Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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We cares about baseball? Mitty cares. Passionately. From the gophers to the seagulls to Peter dodging foulballs Mitty baseball has a ready audience. The Monarchs have always had good pitching. This year's mound corps was led by Gene Litle who gave up no earned runs in his first five starts. Catcher Tony Lupina was certainly Mitty's finest receiver ever. And not bad with a bat either. Coach Bill Sinnott relied on the power hitting of Fred DiPietro and the speed of Ed Struss and Rick Hile. Bob Eccheveria had timely clouts and the smooth swing of Tom Henningsen suggests the Monarchs may enjoy good hitting to complement their pitching for some seasons to come. e and nine the previous year, The Monarchs der Head Coach Ron Demonner and assistants Williams and jerry Regan fashioned a 7-3 ger. Finest performance of the season was bably the victory over St. Ignatius to spoil Wilcats' Homecoming and put the Monarchs the championship battle. Junior Pat Kohlman the Mitty All-League contingent garnering eman of the Year Honors. Leaders from 'tty's finest senior class to date were Ed ss, joe Conte, Wild Bill Battaglia, Tom ischli, Tom Nickel, Bangin Bill Patterson, d Cimino the Splendid Splinter. Losing Gary old, Mark Fine, Ton Vozini, and Rhino cholini makes the '71 season look like a uilding year. Tell that one to Randy Strawn. en duck. Some people play basketball in the Win- ter, and only the Winter. They don't play for Mitty. The Monarch varsity gets a furlough at the end of every WCAL season, two weeks so the coach can catch his breath. Then they're off and running, working hard, learning. Mitty basketball was superb again this year because of 45 summer league games and all those hours of practice. It took Riordan 19 years in the league before they took the title. Bellarmine never has won it all in basketball. The Monarchs took the title because they earned it. They lost in the CIF Finals because they didn't play well enough that night to win. Returning from a solid 26-5 season, Karl Morin, Matt Green, Ray Townsend, Chris Loafman, and Rick and Chris Costella will have their work cut out for them. as ,W ,. s . . is , t ra, , . a ,a , , Q I pq ,AI X I is .f -, Xb. ae.. - ,,,., - ip - ,V 'tsp in y 1 x , fr i' ' 9 . l T gp- W. : X nit' 2 3 .F X ,r ' irar - E Q' Q 1. I . af.-j r 51 .-, sns ' s pk 'L , A . ,r oi o r ,. JM a. rt.: , - ,- - -'-.' : 1,37 ' X -' s 5 -. 'w'f 'K-. X ' I pf 'dei .- 4 ' if '

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'Xi The Monarch Varsity Soccer Team had a difficult task defending the WCAL title won the previous year. Starting slow, then dogged by injuries in the first round of play, the Monarchs were anchored by one of the finest players in the state, Pat Higgins. Higgins set a league record of four goals one match, only to have it broken the next match by a fellow senior, Tom Fleischli, five against Sacred Heart. For awhile a freshman was starting, but to every- one's surprise, sophomore Mike Benton came on rapidly to complement the forward play of Gene Mim Mack. In '71-'72 Dave Chapli.k's booters are in for a rough go as fine defensive players like Dan Stringari, Chris Baggott, and jeff Schwertly are lost to graduation. The Pep Band, lead by Russ Hughes and Art Greco, consisted of ten to fifteen people Qdepending on the weatherj most of whom were also in the stage band. They played at all basketball games and some rallies. When the song girls needed late practices, they were always ready to oblige fwho could refusej racticin before ames whenever whatever Dave if S I P 8 S , 1 - Azevedo played drums some. Kolegraff pumped the Sousaphone. Mr. Oddo helped keep it all together. The band leans to brass though occassionally one could lean down close and hear a tootle from Brad Chames, piccolo and flute. English TA's were student teachers. This kind of things has never been done before, especially with such success. Working under the direction of Mr. Michael Slack, a graduate Ph.D. candidate at Stanford, these seniors Qand some outstanding jun- iorsj worked with the new freshmen program, study- ing film, media types, grammar, short stories, and composition. A - sr!! WA - .,...-- fx' -.,.., M .f'Ax 'r'M ' ., . W 1 K K K 4 I, ,r ,. D1 The Senate does the talking, but the Executive Board provides the leadership to get the job done. Outstanding certainly was Tony Bozini, Spirit Chair man. Led by S. B. President Navarra, this crew did the things some schools put faculty in charge of. B ia,,xr

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For some people, the JV team is where it all stops. Little League sensation, SeniorLeague teammate, IV . . . you got your growth early, developed the skills, had some great moments and enjoyed playing for Mitty, being a part of something special. For others, IV is where everything starts to jell: your sense of timing, yotu' strength, yourrecognitionof the importance of an all-out effort, your appreciation of your role as a player. You have a future. There were some fine teams at the junior Varsity level this year, and some fine players: Brandeleis, Kolegraff Riley, Martignetti, Brady, Pena, and Long to name but a few. Mitty's JV basketball teams had never won a league game in the history of the school, till 1971 when they won a bundle. On the other hand, the JV foot- ball team only got one win all season. Things were so bad at one point the quarterback decided to go duck- hunting instead. Win a bundle, lose a bundle. VVhat's it like to be a IV? If you played for Coaches Granados or Townsend this year you won more than you lost. Decidedly more, and learning to win is a lot nicer than learning to lose. 1 mn ,, r 4n.., .. . A