Gunn High School - Olympian Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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The wrestling season can not be considered a success when we consider wins and losses. However, we do feel that it was a success when we consider the twenty-four young men who participated. Much learning was accomplished. We had nine freshmen, six sophomores, six juniors, and three seniors who completed the season. Jon Hanson, Sean Lyell, and David Austin were our representatives for the C.C.S. by placing third, fourth, and third respectively in the SCVAL finals. Front: Brodie Giles, Rodney Blackwell, Kevin Farley, Nick Angeloff, Mason Null, Mike Nanevich, Dan Popp, John Cardoza, Todd Thomas, Bob Beatie, R ert Dickens. Back: Sean Lyell, Yun Shaw, Steve Rothblatt, Steve Richey, Ben Marshall, Vince Warizinski, Jon Hanson, Jon Hardy, Yaurig u, Dan Eamilant, Mike Orendi, Dave Austin, Coach Sperry. Missing: Hillel Familant.

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V. A WHAT YOU NEVER K EW ABOUT COACHES ll!!! You may think you know Gunns' coaches, but how well do you really know them? They may seem like mild- mannered, ordinary coaches to the in- experienced eye, but many of them have quite a history of accomplish- ments, embarrassing moments, and in- teresting facts about them that you probably never imagined! For example, did you know that Coach Poff, at one time, competed as a 'Horned Toad? No, she was not always Gunns' Girls' Tennis and J.V. Basketball coach! She attended Coa- linga High School and they're mascot was, oddly enough, the Horned Toad. Her most embarrassing moment was when she went down to southern Cali- fornia to be a bridesmaid. When she arrived, she realized she had forgotten her shoes, and she couldn't go back to the bay area for them, so she went shopping, but she couldn't find a pair that fit her. She then decided that she'd go to the wedding barefoot . . and she did!! She was even in a short dress! However, she claims that no- body noticed because l was so tall anyway! Many of you know Coach Harris as the person who coaches our Varsity Bas- ketball and FroshfSoph Baseball teams. But did you know he almost went down with the ship fso to speak! in the middle of lake Don Pedro? In the summer of '81, he took his 18 foot motorboat out into the middle of the lake and when he looked behind him, the back of his boat was submerged in water. fHe forgot to put the plug in the hole of his boat!! thinking quickly, he put the boat in full gear and sped around the lake until all the water had been pressured out! Smart thinking, Coach Harris! By the way, he's also quite an accomplished waterskier. Did you know that 2 of our coaches may have been unintentional rivals when they were younger? Coach Truesdell fthe Varsity Football and Varsity Softball coach! played football for U.C.L.A. when he was in college and Coach Doster fthe Varsity Foot- ball and J.V, Softball coach! played for Stanford. Coach Little, the Girls' J.V. Soccer and Swimming coach, has quite a long history of embarrassing moments, but the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to her was in high school. She was on the swim team and during a meet, just after she had finished her laps, she got out of the pool and no- ticed that the top part of her suit had slipped down to her waist! Poor Coach Little! Her face turned almost as red as her hair! Although she had some awkward moments in her life, she also had some exciting ones. She was a member of the representative U.S. Hockey Team for California which played in an international tournament in Canada!!!!l Speaking of hockey, Coach Finnigan fthe Girls Diving and Gymnastics coach! was on the U.S. Olympic Hock- ey Team!!! Steinbeck? Salinger? No, itls Coach Peters and he's written a book called Wait 'Til Your Mother Gets Home! Coach Peters is Gunns' Varsity Foot- ball and Track coach. We're all ex- cited about his new book for many reasons. Mainly because they're think- ing of making it into a movie for televi- sion and quite possibly a series. Nego-