Lutheran High School - Paw Prints Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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iam ' The Lions opened their 1959 season with a lop- sided victory against San Gabriel Mission and La Salle High Schools. The highly spirited and tal- ented Lion cindermen with all of the 1957-58 lettermen returning, displayed their best at the Hart Relays, Lompoc Relays, and the Inglewood Relays. The biggest trackfest of the season was the League meet in which the Lion thinclads established many new league records. As the season drew to a close the Varsity track squad showed promise for a stronger team in future Lutheran High seasons. Tom Werner takes first place I.utheran's initial cross country for Lutheran High in 880. team is prepared to attempt their first cross country race

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2 'TN-T ln.. Lutheran representatives for the hurdles pose to be a threat to all Lion adversaries. The Lion trio consisted of jim Burkhard, jerry Prifogle, and john Rydingsword who scored many points for the Lions. Burkhard proved to be one of Olympic league's best. The Lion thinclads enjoyed their best season as they won most of their meets and established new school records. With the help of Coach Oetting they accomplished these goals. The members of the squad are shown as follows. ROW ONE: F. Hellman Cmgrj, F, Rochon, j. Pryor, N. Johannes, D. Reisig, H. Kinnamon, C. Thompson, B. Sible, j. Bauer, B. Ilton Cmgrj. ROW TWO: W. Hindman, Cmgrj, T. Werner, j. Burkhard, J. Prifogle, J. Ryding- sword, B. Warnke, B. Brewer, M. Carpenter, J. Taylor, P. Grauer, j. Schutte fmgrj. Lf!!

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Lutheran's B and C track men opened their rough track season with a sound victory over St. Agnes and San Gabriel Mission. The B season continued with rugged competition as they faced many strong and tough track squads. Their toughest meet was the League Championship meet which determined the Olympic League champion. The Inexperienced CU team displayed good material for the future track squads as they broke record after record in their meets. Lutheran High's defending Olympic League champions rose to the occasion and represented our school in a manner befitting a true champion. The members of Lutheran High's 1958-59 B track squad were: left to right, ROW ONEg P. Scheuchel, P. Grauer, C. Hernandez, T. Lee, W. Lautenschlager, A. Luptak, E. Ebel. ROW TWO, B. Hansen, D. Hellman, L. Sarty, P. Gebhardt, D. Ortenburger, J. Pierson, B. Werner, R. Henning. 1 .13 iv, .. .ir 3 S Norman Johannes blazes through the cen- tury dash and shatters the old records. I A surprising C team was one of the bright spots on the horizon for our future track squads. Paced by high scoring Bill Reichert, the team did much more than was expected. The members of this C track team who will be future varsity greats are: left to right, ROW ONE, Leroy Oster- feld, J. Tone, B. Allen, B. Mead, P. Struyk, j. Petersen, R. Davis, j. Sheldon. ROW TWOQ K. Maeder, A. Bliss, B. Burden, S. Schinner, P. Olson, C. Schlueter, B. Reichert. Compliments of Wallace H. Fraser, D.D.S.