Aviation High School - Talon Yearbook (Redondo Beach, CA)

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■p Vanity Sivimmitig Mermen Dive Into Hectic Schedule of Events I ' hr Varsity squad was extremely young and talented, said Coach Mike Maurry. They weren ' t even half wa through the swim season, before they had already broken all but four of the Varsity rec- ords. All but one of the squad will be back next year. Leading the Varsity were Rick Brumfield, sophomore, 200 and 400 freestyler; Larry Off en- stein, sophomore, 100 breaststroker; Steve Hinch, junior, 200 individual medley and 100 backstroker; John Pitzcr, junior, 50 and 100 freestyler; and Gor- don Clements, freshman, 100 butterflyer and free- stvler. Varsity members are (first row) Coach Maurry, R. Yamamoto, P. Yamamoto, D. Murata; (second row) J. Pitzcr, G. Wilson, G. Cle- ments, S. Hinch: (third row) R. Brumfield, L. Offenstein, B. Mangels, D. Drake, D. Fitzpatrick. With the grace and style of professional swimmers, Falcon frogmen compete against themselves for record-breaking times. I Varsity swimmers Bruce Mangels ant! Ric k liiunifirlii .11 to a first and third in their event. lughl as thcv leave their marks

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Doug Gavel, a sophomore, makes a fine effort to save the opponent ' s slam. The 1967-68 JV Tennis team lacked racketeers who had previously played competiti e tennis. The pressure for the ' greenhorns was great, but the boys played with the zest and coinpo.sure of champions, related Coach Hoffman. As the squad was primari- ly composed of sophomores, next year should bring the Pioneer League trophy to the Falcon trophy case. With the adept ability of .John Hobbs. Tom Tcora, and Doug Gavel combined with the ener- getic attitude of fellow JV racketeers, the team often emerged victorious against hard-hitting opponents. J ' Tennis player John Hobbs eontemplates an ace as he winds up for a crucial serve. JV Tennis team: (first row) B. Smith, S. Hallburn, R. Riggs, B. Lee, T, Brenner: f second row) S. Kliner, J. Merich, A. Rockwell, J. Hobbs, T. Teora, T. Wilcock. 1 A a . . a K4- ' A J. ' , ' . A .L I . I K I ' n. . v JLV . • ( V V y V ' ' v

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Bees are (first row) P. Rigns, B. H.isl, R. Nash, D. Dohrusky, Coach Maurry; (second row) J. Wisscr, R. Pruitt, A. Barkcs, D. Triche. The Bee sfjuad l)rokc all but two of thr existing Bee records. Several swimmers on the Bee team will help the Varsity sc|uad greatly next year. Highlight- ing the Bee team were Bob Host, sophomore, indi- vidual medley swimmer and breaststroker; Roger Pruitt, junior, 200 and 400 frecstylcr; Phil Riggs, sojihomorc, 200 and 400 frccstyler; Dave Triche, junior, 50 and 100 frecstyler; and Dave Dobrusky. freshman, individual medley .swimmer and back- strokcr. Aviation had one of the strongest Cec teams in the area, said Coach Mike Maurry. All of the Ccc records were broken and many of the Cces swam Varsity. Heading the Cee .squad were Randy Lyman, freshman, 100 and 200 frecstylcr; John Schlueter. sophomore, 50 and 100 freestyler and backstroker; Bill Hcndcr.shot, sophomore, 200 freestyler; and Hal Heitman, 50 freestvler and 50 breaststroker. Bee, Cee Su ' imm ni Aquamen Start Swim Season with a Splasli Bruce Mangels serves as timekeeper while Penny Payton maintains a running score during the Hawthorne meet. Cees are Coach Maurry, H. Heitman, R. Lyman, C. Newton, M. Wilson, J. Schlueter, B. Hendershot, J. Gilmet. 103