North High School - Valiant Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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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

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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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PS i 5 1ST ROW-Joel Anderson. Mike Fisher. David Cohe. Bill Peters. Corky Wyrick. Tim Krusey. Jay Marr, Danny Harris. 2ND ROW-Terry Luedke. Jeff Goddard, Bob Gallardo, Dave Lubben. Roy Monmoto. Tom Olsen. Scott Pyle. 3RD ROW-Marcy Fernandez. Charles Albert. John Fran- co. Gene Bourbonnais. Steve Malgares. Terry Autry. Brian Ragsdale. Craig Wolfram. Craig Claxton. 4TH ROW- John Greteman. Roger Davis. Dave Sanders. Paul Reis. John IVIcKuen. Brian Kuwihara. Mike Dusichl. 5TH ROW-Ted Mozeleski. Gary Stoughton. Dave Larson. John Grant. Steve Tharp. Dale Sheckler. Bruce Hara. NOT PICTURED-Bob Gee Bees and Cess Takes Second Place Starting off slowly by losing 4 of their first six games, the North High Bee Football came on strong, ending the year with three straight wins to finish 2nd place in the Bay League and only one-half game behind champion Santa Monica. Among some of the outstanding players this season were Dave Co- hen. Joel Anderson. Jim Graves, Mark Toma. and Bill Peters. The team was coached by Mr. Elsten, Mr. Quarry and Mr. Cunerty. This year, the Cee Football team suffered the agony of five defeats out of their nine games played this season. However, the will to fight brought them two victories and one lose in the Bay League competi- tion, thus coming in 2nd place for the league title. Among those players with outstanding accomplish- ments were Kevin Klett, Dan Souza, Jim Charnell, Tom Streit, Bruce Bray, and Rod Swancoat. Mr. Kasten and Mr. L. Brooks were the coaches. Cee Team ROW 1: Greg Ternll. Jeff Bezdeka. Reggy Judd. UeWayne Meats, John Perez. Vince Abruscalo. Kevin Mett. Rod Swancoat. Dave Redmerski. Walter Shigihara. Mike Willey. Tom Streit ROW 2 Don Ripley. Steve Trunkett. Jim Charnell. Milton Apana. Mike Harris. Peter Paldino. David Wehking. Mike Peterman. Dave Sanders. Mike Whittaker. Tim Streit ROW 3; Gilbert Frasquillo. Neil Kubola Bernie Schaler, John Peters, Mike Kelly, Joe Martinez, Lance Jacola, Jeff Tamanaha, David Hughes, Greg Trosper ROW 4: Victor Barbosa, James Piatt, Dale Hollano, Danny Souza. Allan Rodriguez. Craig Evans, Craig Shibuya. Gregory Baldwin. ROW 5: Larry Kuhn, Roy Hernandez, Mike Spen- cer, James Mc Cartney. Roy Curtin. Mike Senesac, Kevin Cohen. Dan Zukle, Glenn Farley. Bruce Bray. ROW 6: Coach Brooks. David Barbee, Coach Kasten. 53