North High School - Valiant Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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V Saxons hit tor another gain. Bid for Bay League Falls Short This year ' s Varsity Football team ' s goal was to repeat as the Bay League champions. The team ' s bid for the title fell short as they tied for second place. North ended up with a three win-two loss record in league and a four win-five loss record overall. Six Saxons gained recognition as being the best m the league by being selected on the 1972 All Bay League Team. Tackle Bob Francis, defensive guard Casey Jaworski. and kicker Wally Leistner made Bay League First Team. Selected to Bay League Second Team were de- fensive back Eddie Marr, running back Ed Bowen, and linebacker Matt Kobe. These six selections were more than any other school had. This year ' s football team was coached by Jim O ' Brien with the assistance of Bill Cunerty, Steve Schmitz, and Rick Francis. A lot of work went into the making of this team and it paid off in the end. Leistner tacks on another three North scrambles for loose ball. Ed Bowen drives on to crucial first down. 51

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Erratic Season for Saxons VARSITY-ROW 1-LEFT TO RIGHT- Walt Leisner. Don Means, Ed Bowen, Glen Nakagawa, Ed Marr, Bob Frances, Gary Stephens, Gary Brown, Mat Kobe, Gary Nettlend, Guss Taylor, Larry Gizzi, Rex Gotheridge, Scott Newman, Rocky Garza, Steve Ordaz ROW 2- Ed Thurber, Jim Zam- bereli, Nick John, Jim Trosper, Jeff Taylor, Keith Shwzaki, Bill Goddard, Robert Curry. Dan Dunifer, Dave Bohanan, Rick Major, Erni Ozaki, Steve Blinder. Steve Gillespi THIRD ROW- Jerry Stuler, Hugo Garcia, Les Eyestone, Dave Smith, Scott Robinson, Tom Perkins, Eugene Hori, Kevin Kamamoto, Pat Powers, Steve Schnutzlor, Monte Makian, Sam Fernandez, Roy Samulez ROW 4- Bill Cunerty. Jim O ' Brien, Steve Schmitz, Mike Autry, Wayne Limm, Rick Thurber, Bon Motz. Randy Brooks. Kevin Dorman, Gilbert Flores. 50 North denies oponents valuable yardage.

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North ' s defensive squad stops their opponents play for a big loss. Saxons Take Second in Tough Bay League The varsity football team started it ' s sea- son off by facing the aggresive Carson team and suffered a defeat at the hands of the city champs. In the second game, led by quarterback Glen Nakagawa and runnin g back Ed Bowen, the Saxons beat the highly-ranked Bell Eagles 17-13. Run- nig was one of the keys to North ' s vic- tories, sparked by running backs Don Means and Jim Zambarelli. Blocking was provided by guards Gary Netteland and Gary Brown, and center Matt Kobe. The strong defensive team was led by tackle Bob Francis, linebacker Casey Jaworske, defensive back Eddie Marr. North lost to the Burroughs Indians 42-15, but came back the next week to defeat Torrance 27-7. The football season ended with thrilling victories over Centennial 28-0, and rival South High 7-0. Saxon defense gets ready to charge. m 4r SCOREBOARD Carson - 33 North 6 North - 17 Bell 13 Hawthorne - 27 North 14 Burroughs - 42 North 15 North - 27 Torrance 7 Santa Monica - 28 North 6 West - 16 North 7 North - 28 Centennial - North - 7 South Bob Francis, no. 30. leads the blocking for North. 52