Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Putting is in perspective Coach Rudy GuevaMj ts things straight with stat girl. like to keep stats lor the wr tW BProcausc I like the sport and I like the excitement. says Jayme. Photo by Russell Ramirez O vercoming injuries through intense training, varsity grapplers were . . the WHEN IT COUNTED Hanging tough. At the MHAL finajs oUn Haynes rides his opponent until jhf match endkColin won this match by a score ni 10-4. Next year. says Colin I hope to at leasTgo to CCS. Photo by Ted Conn his years' team looks good on paper, said coach Rudy Guevara at the beginning of the season, We have some returning sen- iors and some good young talent. Com- ing off an excellent season last year, the grapplers 87 - 88 season did not seem as impressive. The team compiled a 4-7 record. After a league opening victory over Yerba Buena by a score of 54-22, the Saints went on to edge out Andrew Hill 42-31. Things began to get tough for the boys as they then began to take on the ft 1 team in the Central Coast Section. Everyone on the team fought very hard, but they came up short 42-21. The team's luck began to whither still as star heavy weight, Val Laologi broke his jaw in an unfortunate acci- dent. He had strung together an 18-1 record before the accident and was a major part of the team's success. Before the team knew it, the season was drawing to a close. The final dual meet of the season was here and it was against rival Oak Grove. John Sleeman commented, The whole team was pumped up. We never liked to lose to Oak Grove in sports or anything else. Fighting until the end the wrestlers came up short 31 -29. It was a hard-fought match and it was too bad they did not win. Finally the climax of the entire year was drawing to a close. The M.H.A.L. finals were coming soon and it was time to work harder than ever. The week before the finals are always tough at practice, stated senior Dan Amendariz. The practice paid off when six Santa Teresa wrestlers qualified for CCS with Tim Cano leading the way. Tim became the 1988 105 lbs. champion, with four pins, other placers were Val Laologi — 2nd; Bryan Lindsey — 3rd; Dan Amendariz — 3rd; Nathan Sheehy — 4th; and Eric Chaplin — 4th. by Lance Pardue Wrestling 7Y

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Varsity Wrestling team. Front row: Eric Chaplin. Brian Aguiar. Na- than Sheohv, Matt Cano Tim Cano, Colin Haynes. Robert Jj:xon. 2nd row: John Sice- man. Lance Pardue jSrvm Spann, Sean Harper. Jim Weiss, Dong Tran. Brett Laologi. Dan Armandanz. Back row: Bryan Lindsey, Brian Conklin. Adjani Rivers. Russell Ra- mirez. Rudy Guevara. Ted Cano. Brent Haliwell. Rong KuS mLaologi. Photo by Lanee Parduo credentials Scoro Opponent 9-49 Gilroy 54-22 Yerba Buena 42-31 Andrew Hill 21-42 Independence 30-43 Silver Creek 29-36 Overfelt 34-36 Mt. Pleasant 29-31 Oak Grove Record 2-6 Getting a grip. Executing a leg vine perfectly, John Sleeman tries to turn his opponent at the Mid-Cal tournament over tor near toll points. The Mid-Cal tournament is one 5f the toughest tournaments in Ncrttwn California,” says John Sleeman with a frown on his face. Photo by Lance Pardue Off the whistle. As the referee blows the whistle. Val Laologi tries to execute a cheap tilt against his hard- nosed op::- :,.-nt at the Overtoil tournament. Val was a major force -Says Tim Cano. He saved us from losing more than once this year. Photo by Ted Cano Sports 70

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Dominating most of the competition and placing in the top three in three tournaments, the Frosh- Soph wrestlers looked like . . . AMONG BOYS aving an up and down season, the Frosh- Soph wrestling team had a fairly good sea- son under the circumstances. The team lost many valuable wrestlers because of openings on the varsity starting lineup. Seven wrestlers altogether were moved up to the varsity team: Matt Cano, Nathan Sheehy, Colin Haynes. Eric Chaplin, Brett Laologi, Adrian Rivers, and Brett Haliwell. Despite this grave disadvantage, the team was very competitive and compiled a league record of 7 wins 5 losses. The team also placed in the top three in three major tournaments. An overall 2nd at both the Oak Grove tournament and the Overfelt tournament and a 3rd at the Firecracker Open held at Independence were the three tournaments. Todd Hawk. Hayward Cook, and Jeff Emerson were the team's big guns. They combined for a record of 30 wins and 6 losses. Reflecting on the past wrestling season, David Boudreau states, We lost a lot of talent to the ailing varsity team and we still kicked a little butt. The team did stick together through the tough losses so it made it easier. We had some great wins and we did it as a team. The team's most impressive victory came over Mt. Pleas- ant. The Saints defeated their foes by a team score of 46-8. It gave the younger wrestlers a lot of confidence and was a bright spot with the depleted lineup. Another great perfor- mance is noted when Hayward Cook pinned his opponent in a extremely quick 48 seconds. Though most of the team was composed of Sophomores, next years team is looking ahead to a productive year. Says coach Ted Cano, “We had a good season this years re- serves can have an equally good year with some hard work and a little help from incoming freshmen.” By Lance Par- doe A yell for help. During the intense Oak Grove match, coach Rudy Guevara hetagfe wrestler with some timely advice. Rudy te«i hes us to lis- ten to him throuqn igpCTtiwd. He can see things we don't. says Sophomore Nathan Sheehy. Photo by Russel Ramirez Intensity and concentration. During the team's crushing defeat which it suffered to Oak Gn ijayward Cook was the only wrc-. ’ler to achieve Victory. Even though we lost 70 they' wiestled hard and with great intensity. says Hayward. Photo by Ted Cano r---------------- Sports