James Lick High School - Argus Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Varsity Wreytling FRONT ROW. Brad Erwin, Dennis Foster, Jim Flores, David Serrano, Ed Santos, Tony Lopez, BACK ROW: Ed Nunez, Frank Wright, Keith Simeral, Jim Plunkeir, Al Fontaine. Jim Plunkeif, 191 lb. MHAL and NCS Il champion. railing Highligloty In his lasT year as coach, Mr. Russ Phillips led The ComeT varsiTy wresTling Team To a Third place finish and a 4-3 record. As aT his reTiremenT, coach Phillips compiled a TanTasTic 58-TO mark. MosT Valuable vvresTIer of This year's squad was Jim PlunkeTT, who won The NorThern Cali- fornia T91 lb. championship. Jim was also Team capTain. MosT-improved was Fred Mouser, H2 lb., and MosT-Valuable JV was STeve T-ligashi, T27 lb. zmior Vdfjiljl '7,-gif., . - f-fy' M' 2 , ,I 5 , v, v , - If -,. ,4 ,I N . ' A . , - 1 L ' JAME5:' ucx 191 x Head Coach Russ Phillips, CapTain Jim Plunkefl' and J.V. Coach Ron MoclesTe. FRONT ROW: John Griialva, Dale Saddler, Fernado Rival, Ed Costa, Ricardo Valdelez. BACK ROW: Sam Terzo Ron Appelbv, Don Arnesan, Joe Gomez. 92

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Frosla-5011919 Action Ed Hughes crosses goal line at the end of a 90-yard run against Lincoln. Dave Ellis drops back to pass while Jim Flores prepares to block. l ll Sideline strategy-Coaches Corey and Baker. Shoemate pulls down Mustang ball-carrier. Pass intended for Mario Sparacino is batted down. Ed Hughes carries ball around end as Terry Webb pro- Harry Wellwood tackles Pioneer rnan. vides interference. 91

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J if 3 x W rl'-ifft . , A 'f ,,., L! X p, 1 s IC ' :5'i,'f VM 'Ct I-'C . if I- 4 , - s ., . 1 .rs. spa , ' but f IF FRONT ROW: Captain Gary Anderson, Phil Passafuime, Arnold Entier, Jay Corey, Barry Baurngartner, Dave LaCerda. BACK ROW: Tom Beattie, John Moskal, Mike Hufft, Gary Butler, Ken Borello, Coach Dan Fukushima. Va mit Basketball Opening the season without a returning regular, this year's varsity basketball team ended its season with an overall record of 9-i3 and a league mark of 6-8. Varsitymen started off the season by dropping a game to the highly rated Sunnyvale Jets, 73-56. The Comets then entered the Jl.l'l' and lost their first game to Bellarmine, 50-34, After defeating Campbell, the team lost to Woodside in the consolation finals. After winning their first three league contests against Willow Glen, Ayer, and Hill, the Comets lost a tough one to Lincoln, 54-42, and then proceeded to lose three out of their next four games to end the first half of the season with a 4-3 mark. ln the second half the Comets won only three out of seven to finish in fifth place with a 6-8 record. Senior guard Gary Anderson was selected to the All-MHAt second team. He also led the team in scoring with a ten point average. Center Arnold Entier contributed a strong rebounding job to the team effort, although this was his first year of competition. Junior starters Phil Passafuime, Dave La'- Cerda, and Barry Baumgartner, and freshman Jay Corey also performed consistently and are expected to bolster the team's strength next year. Arnold Entier blocks attempted shot by Bellarmines Bob Kelley