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

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Working for a pin, Chris C-aravaglia Tor- mehis his Viahhey opponent Concenlraling on a mulch, Coach Mal- lock and OSSlSTOl'lT, Rob Erhsl ihlehsly vvafch. 711 1 5 W ss.. Awww Struggling for an escape, Robbie Welker uses all his mighi. Boilomz Rich Phillips, Dah Seim, Craig Fauss, Scoii Poclgorhy, Jamie Reillihger, Tom Kellam, Sieve Tarquihe, Robbie Welker Top: Tohv Duclash, Keilh Pickles, Tom Seidel- mahh, Gerry Aulbach, Danny Loeffelman, Paul Jihkersoh, Mike Eggerdihg, Chris Goo, Robbie Erhsl, Coach Mike Mailock. Boiiom Row: Ken Florian, Chris Poulos, Tom Courseh, Bob Kelam, Bill Volker, Sieve Galba, Chris Garavaglia Top Row: Dave Wiecla, Kuri lvlorgesler, Kevin Kisier, Todd Tierhahh, Phil l-lagemanh, Johh Duckell, Doug Welker 82 - JV Wresilihg

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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

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uTs and willpower aid frosh. JV rapping To fame Each winTer The Oakville Junior VarsiTy WresTling Team begins an- oTher season, anoTher winning season. This year The sTory's The same, only The names have changed. The Tigers were paced by ouT- sfanding wresTlers Phil Hagemann and Chris Garavaglia, and led by capTains Tony Weldele and Ken Florian. The squad compiled a 7 win 3 loss duel meel record. placed lsT in The Oakville quad, and 2nd in boTh The Lindbergh and Pacific TournamenTs. Coach lvlike Skinner believes hard work. care for one anoTher, and sum- mer wresTling clinics resulTed in yeT anoTher exTraordinary sea- son. TradiTionally, Oakville Freshman wresTling has been a wrecking crew. UndefeaTed seasons were The expecTaTion. The main rea- son for This was excellenT coaches and ambiTious aThleTes. This season, despiTe some changes, Oakville mainTained The superb coaching ThaT has been Their Trademark. For an undefined reason Though, aspiring aThleTes weren'T lured To The maT. As a resull, The Tigers were confinually sacrificing poinTs because of va- cancies in weighT classes. DespiTe The apparenT Toll suf- fered by a void in The line-up, Ti- ger wresTlers conTinued Their indi- vidual success. The ones ThaT sTuck wiTh The Team improved every maTch, explained Frosh coach Mike lVlaTlock. And wiTh a liTTle work, who knows? i'They can, wiTh freesTyle wresTling, have The poTenTial To have a sTaTe championship Team. Roughing up his opponenf, Dan Loeffel- man Tries To score a few poinTs. Two poinTs for a Take down, yelled The ref, as Tom Kelam pushed for a vicTory. JV WresTling