Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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FRONT ROW: Coach Hartman, Mack Dyer, Jim Stegner, Coach Kalber. ROW TWO: Terry Remy. Steve Campbell, Jim Ranals, Clif Catron, Tom Hurley, Den- nis Osbourn, Chip Summers. Vaughn Langman, Keith Campbell, Yogi Grandcourt, Dave Bernard. Bud Hoffpauir. ROW THREE: Ladd Blair. Art Littlejohn. Wayne Tafoya, Tom Gwin, Bert Portillos. Paul Briggs, Mike Hendricks. Terry Skodack, Representatives to State Although this year's wrestling season wasn't spectacu- lar, the Wasson grapplers. under Coaches Hartman and Kalber, did win five of their seventeen meets. Next year's team, however. will have eleven returning lettermen who will help to make the T-Bird matmen strong contenders for the '65 Conference championship. Wasson's best showing came at Conference. At this meet, which is a qualifying meet to decide which wrestlers go to State and at which no team points are kept, eight places were taken. Yogi Grandcourt took first in the 165 pound division, Clif Catron took first in the 120, and Chip Summers took second in the 138. Other wrestlers taking places were: Jim Ranals with a third in the 112 pound division, Tim Ives with a fourth in the 133, Ricky Clark with a third in the 145. Dave Bernard with a fourth in the 154, and Bud Hoffpauir with a fourth in the 180. Three Wasson grapplers, Yogi Grandcourt. Clif Catron, and Chip Summers, placed high enough to go to State. They were defeated, however, before reaching semi-final competition. Larry Friedrichs, Rich Roswurm. Bob Spears. Greg McDonald. ROW' FOUR: John Norton. Tim Jones, Charles Manucls. Craig Howard, Bob Taylor, Skeeter Os- bourn, Dennis Sydow, Curtiss Kraushaar. BACK ROW: Etl Abeyta, Bob Cham- bers, Ricky Clark, Joe Rceser. Jack Jenkins, Tom Smith, Bob Fittje. Rusty Daniels. WASSON GRAPPLER T0m Hurley struggles to overcome his opponent

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FRONT ROW: Dan McVehil, Tom Curry, Doug McDonald, Joe Petre, John Files, Tom Maclver, Rick Burton, Fred Champlin, Marshall Griffith, Steve Beach, John Wagar, Tom Peterson, Chris Zell, Rick Clay. MIDDLE ROW: James Zalmanek, Charles Ploelz, Jerry Gray, Jack Miller, Walter Hooker, Dutch Franz, Rob Gibson, James Dorr, Brian Montgomery, Mike Then Place I-ligh Second at State Wassonls 63-'64 mermen swam to their season's best record in the history of the school. They scored an 11-1 win-loss record with the loss going to George Washington High. Adding to their outstanding record, they swam to an overwhelming victory at the District Meet and a high sec- ond at State. At the District Meet, HMcVehil's Navy swam to vic- tory, breaking eight of the ten existing district records. Interestlingly enough, several of the pool's records, which had previously been made by college swimmers, were broken. This meet qualified the following sixteen swim- mers for the State Meet: Scott Brown, Charles Burton, Warren Flaherty, Royce Foster, Dutch Franz, Rob Gibson, Jerry Gray, Marshall Griffith, Nick Gwin, Charles Ham- mitt, Walt Hooker, Buddy Jewell, Ron Page, Bruce Tesch- ner, Mike Vinson, and Bruce Wacker. Again being defeated by George Washington, the team posted second place finish at State. They won a total of fif- teen medals, of which four were gold, nine were silver, and two were bronze. The second place medley relayers in- cluded Royce Foster, Buddy Jewell, Ron Page, and Bruce Wacker. Also taking second, the free relayers were Scott Brown, Buddy Jewell, Ron Page and Mike Vinson. The outstanding swimmer at State was Bruce Teschner, who won two gold medals, while Scott Brown and Warren Flaherty each took single victories. Other medalists at this meet were Warren Flaherty with a second, Mike Vinson with a third, and Bruce Wacker with a third.