St Charles High School - Halo Yearbook (St Charles, IL)

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Wells, Willing L!'iiSlitT, riazaisaiizzfpmsdelzss5aiaEsl?'se2a V'izfdg12Li2p g 0 d ownstate es pressure to his opponent. St. Charles sent five wrestlers to the DeKalb Sectional tournament, after taking second place at the district meet with 98 points to champion Addison Trail's 147V2. The Saints finished fourth at DeKalb with 3OV2 points, behind the 50V2 points by the champions from Addison Trail ' again. Dave Wells survived the sectional meet by taking first at 138 pounds, while Willing ended up second at 145. Although Willing didn't place at the state tournament held at Champagne-Urbana, Wells did finish fifth. St. Charles closed out the regular season with a first-ever 5-O dual meet mark in the UEC which was helped by the Saints breaking DeKalb's dual meet winning mark of 66. Q my A, l l Varsity wrestling. First row, left to right: Mike Fron, Shawn Thornton, Mike Waltz, Glenn O'Connell, Rick Wilderspin, Jim Kelly, Ron Brown, Steve Arloff. Second row, I to r: Andy Gusman, Doug Watson, DeWayne DeBerry, Blake Rittenberry, Todd Griffiths, Ralph Locher, Dave Wells, Dave Deweirdt, sophomore coach Fred Flasher. Third row, I to r: varsity coach Fred Bruder, Lou Rohl, Bill Berg, Tim Beebe, Jim Yeck, Ray Foster, Steve Biddle, Todd Willing, JV coach Chuck Robinson. 181

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Wrestlers finally capture Upstate Eight title fAbovel, The Saints' varsity wrestlers stand in the order of their weight classes following win- ning the conference title. fFtightJ, Dave Wells, one of two wrestlers who went downstate for St. Charles, helps hold up the banner given to the squad during an assembly. The St. Charles varsity wrestling squad did something February 3 at West 7 Aurora High School which had never 7 been done before. Five Saint wrestlers LE brought back Upstate Eight li t Conference titles in leading St. C 0 gg 97. Charles to its first-ever conference N F E R E Q title. The five individual champions g C it N C E 2 were Shawn Thornton at 105 pounds, iiir t gi , , H A M P S Ron Brown 11121, Rick Wilderspin if ggfrgglgimlg .... 1.5.21 l132l, Dave Wells meal, and Tim mmf' F Beebe, lheavyweighil. Bill Berg l155i ' W'W 'f and DeWayne DeBerry 41671 placed second and third, respectively, for St. Charles, while Todd Griffiths 11261 and Steve Biddle 11853 each finished fourth. Under head coach Fred Bruder and JV coach Chuck Robinson, St. Charles swept past perennial UEC champion DeKalb by an impressive margin of 155Vz points to the Barbs' 129. 180

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M a N Y , fAbovei, Dave Wells, who placed fifth in the state at 138 pounds, watches the action. lAbove rightj, The referee signals DeWayne DeBerry the third-place winner at 167 pounds in the conference meet. fCenter righty, Shawn Thornton, a two-time UEC champ, receives some encouragement from head coach Fred Bruder. lRightJ, JV coach Chuck Robinson throws Steve Biddle a towel after a close match. 182