El Cerrito High School - El Camino Yearbook (El Cerrito, CA)

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fl 1 K Dennis Little M05 cuts around right end. Melvin Watson C485 comes up to make a block. '.. : tv' rr ' End Bruce Montgomery outruns defenders on his way to an El Cerrito Defensive halfback Donald Smith makes a sure tackle touchdown. Bryan Scott is in the background. in lhe Vallejo gdmfi- 81 Sam Burns is tackled in a crowd as El Cerrito and Vallejo players look on.

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Gauchos' pride sparks winning football season In the first game of the second half of the sea- son the Gauchos suffered an agonizing defeat to Kennedy, I4-12. Although the Gauchos appeared to have played as well or better than the Eagles, their inability to convert two extra points supplied the margin of defeat. The following week El Cerrito lost again, this time to the champion- ship-bound Richmond Oilers by a score of 24-8. The Green Machine was down, but by no means out. In the season's final two games it was the Gauchos all the way. They ran over De Anza beating them 36-6 in a magnificent display of football by both the offensive and defensive teams, and in the final game, Berkeley went down to defeat 29-8. .FQMQQ n in 3 The Gauchos shout encouragement to their teammates in the De Anza game 'TEM 7,5597 M1 L ' il' 1 f, . V, 555' 3 . K W Tackles Adam Jones1765 and Bryan Scott 1745 lead interference for tailback Sam Burns 1421, At the right an unidentified Gaucho makes a good block. r l

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8 2 tPicture by Phil Array, 3, , W , Front Row from Left to Right: Melvin Watson, Ray Bates, Don Canestro, Michael Willis, Ken Price, Robert Tietjen, Michael Robinson, Nick Iacobitti Michael Burns. Second Row: Jerry Dagna, Dale Densmore, Geoff Liddle, Bill Shipley, Don Carver, Peter Hoyle, Pat Dodson, Glen lshikata. Third Ro Doug Medina, Mike Piper, Mike Berndt, Paul Yovino, Vem Terry, Peter Rudy, Jesse Barquis. Fourth Row: Dave M.N.Morgan, Michael Calloway, Stev Wessels, Steve Woods, Paul Barsamian, Nick Castell, David Covington. Last Row: Coach Jim Pappakostas, Rolland Parker, Dale Bell, Kedera McDaniels James Mitchell, Ron Wallace, Rick Delph, Deggeary Anderson. ' JV's have winning season fifxrm, . X '- i 3' 'W in V WW., ii-5 iiglitfrfiiw f - 5 with first-year coach L if up -LW R ,Y t gg, , if X j an it Q A stsv s N The success of the 1970 junior varsity foot- ' M D Q ball squad was due to the well-balanced play of W both the offensive and defensive units. First year r Head Coach Jim Pappakostas felt that all of his i players did a good job, but he also gave special recognition to Quarterback Dave Morgan and Halfback Mel Watson on offense, and on defense he pointed out the outstanding performances of Ken Price, Geoff Liddle fboth linebackersj and Tackle Don Canestro. The J Vis scored impressive victories over Berkeley C36-61 and Vallejo C32-85. They lost only two games all season. One loss came from the hands of the Alameda Hornets who beat the Gauchos 22-8 and the other came from the Ken- nedy Eagles by the same score. The junior var- sity tied Richmond in a hard-fought contest 14-14. The Gauchos' final record was six wins, two losses, and one tie. Q 'iss 'a The junior varsity award winners were Ken Price fcaptainj, Melvin Watson fmost valuable backj, and Don Canestro fmost valuable linemanj.