Morningside High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Inglewood, CA)

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X fl K r 1' Varsit ' P iv ,- l I is , 1 lv Lx X., Tx I , gf' Q 1 Hn. 4 ll v . . IJ! FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Jim Ansite, Bob Hoag, Steve Horton, John Hargrove, Jim Grabill, Warren Pickens, George Bennett. BACK: Mark Witt, Wes Oldaker, Richard Newhouse, Wilbur Bowers, Art Hale, Mike Brazelton, Bill McLeod, WIMMI G Dennis Giuliano, Jim Hennis. Placing five boys on the l96O All-American High School Swim Team, the MHS splashers established themselves as one of the CIF powerhouses under the excellent coaching of Bob Hoffman. Art Hale, Bob Hoag, Steve Horton, Warren Pickens, and John Hargrove received All-American laurels in the 20-yard freestyle relay with a great l135.3, as they captured a third place in the CIF championships for this event. Competing in the newly formed Bay League, the Monarch finmen grabbed second place in the Bay League Championships behind ever-powerful Santa Monica. I960 Bay League Champions for the Red and White were: Warren Pickens, 50-yard freestyle- 23.9 lnew league recordl and IOO-yard freestyle -53.3 lnew league recordl, Mark Witt, IOO-yard butterfly - l:0l.6, Steve Horton, l0O-yard back- stroke-l:03.9, Art Hale, IOO-yard breaststroke - l:ll.l, and Steve Horton, Art Hale, Bob Hoag, and Warren Pickens, 200-yard freestyle relay-l:35.8 lnew league recordl. Engaging the best teams in CIF, the mermen cap- tured a first place in the Bay League Relays, fourth in the CIF Relays, fourth in the Lynwood Relays, and second in the Beverly Hills Invitational. The Morningside Varsity, though plagued by sick- ness throughout the year, compiled a respectable record of 8 victories, 5 defeats, and I tie. The sweet- est dual meet win of the season, in the opinion of the team and Coach Hoffman, was the downing of El Segungo, '57 through '59 CIF champs, 52-34 at the losers' pool. The foursome of Jim Grabill, Art Hale, Steve Hor- ton, and Warren Pickens made CIF Relay history by becoming the first team to win the 200-yard back- stroke for two consecutive years. The same four also teamed together to sweep the 200-meter backstroke for the second straight season in the Lynwood Re- lays, and thus successfully defended their crown as the best prep backstroke relay team in Southern California. In the 1100-yard freestyle relay, Art Hale, Bob Hoag, Steve Horton, and Warren Pickens set a new CIF record of 3:37,7, while the 200-yard breaststroke Mark Witt held the CIF record with a 2110.3 for a short period of time. Special recognition must be noted to the fine grad- uating seniors that have led the team to fabulous heights in the last four years. They are: Jim Grabill- lst, CIF 200-yard backstroke relay, school record- 200-yard medley relay, l:49.-4, Bay League-3rd, 200-yard individual medley, 4th, IOO-yard butterfly. Art Hale-lst, CIF 200-yard backstroke relay, '59 8. '60, 3rd, CIF IOO-yard breaststroke, '59, 2nd, CIF Cee 50-yard breaststroke, '58, school record-l00- yard butterfly, l:00.9, l00-yard breaststroke, l:09.4, 200-yard individual medley, 2:2l.2, medley relay, and 200-yard freestyle relay, l:35.3, Bay League Champion- IOO-yard breaststroke, freestyle relay, 2nd-l0O-yard butterfly. John Hargrove-4th, CIF Bee 50-yard freestyle, '59, Bay League-5th, 50 and 100-yard freestyle, 3rd, medley relay. Steve Horton -Ist, CIF 200-yard backstroke relay, '59 8. '60, 4th, CIF l00-yard backstroke, '59, 5th, CIF Bee IOO- yard backstroke, '58, school record-IOO-yard back- stroke, l:0l.5, medley and freestyle relay, Bay League Champion- IOO-yard backstroke, freestyle relay, 3rd, 50-yard freestyle. Warren Pickens-lst, CIF 200-yard backstroke relay, '59 8- '60, school record-50-yard freestyle, 23.6, IOO-yard freestyle, 53.2, medley and freestyle relay, Bay League Cham- pion-50 and IOO-yard freestyle, freestyle relay. Mark Witt-4th, CIF Bee 75-yard individual medley, '58, Bay League Champion-IOO-yard butterfly, 2nd, 200-yard individual medley, 3rd, medley relay. A defeat of a powerful Dorsey squad, which had not lost a dual meet in four years, and a tie for second place in the Bay League Swimming Champion- ships highlighted the past year for the Morningside Bee swimmers. Led by Mike Calderwood, the Bees had a season record of 6 losses and 3 victories in dual meet com- petition. Against Dorsey, the Monarchs eked out a 40-39 decision, while they tied with Inglewood for second place in the Bay League Finals. Led by Dave Adler, Phil Manifold and John Sirasky, the Cee team captured a third place tie in the Bay League Finals while compiling a dual meet

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ll. J Varsity . . . 56 ln what may be described as a lean or re- building year, the 1960 Morningside varsity track team compiled a creditable record by winning three of seven Bay League dual meets and breaking two school records while tieing another. Against North Torrance in the year's first meet the Saxons were badly outclassed and were soundly trounced 82-21. ln the 120 low hurdles Ken Irwin tied the school record set by Bill Ogden last year with the time of 20 sec- onds flat. By virtue of their thrilling relay triumph in the meet's final event the Monarchs managed to edge cross-town rival Inglewood 53-51. MHS anchor man Dick Santee was the hero of the day as he made up more than 20 yards to win the race by a few inches. On this day Jim Hodge broke the school high-iump record by soaring 5 ft. I1 in. Santa Monica genuinely outclossed the Mon- FRONT, Left to Right: Gregg Perklns, Russ Lemon, George Freeman, Jim Hodge, Dick Santee, Dan Lewis, George King, Bill Burdon, Neil Engdall, Blll Mengel, Bob Brown, Dennis Wight, Ron Bass, Ron Ridingsword, Lynne Drake Imgr.l. BACK: Coach Jay TRACK arch spikemen as Ron Jacobs in the 880 was the only MHS winner. At the Mira Costa Relays the Monarch trio of outstanding shot-putters Jim Gallup, Neil Engdall and Mike Eaton won the event hands down to take first place med- als. At Redondo, luck was with the Monarchs as the final outcome of the meet again nar- rowed down to the relay events. A mixup be- tween the first and second men on the passing of the baton which Redondo dropped enabled the Monarchs to breeze to victory and win the meet 53-51. Dan Lewis was the individual star as he won both the 220 and 440 and ran third leg onthe victorious relay team. ln the final three dual meets of the year the Morningside downfall came. Hawthorne was victorious, as were Mira Costa and Leuzinger. Sandwiched between these meets were token appearances by the Monarch track team at the Inglewood and Easter Relays.