St Francis De Sales High School - Pride Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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NDI! d DBS It It I' Nobody Does lt Better. These lyrics of Carly nons hit song, seemed to be the theme of the '84-85 Stallion Wrestling Team. For the first time since the 77-78 wrestling ason the Stallions climbed to the W2 spot for the :ss AA division in the state wrestling meet. ong the way many other accomplishments ere achieved on the team level, as well as the dividual level. Headed by the strong leadership and example the senior tri-captains, CLuke Graziani, Mark alpe, and Pete Gentilej a remarkable consisten- ' was established in the teams performance, - inningl The only two losses this season came at e hands of the second and fourth ranked AAA ams in the state CNorth Canton Hoover and Up- ar Arlingtonb. On the other hand, DeSoles dominated the remaining eight power houses on its tough schedule. Noteable wins were recorded over Cardinal Stritch C26-279 this year's 1985 AA state champions, AAA powers Worthington C35- 26J, Dayton C28-253, Toledo St. Francis C57-SJ, Gahanna C56-79 and AA strengths of Bishop Ready C35-209 and Ravenna Southwest Q3-221. The wrestling team concluded the season with o complete domination of the CCL tournament. After watching Tim Rathburn's freshman squad assert itself as easy winners, the junior varsity team under his brother, John Rathburn, coached his charges to a lopsided victory. Continuing this trend, the varsity established for themselves as easy 40 polnt victory, the fourth CCL title in the last six years for Coach Krendl. For the third straight year, the Stallions dominated the District AA tournament with rival Bishop Ready finishing a distant second. Again,the DeSales wrestlers had to travel to what many consider the premiere AA regional competition in the state. The northwest regional, hosted at Fostoria, was a true test of the Stallions grit. Because here only the Strongest survlvel Even captain Luke Grazlanl, DeSoles only undefeated wrestler fell in defeat to a formidable opponent from Cardinal Stritch Cto be avenged in the state finals the following weekj. The Stallions finished as the regional runner-up behind even- tual state champions, Cardinal Strltch, qualifying five wrestlers for the state meet. 4 ...law 1 55

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, , .L...... ,.. Row 4: Dave Krendl, Head Coach, Sean DeVIllers, Dan Janyja, Frank Tlberi, Andy Drath, Sean Millard, Jeff Zezech, Chuck Bryant, Lester Issenman, Matt Palmer, Brian Freema, Mark Crabtree, Assistant Coach, Row 3: Bob Triano, Assistant Coach, Matt Heller, Brian Hanrahan, Bo Ewing, John Crabtree, Tom Blackburn, Mark Graziani Jamey Cua, Luke Graziani, Mark Volpe, Chris Dean, John Rathburn, Assistant Coach: Row 2: Chris Richards, Jim Duyko, Doug Sarff. Nick Slupski, Tony Cremeans, Joei Minadeo, Pete Gentile, Mike Lohr, Tom Dunne, Rod Zeune: Row 1: Mike Helt, Scott Dvorak, Jeff Nash, Tim O'RieIIy, Tom Gallagher, Eric Gessner, Bob Welsh, Mari Marinelli, Roy Auddion, Gary Cook, Mlke Bolln A Luke Grazzianni. Mark Volpe A Mr. Krendl Mr. Triano 4 Mark Maranelli P Mark Volpe ,,5p t 4' ,

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Sti'tllli0 Sgiiin d IJ l'i6l1CB The 1985 Girls Track season proved to be ex- citing and pleasantly surprising. The season began with only nine returning veterans and a number of freshmen and first-time athletes. However, by the end of the year, the team had gained valuable experience and had developed into a close-knit group. The Lady Stallions were led by the following seniors: Michelle Conkle, shot put and discus: tri- captain Yvonne Johnson. sprint: tri-captain Judy Kirn, hurdles and sprints: Glenda McClellan, mid- dle distances: and Colleen O'Reilly, distances. Other returning runners were letter winners ,av M K 'i V' V ' i ' ' ' 1' J 1. 3. 'ffl' 1--Q T... . Lv ' .,' ' f' ' 4 'FW . v ' WT Maureen Ciacuira, Jr., distances and Chris Schell. Jr., high jump, longjump and hurdles, and Juniors. Tricia Poliseno and Kim Pope, sprints. and Debbie Plaza, So.. middle distances. First year athletes were sophomores Liza Cor- manick. shot and discus, Judy Funk, shot and discus and high jump and Marsha Garrett, shotput, discus and long jump. Freshman included Delores Davis, sprints, Kelle Houser, distances, Tammy Lovell, high jump and middle distances, Stephanie Mok, shot and discus, Stacie and Tracie Rose, sprints, Heather Weilbacker, sprints and Kathy Will, distances. Throughout the season, the Lady Stallions showed steady improvement. ln spite of stiff con petition and a season filled with untimely, nagi ing injuries, the girls held together and did the best. Highlighting the year was Juanita Garrett being named most valuable field event athlet at the Hilltop Relays and Pickerington lnvitationa The future looks bright for the Lady Stallions. number of underclassmen will form a strong veteran nucleus for next year. Among those at Maureen Ciacuira, SQOOM, Kelle Hauser. B01 16O0M, Stacie Rose and Heather Weilbacker I the sprints, Debbie Plaza in the 400 and 8001 and Chris Schell in the high jump, long jump arl hurdles. ' fr WA I . ,