Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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Below: At state Jess Adams lunlor Is congratulated by Brian Knorr after winning his first match. -photo by Beth Branden- burg. .. .wa R52 ,.,,s .,-1f . --- 5 VH' W' W ,M Above: Caught In a standup hold, Davld Brent senior attempts to recover his posi- tion. -photo by Erin Wiley. Right: When captured by an opponent, Monte Ellis junior tries a standing switch to release himself. -photo by Maria Shell. ' '108fSPORTSfWRESTLING f . amlfwffif H :KXLWW f . i f

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Dillinger ruins records Five parTicipaTe aT sTaTe Senior Kyle Dillinger seT a new record when he broke The exisT- ing record from 4982 for The besT season wiTh a ToTal of 22 wins and 5 losses. He beaT The record of his broTher Eric Dillinger, who gradu- aTed in 4982. His record was 25-6. Dillinger also broke The record Tied 2-2. The score was again Tied 2-2 in The overTime. Adams won The maTch from criTeria because he had The firsT and mosT Take- downs for The maTch. DekaT's firsT maTch was won when he over- came his STafford opponenT. BoTh Then moved on To The second I feel like This years' Team was as solid as iT has ever been, but iT was a building year since we losT six seniors IasT year. for The mosT falls wiTh a ToTal of 22 for The season. He broke his own record from 4982 when he Tied wiTh Roy Housh, 4982 graduaTe, for a ToTal of 44 falls. Dillinger TabulaTed The mosT ca- reer falls ever in The school's hisTo- ry. His ToTal was 36 falls for The Two years he was ouT for wresTling. WresTlers compeTing aT sTaTe were seniors Dillinger and Kevin Eeel, juniors Jess Adams and John eel and sophomore Loren De- kaT. Three of The five parTicipaT- ing losT ouT in The firsT round, while DekaT and Adams won Their maTches and advanced. Adams' firsT maTch againsT a wresTler from Leon-BluesTem wenT inTo overTime when They Coach Bill Knorr round where They boTh were de- feaTed by ST. Francis' indians. CAdams' ST. Francis' opponenT wenT on To Take The champion- shipg AfTer losing Their second maTch, They were puT inTo The losers brackeT To wresTle Their Third Time. DekaT losT his Third maTch To a Mission Valley Viking and Adams losT his maTch To an Oberlin Devil. AfTer losing Those maTches, They were eliminaTed from The meeT. The record sTill goes on To say ThaT There has never been a sTaTe champion or a person plac- ing in The sTaTe TournamenT from Silver Lake since wresTling sTarTed in 4978. Below: Working for a Takedown, Loren DekaT sophomore faces Trouble wiTh a ST. Marys' Bear aT The ST. Marys lnviTaTional TournamenT. -phoTo by BeTh Branden- burg. LefT:Wl1h grim deTermInaTIon,lunIor Jess Above: Iniensely waichlng The match, Adams valianTly fighTs To break The hold The wresTlers and coaches awaiT The final and regain his sTance. -phoTo by BeTh score. -phoTo by BeTh Brandenburg. Brandenburg. WRESTLING f SPORTS f 407

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STarve To gain success Weigh in, conquer, Then 'pig ouT' Ke.. paddy WN As wiTh all sporTs, The parTici- panTs need To make a number of sacrifices. WresTlers sacrificed Time and food. ln The off monThs They relaxed and enjoyed life wiTh The excepTion of exercise nd oTher exiracurricular sporTs. uring The season The wresTlers puT Themselves on a special dieT. Each picked a dieT ThaT suiTed whaT he preferred. Before a meeT each wresTler weighed in To geT an esTimaTe of how much weighT he needed To CI D lose. He losT iT by decreasing his dieT and adding more physical acTiviTy, such as running laps. Kyle Dillinger weighed in for a meeT aT 435. He was required To lose 23 pounds To weigh 442. His dieT consisTed of fruiT, boiled eggs, and a baby food mixTure called Similac. IT Took Dillinger al- mosT 3 days To lose This weighT. AfTer he weighed in and wresTled his opponenT, he pigged ouT in fronT of his refrigerafor aT home. LOSS y 3 David Biswell 42 Kyle Dillinger 22 5 Jerry ManharT 6 8 Kevin Safarik 3 A Loren Dekai 48 40 Monfe Ellis 14 44 Bret Kerr 3 43 John Peel 40 45 Kevin Peel 42 9 , Jess Adams 46 A 9 Kirby Vlnceni 7 43 David Breni 3 7 Below leh: Momentarlly detained In a TighT waisT hold applied by Kevin Fox of ST. Marys, David Biswell freshman regains his breath. -phoTo by Befh Brandenburg. Above: Using The Turk hold on Todd YounT of Rossville, Jerry Manharf senior gains a chance for a pin and a win aT The Rossville meef. -phofo by Befh Branden- burg. Lett: Wrestling: Front Row: David Biswell, Kyle Dillinger, Kevin Safarik, Loren DekaT, MonTe Ellis, Brel Kerr Second Row: Assis- TanT Coach Todd Novakovski, Jerry Man- harT, George Anderson, ScoTT Sfrecker, Bobby Deifer, Vince Zabala, Coach Bill Knorr Back Row: Manager KrisTin Brun- gardi, Jess Adams, John Peel, Kevin Peel, Kirby VincenT, David BrenT, Manager Beih Brandenburg. -phofo by Kim Brooks. wnesrumefsponrsfioo M