California Lutheran University - Kairos Yearbook (Thousand Oaks, CA)

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A Year Of Ups And Downs The 1979 80 Kingsmen basketball program could better be summed up as a roller coaster year. It was a season filled with new highs and the usual lows. Senior Randy Peterson and Junior Mark Caes- tecker sparkled elected All-League 1st team. Caestecker also broke the school assists record with 157 passes that led to baskets. This year was a hopeful one for the Kingsmen. Head Coach Don Bieike recruited stand out. Don Mock. Mock was a strong candidate all league choice and player of the year, but unexpectedly left the team before the season was finished. The Kingsmen were 4-4 in league play and 14 and 13 overall. The Kingsmen finished strong winning 5 of their last 7 games, but fell short of a playoff birth. Seniors Randy Peterson and Dave Taylor are the only two graduat- ing from the squad.

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Varsity Basketball 1979-80: Varsity Basketball Head Coach Don Bleike 95 Alumni Game 79 77 Occidental 71 74 Cal Poly SLO 87 102 Southern Cal 99 73 Pt. Loma 72 6S ClaremontMUDD 63 63 Northridge 79 84 Azusa Pacific 97 78 Chapman Coll. 103 96 Concordia 74 63 P.L.U, 94 109 Cal Maritime 57 113 San Jose Coll. 63 96 Notre Dame 95 100 Southern Cal 104 76 Pt. Loma Coll. 104 67 Biola Coll. 77 64 Westmont III 76 LA Baptist Coll. 70 72 Fresno Pacific 75 61 Pominguez Hills 78 S9 Cal Tech 61 53 Biola 70 75 Westmont 68 101 La Verne Coll. 85 78 LA Baptist Coll. 63 80 Fresno Pacific 69 66 Grand Canyon 79 1. Left to Right Rick Kent. Don Mock. Dave Taylor. Kevin Slattum, Randy Peterson, Mark Caesiecker. Mike Ward. Missing is Fred Davis. 2. Kevin Slattum goes In for two points against Cal Tech. 3. Senior Guard Dave Taylor hustles the ball up the court. 4. Rick Kent. 50 fights his way through heavy traffic for the ball. 5. All League player. Randy Peterson pulls up for two points. 6. Don Mock and company listen up and look on to the plan of attack. Randy Peterson and Assistant Coach Ropes gather around as Coach Bieike instructs his squad. 8. Mr. Steady. Dave Taylor pull up for two early in the contest f 114

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Varsity Basketball: Gettin ' Up 1. Assistant Coach Greg Ropes questions Marck Caestecker while Kevin Slatlum listens on with interest. 2. Junior forward Kevin Slattum skys for a rebound in the Kingsmens game at the forum this year. 3. Head Coach Don Bielke. Mike Ward and the |unior varsity squad look on as if things are going smoothly. 4. Senior guard Pave Taylor pulls up for two points at the forum against L.A. Baptist College. 5. The Slat slams into Biola opponent and scores a bucket. 6. Senior Randy Peterson concentrates in shooting his patent jumper from inside the key. v.xy ' . I ' i 116