San Luis Obispo High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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Five wrestlers qualify for CIF semi-finals Despite inexperience in the lightweights and tough competition, the Bengal grapplers placed five wrestlers in the San Luis Athletic league meet. Coach Phil Priiatel's squad 'finished the season with a 2-8-1 record while going unplaced in the Cal Poly and and Morro Bay Tourneys but placed third in the league meet. SLO lost five matches by four points or less. '67- '68 VARSITY WRESTLING SEASON SLO OPP 22 Righetti 25 23 Lompoc 19 15 1Morro Bay 30 32 Santa Maria 19 16 'Atascadero 34 22 'Arroyo Grande 25 14 'Morro Bay 33 21 Santa Maria 23 22 'Arroyo Grande 22 24 Righetti 26 14 'Atasfadero 41 DYNAMIC DAVE-Riding his Righetti opponent to the mat after a nifty two point reversal for a 4-2 in the last IO seconds of the bout is Tigermcm Dave Exline. Exline later won first in the league. JV WRESTLING SQUAD-FRONT ROW: Wayne Curtis, Gordon Hens- ley, Russ Barnet. ROW 2: Calvin Howe, Chuck Fry, Jett Severn, Jim Stewart. ROW 3: Glen Wilmoth, Steve Stock, Bryon Mele, Roy Wood- ward.

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BATTLE OF THE TITANS-Tiger heavy man Craig Johnson sefs up for an easy vicfory over his hapless floor ridden Mission opponenl. UPSEY DAISY-After executing a reverse half, Bengal Spencer Meyer gives his Righelli opponent a chance lo examine the ceiling before referee Tom Hall slaps the mal' for lhe pin. THIS WAY BUDDY-Alfempling lhe guilloline an Eagle Rex McNeil is Tiger slrongman Bill Swanson. VARSITY WRESTLING SQUAD-FRONT ROW: Chuck Schultz, David Exline, Paul Nunes, Dale Newcomb, Don Lowe, Kenl Lowe, Sleve Crossman. BACK ROW: Phil Priialel, head coach, Craig Johnson, Jeff Feliciano, Mike Gibbons, Bill Swanson, Jim Harrell, Ron York, Joe Garrett, ass'l. coach, -.N-wa KQAA, l ri fr 54-- Wrestling '67 - '68 O 21 28 29 29 27 34 21 32 19 24 20 15 JV WRESTLING Righelli Lompoc Morro Bay Santa Maria Alascadero Arroyo Grande Morro Bay Mission Santa Maria Arroyo Grande Righelli Alascadero SEASON OPP. 40 29 23 22 28 19 40 12 33 26 36 45

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Relay speed aids Bengal bid for crown With Speed Merchants, lnc. opening a monopoly on sprints and relays, the Tiger track team, which fin- ished fourth in the '67 league meet, became a maior contender for the '68 varsity title. After losing the opener to Arroyo Grande, a 7l-70 heart-breaker, the Tiger thinclads crushed Coast Union 70-6, only to be crushed in turn by Santa Maria, 85-32. A loss to Lompoc 93-40 followed, but the Tigers bounced back to defeat arch rival Arroyo Grande, 40-15. ln a triangular meet at Cabrillo, the scorebook read Oxnard 70 V2, SLO 4715, Cabrillo 30. A three-way meet with Paso Robles and Coast Union saw the Tigers pull away with 83 points compared with PR 44 and CU l7. With five trackmen sidelined including Bill Parker out with the mumps, the Tiger spikers l46l absorbed a third place finish behind Arroyo Grande 48 and Morro Bay 89 in another triangular. Times of 44.3 in the 440 relay and 37.3 in the mile relay overshadowed the '67 performance of Eric Enberg breaking his own shot put record with a new distance of 52 feet 4 inches. ln '67 records were also broken in the C 660 lMartzl, in the league B l0O iEcholsl and the B 660 relay team. Don Mathews, Rollie McCormick, Mike White, Bill Fisher, Bob Echols and Hugh Danaher com- peted in the CIF quarter finals, but only Enberg advanced to the semi finals. TRIPLE THREAT-Hitting the sand in the long jump is Bob Echols, a versatile junior who also runs the T80 lows and relay. TRACK SQUAD--FRONT ROW: Larry Vandenberg, manager, Monty Raines, Andy Starkey Neil Lownes Don Gaddis David Exlin Mark Poler, Steve Jones, Gary Morgan, Bob Gugliemelli. ROW 2: John Robertson, Paul Newton Tom Robertson Bob Echols Eric Martz, Hugh Danaher, Tom Peargin, Mike Haney, Allen Cook, Supriano Mendez, Bret Vokoun manager ROW 3 Joe Garrett assistant coach, Perry Golden, Bill Fisher, Mike While, Ray Lewis, Dan Barbica, Mike Clemmensen Francisco Wendlandl Dan Helfert, Dan Borradori, Tom Favero, head coach. NOT PICTURED: Bill Parker. my-'Y SQ