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

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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.

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Front Row: pave Luebbe, Dominique Manna, Dan Cusator, Scott Jordan. Zachary Parker, Ron Coleman, Rich Du Vail. Reg gl e Bennett. Back Row: Coach Richard Craven, Homer Boyd, Sam Knight, Steve Raney Uave Hoffman, Don Clements, Henry Strickland, Chester Clark, Bob Horn, Roland Crim. a ntl nH r SW °,° PS ' an eaSy ' ayUp: Chester Bo d stra ' ns to control a rebound; Don Siding pSotat R ° n Coto ™ n to » M tW0 ■ t0 » » Foundation for Future Victory the main ingredient which helped them roll to seven straight victories to end the season. A potent offensive unit, headed by captain-elect Ron Coleman, broke away for easy lay-ins and also burned the nets from long range. Mimicking the J.V. squad, the frosh utilized a clinging, scraping de- fense, holding teams to a minimum total. Here again it was combined effort that produced re- sults with the team claim- ing awards over indi- viduals. It was a down to the wire league scramble which saw Craven ' s Kids come in a strong second.