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

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- K' ' O BASKETBALL 5-9 Season 3rd place Edgewood Tournament MVP Tom Glassen fabovej is fouled in th. act of shooting, BestDeft-nsive Player G b Church frightb goes up for two .1- gainst West Covina. 14-14 Overall Record The Trojan Varsity Bas- ketballteam ended the year with a record of 14 wins and 14 losses. At one time early in the year a record of 9-3 wasobtained. The cagersin pre-seaso n captured third placein the Edgewood Tour- nament, and fourth place in the 32 team Covina Tourna- ment. The highlight of the year came with a victory over Pasadena a top rated 4-A power. Thecgame was led by AlFrazinan IonWatsonwith 17 points each. This game enabled Tro to advance into the quarter ilinals of the Co- vina Tournament. ' Playing in onelof the strongest leaeuesinthe valley Troy ended with a 5-9 league record, and fifth placein the Sierraleague. Inthe begin- ning of t e second league game center, top rebounder a nd MVP Tom Glassen in- jured an ankle and was out for nearly half the season. This injury hurt EHS in the early part of the season. The ca- gers most impressive league victory came against South Hills. witha70-48 win. The gamewas led by Geb Church who scored 28 points. This was the most points scored in a single garife. Various awardsforindivi- dual achievements were given out. Tom Glassen, a senior center, won Most Valuable Player. Tom was also the te a m ' s top rebounder with 142 rebounds. and held the 1 w 'Tri ag-gb? as 5 z A , L v - 'gist freer f 1 Coach Roger Jensen highest field goal percentage with 50010. This is Glassen 's third year on varsity basket- ball, Geb C h ur c h a junior forward received Best Defen- sive Player. Geb on his third year of varsity basketball av- eraged the most points per gam e with 10. 8 points. Church also had the most field goals made this year with 120. Chris Moersch received Most Improved Player. Chris also c a p t ur ed the highest free throw percentage with 60070. This is Moersch s second year on Varsity. Senior guard Rich Burgess was chosen captain, the three year letterman was noted for his hustle. Graduating Seniors with 3 years varsity experience are T om Glassen, Jon Watson, and Richard Burgess. S en - iors with 2 years varsity ex- perience areChris Moersch, and Don Spellman. -First year s e ni or lettermen are Dale Adams, CraigChastain, Barry Dunahoo, Mike Haas, and James Tokita.

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Coach Paul Breit This year's Varsity Wrest- lin team had its work cut out it them w hen the 'season started, but wh en it came right down to league the Trojans couldn't be topped as they won the Sit-rra Lea- gue Championship. A team filled w ith jun- iors and led by co-captains Carl Ciarfalio and Jim Shan- non, who along with Tim Dostal and Scott Messenger were tht' only seniors on the team, overcame Covina in the last m Ll tch of the year by a score of All-li. Shannon who went the farthest in CIF competition won a fifth place at the Fi- nalsafter placing first at the preliminary matches. Sophomore Scott Herten- st ein w h o was injured for most of the season with a WRESTLING SIERRA LEAGUE CHAMPS Unchahenged In Most Valuable Wrestler Coaches Trophy League 7-0 Jim Shannon Carl Ciarfalio Most Improved Dale Tasse C3171 Ciaff-31i0 concussion, became an in- stant success as he pinned all hi s opponents until he fa c ed Covina's Mike Hen- nesey. Hennesey proved to be too much for Hertenstein. In total matches the var- sity fared well winning 206 a gain s t 130 losses and six d ra w s. The team ended with a thirteen and five won - loss record while placing fifth at the Edgewood Tour- nament and sixth at the Mira Costa Tourney. Senior Jim Shannon won the prized award as Most Valuable Wrestler. Carl Ciarfalio received the Coaches Trophy, and Most Improved went to Dale Tas- se . Junior Jack Farrar was selected to b e next year's captain. The Junior Varsity kept Coaches Trophy Award Senior Captain Jim Shannon shown performing an elevator on opponent. up a se ven year record by going undefeated in league competition and an overall record of 10-3 while taking a first place at the Los Altos Junior Varsity W r e stli n g Tournament. In th e Los Altos tourney the J. V. 's captain Terry Stewart was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler. The J. V. 'shad57-O shutout ver- susAzusa and a 50-5 victory over Covina. It is very rare in wrestling for a team to score 50 points. The Novice team kept up with the rest of the teams by winning eleven of thirteen and taking second in the Los Wrestlers are from left to right, ftop rowp Tim Dostal, Dale Tasse, Carl Ciarfalio, Cmiddle rowy Dick Valencia, Ken Yelle, Scott V etter, Larry Henry, Cfront rowj Jeff Maeda, Wayne Mathews, Scott Messenger, Jack Farrar, Jim Shannon, and Scott Hertenstein. Altos Novice Tourney. CHAMPIONSHIP SIERRA LEAGUE RECORD FOR 1971 Edgewood 34 Edgewood 38 Edgewood 35 Edgewood 45 Edgewood 27 Edgewood 23 Edgewood 41 Azusa 15 Los Altos S La Puente 15 Glendora 8 South Hills 19 W. Covina 19 Covina 6

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Senior Ion Watson drills base hit. This years varsitry baseball team is coming of with the be st league season in three years. afine9-5 league win- oss record. andathird place in the Sierra League. Troy had a good ballclub this year with depth, balance, good hitting, and the important good team spirit. The Tro- Jans only fault laly in incon- sistancy, which at e in the season, cost them a Sierra League championship. The first round and early part of the second round of league competition showed the Trojan machine rom p to a '7 win 2 loss record. At this point T roy was tied for the number lposition in league. Hard fought xdctories came overG1endoraC4-lj, Covina Q11-43, LosA1tos 14-OJ, South Hills 16-22, La Puente C7 -lj, Glendora Q9 -51, and Covina 12 -ly. The two Trojan loses w er e to Azusa 19-45. and West Covina Q5-ly. Troy th en dropped a hard fou ht game to Los Altos 4-2, Ent came back a game later with a fine effort to ed 61116 South Hills Huskies 25. In the next game Azusa became the only team to defeat Troy twice as thely won a close 3-1 decision. heTrojanheart- break came with a 8-'7 loss to La Puente. Troy's mis- takes and failure to capitalize on key situations in this game Drove to be fatal, and Edgewood's hopes for a Sierra League Championship were lost. Troy's men proved to have rxidein themselves and their school the next game as they knotted out arch rival W est Covina from taking a co-championship w i th Az- usa. In this game the Trojan defense held strong as they blanked WC in a very hard First b as em an John Watson stays alert to make defensive play against Chino. BAS E BA L L THIRD PLACE SIERRA LEAGUE 9-5 Season fought 1-0 victoiy. S e ni o r s gra uating this y e a r are: co -captain Greg Reinecker. Greg was the team's top pitcher, his best hittirzjg g a m e came against Glen ora where he hit a tri- ple, a home run, and ac- counted for 7 of the team s 9RBI's. His pitching talents w ere at it best against a strong st ro ng West Covina team, where he allowed onl 3 hits and no runs. Outfieldler Guy Kristofic had one of his better gam es against Los Altos where he boom ed a home run over left -centerggeld. pig yyrr ig- M ark Doverspike, was the team 's most consistent play- er on offense and defense. Coach Mike Lassalette - 'T' S e n io r p i t c h e r Greg Reinecker keeps keen eye on base stealing opportunities. H0wever, Guy's best hitting game came against Covina as he went 3 for 4 from the plate and led Troy to a ll-4 victory. First baseman Jon Watson the te am 's leadin home run hitter, had one of his best games as he sparked a victory over Glendora. with a game tieing home run. Jon also sewed up a Los Altos game with a three run home run. Glen Johnson, an out- field er, was not noted for his power hitting, but throu ghou t the season he proved to be a valueable part of the team as he scattered m a n y singles and doubles. Th e s e hits allowed Edge- wood many scoring opportu- nities. Co-captain, catcher Mark's improvement during the year was noted by the coach and spectator alike. Relief pitchers, Keith Lan- dau and Dave Bertone, didn't have many opportunities to pitch during the year, but when they did, they pitched well and were hardly scored upon. Their enthusiasm on the bench heightened team spiritand aided many a vic- tory. Underclassmen on the team w er e Juniors Bill Bird at third base, Rich Havard at second base, Terry Snow outfield, Dick Valencia out- field, Bruce Kent pitcher, and Joe Gonzales outfield. Sophom ores on the team were Lee Mascher, and Gary Roenicke.