Moore High School - Timekeeper Yearbook (Moore, OK)

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lat on the Mat. Senior T.J. Sewell presses his opponent to the floor as the opposing team looks on. The match was one of many held in the sports complex, the biggest in the state. erplexing Situation. Junior Todd Stapleton tries to twist out of an gpponenfg grasp. Wrestling not only took strengthg the grapplers had to outwit the person they were up against. Costly injuries made season success hard to Heavyweight was a real tough weight class. I was really surprised to make it to state this year. Up and down, then up and down. That became the only description of the wrestling season. Before the year started, everyone anticipated a very successful season. Two wres- tlers were favored to win a state title and several others were looking forward to contention for the state championship. Before the season even started, however, everyone's spirits were dampened when senior Steve Vasquez, a favorite to win state, suffered a shoulder injury that took him out for most of the season. Two weeks into the season, the other state titlist contender, senior T.J. Sewell, broke his nose in a match and was out for two weeks. Both wrestlers never fully recovered. Yukon, the Lions' first 90 Wsjrrrgfil' senior Lance Rumsey opponent, did not have a parti- cularly strong team, but the Lions lost anyway because four of the starters had just come off football season and practiced for only one day. They next wrestled in the Putnam City Invitational Tournament and took first place, beating such strong teams as Edmond and Carl Albert. After a victory over highly- ranked Del City, the wrestlers won the Tulsa Edison Invita- tional for the third consecutive year, amassing a record 245.5 team points. Following a loss to top- ranked Ponca City, the team participated in a quad, in which four teams, Tulsa Union, P.C. North, Shawnee and Moore, wrestled in a round- robin format. Pike a Pretzel. Senior John Williamson attempts to get a good hold. A contender had to push both of the opponent's shoulders to the mat to pin him. The Lions next won five duals in a row before entering the Putnam City North Invita- tional. In this toumament the team beat Midwest City, Del City and Edmond to the team title. Everything appeared to be going well until this point. In regionals the Lions finished a disappointing third behind Midwest City and Del City, two teams that they had beaten earlier. The state toumament in Still- water yielded only 47 team points. The Lion grapplers finished eighth in the state.

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