Paradise Valley High School - Trojan Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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l. Trying to put his opponent on his back is Senior Jeff Dempsey. 2. On his way to a pin. Senior Leif Barnes breaks his opponent down to the mat. 3. Sophomore Tony Popvich scores and goes on to win his division finals match, I3-2. 4. Heavyweight Brett Hicks pins his Prescott opponent. 144 Var ity fini hes with perfect season The Trojan grapplers. coached by Mr. Frank Grundler. finished with a remarkable 10-0 season. Senior Sensation Jeff Dempsey. undefeated in 26 matches for the season. finished his high school career by winning the State crown for his weight class. Sophomores Tony Popovich and Derrick Roberts placed third in the State competions enabling Paradise Valley to land the third place position in the State AAA Wrestling Championships. The goals that we've stressed every year at the beginning of the season are those of winning the Division and State Tournaments. Our practice sessions are geared toward these goals. Having an undefeated season is excellent but that's not our main thing. said Coach Grundler. Returning lettermen were Seniors Brian Downie, Cory Wakefield, Brett Hicks. Dan Kleitsch, Leif Barnes and Jeff: Juniors Andre Fournier and Tony. The team as a whole placed second in the Skyline Division Tournament. lt was a total team effort that helped keep the Trojans at the top of the division. Tony was victorious in the final match of the tournament and came away with the lO8 lbs. championship title. Jeff also won in the finals. defending his l70 lbs. title. Placing second were team leaders Dan and Brett. Andre and Derrick. Leif took fourth place title. L'The caliber of athletes we had this year allowed us to work very hard. The wrestlers would do extra work such as running 'the mountainl doing extra sprints after workouts and practicing their techniques. Varsity Assistant Coach Roger Fournier generated a lot of enthusiasm as well as helping with the teaching of technique, said Coach Grundler. gsm lime 3

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I 'shman Red Team: Left to Right - Coach John Pierce. Gary Callahan. Keith Gall. Brian Foley. Mike Gigi J Breedlove. Robert Conrad. Brian Miller, Greg Peters. Tray Thatcher. Tim Esmay. 54 58 65 72 62 52 46 59 O.T. 6l 62 68 60 7l 49 62 P.V,Opponent Shadow Mountain Glendale St. Mary's Apollo Moon Valley Prescott Sunnyslope Washington St. Mary's Thunderbird Apollo Moon Valley Prescott Sunnyslope Washington Fre hmen fini h record-breaking sea on P.V.0pponent 40 Shadow Mountain 58 Glendale 53 St. Mary's 38 Apollo 39 Moon Valley 45 Prescott 42 Sunnyslope 40 Washington 72 St. Mary's 37 Thunderbird 48 Apollo 34 Moon Valley 43 Granite Mountain 32 Sunnyslope 45 Washington shman White Team: Left to Right - Coach Eric Kibler. Shawn McDonald. Tom Harley. Don Wolfe.-Lee lerson. Corey Zollinger. Mark Doughty. Dan Abara. Andy Grubenhoff. Kelly Smith. Tod McGowan. Not pic- dz Craig Israel. Chuck Paxson. Undefeated best describes the Freshman red team this year. Under the and only losing eight games. direction of Coach John Pierce. the red team recorded a I5-0 season. This was Defense and rebounding were stressed heavily because of its importance in A First ever in the history of Freshman Basketball at Paradise Valley High the team's success this year. Outstanding achievements were Chuck Paxson School. leading with most total rebounds and Corey Zollinger setting a Freshman Leading scorers were Mike Gavin. Bob Breedlove and Brian Foley: leading record of 42 points against St. Mary's when the Trojans won 72-44. rebounder was Brian Foley and assist leader was Tim Esmay. Team pride and defense were the key factors for the Freshman teams Another great season was accomplished this year. too. by the Freshman record-breaking seasons. 'White team. They also set a new record this year by winning seven games

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Grapplers triumphant in MesaTournament rag'- 'ii'l'l hi Row l: Coach Frank Grundler. Leif Barnes, Jeff Dempsey. Brett Hicks, Assistant Coach Roger Fournier. Row 2: Manager Jeff Knight, Tony Popovich. Andre Fournier. Dan Kleitsch, Cory Wakefield, Bruce Burwell, Mike Richmond. Jeff Bisbee, David Bulkeley. Derrick Roberts. Not Pictured: Brian Downie. law.. I4