Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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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

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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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t GOING FOR THEiAIN, a JV wrestler shows that hard work pays off. The wrestlers HoHi,-at;nn moHo yp for their ( f- O, cjV Voco ' O 7 ; ' k V . ' S v V- ' ' ' ' - -s ' 4. Ik 1,70 ' jwvjLr- o - e ' u - - ' V T ' WgU( A JV WRESTLING. Front row: Sam Randall. Mike Bailey. Jay Drysen; back row; Roderick Harris. Harvey Klee, Brian Stevenson. Jeff Calzadiaz, Steven Feidler; not pictured: Pat McQuilken, Anthony Porras, Fred Sanchez. Larry Brent. Joey Calzadiaz. Todd Hoyle . Eric Maldanado. JV Wrestling Sports 133