William H Taft High School - Atinian Yearbook (Woodland Hills, CA)

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FRONT ROW: T. Baker, D. Burdge, P. Wallace, B. Hartman, M. Montgomery, R. Rondell, J. Vardeman, L. Re, Z. Marantz B. Barthel. SECOND ROW: G. Torreys, B. Powelson, B. Lion, C. Pelgato, J. Yaldezian, D. Kilfoyle, T. Seale, T. Boothe, T. Duke, S. Imler, S. Ray, C. Davidson. BACK ROW: Tony Sim tCoachl, Bud White lCoachl, J. Payne, A. Gould, G. Celniker, R. Watkins, T. Helms, J. Masters, J. Crandall, M. Futterman, M. Kellum, F. Bear, G. Sosa, B. Eckert tManagerl. MISSING: B. Yallen, O. Zapata B.: xx ff BOTTOM ROW: A. Davidson, M. Landau, G. Weinstein, R. Moore. Dave Kilfollle Tom Helms SECOND ROW: R. Phillip, K. Thorberry, P. Hect, D. Larson, K. Jones, E. warshawski. STANDING: Bud white ccoacm, N. schimel, D. League Munson, A. Winekoff, S. Romofsky, R. Jansen, W. McGuinness, G. Momburger, T. Eckert, Tony Sim tCoachl. George Celniker A 5 win, 7 loss, and 2 tie record does not sound too good . However, when one considers that 6 of the losses were lost by a total of only 6 points, the soccer team did not fare all that badly this year. Also, the team had a new coach, Mr. White, and it always takes a while for a new coacw to get a team together. The team was led by Captain John Yaldezian. Dave Kilfoyle was voted by his teammates as Most Valuable Player, and Carlos Delgado was voted Most Improved.

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season four games were forced into overtime, and ten games were decided by less than three points. ln the second Taft ln- vitational Tournament, the team took third, losing to champion Van Nuys in the second round . Roger Wilson, third leading scorer in the city, was selected to the all tournament team. ln the North Hollywood Tournament, Taft reached the finals for the third year in a row against Chatsworth by defeating ninth and tenth ranked Poly and Hamilton. Both of these games were close, it took a 45 foot shot at the buzzer by Roger Wilson to force the Poly game into overtime. Wilson was selected to the all tournament team, making four times in as many tournaments that he had received this honor. As league play began it was ob- vious that Chatsworth would cap- ture the league title but the all- Camino, and Cleveland . A special playoff was held between the three teams. Our team was fortunate enough to draw the bye in the first round. Cleveland was eliminated and El Camino met our team in a packed gym at Reseda. ln the first half the Y 1- nv' go tar, e BAN, I- vii. .. I A ff? ' 1, , I x 5. O JF un- . 5. ' 4-' score stood even at 36 . ln the second half tragedy again struck the Toreadors. On the opening tip Paul Righetti gained control of the ball but landed on the op- posing center's foot, severely twisting his ankle. Without the rebounding strength afforded by important second place spot was up for grabs. At one point in the race four teams were tied for the position. When the season ended only three were left: Taft, El teams were evenly matched with Paul lVlitchell and Steve Furlong doing most of our scoring as Paul Righetti handled the boards When the buzzer sounded the Righetti, El Camino forged ahead An amazing second half per- formance by Roger Wilson, who left the game with 24 points and 10 assists, was not enough. JUNIOR VARSITY. KNEELING: M. Tamburro, B. Mertens, D. Smith, M. Bell, K. Tamura. STANDING: D. Russo fManagerl, S. Glass CNlanagerl, Nl. Forman, R. IVlarkel, K. Huettinger, P. Wootton, G. Gordon, C. Smith, J. Ries, A. Hergott, J. Greene, Jim Woodard CCoachl. lf Taft was a member of the Nlid Valley League instead of the West Valley the Junior Varsity Basketball team would have seen league champions this year. ln the ore-league season, Taft played all but one Nlid Valley team and defeated them all. The team was led by sophomore Chuck Schmitt, floor leader John Ries, top re- aounder Greg Gordon, and lVlark Reda who came off the bench often to inspire the team. 72