Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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1. John Marker resists being pinned. 2. Randy Baseler battles it out. ?. The referee checks a position held 4. Doug Wood begins to grapple with 5. Totem: and the opposing team join SH WRESTLES You're sitting daintily in the library and in lumbers Steve Jones. It's rumored he has to wear tennis shoes until he can send away for shoes large enough to fit his feet. His muscled arms reach for a book and then he tries to scrunch his legs under a library table. You look at his black sweator with red and white stripes running down the shoulders and you decide, NThis boy should be a wrestler. He is. Steve, junior at Sammamish, took lst place in the unlimited class at the District Wrestling Meet on February 17-18. He was Sammamish's only entry in the State Meet on February 24-25 at Central, where he placed Sth. He is a member of Sammamish's wrestling team which placed 4th for the season. The team, with the help of nine returning lettermen, finished with an overall re- cord of 6-4, and in league play 4-4, in front of Newport and Bellevue. Coach Ralph Sherwood said, The season has had its bright spots, among them, the defeats of Bellevue and Newport. We have a fine group of wrestlers out this year. Sammamish finished 5th out of nine teams in the sub-district tournament in February 10-ll, again ahead of Bellevue and Newport. At the end of the first day, Sammamish was in first place with all 12 wrest- lers still in. At the end of the second day Sammamish had three representatives going to the tournament at Puyallup. These were Tom Ling, who finished 2nd in the 130 pound class: Dave Smith, who placed 2nd in the 194 pound class, and Steve Jones, who took 3rd in the unlimited class. by Dave Smith and his opponent. another man. to get out the mats. il.

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The Tournament They Lived To See SEMIFINALISTS: Gail Baker Kathie Riddel Cindy Salazar Tammy Dworkin Linda Ward Carter Bentley Ralph Andersen Jan Howell Senior Dramatic Interp Junior Dramatic Interp Junior Dramatic Interp Senior Oratory Interp Junior Oratory Interp Junior Extemp Senior Impromptu Junior Impromptu FINALISTS: Tammy Dworkin Cindy Salazar Kathie Riddel 1. Gail Baker delivers matic interpretation. lst place lst place Oratory Interp her forceful dra- 2. Roger Metcalf, Steve Lynch. Linda Ward. and Carter Bentley discuss the tournament. 3. Roger Metcalf, and Carter Bentley hope they get desks for their debate. 4. Carter Bentley, Tammy Dworkin, Linda Ward and Steve Johnson enjoy moments when the pressure is off. 5. Roger Metcalf, Jay Howell, and Steve Johnson talk about their events. 6. Gail Frank speaks at Seattle Pacific College. 7. David Calof listens to his opponent. Ken Christensen and Bill Sternoff listen to opposing team. 8.

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