Battling . . . On the Mats and in the Snow. This year the wrestlers had more to battle than the opposing teams. There were the problems of the snow and the injuries. The canceling of both meets and practices caused by the snow storms, seemed a familiar occurance around school. According to Varsity Coach Jim Kimball “ Snow and the injuries really hurt the team this year, although we still had a winning season. The snow also hurt us as far as the tournaments and state.” Tri-Captain Scott Penrod replied “ We had a bad season because of the snow and injuries.” Gary Swartz, Tri-Captain, had a different opinion “ I feel we did very good for a young team. We only had 5 seniors out. I was very glad to be on the team and proud of it.” Marlon Blaha, Tri-Captain, agreed with Gai “ Everything turned out o.k. eve though we missed some meets ar practices.” Still another factor was the injurie At one time or another someone c the team was out with some sort of a injury. Kimball also commented “ Th I was a little disa; team met my expectations as far i the season but, i pointed when it comes to the tou naments and state.” As for state wrestlers advanced to the state me< in Des Moines; Scott Penrod, snow, or is it? Je Burkle, Gary Swartz, and Chuck Ha din, who placed sixth in the state. The season is over and so is th Far Above: Jeff Livingston showing us the latest in dance steps. Above Middle: Muscling his way to a victory is Junior Jeff Hynek. Right: Scott Penrod throws his man or is his man throwing him? 42 Wrestling
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