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

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LEFT: Jubilation expressed by Coach West S Lloyd Scott - and by Strawberry S Rankins - at the 66-62 final score. BELOW: All-City Rhodes. LEFT: All-City Malencon grabs rebound: Sapp works ball in. ABOVE: Toomer on the attack. BELOW: The Cougar fast break: Maloncon slam on the way.

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MMM fliii 6 I E e :Alf NCQ 0l Q 0LUI'l fAQ EDUC! fo pdlflfgg, nce ore gacle wifi: file Kitty grown The two-time defending City Champions opened the playoffs seeded first and wasted no time in proving why. Led by guard Franklin Rhodes' 20 points and forward Darryl Strawberry's I4. the Cougars routed Locke 8I-57. Jefferson High was the next victim of the Raw Shaw attack. The Cougars reeled off ten straight points at the start and never looked back. With Harold Toomer C28 pts5 8 Gary Maloncon C265 leading the way Crenshaw demolished the Democrats IIO-90. The next step was the semi-finals at the Sports Arena. The Banning High Pilots were high on upsetting the ffl-ranked Cougars. But that was not to be as Crenshaw jumped off to a I2-O lead 8 put out the Pilots lights. Four players were in double figures: Maloncon C265 Rhodes C245 Guard Patrick Sandle CI25 S forward Raybon Rankins CIO5. The sharpshooting Cougars CSIZ5 shot down the Pilots 92-68. Crenshaw then returned to Pauley Pavilion to confront the Kennedy H.S. Golden Cougars. The 7,000plus fans were kept in suspense as Kennedy jumped out to a 20-8 first-quarter lead E1 led 38-3l at halftime. But as they say. you can't keep a good team down. The Cougars came roaring back blitzing Kennedy 66-62. lt was Crenshaw s third consecutive city championship and sixth in the last IO years - both records. Outstanding in the game were Maloncon Es Rhodes Cl6 pts5 Toomer CI45 Strawberry CIO5 8 guard Leonard Sapp. Maloncon S Rhodes were named to the All-Tournament first team- Toomer made the second team. Tournament Co-MVP was Gary Maloncon. - Colin Taylor Sports Editor .Qi 5 yi 4 6 ,E Us sr 'fa .ygyg rf V g Qlfif si aff -1-, I M, 67. t FRONT: Principal Joubert, Asst. Coach Weakley, Coach West, Lloyd Scott, Anthony Chatman, Alphonso Reed, Franklin Rhodes, Rabon Rankins, Leonard Sapp. MIDDLE: Dwayne Franklin, Pat Sandle. Robert Hill. BACK: Harold Toomer, Gary Maloncon, Darryl Strawberry, Mark Smith, Jerry Leopold, Kevin Hamilton, Asst. Coach Johnny Rogers.

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Q8 KCMLQMG RIGHT: Coach Novick seems to wonder why Bryan Cathey. Kevin Johnson E Edward Perry have ll feet among them. BELOW: Jubilation features Cout of uniform, clockwisej, Ed Perry, Russell Moore, Aaron Terry S Victor Trammell. Rod Thomas gets off a jumper. BOTTOM: Norman Brown's shot is undeflectedg Cathey Johnson, Allan Bloodsaw, Russell Moore 8 Bruce Rucker follow the action: Terry. Brown S Thomas watch Johnson's free throw. CORNER: Trammell admires Moore's jump shot. fi vw- 7?-.f ff . ff r 'Mae I f 7 Nr ...z M. QQLNE 1, I3 1 'l M! eeri, 70-0 lgecoral WaLe.4 cirliofory The Cee team was the first in school history to go undefeated in league play. claiming the Western League crown with a Perfect IO-O record. Combining a precision fast break S patient offense with a strong man-to-man -a E1 deadly zone press defense. the Cougars marched through the league. They were led by guards Co-Captains Earl Patterson E: Norman Brown, center Edward Perry, Forwards Rod Thomas 8 Curtis Harding. Bruce Rucker. Russell Moore, Aaron Terry, Alan Bloodsaw, Victor Trammell and Kevin Johnson also contributed greatly to the team's outstanding success. Patterson was tops in scoring and assists, while Edward Perry led in rebounds. Western League player of the year Patterson was MVP, Thomas 8 Harding was Most Improved and Norman Brown Most Inspirational. They and Perry made All-League second team. Congratulations to all for a truly outstanding season. -Coach Jack Novick