Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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s:ss2sL,:.- .X . Njew-....,,N 2 Killian I I Opponent 26 . . Edison . 28 24 . . Palmetto' . 11 . . Carol City . . 35 . . Hialeah . .r s i p22 21 . . Gables IQ . Q23 39 . . Central . . 8 . . Northwestern 6 31 . . Jackson . . . 7 26 . . Coral Park . . 19 45 . E. Miami Springs 8 56 . . Mays . . . O 43 . . Miami Beach 3 so . . Southwest 2 TRYING FOR HIS OPPONENT'S LEG IN ORDER TO TRIP HIM, BOB DAVIS LUNGED. One down, one more to go, Chris Gainesford wanted to pin both of his opponent's shoulders on mat, but moved into an inopportune position. Chris Gainsford took upper hand while he grappled with opponent. The points he gained with takedown enabled him to take decision. SKILL STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION TEAMED UP TO HELP CHARLES STROGER TO SCORE A VERY QUICK TAKEDOWN 168 .....t . .sxv VY NN'

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Matman Wrestled their Way to Two State Championships A close of another successful wrestling sea- son found four Cougar matmen entered in the tournaments. Featherweight C98 lbs.3 Bill Burn- side wrestled his way through the GMAC Conference Championship and State Champ- ,pionship with a 28-O record. Next on the list was Henry Britt who placed second in the GMAC and third in the district with a score of 24-3. Jeff Davis, a 165-pounder, was a State Champ as well as a GMAC Champ, with a 25-1 record, placing third in GMAC, second in the district and fourth in the state with a record of 18.4. Killian finished fourth in the state, third in GMAC and third in the dis- trict. The Cougars' 8 wins and 5 losses was the final record of the third varsity wrestling season. Other contributors to the team were Bobby Davis, Chris Gainsford, Davide Baronow- ski, Charles Stroger, Steve McCorvey, and Tim Burrows. I think the boys did an excellent job representing their school, said Coach Don ,Drinkhann. And they did too . .. THE WINNER WAS A COUGAR AS STEVE MCCORVEY ENJOYED VlCTORY HAND iififiil i Keeping both body and ears warm, Jeff Davis watched teammates as they headed toward another winning season, state tournament match. Chany Walker shows his up-side-down opponent strength of Cougar. The opposition spent lots of time this way during Killian's 9-5 season. 167

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Cross Country Raced to Top In County, State Competition Killian's Cross Country team came oft the line at a slow pace, but in the end they came away with the District and County competition. Kil- lian came in second in the La Salle Invitational but later lost to Coral Parkin a dual meet. Next on the roster was a triangular meet with North- western and Jackson as again the Cougars came in second. Coach Leroy Daniels felt that the only hinderance was inexperience even it they did well for a new school. The team consisted of 15 runners with five outstanding leaders who were Jim Reynolds, Porter Tompkins, Jacques Gits, David Machado and Alfred Goodman. The number one runner of the team was Tompkins and the number two man was Reynolds. THE START PUT KILLIAN IN FRONT AS HARD TRAINING PAID DIVIDENDS The Cross Country team ran on everything from golf ourses to back roads as shown by David Machado, Ed Matthews, Porter Tompkins, Mike Brooks, Jim Reynolds, Dave White, Robert Barton, Jacques Gits, Gary Czito, Mike Poole, Alfred Goodman, Ronnie Elliot and Mike Gout. BODILY REST, MENTAL RECONSTITUTION AND SWEET REPOSE PREPARED GARY CZITO BEFORE AN IMPORTANT CROSS COUNTRY RUN. Q A . . I s