Cross Country

Members of th e 1972 Cross Country team: Murray Huber, Jimmy Rusch, Geor g e Ward, Ro g er Durham, John Benton and Byron Hammer; missing from picture are: Timmy Brown and Blair Johnson.

Coach Tony Porter's Cross Country Team had a very successful season this year. Led by a co rp s of sop homor es , the team won several sma ll meets and placed well in the larger meets. At the state meet in Baton Roug e , St. Martin's finished 4th in Class A competi tion. Leading the Sain t s we re Jimmy Rusch placing 8th, John Benton placing 10th , and George Ward placin g 12th. Timmy Brown, Murray Huber, and Blair Johnson finished close enough behind to g ive St. Martin's its 4th plac e finish.

The 1 972-73 Wrestlin g team opened and closed its regular season compet iti on with a bang; an early team victory over St, Augustine and a latt er season victory over Fort i er marked the team's improvement.

The wrestling team captured it s initial win over St, Augus ti ne early in the season The 42 - 36 decision promptly started with John Gira ult 's pin, which sparked the effo rt s of Paul Murphy, C lint Harper, and Aubrey Durr with pins . Vern Summers , Jim McMichael, and Jim Wilcox a l so contr ibut ed victories.

The team's second victory resulted from the overwhelming thra sh in g of Fortier in the final dua l meet of the seaso n. Paul Murphy and Aubrey Durr scored pins in thi s mat ser i es , while Jim Wilcox had to settl e for a draw. John Gira ult, Tommy Brannan, and Stuart O strolenk contribu t ed points from the lightweights, while Jim McMichael, Ed Bold t, and Burt Kemp contributed points from th e heavywe i ghts,

Th i s year's wrestling t e am was led by Coaches Trevino and Schwartz. They have noticed that th e attitude and sk ill of the team have both improv ed among the wr es tl ers and, in thi s respect, next year ' s team sh ould be no differ en t.