Northwest High School - Vanguard Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Wrestling coach molds team into cit Wrestling had a new coach and a young, fresh team in 1969. Coach Richard Cummings faced a varsity team with six sophomores on it. However, he guided them to a 6-6-0 record. Coach Cummings! secret was practice, practice and more practice. His practices were both demanding and time-consuming. He figured 409,013 hours of practice for the varsity and reserve teams by all the boys together. The reserves finished with a 7-5 record. The frosh did even better with an 8-2 season. Cummings will be losing Steve Y challenger Dotlich, 154-pounder who battled to third place in the state wrestling meet. He also set three varsity rec- ords during the season-20 take- downs, 6 predicaments and 6 falls. Other winning seniors who will be departing are john Doll, 133 pounds, and Denny Allison, 120 pounds. Next year, Cummings hopes to have a stronger dual meet team al- though he realizes he will have fewer strong individual competitors. Underclassmen who gained re- serve experience are expected to helptheteam. Senior Steve Dotlich is the team's outstand ing competitor, winning sectional and re gional titles. VARSITY WRESTLING TEAM-FRONT ROW: john Doll, Mike Donahoe, Dennis Allison, Phil Pontenza, Bruce Bryant, Tom junior Tom Fawcett prepares to escape from his adversary in the 95-pound class com- petition. Fawcettg BACK ROW: Coach Richard Cum- Steve Dotlich, Terry Boring, Carl May, Coach mings, Steve Collins, Chuck Cox, Tim Burge, Ronald Schmink.

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Varsity Pioneer Ted Young, junior, attempts to score late in a game as senior Dave Mc- Clellan prepares to help. BACK ROW: Lynn Snyder, Mike Tillery, Bill Dunham, Fred Crosly, Emory Schlake, Dale Byard, Coach Don Stone. Reserve, frosh strive to merit varsity competition Northwest reserve and freshman basketball teams ended their seasons with nearly identical records of 9-'IO and 9-11, respectively. Names such as Bechert, Benge, Hinderliter, Tillery, and Byard as well as others will begin to appear on varsity rosters next year. The jayvees were again coached by Mr. Don Stone. The inexperienced freshmen, under coach Mr. Robert Groomer, made a good city appearance. They defeated their first foe, Marshall, 50-31. They were beaten by Manual, however, in a 42-40 scor- ing battle. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL-FRONT ROW: Manager Mike Robinson, Phil Hausman, David Athey, Rodney Smith, Michael Corn, lim Blair, john Pourctot, Manager William Giebel, SECOND ROW: Charles Rose, Danny Dunbar, Doug Moffitt, lim jones, Doug Rice, lim Dimitroff, Danny Wyatt, jerry Hoover, BACK ROW: Gregg Shires, David Cody, lim Fowler, Vance Stratton, Mark Larrison, Larry jones and Coach R. E. Groomer. 7l , wa. ,N

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VARSITY WRESTLING NHS Manual 21 22 Attucks 19 24 Howe 23 27 Arlington 28 16 Bloomington 41 3 Cathedral 27 17 Decatur 25 17 Carmel 22 21 Wood 11 38 Washington 24 19 Speedway 15 33 City Tournament 7th place Washington Invit. 6th place Sectional 3rd place Regional 6th place Season Record 6 Won 6 Lost RESERVE WRESTLING NHS Manual 19 29 Attucks 18 35 Howe 20 40 Arlington 37 10 Bloomington 47 3 Broad Ripple 23 33 Cathedral 30 20 Decatur 40 10 Carmel 41 10 Wood 15 43 Washington 25 31 Speedway 11 39 Season Record 7 Won 5 Lost FRESHMAN WRESTLING NHS Washington 22 35 Cathedral 18 38 Carmel 44 22 Ritter 8 42 Shortridge 31 25 Chatard 11 41 Wood 10 41 Arlington 22 30 Washington 6 40 Howe 11 41 Season Record 8 Won 2 Lost Steve Dotlich attempts to pin his opponent on the way to a victory. RESERVE WRESTLING-FRONT ROW: Bob Doll, David Graber, Rick Berry, Dan Scotten, David Keeng BACK ROW: Ron Read, Tim Burge, Doug jones, Greg Scudder, Carl May and Bruce Wozney. 73