McQuaid Jesuit High School - Accolade Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Wrestling The beginning of the season brought about the ques- tion of just how good we really were. We knew we wouldn’t be as devastating as the previous team. How- ever, our weight classes were filled with some fantastic matmen as we entered our first match. Some of our men had all the muscle, some had all the brains, and some had a little of each. No one really knew what to expect going into Roth. That slim victory set us straight. We knew what had to be done .. . “O.K. sit out! Turn in! Stand up!” ... Twelve minute matches. Extra sprints. More stairs . . . We tried our best against Warsaw and E.R., and maybe “we shoulda won.” But we won the big ones. We rolled over Madison and East with more ease than expected; and when the biggest match came, so did McQuaid. The super fan support helped us dominate the baby blue of Bishop Kearney. That victory was ever so sweet. It was a season which saw two McQuaid grapplers, Rich Salamone and John Smallridge, become Section 5 cham- pions. They furthered the McQuaid name in the state championships, with John placing fourth while Rich be- came the first McQuaid athlete to win a New York State championship. Pete “the bear’ Springer, Jeff O’Hara, and an old football veteran, Craig Kennedy, also turned in some quality performances. We will miss the wrestling class of ’76 but wrestlers will move up the ranks to re- place them. Oh yeah, McQuaid was again the City-Catholic Cham- pion for the ’75-’76 season. With the annual dedication of such an outstanding coach, the hard work of the wres- tlers, and the terrific fan support McQuaid has possesed in recent years, this distinguished honor has almost be- come routine. = 150