Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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, « LA I H 1 hP w j !■ £ii ■71 ▲ VARSITY WRESTLING. Front row: Ignacio Garay, Anthony Porras, Gilbert Buenaventura. Joey Calzadiez. Edlord Buenaventura, Jason Booth: second row: Ricardo Garay. Benny Haraway. John Rackstraw, Pete Elias. Carnell Carter. Varsity Wrestling Sports 131

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■ Our younger wrestlers did a great job but we needed more mental toughness from { the seniors, said coach — John Casteneda. VARSITY WRESTLING WHS OPPONENTS 39 26 La Puente 36 33 South Hills 54 6 West Covina 31 35 Norttiview 20 40 Workman 34 41 Edgewood 39 19 Covina 78 La Serna 5 wins 3 losses PREPARING IN PRE-GAME STRETCHES, the varsity team concentrate on the opponent. The team took pride in their pre- game routine. -t »« t Ae cV Varsity Wrestling Ambitious young team discovers new image aving pride this was the motto for the varsity wrestling team. Having tough practices and conditioning every day, would give any young man self-re- spect to be able to last through them, said Coach John Cas- teneda. Ending with a 5-3 record after a disappointing loss to South Hills, which would have put WHS in a Co-championship po- sition, didn ' t seem to affect the wrestlers who were CIF bound. Senior and three year varsity wrestler Benny Haraway seemed to be one of the un- beatable forces on the WHS team. Voted outstanding player by his teammates Benny went 19 s traight matches without a loss. This was a pretty good year for us, said Benny. Though well conditioned they lacked experience among the young team. Our younger wrestlers did a great job but we needed more mental tough- ness from the Seniors, said Coach Casteneda. With first year wrestler and most im- proved player Carnell Carter with weight dropped is quicker and has a good attitude, said Coach Casteneda. Carnell plays third in league and quali- fied for CIF, wrestling three times which is an excellent ex- perience for the two years to come. The Varsity team went to one of their first tournaments in Montebello. They went 8-1 and tied for first out of a nine team elimination. Most valuable wrestler Ediord Buenaventura placed second in league and taking a sixth place in the tour- nament out of fifty-one schools. Ediord was also the only fresh- man to wrestle Varsity the full year. Being in a 4A league the young team showed great po- tential and a promising future. Sfory by Armando Calderon; layout by Lynn Fujioko. photos by Allen Oder- matt, f ► RECEIVING CONGRATILA- TORY SUPPORT, Benny wins yet another match This wjs Benny ' s third year on the varsity squad. 130 Sports Varsity Wrestling

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■ They were a young but determined team that had the ability to be champions, — Coach Ramzi Tadros WITH HIS OPPONENT IN HIS GRIP, Anthony Porras waits , tor ttie count. Anthony also wrestled for the varsity team. m j - - Ofi JV Wrestling Battle of y® uth WHS 31 47 30 60 40 28 25 JV Wrestling OPPONENT 34 La Puente 21 South Hills 16 West Covins 18 Norhtview 20 Workman 28 Edgewood 42 Covina 4 wlns 2 losses Hard work and dedication overcomes the battle of youth and inexperience he battle over youth and inexperience can be diffi- cult for some teams to overcome. But for the JV Wrestling team, the battle was won with ease. They were a young but determined team that had the ability to be champi- ons, said Coach Ramzi Tadros. While the team forfeited heavyweights many times, their main strength was in the lower weight di- vision. What really cost us first place was the forfeits m heavyweights. said captain Anthony Porras. We did pretty good, said Jeff Calzadiaz, con- sidering we were a young team. 132 Coach Tadros, a WHS alumnus, felt that the team did well because they stuck to basics and didn ' t try difficult moves to win. We had a lot of work to do because of our y outh, said Coach Tadros. We overcame our inexperi- ence through hard work and practices. I think we did really good because of our tough practices. agreed Sam Randall. By placing second in league, the team didn ' t reach its main goal of be- coming league champi- ons. We didn ' t reach first, but I think we did good by taking second place, said Jay Drysen. Ending the season with four wins and two losses. Coach Tadros felt that the players had the talent and determination to become champions in the follow- ing years. We were successful this year because we didn ' t play around and we got the job done, said Coach Tadros. story by Denise Boehm: layout by Robbie Davis: photos by Dave Randall. 1 ► RESISTING THE MOVES OF HIS OPPONENT, Jay Drysen concentrates on his counter move The wrestlers stuck to ba- sics rather than using fancy moves. n Sports JV Wrestling