1971 State AA Champs |
1972 105 top 4 |
Carl Mangrum '76 |
Dave Jedlicka '78 |
Gary Cease (R) '75 |
Snohomish '73 |
Snohomish '74 |
Brad Raines '73 |
Gilbertson '74 |
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Jeff Hall of Tahoma vs Fevergen of Peninsula |
Jeff Hall vs Riggs of Prosser '73 |
Jeff Hall vs Parr of Burlington '72 |
Jeff Hall vs Johnson of Centralia '72 |
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Moses Lake '57
Moses Lake '80 Champs
Moses Lake '59
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Woody Taylor and Steve Tolley
Those wrestlers pictured represent 7
state titles and 3 runner-ups. It also represents the era known as the
"Wolfe Brothers Era"." Back Row - Left to right - HARRY YAMAMOTO 59 state
champ 115lbs, THAD WOLFE 2 time state champ 1959,1960--130,136lbs.-- WOODY
TAYLOR district champion Hvywt,-- VERNON MERKLEY 1960 state champ 148
lbs--SPENCER WOLFE 2 time state champ 1957,1959 and runner-up
1958--123,130,136lbs. --PHIL CRAWFORD state champion 1959 123 lbs ,--He was
also two time runner-up 1957 ,58. Front row BUDDY CLARK - 103 lbs, STEVE
TOLLEY 191 lbs., DICK NANTO 141 lbs. Moses Lake went on to win 3 team titles
in a row 1959-60-61.Thad Wolfe went on to wrestle at the Air Force Academy
and qualified for the NCAA championships twice ,but didn't place. He later
became a General in the United States Air Force before retiring. Spencer
Wolfe Wrestled for WSU even though he had diabetes and later became an
architect. Vernon Merkley Wrestled for Central Washington under his
old high school coach Eric Beardsley. |
Dan Strode '67 was the first ever Washington 3 time state champ. He went on
to start for Oklahoma State.
1961 State Champs |
Lew Mason '65-67 of
Moses Lake
Jamie Wise '80 of
Moses Lake
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Some Old Mount Baker high School Wrestling Pictures First one is Duaine
Hicks, school photo, he got 6th place at state, the first MBHS state placer
ever, 1968. He died a few years back after a car accident claimed his life,
I think it is appropriate for him to live on through this site. Duaine was a
great guy, and helped anybody whenever needed, some 1,500 people were at his
funeral, yet Duaine is not recognized at my high school because official
records of his placings were never kept. On our board, the first placer is
Dave Teshera, but according to Rolland Holterman, it was Hicks. I have
plenty of them, and am glad that they can be recognized in this way. thank
you! |
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The final one if of Rocky Leavitt, our first state finalist at 135 pounds,
1974. |
The next one is of the team in '68 after winning the "A" Northwest Region
Title, Hicks is in the front, on the left. |
Rob Baisden, our first champion at 101 pounds, 1979. |
The next is of Scott Strotz, 4th place at state 1974 at 115 pounds. |
David teshera, one of the greatest heavyweights we have ever had, 3rd place
1970. |
1978 AAA State Tournament
for 101 pounds. On this award stand are the following:
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Jamie Wise, Moses Lake (Sophmore,
1st of 3 state titles)
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Bob Turner, Bellarmine
Prep (Junior, 1979 state champ at 101 pounds)
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Arlo Roth, Eisenhower (Sophmore,
1980 runner-up at 115 pounds)
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Brad Pickering, Issaquah
(Junior)
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Pancho Dagan, Clover
Park (1977 state champ at 101 pounds)
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Dave Delisle, Battle
Ground (Junior)
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Picture of the Washington Junior Nationals team from 1976 |
Three teams from Moses Lake in the 1960's. |
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The 1981 EIWA
118 pound award stand photo is interesting because there are 2 Olympians on
that stand – Gene Mills of Syracuse (2X NCAA Champion + 1980 Olympian) and
Bobby Weaver of Lehigh (1980 Olympian + 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist). “By
the Book” is hanging around in 6th place.
Robert Turner |
The 1979 AAA
101 pound award stand had the following:
1 – Bob
Turner, Bellarmine Prep
2 – Larry
Klopfstein, Kent Meridian (1981 state champ at 115)
3 – Duane
Castleman, Rogers (Spokane)
4 – Tony
Bartinetti, Evergreen (Seattle)
5 – Eric
Seward, Auburn
6 – Scott
Ramsey, Columbia River (1980 state champ at 108)
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The people in
that picture are, from left to right, front to back:
101 – Jamie
Wise, Moses Lake
108 – Randy
Reed, Clover Park
115 – Steve
Hoglund, Sumner ###
122 – Tedd
Cheng, Bellevue @@@
129 – Terry
Herrel, Clover Park
135 – Gregg
Bradley, Rogers (Puyallup)
141 – Mingo
DeLeon, Moses Lake
148 – Keith
Nix, Kennewick***
158 – Kent
Stoll, Stadium
168 – Dennis
Guthmiller, Davis
178 – Jeff
Wilson, Mercer Island
190 – Rick
Linblad, Issaquah
UNL – Chris
Sewell, Ft. Vancouver
### Brian
Higa, former coach of Tahoma, finished 3rd
@@@ Mike
Mangrum, Michael’s uncle, finished 3rd
*** Brad
Swartz, Rogers (Spokane) was runner-up. Of course, he is the father of the
Swartz boys from Auburn/Boise State.
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Tom Brown (UW) vs Lee Kemp NCAA finals 1976 |
Tom Brown 2nd place NCAA finals 1976 |
1972 NCAA champions--Bill Murdock back row middle. |
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Here
is a real gem for you. A friend had them buried in a trunk in his house
since 1970! This is Darrell Keller winning his first NCAA title in 1970 at
134 lbs. He is wrestling Joe Carstensen of Iowa and you can see he handled
him pretty well. The final score was 12-2 although the one photo makes me
wonder if the ref was a little slow in getting to the mat.
I spoke with Darrell about
2 weeks ago and told him about these photos. Darrell still remembered the
match well enough to know exactly what he did to get into each of those
positions. I’m sure his grandchildren will enjoy them – he has 5 now!
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Dave,
OK – here are two more
that might even top the others I sent. These were taken right after Darrell
Keller’s match and are live shots of what still has to be the greatest
collegiate match ever wrestled – Larry Owings beating Dan Gable in the 1970
NCAA finals. The first photo gives a pretty good picture of Owings’
physique. He was clearly more than a match for Gable. The second photo was
taken the moment Owings caught Gable in what he called his sweep single
where Owings took Gable down and held him on his back long enough to score.
This move won the match for Owings because Gable still had enough riding
time at that point to put the match into overtime.
BTW – I learned that
Owings lives just outside of Portland which isn’t terribly far from here.
I’m going to see if I can contact him and ask him to sign one of these
photos. If that’s possible, I’ll make sure to send you the signed copy so
you can post it too.
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Ron Bessemer back at Illinois State in the 60's
Ron was the founder and head coach at USA Everett from 1985 until 2001 |