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

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?!UQZfi8lf'l'l 86lglflQ Clzamyoiond ' 1 W0 Kms I 7 . ,ua . - I TOP LEFT: Rankins takes it to the hoop. ABOVE: Maloncon controls the tip. Toomer goes above the crowd. LEFT: Rhodes lays it up S in: Strawberry shows his stuff. 9 ', ft .of iq, uw the Game of the Week, Striving for an umblemished League record of IOO. and the home advantage in the playoffs, Crenshaw won easily. 72-65. Key players were guards Franklin Rhodes, Pat Sandle S Anthony Chatman: forwards Harold Toomer, Darryl Strawberry E Rabon Rankins: and centers Gary Maloncon S Kevin Hamilton. - Eric Etter Cry of the Cougar reporter

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arfiify gcwlzefbaf i 1 Leonard Sapp, Alphonso Reed. Anthony Chatman. Patrick Sandle. Franklin Rhodes, Raybon Rankins, Robert Hill. Dwayne Franklin. Darryl Strawberry, Mark Smith, Harold Toomer. Lloyd Scott. Kevin Hamilton. Jerry Leopold, Gary Maloncon. TOP: Scott gets position: Coach West dictates strategy. RIGHT: Malencon's reverse dunk. The varsity basketball team started the l979-80 season seeking an unprecedented third consecutive City championship. lts first game of the season was a matchup against another perennial powerhouse, Verbum Dei. Led by Kenny Fields, Verbum Dei outscored Crenshaw I8-7 in the first half, finally winning by two to hand Crenshaw its only loss of the season. From then on. the Cougars had a relatively easy time making the playoffs. They dominated the pre-season Banning Tournament. beating Dorsey, Washington and Jefferson. Junior center Gary Maloncon was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Crenshaw beat its Western League opponents by as much as 30 points. They did it by dazzling them with the awesome fast break that has become a Crenshaw trademark. Hamilton Cthird-ranked in the cityj was Crenshaw's toughest league competition, matching the Cougars' tough defense S unrelenting offense with its own version of the raw Shaw attack. Hami pulled within one point with IO seconds left in the game. but at the final buzzer Crenshaw led, 7lf7O. The season's last game. against Hamilton, was billed by local newspapers as ,sv Kill! ' ' ' f ,f .,... ,

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.14 proud 6001655 No one can ever predict how a season would begin 8 especially how it's going to end. However. this team would predict its present S future and bear upon itself the burden of being the number one team in the city - a task that is not only difficult to acquire but even more difficult to maintain. Nonetheless this team, the Crenshaw High Cougars, would prevail. With four returning members - Franklin Rhodes, Harold Toomer, Gary Maloncon S Robert Hill, this team would be the toast of the city. Given the pole position by many writers and sportscasters, as well as by some rival coaches, meant that working hard to remain in that position lT!CIRENsHAw HIGH A ' WESTERN ss 70 NB B LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ' A5 7071 AIJV BAlSllL?lEL 71-72 JVIC BASKTBL 72-73 Al..lVfB BASKTBL 73-74 AIJV EASKTE-ll. 74-75 AfJV EASKTBL 75-75 AMWC HAFU4 f ' 78-77 A7JV Eigyggfjypt A 4' A' 77-78 MJV BASKTQL 7675 AIJVIP lE'ASKl'8!. iusI:r::gmsQs...:-A -rw M,,W,.. , -1. u,n..,.c.s....Q.L:QLm::tm:ma.-saue....-A ABOVE: Alphonso Reed gets set to pass: Tip-off at the Sports Arena. RIGHT. Sapp beats his man, Rankins sinks first of two, Strawberry floats. iew 0 an Oubfancling would mean additional talent was necessary. The team received that talent from its Junior Varsity: Patrick Sandle, Anthony Chatman, Darryl Strawberry, Rabon Rankins, Lloyd Scott, Dwayne Franklin, Jerry Leopold S Lenard Sapp, plus from the Bee team, Alphonso Reed 8 Mark Smith. This was not just another ordinary season, with Crenshaw setting its sights on winning the Western League championship. But would it be able to do what no other team has ever been able to accomplish and that meant being able to win a third consecutive Los Angeles city championship? Under the leadership of head coach Willie West S assistants Joseph Weakley 8 Johnny Rogers, one of the most M G41 lm? K 1 ,,,, Ky,- -tit , ...Z .y Z5 in