San Gorgonio High School - Summit Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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Top: A successful rebound by Victor Wharton lets the Spartans get an easy lead over Pacific. Above: 1983 Freshman Basketball Team: First row: Gabe Hernandez, Darnell Baker, Zac Pruitt, Carlo Rozzi, Robbie Asay, Jeff Phillips. Second row: Jeff Wynn. Billy Hamilton, Mark Chumley, Scott Jewsbury, Joe Hill. Mark Ally, Rodney Moten, Victor Wright, Willie Winslett. Right: After being fouled. Billy Hamilton prepares to shoot foul shots.

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Some people get all the credit Sitting in the shadow of the varsity team, the junior varsity and freshman basketball teams each enjoyed successful seasons against other excellent teams. JV, coached by Ed Kearby, dominated the CBL just like the varsity squad, highlighted by blasting of 104 33 over hapless Colton, a San G JV basketball record. Both teams (varsity and JV) had equal records, and played the same way. So what was the difference? We both have a man toman defense and a fast break like the Lakers. I wish I knew the difference, said forward, Robbie Simpson. The starting lineup of Kenny Spears, center; Russ Daniels and Richard Roach, for- wards; and Brian Reinert and Willie Ellison, guards worked very well. With Simpson and Brian Wiss as reserves, the only difference seemed to be that they got no respect. Another similarity was that practice for all three levels was the same. There is loads of running, added Wiss. And no screwing around, like you see on ' The White Shadow. ' Hovering around the 500 mark all season long, the freshman team put out a solid effort game after game. However, not having the luxury of play- ing an organized league, like varsity and JV in the CBL, took its toll. Playing against other excellent freshman teams made it a rough year, but the team along with the star- ting five of Victor Wright, Joe Hill, Rod Molton, Willie Winsley, and Mark Ally remained confident. It ' s been a pretty tough year, agreed Billy Hamilton, a top reserve. We just don ' t play other CBL teams. I still think we got a lot of talent. We just ran into some tough times. Tough times or not, both squads were more than enough to carry on San Gorgonio ' s dominance in basketball. James Cur- ran, class of ' 86 Top right: Looking for a Spartan player, Brian Reinert passes the ball to get it down court. Right: Jumping high over the defense, Willie Ellison sinks the ball. Above: Preparing for a jumpball, Scott Jewsbu-y tips it to a Spartan man.

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Basketball center wins scholarship Above: Looking for an open Spartan player, Dave Sieger puts the ball in play. Left: Dribbling down court, Darren McGee races past an Arlington player for another Spartan basket Below left: 1983 Varsity Basketball Team: Richie Taylor, Darren McGee, Kenny Williams, Tim Beggs, Marvin Cash, Dave Seiger, Jeff Davies, Frank Reed, Tod Dale, Jim Burritt, Steve Pinckney, Chris McKinney, James DeBow. It seems that every year there is a basketball player who receives scholarships. This year it was Dave Sieger. Sieger had a hard time deciding whether or not he wanted to play basketball. Before he was in high school, he played soccer. One day when he was a freshman, Sieger and some friends were playing around in the gym and Coach Stockham liked him. Coach kept bugging Sieger to play and decided he would. Sieger has played center, forward, off guard and hopes to play point guard in the future. Sieger received a scholarship to the University of Oklahoma, where he will be playing basketball. He likes (J of O because it has a good balance between academics and sports. Sieger ' s goals are to complete college with a degree in computer science and do his best to make it to the NBA. Sieger has now played four years and is still going strong.