Red River High School - Epilogue Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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Wrestling Season Difficult Due To Injuries Reversals, taktclosvns. and pins arc all words that arc likely ti) cnnu- up in a tonvi-rsation with a wrestler at Red River. As with all sports a lot f hard work and time arc spent in training during the season- At the completion ot each season an awards hanquct is held and team members arc honored lor their accomplishments and contrihu lions. It sounds |ust like a regular sport at Red River, right, ' To answer this question I would like to ask vou when was the last time you spent a night with your team membets and cheetleaders eating all the tacos and ice cream you wanted lor free. ' Or how about the last time you received a can ot pop and an encoutaging word after a tough battle ' Mrs. Shaft and Mrs. Norgard have a special talent for making great ice cream tteats, and they keep in practice by inviting the entire team, plus cheer- leaders and Wrestlcttes, to the Shaft home fot a fun night together. Coach Koppy has a tew comments on the season Looking back on the season it is quite sale to say we were in a rebuilding year. We ended the year wirh 2 seniors, 2 treshman. -i sophonmres and t juniors on the varsiry team. ITie past season was both gratifying and disap- pointing. Gratifying because ot the success ot some of the young wrestlers and the placing of both the seniors in the state tournament (Todd Patron JntI, Grant Shatt ( ' ith ) Disappointing be- cause as a team we did not tare as well as I had hoped at the beginning of the season I u i things I think were the Cause of our not doing better as a team. Injuries The Worst year I have ever had for injuries at Red River. . icA of Pjnici- p.inrs We ended the season with only I ) wresrlers due ro rile Liropouts and injuries Tom Fiilipi enjoys an ict crt-am specialty at the annual Taco and ice cream party. mMmmvmi Coaches Koppy and Icagcr watch as the team warms up l o:,t aWiSasa! Seniors {captains) Grant Shatt and Todd Patron lead exercises Wrcsthn Team Record 1979- 19H0 Devils Ukf » Red River 21 Far i) .South H Red River 4S f jvalii-r H Red Rivet 40 Minoi w Rid Rivet IK W ' ci Fatj;.. 10 Red River 1« rdfrnlntDIi w Red Rivet . ' S l.an don 2 Red Rivet IS Iamtst(»wn W Red River . ' 1 ShjnIfV K Red Rivet 19 X ' csl litf tt ' ij Red Rivet - 1 I jf c» North If, Red Rivet 2f. X ' ahpeton M Red Rivet . ' 1 r, F fentt.,1 (7 Red Rivet 10 Rc nmal Mttt one hundred and six points State Meet twenty-seven and one half points Red River took eleventh place, hastern Dakota Conference Sev- enty-three and one halt [x ints eattni; several tac tides tn try some ice cream Grant Shaft receives his 6th place tn State Meet phy at the Mark Scholler is amon the top 1 at the Regional Meet

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Number nine. Randv Btjslcv. pushes oM hard from the stjrtin blocks li t dd s bcfiirtr sfdte Mike Kunimer practices his torin BovA Trdtk 10 '

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Heavy Weight lohn Behm is set and ready as he awaits the releree s signal With steady detefniinatinn a Rider chalks up anuttiet pin Back Row 1,.R OiachJ. Koppy. Assistant Ciiach K Anderson. HWI Jnhn Behm. IK LBS Biib Gustafson, 167 LBS Todd Patron, n LBS Scott Page, n LBS Creg Schollcr. I« LBS Duane Armstrong I l i LBS Jim Lilhpi. Assistant G.ach K Jcager. Front Row W LBS Neil Wiken, U ' ) LBS Ron Piper. « LBS Mark Scholler Urt LBS Dale Shores. II. ' LBS Remy foney. 11 ' ) LBS Kurt Tompkins. 126 LBS Grant Shaft. i ' .2 LBS Tom Lillipi MN LBS Batty Owens. We see rile look of power on Red Riverss Most Valuable Wrestler lodd Patron