Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Winning two and losing seven of this year's matches the young wrestling team gained valuable experience. With only two varsity men from last year returning the team lacked the knowledge gained by doing. The Aurora West match provided the first victory for our grapplers. Pins by J. Oury and McCartney and wins by Spangler, M. Getty, Rockness, Nystrom, and Gieser provided a 27 to 21 win. Our wrestlers then lost to Riverside-Brookfield 26-22, Elgin 27-16, Palatine 24-11, and Oswego 35-18, despite pins by J. Oury and good hard wrestling by his teammates. In the Palatine Wrestling Tournament Jim and Bob Oury each won three matches to receive first place in their weight classes. McCartney and M. Getty each received third place by winning two and losing one. With six pins, two wins, and a tie our wrestlers beat Elmwood 38-11. Ken and Marv Getty, Jim and Bob Oury, Rockness, and Gieser pinned their men. The Warriors lost to Hinsdale 37-8, Downers Grove 30-18, and Oswego 37-6 to complete the dual matches. In the State Sectional Wrestling Tournament Jim Oury pinned his first two opponents. He won 2-0 in the semi-finals but lost 9-2 in the finals to place second in his weight which gave him the opportunity to go down-state. McCartney pinned his first two men but lost his next match on a referee's decision and placed fourth in his weight. Bob Oury won up to the semi- finals but there lost and place third. Dahleen attempt to take down the heavyweight from Aurora West. Don Rockness 120 pounds Rog Nystrom 127 pounds Gibson McCartney 133 pounds w ' m: j- I . Bob Oury 145 pounds

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Track team with their PSL Meet First Place Trophy: Front row, Conyers, Gbayee, Co-captains Kay and W. Smith, Socash, Meyer. Second row, Filline, Schobert, Stack, Westphal, C. Stewart, Bayert, Nagle, manager P. Fogle. Back row, Coach Harris, Chrouser, Ferris, Munsell, Nanfelt, R. Oury, Duddleston, MacDonald, D. Moneysmith, Gedde. Duddleston carries the baton a Starting out their season in the Oak Park Relays the track team took fourth place in their class. This year's relay teams made a better showing in the Relays than the Academy has ever done before. With Duddleston's new school record in the 220 and Kay's record in the low hurdles, the track men beat Oswego, 65W-40M, for their next match. They ran over Luther South beating them 77-27 with Duddleston, Smith, and Nanfelt each taking more than one first and five firsts by their teammates. Then they met Marmion Military Academy and suffered their first defeat losing by 71M-56V2 despite the record breaking relay team. ln our Annual Invitational Track Meet our team took second place with 56 points los- ing to Lake Forest Academy who had 92. An- other big meet was with University High, Luther North, and Leo Catholic High. This time we took first place with a 'I7 point lead over second place Leo Catholic. At the end of the season came the biggest meet and the high light of the whole season. This was the Private School League Meet. The Academy walked away with the first place trophy breaking the sixteen year monopoly of the trophy by University High. Our men were paced by triple winner Duddleston and record breaker Smith. ., M 'CMM l cross for another relay team win.