Vines High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Plano, TX)

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A IIFFICUET T When someone said Wrestiing this year, in- tead of thinking of The. Aissing Link or Killer Iahn, the students hought aboutnthe 1984- i985 Vines Iwrestiing eam. This team definitely vorked harderthan those ruys Wrestling was .the .ughest sport there was, rId that's the truth. Ask ny 0f the wrestlers, Iex- iained Loren Moulder. very day during wrestling ried their eyelids open y 7. 30 a m to start prac- Ce. in each practice they arned their moves and chniques from Coach iCe and practiced wres- ing. They also did some eightiiftmg which emed to be the high- ht of every practice Besides the practices, Ihich scLIme wresti'ers ought were fun, the Iason all of the wrestlers Wrestling teaLLLm had to overcome other hard- ships. They had to com- pete against varsity teams from other schools, Which was sometimes unfair; be- cause the opponent Could be older and more exper- ienced. Wrestlers aisoshad to watch theii weight to get into their chosen weight classI Wresltling Was divided into thirteen weight classes to make wrestling a fair sport to all size athletes. it was Com- mon for a wrestler to lose weight to be able to enter lower weight ciass Coach Nice helped the wrestlers as well as the team captains Who were David Marks and David Haslam, two sophomores They helpLed teach and encourage other team members which helped lessen the difficulties of wrestling. SK Wresthng combined strength, quiCkLness, en- durance dexterity wandnxi; applicatiLon of technique, which made a diffiyulthf sport probably LLLLtLLheL most phys- ically exhausting but after a while came second nature: '1We learned physical aware- hess, and it shaped us tip, Darren Dickson stated. Coach Nice was confident sport, about this year: 5 team He ? This year s teamL said, looked very taiented I, The outstanding wrestlers of I Lihe season were Troy Hin- son, Matt Henson and Shawn WiisorI31IAil otithis n proved that this yLLear' s Vines wrestling team did a SEHHd job: for the dlfflCUIt-LILL; A I task itle?be-IL Volved is Lifoug ti ri ng. ,erY ;ewardlngL perience,' 'I Quoted IpDaVIdearks. : . Howeiier, ex? Bighdp Lynch 30-; i Skyline Lewisville Beli LIinLCOIIn MacArthur J. V Richardson J. V.L Marcus Trinity , Christian L Williams Clark Highland Park 54 Pearce 39 lrving 39 I L David LLLHaslaLrn s wrestiihg style Lcan be seen as he keeps his opponent V pinned 252,- ,7

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