seasons of coaching wrestling. Coach Gene Melin found himself an undefeated team. The 1969-70 Bluestreaks Wrestlers brought home a perfect 10-0 dual meet record while gain- ing their third straight Champion- ship, their second in the Lake Shore League, the first being in the old W.R.L. Their First match was against Jef- ferson, in which they recorded a 39-3 count. An easy victory fol- lowed over Edgewood, with a 30-13 score. Madison then cap- tured First place honors at the Edgewood invitationals, while hav- ing seven boys take Firsts in their weight classes. Those gaining First places were Rick Baldner, Larry Hamilton, Keith Davidson, Doug Tisi, Bill Pethtel, Ken Davidson, and Larry Roberts. With the coming of the month of January, Madison saw Five more victories fall into place. This upped the wrestlers record to 7-0 and set the pace for their next victory, the Howland Invitationals. Madison brought home the First place trophy along with First places by Rick Bal- ner, Larry Hamilton and Ken Da- vidson. Madison then proceeded to wrap up their season with victories over Riverside, West Geauga and a close match over Mentor by a score of 21-19. Undefeated in dual meet competi- tion were Larry Hamilton and Bill Pethtel. Overall records showed Larry Hamilton with 16 wins and no losses. Congratulations are sure- ly in order to the Bluestreaks Wres- tling Team who now hold a string of 15 consecutive wins. Above — Doug Ungers wrestles to gain con- trol of his opponent. Right — Captain Rick Baldner leads the team in calisthenics. Middle — Jack and Ken Davidson give Coach Melin one of many victory rides. Far Right — . . . And Jim Wickert wins again. Below Right — The Bluestreaks wrestlers ap- plaud another victory. 26

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J.V. Fares Well The J.V. Wrestling Team did well, as well as the varsity. They ended their season with a 12-0 record. Undefeated for the J.V. team this year were Jim Edmundson, Harry Saba, and Doug Tisi. With this type of record MMHS should have some tough and undefeated teams for quite a few years. Jerry McIn- tyre was J.V. coach and has reason to be proud at the success of his team. Under the coaching of Mr. Schlev- enski, the Freshman team com- piled a record of 5-2. Outstanding efforts were performed by Charlie Gagliardi with a dual record of 7-0. Overall, Gagliardi was 10-0 with 10 pins and Rick Fike was 10-1 with 9 pins. M 0 Jefferson 39 3 Edgewood 30 13 Wickliffc 29 17 Chardon 35 13 Harvey 27 16 Kirtland 34 6 Fairport 41 3 Riverside 38 3 W est Geauga 29 11 Mentor 21 19 Below — Jim Wickert fights to gain control after a takedown. Right — Rick Baldner assists Ken Gerak in warming up. Top — Davidson cradles his opponent. Top Right — Bill Pethtel attempts another takedown. Bottom Right — Wickert has the advantage as he attempts to bring his opponent down.