Woodward Academy - Phoenix Yearbook (College Park, GA)

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Hs mr WKhS ' lLlNg The 1983-84 Varsity wrestlers, under the leadership of Coach Pete Fritts, posted a school record 13-2 season with only three seniors in their regular starting line-up. This successful season included a second place finish in the prestigious War Eagle Invita- tional and third place team titles in the South Metro and Area 3-AAA tournaments. The grapplers only losses were to the number one and two ranked state AAA teams — Troup and Fitzgerald, respectively. The War Eagles were led by seniors Chuck Martino (28-1), Mark Linder (25-0), and Brian Russo (14-10); juniors Jeff Miller (22-3), Lee Miles (13-7) and Chris Smith (8- 6); sophomores Cliff Daniel (22-8), William Woodall (12-9-1) and Sean Knight (10-10-1), and freshmen Todd Browning (11-10) and Mike Shenk (6-6). Martino and Linder were crowned South Metero, War Eagle Invita- tional and Area 3-AAA champions, while Miller was Area 3-AAA champion and run- ner-up at the South Metro and War Eagle Invitational. Cliff Daniel placed second in the Area 3-AAA and War Eagle Invitational, and joined Lee Miles as a fourth place finisher at the South Metro tournament. Todd Brown- ing placed fourth at Area 3-AAA and quali- fied for state along with Martino, Miller, Linder, Daniel and Miles. Chuck Martino was injured in practice pri- or to the state tournament and had to with- draw. The loss of this potential state champi- on and upset defeats against Area 3-AAA champions Mark Linder and Jeff Miller pre- vented the grapplers from placing at this year ' s state meet. Nevertheless, the outlook for next season is highly encouraging with 14 lettermen returning. 1 Sean Knight gets his opponent in a headiock 2 Chuck Martino prepares to throw the opposing wres- tler to the mat 3 By yelling strategy to his wrestlers. Coach Fritts aids in the ultimate victory. 4, Members of the Varsity Wrestling team stretch before each match 5 Brian Russo pins his opponent 6, VARSI- TY WRESTLING TEAM: FIRST ROW - I ike Shenk. Jerry Lacy, William Woodall, Sean Knight, Chuck Martino, Lee Miles. Brian Russo, Cliff Daniels BACK ROW - Coach Pete Fritts, Jeff Miller, David Cooper, Mike Liles, Chris Smith, Jeff Spratlin, Ty White, David Powell, Mark Linder, Mark Russo. William Rodie 7 SENIOR WRESTLERS: FIRST ROW - Manager William Rodie BACK ROW - Chuck Mar- tino, David Cooper, Jeff Spratlin, Mark Linder, Brian Russo. 8 Senior Mark Linder gains the advantage over his opponent, 9 Jeff Miller, Mark Linder and Chuck Martino display their winning record at the Area 3 AAA tournament. 10 WRESTLERETTES: FIRST ROW - Tracy Crockett, Samantha Edgin, Kitty McNeely, Mary Alexander, Katie Moss BACK ROW - Lisa Emerson, Janella Ulloa. Donna Woolf, Nicole DcWcese, Julie Pausa. In Wrestling you must have devotion, relying only upon your- self to do the job. Mark Linder 210 VARSlTY WRESTLING 4

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