Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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ANTICIPATION, surrounds the crowd os Cooch Pete Col- lins owoits the next pin. BEXVARE, it looks dongerous but mony hours of troin- ing ond skill go into o wrestling rnotch os shown here by Tim Michoels. 9, N THE WINNER, is onnounced ond once ogoin Joe Poole hos coptured the victory for the Potriots. LIGHTWEIGHT, divisions in wrestling ore os exciting os the upper weights. Chris Cromer one of the Potriot lightweights dominotes his closs, VARSITY WRESTLING I 169

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OFFICIAL WIN, is what Mark Michaels and other Patriots hope for when the referee gets down on the mar to check positions. A WINNING POSITION, for the other team, sometimes occurs, but more often than not Tim Michaels is able to change things around for a victory. sr ,-, Ea if in :ZS ii, I MM J fgm.. if 'as' ci QW. .Q , 4, 1 L ...J I . M M y gi g Le- VARSITY WRESTLING: Front Row: Coach Hinz, Russ Settle, Marlin Lewis, Jay Eschelman, Jim Drescher, Jessie Smitl W . ,.,, 5 ' Poole, Todd Williams, Coach Collins, Row Two: Mark Michaels, Tim Bohlman, Tim Michaels, Chris Cramer, Jim Bi sor, Mike Ledfield, Mike Casino, Kevin Rich, Ted Grammatico, Cesar Grajales. Staying in tap farm requires persistence Training is important in all sports and wrestling is no exception. To stay in top form the wrestlers participated in a weightlifting program. Bench pressing, curls and upright row- ing were rhe three main weight exer- cises. Along with lifting weights, various workouts in rope climbing, wind sprints, long distances and calisthenics helped put wrestlers in top shape. Coach Pete Collins believes that workouts not only help winning but at the same time it is important for the car- diovascular system as well as improving the muscle tone. WORKING OUT, was what the wrestling team did in order to stay in shape. Tim Michaels demonstrates his exercises, I 188 I VARSITY WRESTLING

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HERE IS THE WlNNER, at almost every competition i Deon Booker has his hand raised in the air by the referee to declare another victory for the Patriots. J.V. WRESTLING: Front Row, Adam Weisberger, Ernie Grajales, Soon Chau, Mike Dibari, Trevor Caufmang Row Two, Phil DiPaolo, James Wagner, Mike Mueller, Dan McGowan, Luke Logue, Todd Mendelson, Robert Simonseng Row Three: Coach Tim Hinz, David Troyer, Ken Holt, Tad Joy, Ralph Weinreich, Adam Brokus, Coach Pete Collins, NOT PICTUREDg Tim Barker, Louis Monti, Jerry Joyce, Joe Demos, Curt Stabler, Kevin Wiliford, John Hamilton, Tony Steele. Pinning down a winning season lf someone wants to look toward the future of PPHS sports, cast more than a glance at the junior varsity CJ.V.D wrestling team. A The wrestlers were determined to be E number one, a goal that is not easy to l attain. The Patriot wrestling team has had for many seasons, a reputation for being a winning team and this seemed to make the new and up coming players to work even harder. Keeping winning a tradition is harder than working your way up. The J.V. wrestlers in previous seasons have won many honors. They have been county champions for three years in a row. To obtain these positions, the team, along with Coach Pete Collins and Coach Tim Hinz, put in long hours of practicing moves such as, switches cradles and nelsons. Also the team worked on improv- ing techniques and working out to just keep in shape. Yet with perseverance and team pride these young men formed a solid nucleus for a winning squad and a group of athletes to be reckoned with now and in the future. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, could well describe is a close contact sport and often finds the wr Trevor Caufman's match with his opponent. Wrestling uncomfortable positions. 1901 JV WRESTLING