Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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improves ' In past years, wrestling in the SJAA, which has been called the most competitive league in CalU'ornia, was usually dominated by a Tiger squad. This JV team could not repeat that tradition. The grapplers finished the season with a 2-6 record. The foijfeits we gave up really hurt our record, since we won the majority of the individual mat- ches but lost team points whenever we had to forfeit a ponents had 10 to 13 classes filled. According to Coach Gaines, many more par- ticipants were needed to strengthen the team. But the grapplers were not discouraged. The majority felt it was a season of learning and preparing, both physically and mentally. Gaines said, I saw a lot of improvement throughout our season, The coach felt that the 1982 JV team will depend on in- match, stated Rod Gaines, coming wrestlers since most of JV head coach. The grapplers this year's squad will fill 1 M carried wrestlers in only eight weight classes while most op vacancies in the varsity team, creating a very young squad. 1. Using all of his skill, sophomore Basim Elsayed escapes his foe. 2. Sophomore Craig Settles controls his opponent to become the victor. 3. Junior varsity grapplers are front row Henrique Valadao, Dennis Bodine. Row two Manuel Flores, Eric Gibbs, Basim Elsayed, Eric Neuvert. Row three Gregory Anderson, head coach, Craig Settles, George Leonardini, Randy Reeves, Kenneth Oliver, Steve Martinez, and Coach Rod Gaines. l 170

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Varsity five shoots 7-7 conference cage season Led by All League senior Rich Anema, the varsity basketball team remained in the chase for a San Joaquin Athletic Association playoff berth until the loss to Lodi in the season's finale, leaving the final record at 7-7 in conferen- ce play. Some of the team's highlights, according to first- year coach William Baumgar- tner, were finishing in third place in the Stagg Tour- nament, a three-point loss to Kennedy, the No. One team in Sacramento, and a two-point loss to Hayward, considered a strong team in the Bay Area. Tiger starters during the season were Anema, Marc McMurry, Kenny Priest, Mark Sarale, Mike Yarber, Dave McCann, Perry Manley, and Todd Ziemann. Anema broke many records in scoring and rebounding. ln a single game he scored 40 points and ended with a season record of 607 and a career record of 1,147. In rebounding his season record was 535, and he amassed a career record of 649. In SJAA play his season record was 343 points. 1. Surrounded by Edison Vikings, Marc McMurry 1335 goes up for two easy points as Kenny Priest Q30j ob- serves. 2. Mark Sarale 1153 sets himself for a free throw. 172