Franklin Pierce High School - Micopacen Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Y, v VARSITY BASKETBALL-lLeft to Right! Trainer James Whitesel, Harris, Allan Kollar, David Carr, David Roller, Thomas Yotty. .lohn Dennis Satterlee. Robert Fincham, Wayne Kent. Allan Bulger, Charles Yurovchak. Manager David Jacobson. Coach Del Schafer gives last minute instructions to his hoopmen before they meet the Clover Park Al Kollar reaches high forarebound. Warriors. 128

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Forward Dave Carr attempts to elude a Lakes defender. Carr went on to score 14 points and help the Cards to a 50-40 victory over the Lakes quintet. Kollar checks shot. Bulger controls tip. AC ARDINAL cagers for the second straight season captured the Puget Sound League Southern Division championship with a come from behind effort, but this year failed to make it to the regionals. The Cards, trailing front-running Auburn by a game with four contests to go, got a big break when Enumclaw upset the leaders, knotting the division race. The Cardinals then bounced back to beat Auburn in their second meeting 29-27 after the Cards had dropped an earlier contest to Auburn 50-37. The Cards went on to win the final two games of the season, posting a 16-2 log and giving them ,a berth in the PSI.. champion- ship tilt with Kent-Meridian. In a wild, emotion-packed thriller, the Cards, after taking a 20-18 halftime edge over Kent, finally fell 37-30. The inability of the Cards to hit from the foul line was a big factor in their downfall. The following night the Cards dropped the consolation game to Renton 41-35. Al Kollar, Cardinal center, was voted to the all-PSI, first string, while Dave Carr and john Yurovchak received honorable mention. Coach Del Schafer's season hopes were dimmed early in the year when the Cards lost starting guard Ed Imhof with a knee ailment, the result of a tobogganing accident, which sidelined Ed for the rest of the year. During the course of the year the Redbirds ripped highly touted Wilson 48-43 and 70-36, slaughtered Tyee 58-27. crushed City and Capital league champion Lincoln 50-32 and 53-36, bombed Glacier 51-30, dropped a thriller to Kent 44-42, beat the state's Region 11 cham- pions, Renton, 44-40, whipped Enumclaw 49-26 and 58-50, tripped rival Clover Park 48-39 and 31-26. triumphed over Lakes 43-37 and 50-40, Z split with Auburn 37-50 and 29-27 and romped past Puyallup 40-27 and 56-42. The Redbirds dropped both play-off games, 37-30 to Kent and 41-35 to Renton.

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Kollar Ch0senAll-PSLCagers Bulger trys to check shot in Kent game. l Yurovchak goes up for a lay-in during Glacier tilt. Kent riddles twine against Glacier Yurovchak guns one Kollar blocks shot against Clover Park, Kent leaps to gain control of jump ball against Lakes. 129