Oakville Senior High School - Tiger Paw Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Preparing for ihe fake down, Tony Wel- dele holds his oppohehi from behind. Legs and arms everywhere, Eric Auibach siruggies To ge-T OD Top of his compeiiior. Too close for comfort, Dah Johes baiiies with The ahiagohisi ih his dismal siiuaiioh. 1 YW Boiiom Row: Gary Friedmeyer, Doug Weidele, Tony Weidele, Seah Duggan, ahd Eric Aulbach. Second row: Sieve Durbin, Dah HOFTOIW, Doh STGTGVW, and Tony Nicasiro. Third row: Coach I-iesier, Sieve Davis, ahd Coach Skihher. - Varsiiv Wresilihg

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l i i 1 I 1 1 7 l oys' frosh, JV Teams make OSI-l pad askeTball champs Our Team puts The oTher Team under pressure unTil we can lay back and rack in The Two point- ers, exclaimed sophomore ScoTT Fisher. We Tease and elbow Them occasionally in Their side To make The other Team a Tad an- gry. AfTer They're mad enough we waTch The fouls pour in, Then waTch Their first sTring, one by one, siT on The bench. As fans, we've wondered what hidden moves are deep down in each coach's and player's sTraTegies. Our coach, lVlr. Poldan, may be quiet, buT he sure is effecTive, informs freshmen Bob Haag. Both The freshmen and JV play- ers agreed with Chris Griffin as he commented, This year we don'T have a mosT valuable player be- cause everyone does his own job, making us work TogeTher as First Row: J. Evenson, K. Riehn, S. Fisher, M. l-lusgen, C. Griffin, T. Turlington, Top Row: Coach Dennett, S. Toeniskefier, B. Dylweski, D. Braiden, D. Holfzmann, lvl, Barton, and S. lVlalchow. Not Pictured: KeiTh Johnson. First Row: M. Hope, J. Kaznica, L. Taylor, T. Fisher, D. King, H. Jarvis, T. Windsor, and S. Frazee. Top Row: R, Bosing, manager, Coach Poldan, B. Haag, R, Whitney, K. Krupp, C. Procter, lVl. Connyers, G. Baker, and T. Tegler, manager. reach Tor vicTories one. Keith Riehn added, Ulf you ask me, iT's The only reason why we're awesome. BuT we give mosT of our crediT To Coach Den- neTT. He's a sharp coach, buT he loves To watch us run. l'We've pui a lot of Time and efforT into This sporT, buT iT's The only way we're gonna be suc- cessful, sTaTed Ron Whitney, Next year, we're gonna be beT- Ter because we've played To- gether a long Time. NexT year, everybody beTTer be careful be- cause we're moving upl On The JV Team, Dan Braiden sTaTed, We'll be awesome on Varsity because This year we've builT a solid foundation. All we have To do nexT year is geT beT- Ter. NexT year, waTch ouT, lVlehl- ville, because we're gonna beaT you again. -s . E 5 w...,,.,.sM ,, X .Mu Ng N is gg. 'i'i' .-'-- FF 1 i i rg es 'ss KN 1 isi- Intense concentration fills ScoTi Fishers mind as he plays offense against U. CiTy. With speed and agility, Jeff Kaznica races down The court with his lVlehlville opponent Trailing behind. JV Baskefball -

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resTlers use saTurday niTe ride ins come along wiTh Time and work This has been The mosT pleas- anT and saTisfying season of wres- Tling in which l have coached, responded Coach Mike Skinner. The VarsiTy wresTling Team has worked hard To improve Their re- cord This season. The Team had only Two former varsiTy wresTlers, and To develop a whole new squad, The mem- bers had To learn abouT paTience and Time. CapTains Tony NicasTro and STeve HorTon worked well wiTh The newly joined members from The J.V. squad. STeve HorTon commenTed abouT The season, WresTling can only be whaT you puT inTo iT. We had To work exTra hard from The sTarT, and wiTh ev- eryone cooperaTing and wanTing a vicTory, we accomplished whaT we had sTarTed ouT To do. The VarsiTy squad ended Their regular season of maTches wiTh an eighT and Two record. By beaTing lvlehlville by Ten poinTs, iT helped The Team gain confi- dence and success in winning 80? of Their maTches. Also The Two mosT improved wresTlers from lasT year's squad Senior STeve Durban and Sophomore Don STaden added To The spiriT and improvemenT of The Team This season. The whole Team worked To- geTher To Take The DisTricT TiTle away from five oTher schools. Nine members from The Team wenT To SecTionals To compeTe wiTh oTher Teams. Oakville pro- duced six sTaTe grapplers. Along wiTh HorTon and NicasTro, Don STaTen, STeve Durban, Doug Wel- dele, and Sean Duggan all wres- Tled Their way To anoTher suc- cessful year. l Using his offensive skills, Tony NicasTro Toils wiTh his Fox opponenT. Holding his opponent againsT The maT. STeve HorTon prepares for a pin. varsiTy WresTling