Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Varsity Wrestlers Finished With 2'8 Record FRQN1' Rgw, Richard Kiserl Gary Hammond, Andy Kleiman, Jim Musgrave, Don Mendenhall, Warren Andrle, Tom Reeb, Gary Lombardo, Cliff Mahalik Mike Redding, Danny Woods, Mike Emerling, Bill Johnson, Pete Jorgenson, li? Thompson' Mark Mfsovem' Psvid B 'h'f'5' Joe Hmmen' Mike Gerard Jeff Estes, Kim Conwell, Larry Simms. BACK ROW: Joe Meyers, Doug Pulsifer, M'ke Schuh' Joe Hffflf G-'ber' Congo' GUY Daws' Palo Verde's Don Mendenhall struggled to break the hold of his opponent in a home meet against Pueblo held December 13. Titan grapplers were defeated. Titan grappler Dan Harrel brought down an unidentified wrestler from Rincon in a meet held January I7 in the Palo Verde gym. The Titans won the meet.

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Senior Steve Kelly exhibited knowledge of wrestling techniques as he pinned his opponent down in an after-season intramural meet held in the boys' gym. VARSITY WRESTLING SCHEDULE Varsity Wrestling finished the season with a 2-5 conference and a 2-8 overall record. Leading the team was Captain Mike Redding who finished with the best meet record of 9 wins and 2 defeats in the 127-pound class. Pete Jorgensen, 154-pound division, finished the season with a 7 win-3 loss and 2 ties meet record. Other members of the team who also had win- December 7 Rincon December 13 Pueblo December 'I4 Tempe December 20 Salpointe January 'IO Amphi Jdnudry 11 Catalina January 'I7 Tucson January 18 Maryvale January 24 Westwood Jdnudry 31 Sunnyside February 7 Sahuaro COACH William Bell ning records were the 122-pound class, Andy Kleiman, 175- pound, Kim Conwell, and HWT, Larry Simms. Palo Verde's two wins were when they beat Tucson 29-lo and Catalina 23- 22, both were conference meets. Coach of the Varsity Wres- tling Team was Bill Bell. ln a training match, two wrestlers used various skills in attempting to pin one another. The Varsity grapplers finished the season with a record of 2-8. Larry Grove and Gary King, both Titan wrestlers, strove to get a pin. Both shoulders had to be down on the mat for a pin which was worth three points.

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Freshman Wrestlers Recorded Losing eason Two Freshmen wrestlers practiced a take-down in the varsity wrestling room under the gym. Intramural wrestling started after the regular season was over. AT' fresh. 'Y + . ,, V 'F' few- c je-ef k' Lei W' 'jc ln... R An unidentified member of the Palo Verde Freshman Wrestling Team pinned enfn his opponent in a match held in the Panther gym on Saturday, January 11. . s ,..,,.,,,.. i.f, is.,,,..e.., , zi, ,i,,..,,,s r,.,k,, ,,., ,,,5334-wz,.,,,3-ug,-ff-f..,.7 -is-zfsswfxx-1 -fr-:S :aww -'Qi'-2: 'R i eMsg1r,5msg,5he13ggg,,,-we...:Qggggfig:isiifsicgsrg,-11575 f:r2fi-eefsasiix if i ' i : -zliiiii,-5151?f1iE,1is'ffi1f' 'ffi'-if it-if-15:.,,eg1e,,-f, i,,M,,s,,. M an Under the direction of Ed Baron, the Freshman Wrestling Team finished the season with a O-7 record. The Freshmen learned fundamentals ot wrestling and gained valuable ex- perience participating in meets. Outstanding wrestlers on the team were Jett Gregoire, ll2 pounds, Bob Hammond, lO5 pounds, Mike Williamson, i75 pounds and Steve Morris, 165 pounds. Ed Baron COACH FRESHMAN wRssruNG TEAM-FRONT ROW: Bob Kemewell, Lloyd zeigler, Lewis. BACK ROW: Scott Richardson, Alien Ramsey, Jessie Ulioe, Gerv Siegel, Jeff Gregoire, Reed Means, Chaco Romero, Bob Callan, Larry Stock, Mike Gary Zent, Bob Williamson, Clancy Butler, Kevin Rogahn, Steve Kaplan, Phil Townsend, Heston Fradkin, Bob Morris, Karl Kiellstrom, Don Hauser, Mike Wifigafef -lim legflfef Ken lamb-