Curtis High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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KNEELING: Ron Quinsey, Dean Fitzgerald, Scott Swanson, Clay Angle, Tom Davidson, Keith Parker, Rick Anderson, STANDING: Coach Red- burg, Rick Shaffer, Marty Dupraw, Pat Swesey, Dick Granlu nd, Steve Anderson, Cliff Peterson, Mike Levenseller, Coach Bagby, Viking Basketball Seamount Champions DICK CRANLUND Senior Center 2nd Region 111 20-5 Season Record PAT SWESEY Senior F0rwardfCenter All-Seamount - . 80,70 78, 89 94,88 109,76 65,75 63,58 64 63 69,81 88, 81 68,60 66 82 58 44 5 1 Bethel Foster Peninsula Tahoma Enumclaw White River Washington Bellarmine Sumner Mount Si Fife Tournaments Sumner Enumclaw East High Elma Timberline CLIFF PETERSON Senior Forward Honorable Mention 68,51 58,81 67,52 40,45 67,69 60,52 62 71 61,45 51,52 88,53 58 68 78 30 68 I if X Q S le t ' 5 -:si ix lie .. i is

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MZ - if Larry Woods, Senior Medal Play Champion This year the Curtis Viking golf team completed another fabulous season. The Viks lost only two matches out of twenty- four and captured their seventh consecutive league champion- ship. They then went on and won the Searnount League Medal Play Tournament. This years team was lead by it,s three seniors, Larry Woods, jeff Carlson, and Tom Chubb. All contributed a great deal to the team throughout the year and they finished strong in the Medal Play Tournament. Larry finished first, jeff tied for seventh, and Tom finished eleventh. john Hreha and Kevin Prosser were also a vital part of this year's team. In the Medal Play Tourney, Kevin finished in a tie for second and john tied for fourth. With these two fine per- formers returning next year, the prospects of an eighth league ti- tle look very promising. This year's team averaged 66.3 points per match while their opponents averaged 43.3 points per match. The next step for the team is the State Tournament in Everett on May 18th. Congratulations on a great season and good luck at State Viks. john Hreha, junior 4th All Curtis List Kevin Prosser, Sophomore Coach Sulenes

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ew .ef 7 ' 1 ::Q ,. , 'P' 1 .. F s 9 1 , .. ' 595' . 5 , 'Q W A A as ,, ' f . t 1 A :',, 7,3 li ,-.'- ku! qq: b . I , : , . of , . Q I STEVE ANDERSON TOM DAVIDSON RICK SHAFFER KEITH PARKER S6Ili0l' Senior junior junior Center Guard Forward Guard The 1972-1973 edition of the Curtis Viking basketball team enjoyed another great year under the tutorage of coaches Redburg, Bagby, and Sterbick. The Vikings fashioned a 16-2 league record in taking their third consecutive league championship. The Viks went on to finish second in the West Central district tournament and second in the Region 111 tournament at Longview, Washington. CThe two teams that defeated the Vikings. East High and Timberline, met for thc state championship? Many players contributed this season to the Vikings success as team balance was their greatest strength. Four Vikings finished the entire season averaging in double figures: Pat Swesey 12.5, Clay Angle 11.5, Tom Davidson 10.7, and Mike Levenseller 10.0. On the season seven different players led the Vikings in scoring in a single game CSwesey, Angle, David- son, Levenseller, Peterson, Cranlund, and Shaffer.1 Highlights of this year were many but among them were: Scoring 109 points against Tahoma saw Swesey, Davidson. and Angle scoring 19 points apiece. Defeating Enumclaw and Fife in revenge games after they beat the Vikings in their first meetings. In the second Enumclaw game, Cliff Peterson played his greatest game by scoring 26 points. Blasting Sumner in their second meeting 81-45 as Swesey scored 16, while Angle, Davidson, and Peterson scored 14. Pat Swesey, a two-year starter for the Viks, finished his senior year in great fashion, Pat ended the season as sixth lead- ing alltime scorer, while his seasonal total was fifth best. Pat became the number two man in field goals made with 227 while he was third in field goal percentage at 50676. Patis most amazing statistic was becoming the Vikings' alltime leader in rebounds for a season, 272 and in a career, 482. Clay Angle became the leading career freethrow shooter at 7992. Clay also appeared in more quarters than any previous Viking by playing in 99 quarters. Returning letterman will be starters Rick Shaffer and Mike Levenseller along with Scott Swanson and Keith Parker. These players combined with the coaches will ensure Curtis another winning season. CLAY ANGLE MIKE LEVENSELLER Senior Junior SCOTT SWANSON Guard Guard IUIli0f 2nd All-Seamount Honorable Mention Guard R17 'mam' D ,.i. - ' ' ,. -' x ' 1 ',-' -1 f ii: Ps'