Pacifica High School - Spartan Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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FIRST ROW, left lo right: T. Meelrs, D. Morris, G. Trotler, B. Lopez, S. Stevenson, B. LaPointe, Coach R. Carter. SECOND ROW: W. Foster. THIRD ROW: J. Reber, T. Rowlelte, B. Brady, L. Kent, J. Bolclen, L. Santa Maria, M. Mims. Varsity Basketball The first varsity basketball team to represent Pacifica High played sixteen games this season. winning two and dropping fourteen. Even though not showing up well in thc- win column. the Spartans played improved ball over the season and were always trying to pull an upset. Only one of Coach R. Carter's charges had previous basketball experience. Mr. Carter said, 'llfveryone is back next year and with the desire and a year's experience. we should have a very good year next seasonf' The Spartan wins came over Benicia and Las Lomas. 'lihe Benicia game was a real thriller with the Spartans winning in overtime 42-40. The win avenged a trouneing administered the Spartan football team in early season. The only league win for the Sparts was against Las Lomas by a 56-48 score. Center Larry Kent was the second leading scorer in D.V.A.l.. play and was a second-string all-county choice. Larry also had a 16.8 game scoring average. Kent. Minis. and Brady were the leading rebounders. The season captain was guard ,lim Haber. Scores for the seasonis games lljaeifica score first? : San Ramon 33-4-2: Arroyo 37-43: Benicia 4-2-4.0: Rio Vista 35-44: Pittsburg 29-50: Diablo 29-66: Pleasant Hill 33-4.7: Antioch 42-61: Las Lomas 51-71: Acalanes 22-59: Pittsburg 39-50: Diablo 50-66: Acalanes 39-61: Pleasant Hill 35-62: Antioch 26-47: Las Lomas 56-4-8.

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Frosh Five The freshmen highlighted their season this year with a win over Mt. Diablo, the only win in six games. The score in the victory was a convincing 51-33. A close loss to Alhambra resulted in a 30-27 score. All the effort the freshmen put into this seas0n,s games will show profit next year when they come back with one year of experience under their belts. The freshmen practiced with the B's under the in- struction of Coach C. Carter. If nothing unexpected happens and all the fresh- men return, fans can expect to see them holster both the B and varsity squads. This year's freshman play- ers were: Gail Umble, lvan Perkins, Ken Shepard, ,Ioe Mc- Alpin, Darrell Lackey, Tommy Coodson. and Law- rence Plummer. LEFT TO RIGHT: K. Shepard, J. McAlpin, L. Howard, I. Perkins, T. Goodson, L. Plummer, G. Umble. B Basketeers The Navy and Blue B's had a tough season this first year at Pacifica. They had a sixteen-game schedule and lost every game due to inexperience. Throughout the year, however, the team showed ini- provement. Perhaps their best game was with Pleas- ant Hill, with a nine-point loss resulting after a hard struggle. The score was 35-26 in favor of Pleasant Hill, The leading scorer this season was Wally Coffman. who is an excellent prospective varsity member. Leading rebounders were Coffman and Ben West- brook, who sat out much of the season with an infected foot. Captain of the Bis was Jay Hatch. All team mem- bers plan to be back next year with the exception of Ben Westbrook. who will he too heavy for the His. FIRST ROW, left to right: Coach C. Carter, R. Andrews, E. Wright, D. Haro, R. Jones. SECOND ROW: D. Lopez, M. Gamble, J. Beau- champ, W. Coffman, B. Westbrook, B. Nelson, J. Hatch.