Poway High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Poway, CA)

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Wrestling Perfection To The Fullest by Jon Jaro To say that wrestling at Poway High School has been Hsuccessfulv in past years would be the biggest understatement of the century. The dynasty that Poway High wres- tling has established for itself ultimately epit- omizes athletic dominance. Past accomplish- ments include: sever- al league championships, C.l.F. champion- ships, numerous tournament victo- 'tln wrestling, no one else can do the work someonef' lVlr. Branstetter pushes us real hard. He isn't afraid to workout with us like some coaches He's probably the toughest guy in the roomf' added Marty Lewis. Al- though several of their victories were lopsid- ed, the team became better and better with 1 each match. One sig- nificant edge the wrestlers possessed was the encourage- ment and support they constantly pro- ries, and a most pres- 7 7 T R vided for each Other. tigious state Cham- , . RiCky Legaspi C0m- pionship. This yearls O Briant mented, Willie whole Varsity Wrestling team continued to display their well- known excellence by picking up where they left off last season and moving onward. They easily captured the league and C.l.F. crown, then went on to place Sth at the state tourna- ment. When asked how Poway High wres- tling managed to become so superior, many ofthe wrestlers considered Mr. Branstetter to be the single, most important factor. Garrett Story stated, HMr. Branstetter knows what it takes to get every ounce of ability out of 5. .M...m,l-M i. N A ..., ,,. ,.,. ,.i .,.. ..r. . . ...... y...y Oprsmenr 'ii, i'-r. ef: fi iitii iii'ii 1 'li ... ... nn P .i- t- . iss -t-Y- ttt .k,. ,ni ..--, I -... . ..s li l-fiF.a1IbroQk . ...p.... ffl liiiilii iwfiiiiiiifei sssr- . ssss f tssssss sisii 3-44- s sr-roaming 1-mmf. meer:-1. f M7,6,M,,,.,,.r.,.,.,.,o--- 57 7 Tgffe9...Qige5,,.,....,.-,....,. .. , Orange Glen 'League Champions 'C.I.F. Champions 'Sth in State Trnmt. 76 Varsity Wrestling team really moti- vates meg they do good and it makes me want to do good. Brian Davisson de- scribed it this way, lt is just you and some- one else out on that mat and when you screw up, everyone knows. But when you win there is no other feeling like itf' Fortunately, feel- ings often ran high and wild for this year's Varsity Wrestling team and with such a bright future ahead, these feelings should remain for quite awhile. Brian Davisson works to escape from his opponent lst row: Shane Hosselle, Steve Kerr, Garrett Story, Ricky Legaspi, Tony Cuoke 2nd row: AJ Perez, Ross O'Briant, John Bright, Rick Bugado, Marty Lewis, Brian Davisscm 3rd row: Coach Btanstetter, Coach Hockaday, Brian Woods, Kipp Anderson, Marc Pease, Coach Torretto

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Senior Kipp Anderson maintains control and attempts to pin his opponent. MVP This year's pick as MVP for the Varsity Wrestling team was Brian Woods. Brian began wrestling at the age of I4 and has had an out- standing wrestling WNV? 'Nile MQ T t' Ross 0'Briant aggressively tries to turn his opponent onto his back. career here at PHS. Aside from wrestling, Brian enjoys football and other various sports. He attributes much of his success to Coach Branstetter and believes the biggest reward he received through wrestling was learning to be very dis- ciplined. Although he is unsure about his future, one thing 's for sure - he 'll always be a winner! Tony Cooke takes advantage of the situation and works to turn and pin his opponent. Varsity Wrestling 77 H 5 S .ad