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

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202 BOYS ' SOCCER

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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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YS ' SOCCER — ROW 1: Ken Edwards, Mike Burns, Jay Strieker, Blane Chaplow, John Ferry, Adam •win, Steve Romine, Scott Drew; ROW 2: Jim Merrill, Conor Thorlon, John Kutch, Boh RisI, Paul , Mike Englisch, Scott Woolly; ROW 3: Coach Pete Conover, Mike Quackenbush, Mike Chaplow, rk Smith, Eric Franc, Jack Dinardi, Eric Enlow, Mike Harpe; ROW 4: Andy Durmois, Kevin ;eder. Jay Hickman, Todd Smith, Scott Weathers reaming up or a successful season Although not a known )werhouse in Pinellas County, e Patriot boys ' soccer team had e ability to upset any number of ghly ranked teams in the strict this year. The team contained a lot of in- vidual talent led by co- iptains, seniors John Ferry and lane Chaplow. We always had e individual talent. All we 3eded was a chance to put it gether, stated senior Scott raw. As a result of practicing eryday for an hour and a half, oach Pete Conover was able to ork with the players in molding eir talents into a team. The district the Patriots were included in was most competitive in the state as it consisted of four state-ranked teams, Countryside, Clearwater, Clearwater Central Catholic, and state champions Tarpon Springs. However, as Chaplow commented, If the team went into every game with the right attitude, we had the ability to put together a winning season. Conover felt that the team had a good overall performance this year playing respectably even under the pressure of tough competitors. r BOYS ' SOCCER ■ 12 3 CCC 0-6 12 12 Countryside 1-3 12 14 Osceola 9-2 12 19 Tarpon Springs 0-3 12 21 Seminole 1-0 1 9 Clearwater 0-4 1 11 Dunedin 2-1 1 18 Largo 0-7 1 21 St. Pete Cath. 2-1 1 23 St. Pete 1-1 1 28 Dixie Hollins 4-0 1 30 Lakewood 4-0 2 1 Gibbs 9-4 2 6 Northeast 2-1 2 8 Boca Ciega 3-2 Senior Jay Strieker keeps on top of the ball as he attempts to sidelong his Osceola opponent. f BOYS ' SOCCER 203