Katella High School - Legend Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Bob Erbst Selected to L.A. Times 1st Team AII- County Bennett S Yourstone Also Honored he Knights out shot Buena ' ' Park in the first round of CIF. Dave Linker had 27 points to lead Katella to victory. In the second CIF game against Bur- bank, Katella blew a nine point lead in the fourth quarter. It came down to 2 seconds and the Knights had the ball under their own basket. Dave Linker threw a pass to Bob Erbst for the bas- ket at the buzzer to advance the Knights to the quarter-finals. Katella played Damien High School at the Glendora High Gym. Damien proved they were more than a match for Katella, only missing two shots in the en- tire first half. Erbst, though, had 23 points in the first half, giving Katella a precarious two- point lead. However, Erbst and Donnelly sat out the third quar- ter in foul trouble, watching Damien shoot 7696 from the Hoor to out-score the Knights. The honors for the Knights went like this: Bob Erbst-LA Times lst team All-County, Register 3rd team All County, Offensive Player of the team, All Big-A Empire, lst team All-Empire, Steve Bennett A lst team All-Empire, 3rd team All Big-A Empireg Don Your- stone - 3rd team All-Empire. Varsity Basketball: Mike Enochs, Matt McDanial, Steve Linstrom, Dave Linker, Darrell Baldwin, Bob Erbst, Richard Lucas, Shawn Donnelly, Steve Bennett, Al Rangle, Don Yourstonc. - Bob Erbst slams, In two games against Los Al Erbst rang the bell for 53 points. - Slick ball handler Mike Enochs gives the slip to a Loara Saxon. - Junior Darrell Baldwin plays his man tough in Knight win over Loara. 440 THE PLAVERS X

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7 Damien Fmally Derarls Kmght Train Knights S all the Way to 3rd Round of CIF I I A' N. Wim he 1984-85 Varsity 3 5 Roundball season start- ed out with a major tragedy. ln the first game of the Valencia Tourney, against Rancho Ala- mitos, Richard Lucas ta 6'6 sophl broke his leg when he slipped and fell on a breakaway layup. They went on to lose the game by a shot at the buzzer. The Knights then proceeded to the consolation finals where they defeated El Modena. Bob Erbst received Offensive Player of the tournament. ln the final game of the Ana- heim Tournament the Knights played Edison CFresnoJ, who was then ranked number 4 in the state, in the finals. In a dou- ble overtime battle the Knights defeated Edison. Bob Erbst had 32 points, and was named MVP of the tournament. Steve Ben- nett was also named to the all tournament team. The Knights easily defeat- ed Servite in the final ofthe Katella Klassic. Bob Erbst was named MVP ofthe tour- ney, and Steve Bennett was named to the all tournament team. In their first league game against El Dorado, the Hawks shot 6996 for the game to hand Katella its first league loss. Against Kenne- dy, Bob Erbst, with 5 sec- onds left, threw a bad pass which the lrish intercepted and scored on at the buzzer to hand Katella a l point loss. The Knights were then 0-2. The Knights then won their next l0 league games to become 10-2. They even pushed their second game against El Dorado into over- time. Unfortunately Don Yourstone had a turnover which El Dorado converted to two points. The Knights tried to play catch-up ball, but still lost. But the Knights still finished third in the league, one game behind Kennedy and El Dorado who tied for first. BOYS BASKETBALL 439

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- Erbst shows why he's the president ofthe Iron Man Rebound Club. - Dave Linker, who had a season high 29 points againsl Servite. cuts in his retro-rockets. - Guard Steve Bennett sights in to win against Loara. BOYS BASKETBALL 'IM