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Qi nior Darin Warren puts a front
head lock on an opponent dur­
ing a match. Warren qualified RESTLIN
for State in the heavyweight di­
vision. photo by AMY MARSH
Freshm an Grapplers Contribute to Varsity

Although there were only five the Bellevue West Invite the team
wrestlers on the J.V. wrestling team, placed four out of five wrestlers
their Coach Mike Daly felt that including Warren placing 1st at
each wrestler went into the sea­ heavyweight.
son with a lot of enthusiasm and As the J.V. team had only five
desire, wrestlers in the J.V. program, the
For the J.V. team during their Freshman team had only seven.
duals there were no scores kept, There was one problem for the
but that didn't stop the competi­ Freshman team, four of these
tiveness. "The thought of improv­ seven had excellent talent and
ing on the J.V. level and then pos­ earned a spot on the Varsity.
sibly moving up to the varsity was "\ really felt that we were de­
what kept the team motivated termined to improve through­
and competitive throughout the out the year," Freshman Adam
year," Junior Joe Cunningham Leisesaid. Leise finished the sea­
said. son at 7-3 in duals and had a
Cunningham and fellow Junior 2nd place finish at 98-pound di­
Darin Warren were perfect ex­ vision in the Ram Invite and at
amples of working hard and mov­ the Conference Tournament.
ing up to varsity. These two Freshman Mark Saldivar wrestled
wrestled on J.V. during the whole at the 103-pound division and
year until it came time for Districts had a 9-5 dual record. Mark
and State where they moved onto placed 4th at the Ram Invita­
varsity spots during these impor­ tional and 2nd at the Confer­
tant meets. The J.V. team had ence Tournament. Freshman
good showings at the East Butler Coach Rich Emsickfelt that these
Invitational and the Bellevue West freshmen showed promise for
Invitational where the team fin­ the future of Ralston wrestling.
ished 5th and 6th respectively. At JUSTIN GURETZKY

JV Wrestling
Front Row: Hieu Vo, Adam Leise, Mark Saldivar, Jeff Jokerst, Tak
Yamamoto Back Row: Coach Rich Emsick, Mike Westfall, Eric
Heedum, Darin Warren, Joe Cunningham, Dana Bernth
photo by JOHN LINCOLN

Hrying to pin a Millard North
opponent is Senior Takuya
Yamamota. Takuya was a for­
eign exchange student from Ja­
pan. photo by AMY MARSH
School HeaVidU fycdl