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

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With much determination, sophomore John Skipper tries to wear down his op- ponent and get a pin. Using all he ' s got, Billy Merritt, freshman, works to escape the hold of a Tarpon Springs wrestler. INIOR VARSITY WRESTLING — ROW 1: Casey Fessler, Sean Hendry. Bill Merrill, Mike Glantz, 11 Abrahamsen, Todd Newman, Mark Pearcy; ROW 2: Frank DiBari, Russ Brown, Jeff Kramer, lenn Teeler, John Sanloro, Aaron Madison, James King, Blaine Johnson; ROW 3: Coaches Dean pdergraff and Dale Updergraff, Scoll Hosack, John Skipper, Brian Klinge, Carl Pellelier, Joe mrheim. Scoll Germak, Darren Kolofski, Pele Walsh, Brian Phillips, Coaches Thad Starling and Pele illins; NOT PICTURED: Pal Alkinson, David Stephanchick A restlers — bold and motivated The wrestlers took their posi- lons . . . the whistle blew . . . the latch began. The junior varsity restlers tried determinedly to ominate the mats in this recur- .ng scene. The junior varsity wrestlers ere unintimidated by the ewness of the high school forum nd set forth to practice, reshman Casey Fessler cknowledged that the workouts ere rigorous. I was usually ex- austed after practice. They were harder than I thought they ' d be. Fessler was at one time the Southeastern National champion for his weight class, but he was new to Patriot wrestling this year. One man not new to the Patriot wrestling scene was fifth year coach Pete Collins. They were a motivated bunch — very en- thusiastic, he stated. Assistant coach Thad Starling jokingly ad- ded, Maybe in a few years we ' ll move them to varsity. But, those few years would come sooner than many varsity wrestlers would care to admit. Occasional- ly a junior ' arsity wrestler could challenge a varsity wrestler to a wrestle-off. In the event of winning, the challenger would take the place of the varsity wrestler in his next match. Through practice and per- sistence, the junior varsity wres- tling team continued the Patriot wrestling winning tradition and gave prospect for next year ' s var- sity program. •f J jV WRESTLING 201

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JUNIOR VARSITY WRESTLING 11 27 Northeast 51-24 11 29 Boca Ciega 6-6 12 4 St. Pete 46-23 12 11 Osceola 47-21 12 13 Tarpon Springs 51-16 12 14-15 Patriot Inv. Tourn. 12 18 Seminole 47-18 12 20 Clearwater 40-36 1 10 Dixie Hollins 44-30 1 11 Dunedin 57-18 1 18 Sarasota 62-26 1 22 Lakewood 50-6 1 24 Gibbs 47-11 1 29 Largo 38-30 1 31 Countryside 18-47 2 9 Lake Gibson 42-24 Breaking down his opponent, freshman Robby Barry gains points for the Patriots in the Tarpon Springs match. Sophomore Pat Atkinson uses a half- Nelson in working to pin a Tarpon Springs wrestler. Brian Phillips, freshman, has the ad- vantage and raises the Patriot score by defeating his opponent from Clearwater. 2nii |VWRESTLIN(;

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202 BOYS ' SOCCER