Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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Front row - Craig VanLoan, Steve Ivory: Znd row - David Eames, Rick Berry, Tom Brady, Rob Berry, Steve Wilsey: 3rd row - Paula Surgeson, manager: Mike Howard, Andy Ragan, Iamie Col- umbus, Dan Diaco, Lorna Capanna, manager, 4th row - Debbie Mohyla, manager, Bill Woebse, Melvin Ethridge, Scott Gibson, Tom Gregory, Sonia Dominguez, manager, Back row - Coaches Iohn Guarino, Fred Ulrich, Bill Dudley. , N -,', I 1, ' lin ii 132 VARSITY WRESTLING Two more points! Steve Ivo1'y, while breaking down his opponent, gains plenty of points by be- ing knowledgable and skilled in the various techniques required of a good wrestler. What a challenge! A tired Steve Wilsey had a tough match, but he finally pinned his opponent. Steve, as a sophomore, has two more years to wrestle for the varsity team.

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Staying with the beat! Captain Laura Ferguson shows that she has what it takes to add just that lit- tle touch to the dance routines. A touch of class. The I.V. cheerleading squad add- ed a touch of class to the Pinellas County Cheerleading Championships at Pinellas Square Mall in September. The squad placed second overall in the I.V. competition. Never giving up! Even with an injured knee, freshman Dee Pollard proves that she can still help cheer the I.V. football team to victory. 1. 1.v, CHEERLEADERS 131

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Brains and brawn It took a special breed of person to have been able to withstand the physical and mental stress which was associated with wrestling. Hard physical workouts such as four-mile runs, weight training, drills and scrimmages were on- ly a few activities that helped condition the team to achieve victories. Why did they do it? For glory, self-satisfaction, fame? lamie Columbus supplied an answer. After a match you feel com- pletely satisfied with yourself whether you win or lose. Captain Steve Ivory commented, t'It's the hardest sport. It's a challenge most wrestlers like to face. Going for a take-down, a difficult technique used by members of the wrestling team to get an oppo- nent on the mat to put him in a vulnerable posi- tion, is Scott Gibson. The wrestling team practiced for ap- proximately twelve hours a week for on- ly six to twelve actual minutes of mat time. That seemed tough to most but nothing could be accomplished without persistence, panted Danny Diaco during a heavy workout in the wrestling room. A lot of things went through a wrestler's mind while wrestling an op- ponent. Danny Diaco explained, When the match started everything that you have memorized, you forget, but everything you've learned comes back to you. Strength was important, but concen- tration and strategy were equally so. A lot of planning was a key necessity to winning matches. This sport involved more than brute forceg it was a combina- tion of brains and brawnf' 'T'9 ' A switch to the top. Paul Ivory's move up to a var- sity position proved to be a good choice by the coaches as he showed what he could do by pinn- ing his opponent. Oblivious to what the coaches are shouting, Andy Ragan uses his own knowledge of the sport of wrestling as he puts his opponent in the head and arm position. Various techniques are taught by the wrestling coaches in practices before the season begins. VARSITY WRESTLING 133