Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Team h ld championship in effortless winning streak Without facing the stiffest of competition Tokay's junior var- sity wrestling team ended its season as the San Joaquin Ath- letic Association league champi- on. The grapplers were 7-O in league and 8-3 overall. Junior varsity teams in our league were a little on the weak sideg still, being undefeated is pretty good, said Coach Rod Gaines. With a full team, Tokay's wrestlers held an advantage over their opponents. Most of the l. Bobby Gomez looks to the refe- ree as he prepares to begin the match. 2. Attempting a near fall, Chris Sterni takes down his opponent. 3. Coach Rod Gaines observes the ongoing match in silence. 140 other teams were giving away points before the matches start- ed, he said. This was because they forfeited the matches in which they didn't have enough wrestlers. This lack of full league rosters loosened the competition. Even with the inexperience in the heavier weights, the strength of the team grew as the season progressed. Overall we were in better condition than the other teams. Coach Gaines continued. The team trained under strict practic- es which put out team in better shape than the others. The victors worked hard with a few returning grapplers but most of the rest were new guys. They did a good job in league, said Coach Gaines. At junior varsity level, their closest competition was Lodi High in which Tokay's wrestlers still managed to cradle the championship. by April Taylor photos by Leroy Lambert ,, .-,- i 1 3 X ' -rg' if li is l l iq, ,gil 1 f A, 1 11 l '7 , is Twp . if tiL,J lt y i X

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3. Demonstrating his great strength by pinning a Lincoln wrestler with a vicious headloclc was Jason Sena. 'rf'-.ff-xffvqgvfiziffffaz' Q51-'5fl5TE5'17'f2Z3'5fVaviffaf21531 'il h 'fulilf '. ,, ,i lf3'7V .L-1 I, V , I 'v??4 Q 1 5 Z '?g zA 1' 2- ?ffl.f.'7' 'Tlwlhcl - -----mffifr-ygia.-'52 '- ' 'V ,f.f4,Et, W, MA,11f,,,Q?i7f?icl:-.'e'ylltxf, 1 AQ.. A A ta -vM,,,4.,, ..i,- . LM fm. vt ix V tlxzvynwfdln 4 ,UU - -gf U. A, L.: 4, 1, . f ax Afsfw , 'e fwff' . ,piF5'wtg':pf T4 .. Q iffll' f5 .Ve:ggQ,-, - , 3' if , I t mt 1 . yea'-fQ,f2?v4'r.5fv' 54 116. ' . . 3' ' , ' 4' ' E:41f',:,'ig,. 1 1 f'-'-vt' K iss'-ma, - of f avufva vw f,. Mfm., ,W W: 4 fgffma? . Z1 ze . ,l3gg,,g'a9,.M 1 , ' or dhilvr-7 f. :J ' 7 ,' 'ZS I ,rt ul 'M TOKAY l6 Beyer 52 39 Modesto 32 14 Beyer 49 34 Atwater 35 59 Grace Davis 17 53 Franklin' 20 48 Edison' 24 68 Stagg' 5 66 St, Marys' I2 34 Lincoln' 29 20 Tracy' 43 41 Lodi ' 20 ' denotes league game 4. In the dual meet against Lincoln Robert Henderson prepares to takedown a Lincoln wrestler. Varsity wrestling 139

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