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

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All in Good Fun 1. With the crack of the gun, girls track members zoom into motion, per- fecting their start with many hours of practice. 2. Floating through the air with hair flying, Julie Berkeland stretches to gain extra inches in the longjump. Competitive drive in individuals is strength- ened in track and field events. It causes one to take that extra step, to push harder, to dig up that last ounce of energy. Top physical and mental conditioning are necessary and may not always be pleasant. But if enjoy- ment can be found in this hard work, fan- tastic achievements can result. Claiming to have a lot of fun, the girls ' track team entered their second season practicing in the afternoons under the guid- ance of Coach Kenneth Allen. It seemed they had little to get excited about for they were virtually an unknown group, with many stu- dents not even realizing their existence. They were not hindered by this lack of support though, and they worked hard in preparation for a tough meet with Carpenteria and the Inglewood Relays. Front Row: Debbie McClelland. Lydia Hannibal. Donetia White, Marian Allen. Pam Crummie. Sheila Pharns. Back Row: Robin Stuart. Kathye Allen. Yolanda Moore, Rhonda Stuart. Ji Berkeland, Cheryl Johnson.

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Track A Team, Front Row: Richard Mack, Ray Cobb, Baird Steptoe, Kevin Smith, Alfred Parker, Gary Phillips, Gary France, Chris Baker. Back Row: Coach Lowell Goecker, John Garza, Michael Daniels, Bill Ward, Henry Strick- land, Darryl Young, Chris Malone, Jimmy Dukes, Andy Aoyama, Doug Luebbe, Cliff Anderson, Tim Swain, Mike Nagata, Coach Robert Barnes. Track B Team, Front Row: Warren Scoggins, Eric Smith, Darrell Felix, Alan Reynolds, Jim Williams, Dwayne Edison, Wes Evans, Kirk Briggs. Back Row: Paul Lang, David Barnes, Jordu Sherrill, Steve Hilpert, Chester Clark, Dwight Morgan, Richard Reaser, Robert Fairchild. Track C Team. Front Row: Darrel Wilson, Ventress Moseley, Zachary Parker, Roosevelt Matthews, Leon- ard Elzey. Back Row: Kenneth Hampton, Reggie Ben- nett, Ron Coleman, Elbert Martin. 1. Hoping to cut critical seconds off their finishing time Mike Daniels and Baird Steptoe stretch in unison while exchanging the baton. 2. Timing and co-ordination needed to clear the hurdle can be the difference between a medal and a nose full of dust for Jim Dukes. 3. With a last umph Darryl Young sends the shot skyward, hopefully destined to land with a thud somewhere far away. 4. The effort and pain of getting into shape finally pays off with a first place for sprinter James Williams.

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£ions in Quest of a Crown The talent started peeking through on the J.V. level two years ago, when freshmen and sopho- mores posted a 20-0 record, just learning funda- mentals. Last year the kids came to Varsity and the talent was still there, but the young players ' mistakes kept them in a humble second place. Finally after two years, the kids became veterans and matured into a powerful unit that has pro- duced a perfect record in their first five league games. Ironically, it was around the time when their head coach, Jim Young, roamed the field in an L.H.S. uniform, that the last C.I.F. baseball championship came to Lutheran. It isn ' t far fetched to forsee his well coached Lions return- ing the honor to Lutheran this year, if the team can use what talent it has. Many teams have talent, though, in the tough Olympic league. It is how that talent is developed that makes the difference. Practice upon practice improved stale skills that had lain dormant 1. Lead-off batter and second baseman Vernon Hemingway con- nects in a 2-0 victory against St. Genevieve. 2. A major part in Lutheran ' s tight defense, reliable first baseman Don Howard gets ready for action behind teammate Bob Goodyear ' s delivery. 3. One of two seniors on the young Blue roster, captain Rex Briggs sends a ball skyward with a hefty swat in a 13-2 victory against Harvard. 4. Rounding third base, speedy center fielder Allen (Flea) Felix comes home to score another run against Harvard. 5. In a tense predicament Coach Jim Young pensively falls into a rarely quiet moment of thought. 6. With no great homerun threat. Lions ' baseball strategy included a lot of heads-up running, which Bob Stubenberg often displayed.