George Fox University - L'Ami Yearbook (Newberg, OR)

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Baseball The George Fox Baseball team this year was vastly im- proved over the teams of the last few years. This was due largely to the addition of some new freshmen, and new spirit on the team. It was a young team and most of them will be back next year for an even better season. Highlights of the season were two league wins over O.T.I, and non-conference victory over N.N.C. Besides this there were numerous close games with league opponents which could have been won by either school. Jerry Louthan coach- 5th with a 2. ed this year ' s team. Bill Jackson was elected by the O.C.C. coaches to the 1970 All-Star Team. He was one out of eleven others that was chosen in the O.C.C. Larry Herrick (2nd base) and Clint Sawyer (pitcher) received honorable mention. Clint Sawyer was also the 5th leading batter, finishing the 1970 season with a .368 batting average. Rick Alley was one of the league top 10 batters at .360, and Pitcher Darwin Wuerch bee run average.

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1969-1970 Varsity Basketball Scores Willamette University 72 GFC53 Oregon Technical Institute 89 GFC83 College of Idaho 100 GFC74 Alaska Methodist College 95 GFC85 Warner Pacific College 90 ?rsity72 GFC69 Oregon Technical Institute 84 Oregon Technical Institute 95 GFC 65 Oregon College of Education 104 GFC 90 Lewis Clark College 112 GFC 50 Southern Oregon College 86 GFC 68 Southern Oregon College 68 GFC 52 Ore; Eastern Oregon College 98 GFC 80 Eastern Oregon College 89 GFC 57 Oregon College of Education 87 GF C 71 Oregon Technical Institute 86 GFC75 Oregon Technical Institute 95 GFC 60 Pacific University 91 GFC 81 Northwest Nazarene College 88 GFC 66 Northwest Nazarene College 72 GFC 58 Oregon College of Education 110 GFC 83 Southern Oregon College 94 GFC 67 Southern Oregon College 90 GFC71 Eastern Oregon College 98 • GFC 76 GFC 81 Eastern Oregon College 75

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the year 70-71 will bey.o.f. (year of fox!) ■ Track Determination was the main point of the George Fox College Track team. Under the direction of Coach Rich Al- en and Berton Lamb, the small but talented team showed that a small team of outstanding competitors can come out victorious. The Quaker stars included eleven men. John Holton, the Most Inspirational trackman of GFC, helped set a new school record in the mile relay, and had several firsts in 880. Dave McDonald was named the track team ' s honorary Dave pole-vaulted in national competition at Bil- lings, Montana. Matt Marlow recorded the most points for the Quakers, and set new school records in the discus at 144-3V4 and in the hammer at 110-11. Other track stars in- cluded Paul Williams, Randy Winston, Bill King, Harry Selby, Gordy Loewen, Tim Marshall, Keith Merritt, and Dave Sherman. Highlights of this year were wins over Clakamas Com- munity College, Clatsop Community College and Oregon Technical Institute.