American High School - Anahuac Yearbook (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Warren Hastey's free throw registers three digits in lights -- 100 points-an AHS record. The AHS Bears traveled to Torreon, Coahuila the weekend of December 15 and 16 for their first out-of-town athletic en- counter in nine years. They racked up their first two victories of the season against the Colegio Americano of Torreon. In the first game, the Bears had some difficulty in adjusting to the floor condi- tions, as indicated by very inaccurate shoot- ing. However, the 77-70 victory showed the Bear adaptability, as center Olaf Hoff led the Bears with 17 points. The follow- ing night the Bears repeated success with a 59-48 tally that guard Dennis Small's 17 point accuracy and the rebounding of Lorrie Hogg helped to achieve. With the return visit of Torreon to the AHS the weekend of February 16 and 17, the Bears completed the four game sweep with two more victories. The Bears took the first game with the low 47-33. However, on the following night, the Bears smothered Torreon 101-40. Guard Ron Spjut led the scoring marathon with 17 points. The improvement in the team was obvious, as all players gave equally brilliant performances breaking 100 and estab- lishing a new school record. COLEGIO AMERICAN DE Despite being fronted by Torreon's Peabody l41, Allphin 1211 gets off a high- post jumper, as forward Cliff Gehrke 1221 crashes the board. TGRREO Bob Feldmann l131 and Tom Clark battle an enemy guard for possession of a loose ball. AHS TORREON b 5: 77 70 are r ggggmbgi 15: 59 48 6'2 Olaf Hoff 1151 dominates the boards, as guards February 16: 47 33 Small 171 and Spjut i101 set up for their bread-and- February 17: 101 40 butter fast break. ' Q ll.. t if .4 .QQ E ' . .. 8' ffl ' I ,Q A :A A 1 ,W 7 . . 1 . 'f ' A Richard Kaufman 181 Bob Garza 191 Ron Spjut i101 Guard Guard Guard Senior Sophomore Junior 283

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l E EMERITO . DE LAS AMERICAS , Center Al Allphin l21l, while blocking Segura's set shot, collects one of his 65 fouls for the season. l l l l l l l l - 2 Small, upon receiving a l bounce pass from forward Jauregui l11J, hooks for al two-pointer. l l l l ll ll iShifty Benemerito guard Grada U21 slips past full-court zone-pressing Bears Kaufman l8l, Spjut 1101, and Hogg l5J. A highly experienced and seasoned Benemerito de las Americas team dealt the AHS Bears defeat in the first two games of the season, on December 8 and 9. ln the first game, Bear inexperience glared on many occasions as they lost a 53-64 decision. The following night, in a highly disputed game, the AHS was edged 62-64 despite a last second sinker by Bear Nick Ortiz who was the ace shooter in the first game. The referees nullified the two points by claiming that it happened after the final buzzer Revenge for the AHS came toward the end of the season on February 23 as they grabbed a 77-67 victory thanks to the excellent teamwork and the shooting ac- curacy of Gehrke I21 pointsl and Jauregui 120 pointsl. The real heartbreak came on Saturday night, February 24, when Bene- merito nipped the AHS 83-84, despite Gehrke's 29 points, in one of the highest scoring and most thrilling games of the season. I AHS BENEMERIT lDecember az 53 64 'December 9: 62 64 February 23: 77 67 Fast break finishes with Spjut's T101 driving lay-up. EFebruary 24: 83 84 l I-Offie H099 ISD Bob Harney l6l, Dennis Small in Guard Guard l Guard 282 Junior Sophomore , Senior

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E 1 CUMS Hassey C101 antici- pates two point result of Gehrke's set shot as he idly observes the trajectory, CE TRO N IVERSITARIO MEXICC Allphin, leaping well above CUM defender Ponce 1151, tips in a rebound to widen the scoring gap. John Jauregui 1111 Tom Clark 1141 Forward Forward Freshman Junior Forward Lorrie Hogg 151 screens guard Vargas 1131 and sets for a defensive l , You Forward Hoff tips a jump ball to awaiting iDennis Small 171 to set up a Bear basket I i L A very aggressive Centro Universitario lMexico team managed to break even with the AHS Bears in a series of four l games played in the AHS gym. l With some good teamwork, real hus- l tling, and sharp shooting by forward Cliff iGehrke, the Bears swept the first two games, played on successive nights, Jan- l uary 12 and 13, by 48-31 and 45-40 scores. iThanks partly to the fouling out of one of lthe key CUM players in the first game, lthe Bears were able to run up the greater lmargin of victory, However, in the second lgame, CUM was more cautious but unable lto fluster the maturing Bear five. i Unfortunately, the second set of games lplayed two weeks later were in complete contrast. CUM, still aggressive, had spot- lted and capitalized upon some Bear weak- lnesses, despite a clutch performance by Gehrke. The AHS' low percentage of rebounds and completed shots were defeat- ling factors in themselves. The respective 35-40 and 32-38 scores, however, were not lindicative of last minute Bear rallies which Ifailed. E AHS CUM l January 12: 43 31 l January 13: 45 40 5 January 26: 35 40 1 January 27: 32 38 l Olaf Hoff 1151 i Forward l Senior l