Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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1! Vin Coyne, Wayne ley. Gerry Lawless. ritts; Back: Mark v, Tom DeVille. Don y. Rob Gillespi. 2. arick; 3. Captains; ' tead. Max January. ors: Kevin Coyne. ager: Vernon Guile Incy Russback, Ka- History was made at Ray- more-Peculiar this year. Senior, Kevin Coyne be- came the State Champion of the III pound weight ,class at the lA-3A State High School wrestling tour- nament. The tournament was held on February l3-l4. 198I at Columbia, Missouri, and Kevin is the first ath- lete in our school's history to ever win state honors. There were approximately 400 schools represented and there were l6 wrestlers in Kevin's weight class. He pinned three of his four op- ponents and he also posted the state's fastest pin of the tournament in 29 sec- onds. Kevin finished his high school career with an overall record of 77-30. In order for Kevin to get to state. he first had to win his Regional match at But- ler. Mo. Ray-Pec had three other wrestlers who ad- vanced to Regionals. They were Max January. David Russback. and Gerry Law- MW less. Lacy, Suzanne Coo- I. State Champ - Kevin Coyne; Ray-Pec's Regional Contestants: 2.7Max January. 3. David Russback, 4. Gerry Lawless, 5. Kevin Coyne; 6. Wrestlers warm-up for a tough contest. f-' ll 58, 7th Place 1 33 42 i8 56 8th Place I4 54' 48 25 4th Place 29 42 37 3I 3rd Place 33 35 i ,5: I2 . '43 27 y, :39 25 ; '5th Place ,j,6th,Place ' 7i7th' State gi- r-t- gl- s s: '- - e WrestlingNSQ s-t :..:...L:;;-;..;:.:;..:-:- y .-;.....-.cW..-nu:x..s.-..--e...A....... .e.-...m t v .- . , . .- ., m, n r .. .,. .. nW-Mwwq;hauwm.bhm.vw-weAw: -n..-4-A.'p-.-.a4'$1--.-lis M. ,

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l. Front: Max January, Kevin Coyne. Wayne Findley; Middle: Rod Findley. Gerry Lawless, V David Russback, Kris Pritts; Back: Mark Moorhead, Melvin Bradley. Tom DeVilIe, Don Lininger. Andrew Tilbury. Rob Gillespi. 2. Coaches Spalding 8 Barbarick; 3. Captains; Kevin Coyne, Mark Moorhead, Max January, David Russback; 4. Seniors: Kevin Coyne. Mark Moorhead; 5. Manager: Vernon Guil- ford; 6. Scorekeepers: Nancy Russback. Ka- ren Hendrickson. Debbie Lacy. Suzanne Coo- s per l. State Cham January. 3. D- With a record of 4 wins and 7 losses for the season, the var- V o L V j o ,. . V sity wrestling team of I980-8l ,t '1 ,. t l , 6W .258 showed real potential. There .v 1 9 . ,, , H ' ' i , , 7th Place were OHIY two graduating sen- v, . A I mm :m' , a ., 33 42 iors, so most of the team will 7;; , f : L , l8 56 be back next year striving Lee's SummitIdutjner-a 8th Place harder than ever for a winning V r, , , s , : ,, , , , , 6 Ray-Pec-Vs. Warrensbuerg 6 I4 54 season. Wrestlers such as Tony , 3 ,A t , f 5 a - Vs Odessa :-:,,, 43 25 Ellis. Wayne Findley. Rod Find- 4th Place ley. Rob Gillespie. Kelly j 1'! ,2 , , . L 29 42 McLaughlin. Melvin Bradley. and Kris Pritts. were moved into the Varsity line up their first year out. When asked what he considered to be the highlight of all his wrestling ex- periences. Coach Spalding replied. I think one of the most gratifying things for me was to see everyone work together to make an excellent team. There was great individual work and achievement. All the wrestlers seemed to care about each other by helping out when needed and trying hard to improve each other. The 'family' attitude helped develop a good unified team; one that hasn't been seen before. It's this attitude that will make them champions. 37 3I 3rd Place 33 35 6th Place , l71thHState

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A -t-o., .as.........,.....-.-. unminx .qups, ,ghaln-apcvgvmwm WWWM w l. Max January does anything to win a match; 2'. Kelly McLaughlin shows tal- ent as he gracefully pins his opponent; 3. When he's not out winning a match. David Russback cheer's othars on to vic- tory; 4. Rod Findley gives his all as he works to win his match; 5. Don Lininger always finds a way to stay on top; 6. Gerry Lawless keeps everything under con- trol; 7. Kevin Coyne. giving another opponent a rough time; 9. David Russback takes some 98 - Wayne Findley . tumbles but pins them in the endi 8. Max '05 a G'E'TY Lawless January shows spirit as he cheers on his 3 s- Kevin Coyne teammates; II. Danny Richter shows who's 9 - Max January boss; ll. Tommy DeVille. just getting started: l26 - David.RuS$baCk I2. Andrew Tilbury matches with unique l32 - Rod Findley wrestling pins. I38 - Mark Moorhead I45 Rob Gillespie I55 Melvin Bradley l67 Kris Pritts I75 -' Andrew Tilbury l85 - Don Lininger Hvy - Tommy DeVilIe Varsity Wrestlers Show Their Stuff 542w , IGONVrestling