Putnam City Central Junior High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Matmen Chalk Up Exciting, Strenuous Season Wrestling this year for Central were A string members, lfirst Row: Bryan Lowder, Randy Fisher, Rick Murphy, Dana Cramer, Kenny McDonald, Leonard Lippert. Second Beginning the season with a slow start, the Central Wildcat wrestling team improved to make a victorious year. With his first year at Central, Coach John Magers divided his time teaching seventh grade Physical Ed- ucation and coaching wrestling. Just practicing and drilling is not all the wrestlers had to worry about. They had to keep a certain weight and had to watch every bite they ate. Elected by their teammates to serve as captains were Gary Peters and Joey Brantley. Row: Randel Sanders, Kim Duke, Joey Receiving two points for his reverse hold, Brantley, Carl Mears, Gary Peters and Danny is wrestler Gary Peters at the Hefner Hutton. match during the beginning of the season. lg V . 'gi , Ny 'Q qi.. T' Tensely watching and adding support to matman Kim Duke during his duel with Hefner is Coach John Magers, Putting up a good fight with a Hoover matman, and finally forfeting, is A string wrestler Gary Peters.

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Cagers Take Third At Oaks Tournament Starting off the Western Oaks tournament with the Northwest Classen win, Wildcat fans were excited about the next game. This game, though a disappointing loss, gave us the right to play Western Oaks, beating them 48- 46, and awarding us the third place trophy. Tipping in another two points against Northwest Classen is center Roger Radar. :UV s , .. ywxgjwnz- , 35.11 .. r.i FFR nl' ,. A , ,tw 'ii' U Q il , ftp, bass Irs f JW N- ?L ' W1 1 in . p 'ion X' ' Aiflllla-ig, - A! Y I R 5 .4 digit! HEFJ

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Struggling to pin his man is one of Magers A String matmen, It's a victorious moment for wrestler Randal Sanders as he pins Randal Sanders, at the Central vs. Eisenhower match. his man from Kerr in less than a minute. Wrestlers Keep Fit for Upcoming Matches Starting the season was the following line-up: Bryan Lowder, 75 lbs.g Randy Fisher, 82 lbs., Rick Murphy, 89 lbs., Dana Cramer, 95 lbs.g Kenny McDonald, 101 lbs., Bob Colbert, 108 lbs., Randal Sanders, 115 lbs.g Kim Duke, 124 lbs.g Joey Brantley, 132 lbs.g Carl Mears, 140 lbs.g Gary Peters, 148 lbs.g and Danny Hutton, heavy f-. weight. Managing the wrestling team were Kent Heston and Billy Trash. Wildcats greatest victory margin came 1 with their victory over Oklahoma City Central. The final ' X score was 50-0. High pointmen of the season were Gary Peters and Joey Brantley, who also served as captains. g The only injury of the season was Joey's injured arm. One of their first matches was in the Hefner tournament g in which they placed second. Their only other tourna- I . ment was in February with Edmond. H T-. . l Hefner Vikings look on sadly, but it's an exciting scene for the Wildcats as Wayne Driggers pins his man. i. .. E fl Y : .ati n an LQ , -3 ' li: . f, 1lL l L., 3 l '11 As referee watches closely for the pin, Dana Cramer fights inten- To Win is to Hurt is the motto which kept our twenty-seven sely to win against his opponent from O.K.C. Central. stand-by matmen willing.