Oshkosh West High School - Notebook Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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a Le an ares ase: imines J. V. WRESTLING; BOTTOM ROW: C. Steege, M. Thill, C. Burns, T. Toelle, ROW TWO: D. Feyen, B. Dedering, Coach Schude, R. Hessenius, Coach Jones, ROW THREE: Jon Erdman, T. Simons, Peter Faust, Jeff Faust. FRESHMEN WRESTLING: BOTTOM ROW: J. Hergert, M. Romlow, M. Stevens, G. SchmuUe, B. Fenrich, Rich Reese, B. Papenfuss. ROW TWO: R. Hein, J. Abitz, E. Golliher, R. Schiessl, Coach Schude, T. Selmer, S. Bartelt, A. Faust, M. Diemel, Jay Yearwood, Jon Yearwood, M. Albright, M. Sullivan, J. Luft, Steve Brewer, S. Ziebell. 1. Striving for pin, Rob Reese uses a one- half nelson in an attempt to turn his opponent. 2. With great deter- mination, Stan Oien searches for his opponents weak- ness. 3. Applying a single-leg takedown, Stan Oien tries to gain advantage. 4. Rich Hawley executes a double-leg takedown while his opponent tries to counter him using a switch. 5. Trying to roll his man over is Brian Dedering.

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Things To Do - Sports 72 The wrestling team was young and inexperienced, but they worked hard and compensated for that. In fact, it was the lower weight classed that usually carried them in the meets. The squad had to forfeit the top two weight classes, which was like starting most matches down 12-0. They had to overcome many obstacles, including the loss of eight team members do to suspensions, or to the wrestlers quitting. Despite all this, they managed to finish the season with a 7-5-4 record, and a 5th place conference finish. “Team spirit was very strong, Craig Steege said, ““every- one got along well, and that really held us together.” Another strong point of the season was the many volun- teer coaches, “The coaches really helped us a lot. They always kept us going when we got down,” stated Jim Hergert. Coach Tom Nadeau summed it all up. “The mo- rale was excellent but if you want to be boosted, the best way is to win more matches.” Senior Dan Lenz was the team’s top wrestler and was rated 6th in his 132 pound class. He was also involved in an outstanding match against Berlin's Jeff Johnson which end- ed in a tie. ‘Dan had to get the take- down to tie with a few seconds left and he pulled it off,’’ remembered Steve Lind. The best wrestlers in their weight classes were: Bob Reese (98 pound); Stan Oien (105 pound); Cary Burns (112 pound); Steve Lind (119 pound); Doug Norton (126 pound); Dan Lenz (132 pound); Lance Nadeau (138 pound); Walter Williams (145 pound); Rich Hawley (155 pound); Todd Simons (167 pound). The team showed a great deal of promise for future years. The freshman team went undefeated and the JV’s posted an 8-1 record. The team will be losing only two team members to graduation. As Jim Hergert pointed out, “the learning stage is over, next year will be awesome.” A VARSITY WRESTLING; BOTTOM ROW: Rob Reese, S. Oien, D. Soper, D. Norton, T. Durkee, ROW TWO: Rich Hawley, D. Lenz, Coach Nadeau, W. Williams, Steve Lind, ROW THREE: B. Lind, $. Harenburg, M. Beck, Lance Nadeau.

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Things To Do - Sports Five men joined the cheerleading squads this year, and one of them was the coach. Jim Wollerman, who was a cheerleader in high school himself, hoped to bring better organization and discipline to the program. According to Wollerman, the hardest thing about being a cheerleading advisor was, ‘finding out the difference between working with guys and girls. At practice, girls aren’t as devoted as guys, but they give more enthusi asm throughout the game.” Another difficult situation arose when seven cheer- leaders had to be suspended because of violation of WIAA rules. Several improvements occured with the help of Mr. Wol- lerman. The varsity squad bought white uniforms with blue trim, and the general fund provided mats for the wrestling squad and socks for varsity and wrestling. “| think Mr. Wollerman has really improved our squad by adding guy cheerleaders,”” commented Julie Akin. “We've gotten the crowd a lot more fired-up! ’ she added. “The crowd seems to respond very well to the addition of the guys, stated Sarah Green. The guy cheerleaders for this year were Ken Levine, Chris Holm, Tim Baier, and Brian Salzer. Having the guys enabled the squad to attempt more elaborate stunts. “Hopefully with the addition of the guy cheerleaders, more people will come to the games,’’ commented Cherste Johnson. In the coming year Mr. Wollerman planned to make changes. He hoped to increase the squads of six cheer- leaders to eight. The addition of soccer cheerleaders was also in the planning stages. This would enable more girls to participate in the sport of cheerleading. NN VARSITY BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Ann Schmitz ROW TWO: Ann Hintze, Stacy LeBeck, Beth Gutzman ROW THREE: Sherri Hall ROW FOUR: Julie Akin VARSITY FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: BOTTOM ROW: Chris Kadzielawa, Mi- chelle Procknow, Kim Meigher ROW THREE: Ann Schmitz, Paula Britton, Heidi Henkel