Clark College - Galapagon Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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Southern Division Champions Q5 'M . H Eg Q V519 1,53 CBJ? QQ- Qi-a 11 Front row: Coach Skeets O'Connell, Vince Stout, Ray Warren, Dick Hostikka, Dave Compton, Denny Huston Asst coach Leo Schneider. Back row: Mgr. Larry Hitchcock, Wil Brown, Bob Nehler, Al Thompson, Turner Tarver Larry Stevens Larry Hoffman. Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark 66 65 45 85 65 74 77 78 74 78 61 51 74 94 59 77 67 77 77 60 67 85 92 89 51 57 Seattle Pacific ...... Oregon Frosh ...... O.S.U. Rooks ........ Portland U. Frosh Everett .................. Yakima .,................ Gray's Harbor ...... Lower Columbia -. Olympic .................. O.S.U. Rooks ........ Columbia Basin ........ Oregon Frosh ...... Oregon- Frosh ...... Centralia ............. O.S.U. Rooks ......... Skagit Valley ........ Gray's Harbor ...... Lower Columbia .. Olympic ................ Everett .................. Portland U. Frosh Wenatchee ......,..... Centralia ................ Yakima .................. Columbia Basin .... Columbia Basin ....

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BASKETB LL The Clark basketball team of 1960-61 posted a highly respectable record of sixteen wins and ten losses. Head coach, Claude Skeets O'Connell, and assistant, Leo Schneider, directed the Clark forces to victory in the Christmas Tournament at Yakima and then on to a sparkling 10-3 conference record. Clark center Al Thompson was named Most Valuable Player of the Christmas Tourna- ment with games of 18 and 23 points. Wil Brown, Dennis Huston and Turner Tarver were named to the Tournament All- Star Team along with Thompson. In addition to a tough conference schedule the Penguins faced rugged outside competition. Clark faced a strong Oregon .State Rook squad three times, dropping two of the games. The Beavers were led by former high school All-American, 6' 11 Mel Counts. In the sec- ond game good defensive work by Thompson held the sky-scraping Beaver to 19 points and brought a victory to Clark. Al Thompson Turner Tarver Wilber Brown Dennis Huston Bob Nehler Dick Hostikka Larry Hoffman Dave Compton Ray Warren Larry Stevens Vince Stout Clark Opponents FTM-A TP PPG 75 -112 433 16.65 83 -138 351 13.50 57 - 77 325 12.50 73 -112 301 11.57 45 - 98 125 4.07 18 - 38 74 3.36 20 - 31 62 3.67 15 - 18 35 2.18 2 - 2 12 1.50 3 - 11 7 .90 6 - 0 6 2.00 440-724 70.96 401-633 67.62 HG The Penguins also beat the University of Oregon Frosh once and split a series with the University of Portland Frosh. The toughest opponent for Clark and for all other conference schools were the Columbia Basin Hawks. Led by 6' 8 Waverly Bavis, the Hawks scored impressive victories over all Northern Division foes. In an early season game at Pasco the Pen- guins fell victim to Davis' 26 points and a 66-61 defeat in one of the Hawks' toughest games of the season. At the end of conference play, the Penguins, as winners of the Southern Division race, again traveled to Pasco only to lose two straight games in a best of three games playoff for the Washington j. C. crown. Post seasonrall-star selections included: A1 Thompson, first team: Turner Tarver, second teamg Dennis Huston, second team: and Wil Brown, honorable mention. 128 Coach Skeets O'Connel1

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