Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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John Kindlcy wins another one! Mike (Beef) Faulkner is ready to pin this poor Dan Mareno throws his opponent to the mat. Row: 1 T. Burch, M. Baer, R. Mills, D. Moreno, J. Kindley, T. Schaffer, and C. Cornell. Row 2: A. Patterson, E. Ellsasser, T. Ashburn, S. Wilson, D. Metcalf, and T. Emmons, S. Roggeman. Row 3: E. Sabbe, M. Faulkner, J. Flatt, J. Kocsis, M. Hesch, J. Krop, T. Margraf, and Coach Smith. Wrestling 29

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John Kindley is ready to take down his man. Ed ElUasser is going to put his opponent on his back. Rob Mills puts a cross-face on his man. Joel Krop readies himself to wrestle. Varsity Wrestlers Do Better Than Expected What the coaching staff thought would be not-so-great turned out to be better than usual for the wrestling team. At the beginning of the year, Head Coach Al Smith had thought that his team might do poorly this season be- cause it lost many wrestlers. Bob Strong, who went to state last year, and Jeff Koontz, MHS ' s highest placer at state in five years, were lost to gradu- ation, and many wrestlers eligible to wrestle this year chose not to go out. These departures left a young team, mostly sophomores, trying to make bet- ter last year ' s record of 11-2. They came along just fine with a re- cord of 8-3 most of the way through the season. Coach Smith predicted that the team would end up with a record of 11- 4. The good record was due to the accu- mulation of everybody ' s talents, but some of the outstanding wrestlers were Dan Moreno, a junior; John Kindley, a sophomore; and Jon Moshak, a senior. Mr. Smith said the thing that they and some of the other wrestlers had that made t hem win was the attitude, Wres- tle to win or Wrestle not to lose . That attitude worked well in dual matches, but the team didn ' t do so well at tournaments. The team came in tenth in the Mishawaka Invitational, but they did well at the Mishawaka Triple Dual, coming in first. 28 W resiling

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Mat Maids — Row 1: G. Friedman. M. Klodzinsk B. Wagner, K. Emmons, S. Baihje, S. Strong, K McCampbell, and A. Lekens. Row 2: W Wawnynski, K. Lundal. D. Hostetler, C. Lisi. B Frye. C. Freeland, K. Lekens. M. Schramm. Strong. J. Duvall and L. Portol Row 1: J. Glenn. M. Schroeder, M. Baer, T. Birch, R. Mills. G. Stillson, T. Schaffer, and C. Cornett. Row 2: K. Bonnell. A. Patterson, A. Anderson, L. Beehler, K. Kobb. S. Wilson, and T. Laymon. Row 3: B. Petersen, J. Duvall, S. VonStetina, D. Sizemore, J. Cantrell, D. Bradley, and Coach Beehler. « W| Hf| L„ .t - . - h i K 1 VW Ri m4 v.j HKT WYmk J k¥i j J ■k H Dedicated Wrestlers The junior varsity wrestling team did an excellent job and had a great year. The long hours of practice every day paid off not only at dual meets but at the tournaments they attended. The LaPorte Superdual was the most exciting tourna- ment in which Todd Ashburn won three matches and lost none. Robb Mills also went 3-0, and Art Anderson pinned two of his opponents and also won another match. These three did so well on the B- team that they moved up to wrestle on the varsity. Even with them gone, the B-team did great with the help of Steve Roggeman, Jeff Glenn, Mark Baer, and Ted Schaffer. Everybody on the team helped out and put in a lot of hard work, and their outstanding record of thirteen wins and only two losses made them all very proud. One thing they and the entire wres- tling team had to combat throughout the season was the control of their weight. Mr. Smith explained the problem of weight cutting as that of an entire con- ference problem. It seems that most wrestlers in the South Bend — Mishawaka-Elkhart area cut weight, so they all go down at least one weight class. If everybody stopped cutting weight, they would be distributed the same way in the weight classes, only they would be a few pounds heavier. If weight cutting was the biggest problem in wrestling, it was only be- cause some people take it too far. The normal wrestler cuts five to ten pounds off his normal weight so he can wrestle in a lower class. This gives him the ad- vantage sometimes because he might wrestle a smaller guy but still weigh as much as him. The practice of weight cutting only becomes dangerous when the wrestler tries to cut too much weight. This is usually prevented be- cause, like Mr. Smith, the coaches watch their team members very closely. The time and the patience that the coaches put in and the hard work and determination that the wrestlers have are what make this team so good. As long as they keep up the great spirit that they all have, they will continue to do well. 30 Wrestling