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

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to Varsity Basketball The Spartans began the 1982 83 basketball campaign under the gun This was because last year ' s crew was regarded as the best ever in San Bernardino. Even Coach Doug Stockham predicted Eisenhower to win the CBL in stead of his own three time consecutive champion team Maybe San G used it as an incentive They started with easy opening wins against Banning and Pacific and went on to win their fourth straight Corona Tournament, capped with a remarkable victory over an excellent Moreno Valley team Finally, the Spartans arrived for their first home meeting against the Arlington Lions. San Gorgonio cap sized the lowly team without much trouble. Next came Moreno Valley. Dubbed The Rematch ' , it lived up to its name, until a fight errupted and Moreno Valley was given five technical foul shots. The controversial call gave the opponents a victory of sweet revenge and stopped San G ' s regular season winning streak at 45 The Spartans didn ' t let this slow them down. With the outstanding play of center Dave Sieger and Marvin Cash, San Gorgonio won the San Bernardino Kiwanis Tourna ment for the second straight year The first team to ac complish such a feat since 1962 3 when Long Beach Po ly did it. For his efforts, Sieger was awarded the SB Kiwanis Tourney MVP award. With an unprecedented 25 consecutive Citrus Belt League victories, San Gorgonio began its bid to win its fourth consecutive CBL title Opening against Scott Kay ' s Pacific Pirates, the host Spartans had little trouble handing their crosstown rivals 0-1 record. After winning six more, one from a very tough Eisenhower team, to extend the streak to 32, San G had their easiest game against the Colton Yellowjackets, han- ding their eighth CBL loss in as many games, 108-56. Defeating Eisenhower and Fontana again to end the season (100) and to extend the streak (35), San G ranked fourth in CIF ' s 3A division, they began the playoffs against the Los Amigos Lobos. This was the most boring matchup yet. as the Lobos went into a passing drill for five minutes before shooting. San G had it anyway 44 31 After a victory over Cerritos in the Battle of the Spar tans , San Gorgonio had its most frustrating match yet. left high and dry to Capistrano Valley due to porous of ficiating. 90-72 However, for a team expected to go 15 7 (regular season), the San Gorgonio Spartans did better than expected, 23 3 (including playoffs). James Curran, class of 83 Below: The San Gorgonio team takes an easy lead over Colton at the Homecoming game.

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Amazing season credited Above: Rebounding the ball Tirn Beggs shoots for two. Right: The Spartan crowd stands behind the team 100%, cheering them on to a victory against Pacific. San Corgonio Opponent 86 Banning 54 88 Arlington 52 62 Moreno Valley 72 105 Norte Vista 56 66 Pacific 62 86 Fontana 79 96 Colton 46 63 Eisenhower 57 8! Redlands 63 62 Pacific 58 67 Fontana 42 110 Colton 59 68 Eisenhower 52 70 Redlands 58

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Rains delay Start of spring season