Lake Oswego High School - Lakers Log Yearbook (Lake Oswego, OR)

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LO, South Eugene Share Championship After losing the two top runners from the 1969 state championship team, the 1970 varsity cross country squad journeyed to Lane Community College in Eugene seeking its second state title in a row. With Charlie Jordan placing sixth; Mike McGarr, 12th; Tom Cushman, 28th; Steve Elar-do, 46th; and Paul Malin, 62nd; the runners accumulated 154 points and tied South Eugene for the state championship. “At the state meet you need a little luck and a few of the breaks. I think we didn’t have those. If we had, I think we would have won it outright.” (Coach Trotter) Placing third in the Grant Invitational didn’t bother Coach Norm Trotter’s team as they ended the season with eight wins and no losses in league competition. Led by Jordan and McGarr, Lake Oswego had little trouble in keeping its string of 48 straight league victories intact. “When you’re the state champion, they expect you to do well. There’s only one way you can go and that is down after the state title. When you have this kind of pressure put on you, coming out and repeating as the state champion takes a lot more than winning it for the first time. These kids were really good state champions.” (Coach Trotter) Leaving the rest of the runners behind, Senior Charlie Jordan captures his seventh triumph of the season. 28

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JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL: Front Row: B. Stoutt, D. Bech, D. Cesca. T. Clasen. J. Crowell, K. Klever, M. Rauch. J. Butterfield. J. Baker, P. Aspy, L. Stevenson, G. Heard, R. Johnson, C. Hynes. Row 2: Coach Lortz, N. Booth, R. Vial, M. Riggs, N. Wilson, J. Melcher, T. Crabtree, S. Richards, B. Rosendahl, P. Evans, I). Girod, M. Drauch, G. Simmons, Coach Scotty. Coach Bowman, B. Corsetti. Row 3: S. Trewhella, S. Hagen, S. Mock, R. Kinney, T. Thompson, M. Black, S. Oyama, J. Boaz, T. Harpole, T. Dahlstrom, G. Ward, R. Williams, J. Child. W. Kidd. Outieaping a Grant defender, Tom Thompson snares a pass for six points. LO 6 David Douglas 31 LO 6 Jesuit 13 LO 32 Aloha 14 LO 30 Parkrose 6 LO 34 Grant 35 LO 6 Hillsboro 27 LO 0 Central Catholic 14 LO 0 Beaverton 27 LO 42 Sunset 14 Won 3 Lost 6 Opponents Flatten JV Squad Providing experience to potential varsity gridders was a major job for the JV team. Walt Kidd, Mark Poulin, and Bill Claunch, spotted for outstanding performances in JV games, moved up to the varsity in the course of the season. The challenge of playing against bigger schools in the new Metro League proved tough as Coach John Lortz’ gridders ended the season with a 3 win-6 loss record. 27

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After competing at state, Mike McGarr discusses the final results. “In running you’re bounded by very few rules. There’s no umpire to watch your every move. It’s just about as free a sport as you can get.” (Mike McGarr) CROSS COUNTRY: Front row: B. Evans, S. Marx, T. Cushman, S. Hillier, S. Elardo, P. Malin, C. Jordan, M. McGarr. Row 2: Coach Trotter, D. Demarest, B. Falkcnhagen, S. Hand. F. White, L. Johnson, J. Bell. D. Evans, R. Neely. Row 3: B. Livesay, B. Crawford, G. Irvin, M. Dobson, T. Hillier, T. Burt, T. Keller. D. Gerber. Above: Placing high at the district meet, Steve Elardo moves past Beaverton runners. Left: Steve Hillier rejoices as-the team captures the state title for the second year in a row. 29