Katella High School - Legend Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Crestview League Champs W,,,,,,,,,.-M- Coach Tom Danley 84-Basketball 'lil 5 312-it 'iilmit G 'r 32 Katella 71 66 52 68 92 7'l Varsity Basketball Steve Pacho john Smclair Matt Whieldon joe Tournament and League Scores Opponent Score Santa Ana Kennedy Long Beach Poly Marina Cantwell Compton Rubldoux john Glenn Mater Dei Kennedy Loara Mission Viejo San Clemente Orange Villa Park El Modena Foothill Tustin Mission Viejo San Clemente 46 Orange 51 Villa Park 29 El Modena 53 Foothill 62 Tustin 72

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Q. . Q , .ni ie ,B T' is . at 3 ' L :ff 'Y 5 ,if 4 2 8 ig, K . ig Cross Country Scores Katella 'V K H S We Varsity IV Opponent Varsity IV ,wi -if 44 16 Anaheim 32 50 1- L 43 58 Los Alamitos 28 15 43 58 Anaheim 58 106 44 50 Orange 16 16 Tj 50 50 Mission Viejo 15 15 W 5 18 22 San Clemente 43 30 if 5 Z' tit, 45 50 El Modena 16 15 39 49 Villa Park 22 15 - 'W rm 44 50 Foothill 17 15 if 43 53 Tustin 19 17 lay Freeman, lim Trenton, and Bill Houghton had looks of pain on their faces as they neared the end of their two mile test. Cross Country is a sport pushed into the background due to football. Unknown to the Katella student body is the fact that they run three to four miles before school, and seven or eight miles after school. Coach Curt Thomp- son who is a proven runner himself, used this new cur- riculum to attain stamina, and a better time. Overall the varsity was led by Pete Gray, Lance Wash- nesky, and Doug Dickerson compiling times of 10:30, 9:56, and 10:32 respectively. The team compiled an im- pressive pre-season record of 2-1, before entering com- petition in the tough Crestview League. The team ended up with a league record of 1-6. There were individual bright spots for Katella. Lance Washnesky set a school record in Cross Country with a time of 9:56. Pete Gray won the Orange County Invitational l.V. championship with a time of 10:48. Sophomore Artie Mory became the Anaheim District Sophomore champ with a record time of 10:49, while lon Kratz also won a medal at the district meet with a time of 11:09. On the junior varsity level, Katella finished out their league season with a record of 1-6. Robin Almich, Doug Wechsler, Ken Slaven, and jay Freeman were the top runners on thel.V.'s. '57 , ' 4 , 4 1 u 5 4 ' . cy., vi , lv 9 W i I wiv' f 3 Q , 3 x .Q , 4 if 444.50 IV CROSS COUNTRY -TOP ROW: M,Sweany, D.Wechsler, D,Carl5on, K.Slaven,R,Almich, C.I3ox, I.Botts, BOTTOM ROW: S.Hochleutner, B.Houghton, l.Freeman, D.Payne, D.Feutz, l.Trenton. Cross Country - 83 Z f

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McGuire, Tim Dewald, Jeff Welshans, Mike Dunn, Tim Doyle, Bob Bastian, Todd Lychkoff, Steve Barela, and Mike Lopez. Basketball is the number one sport at Katella, due to a man named Tom Danley. He has been the head coach for dx years and has had Hve chanwpionship baH clubs, with all of his teams having gone to C.I.F. every year. Many people felt that Katella would have a down year in basketball, but this was not the case. Aided by two transfers, jeff Welshans and Mike Dunn, Katella slowly put together the top power in 3-A basketball. Using the height from his two transfers, Danley came up with a new offense. This was to be known as the Pig offense. It is designed to give easy lay-ups to the big men inside and short jump shots to joe McGuire, Steve Pacho, and Mike Lopez when the defense sagged in. The second strong point was the famous Katella full court press. This is where the talents of Pacho and Lopez became apparent. Due to their quickness they forced mistakes and turned them into easy lay-ups. Even when teams began to con- quer the press, the pressure usually proved too much in the final minutes of the game. The Knight's third strong point was its bench, which is a must for a championship team. Few spectators understand the difficulty of coming into a game at a crucial time without having taken a shot earherin the contest But KateHaE AAaU VVhiekion,'Thn Dewald, and Todd Lychkoff proved they could handle the situation in every game. These three points were the trademark of this year's club, which was rated number oneir13-A basketbaH. WW.,w n T0.m Throughout the year, ,leff Welshans dominated the defensive boards, as shown here against Orange in the Chamber of Horrors. Basketball-85