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

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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.

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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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1. One last convulsive jerk gives high altitude to clear the bar. 2. Sky above strains for extra inches before landing faces of coaches Lowell Goecker and satisfying meet. jumper Kirk Briggs just enough and sand below, Ventress Mosely ;. 3. Optimism paints smiles on Bob Barnes after a rough, but Bulging, aching muscles pushing overworked sprinters legs into piston-like action. Heaving, sore ungs spit out air the runner didn ' t think he had left. Eyes of a long jumper view a distance his mind tells him he shouldn ' t risk. A last convulsive jerk pushed a vaulter past a bar seemingly out of reach. One ath- e quits track completely because mind gives into the body ' s conviction that it just isn ' t possible. This is the problem that must be overcome. Mind over matter is victory. Who is to say if it ' s possible to push yourself till you ache, or twist your body into pretzel-like po- sitions to gain conquest over that bar looming above you? It ' s a personal matter! Here you can ' t wait for a teammate to cover for you, because it is you that either succeeds or fails against yourself. Many of this years team have used past experi- ences to find out what their mind can make their flesh do, and have thus conquered the hardest part. 2 There are not many flashes of outstanding individual accomplishment, only a combined mass of consistent talent which should make for an outstanding season for Lutheran ' s speed freaks.