Edgewood High School - Aurigan Yearbook (West Covina, CA)

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WRESTLING SIERRA LEAGUE CHAMPS ' lst PLACE EDGEWOOD TOURNAMENT NORTHVIEW TOURNAMENT Most Valuable Wrestler Most Imp.-oved Wrestler Coaches Award Most Inspirational Bob Harmon George Merten Bob Olsen Randy Moersch S e n i o r George Merten, 194 lbs . , shook hands with Gerald Peake of Palos Verdes High School and the referee oi the match raised Peake's left hand. Merten walked slow ly a nd tiredly offthe mat. He had lost 5-O to the man who eventually won first for the 194-lb. weight class in CIF. At this point the Edgewood High School 1970 wrestling seasonwas over. It can only be described as unreal. N e ver before had the gym- nasium been as packed with school -spirited wrestling fans a s thi s season. The most successful and most powerful wrestlingteam ever genera- ted in the school's athletic history was now only a m emory a few Iliad new- stories or yearbook pictures. Fini shinglwith 13 wins and one loss, t e team went und efeated in league, won both the Northview and Edgewood Tournaments, and se nt tw o members to CIF finals at Cal State Fullerton. Senior Co-Captain Bob Harmon, 157 lbs, 27-5, w as awarded Most Valuable Player. Merten, whose o ve rall record C27-33 was u ns ur passed for the season w a s elected by the team as Most Improved. Graduating wrestlers will be Tom Calva, 115 lbsg Mi k e C i anci, 1685 Randy Moersch, 141 lbsg Bob Olson 148 lbsg Rick Rice, 130 lbsg and Sid Shepherd, 178 lbsg with M erten and Harmon completed the list. Moersch w as awarded Most Inspirational and Olson received the Coach's Trophy. N ext year's co-captains a re Ju niors, Carl Ciarfalio and Jim Shannon. Returnin lettermen will be Iacg Tanar, 98 lbsg Wayne Mathews, 98 lbs: and Rick Valencia, 148 lbs. Supplementing 1.. season's varsity will be members of the junior v arsity, league champs for the past six years. Senior All League Selections George Merten Bob Harmon Bob Olsen Randy Moersch Richard Rice Tom Calva 194 lbs. lst 148 lbs. lst 141 lbs. lst 136 lbs. lst 130 lbs. 3rd 106 lbs. 3rd Coach Paul Brier Mvw Bob Harmon George Merten rides opponent showing form which took him to CIF Finals. Bob Olsen works for pin against Northview opponent.

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Couch Rodger Jens en BASKET BALL l doubtifwe'llever have a group with as much vigor as this bunch, said EHS Var- sity basketball coach, Rod- getJensen. With no returnf ing Seniorletterlnan, Jensen added, We lacked the Sen' ior poise and confidence we need ed 3 explained C,J, , W e spent nrost of our sea- son with Juniorg and 3 Soph- o rnore which niade it diffi- cultforus. Drew Kelly was uilding Toward the only senior ot the start- ers. Butwhat Edgewood lacked on the court it didn't in spir' it. Led by the Wild Bench, spirit was at a high. Said Coach Jensen, Spirit was a great asset. it added much. With the loss of senior g ua rds Drew Kelly, Rodger M a rtinez, and Pat Adams, and with Brent Elotron, Ken Yetter, Daryl Ek, of the Senior All Star group known as the Wild Bench composed of Brent Flotron, Daryl Ek, and Ken Yetter. Drew Kelly goes up lor two in Trojan basketball contest. Wi ld Bench, EHS will lose a hard working group, which C o a ch Jensen said of, We won 't ha ve as spirited a team, The highlight of the sea- son, according to Coach Jen - sen, was the Edgewood Bas- ketballTournamentin which they came in Runner-Up los f ing only to Wilson, who la- terwent on to win their lea' gue. Edgewood 's returning letternian for next year will include So phmore Geb Church and Juniors, Al F razi n, Richard Burgess, John Watson, and Captain, Most Valueable, Tom Glas' sen. Glassen. EHS's leading scorer set a new record this year for rebounds, Said Coach Jensen of next years hopes, Wi th all the other schools having return- in g Juni or letternian our le ag u e will be difficult, but, 'Were looking forwar d to a winning season. Future MVP Tom Glassen Drew Kelley has been ac- tive in sports all four years at Edgewood. His Freshman year e played C football, ' D b asketball, and Frosh baseball. As a sophomore he again play ed C football, but broke his hand before basket - ball and didn't play sports for the remainder of the yea r. Last year he played 'B football and JV basket- b all. This year he is start - ing on the varsity basketball squad. Drew is small a 5'5 lf2 , but overcomes this handicap with his incredible quickness and agility. In B football, he was probably the smallest VH an on the field but had a fi ne year as a running back because of his quickness and determination. Last year in JV basle t- b all, Drew was named the M ost Valuable Player and made all-league, a very high honor. He was high point m a n O n the team, getting m ost of his points by going one on one with his defensive man. There was no one quick enough to guard him, so he scored freely against many teams. This y ear he started at guard for Varsity basketball and keyed the fast break and offense. Drew plans to at- tend Mt. Sac the next2 years, then go to a four year college.

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The 1970 baseball team, plaguedby a slow start, and the loss of Coach Michael Lassalette, made a strong comeback to finish third in the Sierra League. While at practice in April, Coach Lassalette was s truck and seriousl injured by a batted baseball. Des- pite Coach Lassalette's loss, the team kept their spirit and continued all the deter- mination that he had taught them, onlty to fall one game short o a C,I.F. Berth. The highlight of the season came when Mark Conlee pitched a no hitter against his old teammates, Los Altos. Hitting was the early pro- blem of this year 's team as youth and inexperience proved to be a disadvantage as the Trojan's fielded on y returning Lettermen. The Trojans after losing four out of five pre-league games won six of ten league contests, only to drop the las t two games of the sea- son. Coach Lassalette credited the teams continued success after his injury, to the out- s ta n d ing leadership of co- captains, Richard Yaklin and M ark Conlee. The follow- ing game the duo combined as Conlee pitched a no -hit- ter and Yaklin went four for four at bat against Los Altos. Follow in these plerfor- m ances, it was not ard for the restof the team to adapt to Coach Clieny Wells. Senior, Mark Conlee re- ceive d all league honors witha final league record of three w ins and one loss. While pitching 41 1X3 win- nings, he gave up but 32 hits and 9 earned runs, while s tr ik ing out 49 opponents. C o nlee s outstanding games w ere his no hitter thrown at Los Altos and his 1-0 shut- o u t to league champion, Covina . Besides being chosen on the first team All- L e a gu e roster, Conlee re- ceived the L. A. Times play- er of the week for his no- hitter. Another outstanding senior on this year's :qua w as Catcher, Rick Yaklin. Y aklin was the teams lead- ing hitter witha .349 season, and a . 361 league batting average. In 21 games, Yaklin hit safely 22 times in BASEBALL - QNX? C oa ch Lassalette talking with Greg Reinecker during early season game. Senior pitcher Mark Conlee showing form which helped him to a 3-1 league record. Richard Yaklin team 's most valuable player shown catching in recent baseball game. 6 3 at bats collecting two doubles and two home runs, striking out only three tim es , while he collected 10 R, B. I. 's in league action. According! to Coach Las- salette, T e future looks biight. We have 9 return- ing lettermen and an out- standing LV. team coming up. We should have a goo shot at going to C. I. F. and a le a gu e championship is not out of reach. snosuvxnrsav-s4vs4vsoaQsvinr Edgewood Opponent 2 3 Basset' 3 6 Bishop Amat' 2 3 El Monte' l 5 Arroyo' 4 3 Wi lson' l O Covina O 7 Los Altos 3 O Gary' 1 O El Rancho' O 7 W est ern' 4 3 South Hills O 5 Northview' 1 7 La Puente O 2 West Covina 7 l Glendora 1 5 Covina 5 l Los Altos 3 1 South Hills 6 3 La Puente 0 3 West Covina 3 5 Glendora ' Non-league games 'Pomona ournament