Crenshaw High School - Cougars Path Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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After last season ' s Varsity basketball triumphs at the City Championships and at the State Championships, it was wondered by everyone where the Cougars would go from there. The team would lose four starting seniors including Michael Johnson and many off the bench. The Cougar team, it was believed, would need a rebuild- ing year in 78-79- When the season opened the tallest man on the court was 6 ' 6 W sophomore Gary Maloncon. The only way for the team to win this year would be through dili- gence. Willie West said We may not go as far as last year, but we ' ll be heard from, in an L.A. Times inter- view. Touching on what the Cougars did to the ranks of the city, that was a good comment. They ripped oppo- nents with skillful shooting and speed. Franklin Rhodes, Chris Brown, Harold Toomer, Bruce McCree and Gary Maloncon were the starting five. Two seniors, 2 juniors and a sophomore and a strong bench enabled the Cou- gars to defeat their larger opponents like modern-day Davids. Despite a loss to Palisades in their last game, the Cougars finished with a 9-1 season league record and were named Western League Champions. Franklin Rhodes tries for at the freethrow line. Chris Brown drives on his way to the hoop. The action got jumbled at some Crenshaw games. 139

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%, Junior Varsity plays tough Craig Green hits from the top of the kev. Cougars crash the boards for a rebound. Cougar center leaps for the sky to win a tipotf.