North High School - Valiant Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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First Row: Dan Souza, lim Ray, Richard lew, Hiroshi Fukaya, Craig Shibuya, Glenn Smith, Tim Umekubo. Second Row: Coach Gross, Bruce Miller, Dave Matson, Mike Haas, Steve Trunkett, lim Charnell, Charlie Godbee, Mike Gagnon. Frosh and Soph Look to Future With High Hopes This year's Freshmen and Sophomore basketball teams posted the best overall record of any of the North teams. Under the coaching eye of Barry Gross, the team was led to a second place finish in a really tough Bay League, with Freshman Dave Matson leading the team offensively with a 19.8 points per game average. Second offensively was Sophomore Richard lew with a 12.7 points per game average. Other outstanding players were Mike Haas, Bruce Miller, and Steve Trunkett. The Freshmen came into the wonderful world of High School basketball with high hopes, most of their hopes were fulfilled by placing high in some of the tougher tournaments ofghe year. Some of the Frosh stars were Riley Wilkerson, Mike Komada, Rich Miller, and Gordon Nakagawa. Coach Tierney was very pleased with the performance of the team. A ,J ' Row 1: Buddy Weythman, Gordon Nakagawa, Martin McAuley, Farrell Deibel, Scott Bry, Bart Thomas Bob Richardson Row 2: Coach Tierney, Mike Komada, lim Dunham, Tom Chisam, Scott Runge, Rich Miller, Tim Ittner Riley Wilkerson

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.-7-an M 1. , t SW-I 'ii 5 ' j.V. Row 1: Frank Holsinger, Steve Ray, Coach Ross, Tom Olsen, Corky Wyrick. Row 2: Scott Petter, Glenn Farley, Mark Wellborn, Mike jackson, Bill Atkinson, Victor Barbosa. junior Varsity Hangs on in Tough Bay League The junior Varsity Basketball team had a good year. If you consider Coach Bud Ross had four sopho- mores, Mark Wellborn, Glenn Far- ley, Dave Cernik, and Vic Barbosa. The junior Varsity Team was trying to reach a tie for second place but fell short. They had a very successful season because if you look at the scores of some of the games, they were lost by only 4 or 6 points. .af 'W

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Row 1-Greg Kishiyama, Bill Goddard, Carl Ogata, Larry Gizzi, Tony Alvarez Row 2-Brian Siderits, Tom Bishop, Mark Wellborn, E.l. Mercereau. Spikers Surprise Everyone in 1. League Senior Larry Gizzi North High's starting Volleyball squad . l 2 lg, Q Senior Tony Alvarez spiking. -ml, I 0' Eb 11 IPAQ Row 1-Kevin Spellmeyer, Richard lanclaes, john Colston, loe Costa, Richard lew. Row 2- Coach Gross, lim Charnell, Steve Trunkett, Glenn Farley, Mike Haas, Russell Chisam, Mike Ide For the second year, North High had a volleyball team. Due to the superb coaching ability of Mr. Barry Gross, the volleyball team had a fine winning season, pulling off some stunning upsets this year. The j.V. Coach was Mike ide. Some of the outstanding players were Larry C-izzi, Mark Wellborn, and Tony Alvarez. With their leadership, North has a bright future in a fast-rising sport. I N 'I03