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

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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.

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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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7 1 g ww iwn ,wwvvv , W Y , .,,, ,,,.,,-,... f., pie-. fa. ..---v ef on - , 122. if V' if :b il 25 if? if M ui , 'Qfefaf 'E.r Coach Don Caw thou' BuHding Toword Future The Edgewood High School Varsity Swim Team showed its vast improvement over last year's team by win- ning its first two meets and going on to achieve a fi v e win five loss season record. Two outstanding performers thisyear for the Trojan stro- kerswere senior ca plain John Carlson and junior Hayden Caldwell. Both placed first in every event they swam in through the dual meet swim season. Johnwentonin lea- gue finals to place first in the varsity 200 yard individual SWIMMING 5-5 Season Carlson Sets Two League Records Swimmersllayden Caldwell. MnrkClif1on. and Tom Doo- ling explode off the starting blocks, l MH :ww its l if Captain John Carlson broke 2 league records, 2:10, 5 in the Zoo yd. Inditidual Med - ley, and lzlfl. Q in the 100 yd. l3reaststi'oke. m ed ley and the loo yard breaststroke while eclipsing all league records for these events, The Trojan season included swimming in rainy weather and do degree water. ln many ways it it a s a fru- stratin season for the swim- mersw iolost many meets by only one relay, hut they o- vercame this frustration by itinningtheir last two meets againsta powerful La Puente team and Azuza. The 'l rojanteam will re- main fairly intact next year xtithonly three seniors grad- uating, John Carlson, Tom liooling, and Ralph hlaeda. GYMNASTICS 8-2 Record Outstanding Season Sierra League lfinals Expedenced Seniors Leave The Edgewood X a r si I y Gymnastics team finished with an outstanding record oi 8 wins and 2 loses, the best Mike Norris 2nd place Parallel Bars season in over 4 years. The Ron Cook 3rd place Parallel Bars record boosted Troy into I rd Gary Todd oth place Side Horse place in the Sierra League. Co-captain Mike Norris dismount from parrallel bars. lle captured 2nd place in league finals in this event. - This year many y a l ualw l e members ofthe team will Ive graduating. Seniorsare cap' tain Steve Jablonsky, co- c a Dtai ns Mike Norris and Terry Roussel, Lance Beam Ron Cook, Bon Ushiro, Wa y ne Rosenlqrantz, li m Strausha ugh, and Gary Todd. The returning lettermen are Junior Bob Sue-art, and Soph- more Dougan Norris, There were several out- standing performances hy Troy in league finals this year. Mike Norris won ind plac e in th e parallcd har competition. Ronfjooli took a 3rd place in this same e' vent. Gary Todd performed his routine good enough for oth place in the side horse. cloaeh Richard Foshay Senior lx' a y n e i1esenkr.ant2: shous excellent form in his free exercise routine.