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

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when faced with stiff competition. Having lost out in the Basset- Bishop Amat Tournament, the team entered the Filmore Tourney. They lost by one basket in the first game to Nordorf but were able to reverse the tables, the next I night, and beat Atascadero by two points. They then faced highly rated LA. Baptist and walked a- way with a victory and a conso- lation trophy. With a boost they thought would help, the Lions entered the Brea-Olinda Tourna- ment, only to lose both games. Pre-season play had been rough on the Lions and now league was to begin. They opened with a victory over Pater Noster — that was their last until they came to the mid- point of the season, beating Par- aclete. The second half of the sea- son was an exact duplicate, giving the Lionsa4-10 mark. It was a season in which there was no definite starting team as Coach Ed Reitz continuously mix- ed up the line-up, searching for key combinations. It was a sea- son of trying times when victories didn ' t occur often. They didn ' t have all the glor y of past years but they still had the spirit and the fans, who continued to travel great distances to cheer their Lions. It was their team, win or lose, and they were proud. VARSITY BASKETBALL No. Name of Player Height Weight Grade 20 Tom Dawson 5 ' 10V4 145 Sr. 21 Chris Malone 5 ' 8 135 Jr. 24 Mike Jordan 5 ' 11 150 Sr. 25 BobHaugen 6 ' 1 160 Jr. 30 Don McDonald 6 ' 2 172 Sr. 31 GregStaten 60 152 Jr. 32 NickDigeralamo 6 ' 2 170 Jr. 33 Lynn Ivie 6 ' 2 192 Sr. 34 Wayne Wilson 6 ' 2 185 Sr. 40 Bob Anderson 6 ' 2 ' 2 190 Sr. 42 Leo Wills 62 187 Jr. Manager: Gary France Coach: Mr. Ed Reitz 1. Stunned. Harvard players stand by as Lynn Ivie stretches his frame above them to make an easy lay-in. 2. Meeting the challenge of a tough defense is one of Wayne Wilson ' s better traits. With a soft touch, he releases a shot above the head of a Bell-Jeff defender. 3. Good passing means better shots! Bob Haugen fires to Leo Wills who is charging the lane. 4. A block is not always necessary to make a player miss. With Donnie McDonald, intimidation can do the trick as well.

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Dynasty Developing Within the lower confines of Lion! basketball, the J.V. and freshman! dribblers are developing a dynasty,] giving good reason for an opti mistic view of future seasons.l Within the twenty-five total league games these two teams played,] there were only three defeats- u an average of fifty-seven points per game while their vexing de- fense, fouling half as much while rebounding twice as much as their competition, held the enemy to a forty point average. The Junior hoopsters would not be satisfied with holding their first league opponents below their forty point average, but instead beat them by nearly forty. Throughout the year many things V V, helped accomplish the average win span, an unbelievable seven- teen points. No one man had to carry the load, in an explosive, fast breaking offense. Ten hands mov- ing as one on defense caused then- opponents many turnovers that turned into easy points for our squad. Mostly it was all out hustle that enabled the Junior blue to practically run their adversaries off the court. There were no indi- vidual awards handed out because Dueker ' s team was just that — a team. Their reward was a cham- pionship. The Cub pack ' s rough begin- ning helped them iron out many mistakes, yet there were still a few left which caused them three losses in the first half of their league season. Teamwork was still belonging to the more inexper enced frosh. The awesome J.V. climbed atop the league standings this first game and stayed there.j The freshmen were only one off-pace, second place in tl division. Lutheran ' s scoring artillery shot! a am.