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

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Cards Drop Thrillers To Kent, Renton Fives In PSL Pla - ff Tilts Dave Roller 1401 wrestles Renton for a key rebound. Roller went on to lead all rebounders with 10 as the Redbirds fell after a valiant comeback effort 41-35. Tom Yotty screens out Kent eager for John Yurovchak. T HE Cards appeared for ' the fifth time in six years in the PSL playoffs in 1966. ln the PST.. Championship tilt Kent won 37-30. The Cards lead- ing 20-18 at the half, found them- selves trailing 26-22 in the fourth quarter. The Cards rallied to knot the score at 26-26 with five minutes left, but Kent stalled out the clock after taking a 32-30 edge. The Cards then met Renton after falling behind 20-7 early in the first half, the Cards began a long uphill struggle. They came within three points at 36-33 with minutes left in the game, but Renton went into a stall and won 45-35. Renton went on to become state AA Champions. Bulger hands off to Kollar during Kent tilt. Kollar leaps high for pass against Kent. 130

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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

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JVS Finish Season With 8-10 Recordg Sophomores Capture Division Crown RANKLIN Pierce'sjunior varsity and sophomore hoopsters both achieved an important ob- jective during their 1965-66 cam- paigns. They were able to pro- duce potentially fine varsity cag- ers. The junior varsity, posting an 8-10 season log and a fourth fin- ish in the PSL Southern Division, was lead by Doug Armstrong, who averaged 10.4 points per contest and was top rebounder. A few were able to play a lim- ited role in varsity tilts with Rich Holmes turning in the outstand- ing performance for the varsity with seven points in about five minutes action against Enum- ' claw. l The sophomore cagers fin- ished first in their division with a 12-3 season record. The Sophomore squad was led by Mike Stogsdill and ,lim Had- land, who averaged 13.5 and 10.1 points per game, respectively. ,IV mentor was Mr. Eldon Kyllo, while Mr. Robert Ross coached the sophomores. SOPH CAGERS-FRONT ROW: D. Colbert, T. Mann. M. Stogsdill. .l. Hadlund. R. Williams. M. Arick, Mgr. Ed lVlcNett. BACK ROW: M. Qunell. C. Nies. K. Korsmo. C. Harkey. A. Cail. Coach Ross. 131 ,IV HOOPSTERS-K. Korsmo. R. Holmes. D. Satterlee. G. Hadland, S. Harshman, D. Armstrong, C. Harris, D. Mackey, D. Dimond, B. Fincham. R. Ecklund, T. Johnson, B. Smith, Coach Kyllo. Karl Korsmo 1551 attempts to swish the hoop as ,lim Hadland 1331 defenses in practice. Korsmo and Hadland both were starters on the sopho- more quintet.