Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Putting him down for two. Senior Dennis Loushin takes down his Newbury opponent with finesse. Den- nis pinned most of his challengers, as his record was 33-0. Wrestling 111

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Going Through The Grinder Grinding your teeth and taking the punches seemed to be a requirement for being a part of the ' 84 wrestling team. Most people said this season started off slow but this season seemed to have started from inside a hole. At the first day of practice there were around twenty- seven wrestlers trying out. When the sea- son ended fourteen and a half months lat- er there was a scarce nineteen left on the team. As expected guys go out just to see if they like it, but have no real inter- est. And with every sports comes the in- juries. This year seemed to be a record. It was like a plague. For four wrestlers, two of which were seniors injuries took away their hopes to wrestle. Two seniors Dennis Kelly and Bob Suszek were forced to sit for half their season, but were able to come back and compete. When they got over the bumps in the road, things started shaping up. There were a few changes to the team. Among them was the new assistant coach Mar- shall Bossard. Bossard who graduated from Richmond Heights in 1969, was al- ways part of the team, but his • Class A State Champions. • Mr. Papouras won his 200th dual meet. • Total weight loss as a team was 293 lbs. Lining up for recognition. Against Newbury, the last dual meet, the wrestling seniors were lined across the gym in honor of Parent ' s Night. 110 Wrestling J

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contributions came from his home in Co- lumbus. Many things were accomplished from the battered team. A wrestling magazine had the team ranked fifteenth in the na- tion in a pre-season billboard. Winning against Berkshire was the mark of Mr. Paporous ' two-hundreth duel meet win. The highest achievement the team meet was bringing Richmond Heights their fourth state championship. Although the unique team was very prosperous, its J.V. team was less fortu- nate. Since there really never was a ju- nior varsity team for the lack of members, the freshmen, seventh, and eighth grades team were coached by Joe Mervar and assistant coach Ron I was glad to be with my senior class. We were champions in football and now we are champions in wrestling. They were all great friends and we made a lot of memories. -J.G. 112 Wrestling