Montgomery High School - Valhal Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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Montgomery's high-scoring pivot-man, Andy Alkire, drives in for a shot. Andy captained the varsity squad and was elected to both the Healdsburg Tournament and NBLI all-star teams. He also copped league scoring honors. VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD is VIKINGS WIN TOURNAMENT BUT FINISH LAST IN NBL, ALKIRE LEAGUE'S BEST vrewea rt rfs entrrety, Montgornerys l958-59 yarsrty baske'Dat! season was 11 11 s1:,o:rn'rng one, the Vtktngs hntshea B-I5 onthe season an: I-il rr NB! W Liao--tr'ron, 1' was however a season 'r ghrtghtea oy a rwnroe' 5' ou' svnnmnqrnawraaalandteantoedormances F-rflcw na early season wtns over Heatasoarg and Gahtec and a toss to Attaiy, the 'earn entered the Heatasbarg tny tatronat Toarnarnen' as fl rtart horse Aiwy gropptng Sonoma utthe hry roand the Vrungs knozked ou htghly towed Petatama, 48-40, as they overcame 41 15 aotnt toarth quarter ttefwrt M'-ntqorrrery met Fortuna rn the hrt'1's -1rr.1 worr SU do 'gr ttr1rL'ttv tournament :hampton Center Andy Alktre hr' 'ar 19 pornts He was some auently etected as the tournaments most valaaote player, The varstty's tack ot hetght and depth however, began to teli agarnst stronger NBL opponents, Short on reboundrng aower, the sauad had ta rely on speed and hushe, Aher severalteague tossesthey regrmerea then sole WIN, a 56-48 vrctory over the Tam lndtans. Atkrre and Forward Jrrn Carrtlio both starred tahytng 24 and 20 potnts, respectrvelys Andy hrt on V4 of 19 tree throw chances. The rrval Santa Rosa Panthers Voarned as the season's rnost chahengmg opponent 5anM1PoSated dtthe waytn Nw hry encoumer wtnrtmg 36-30. In the second game Montgomery blew a 7-6 tirst Quarter l6UU and lost 44-26. Alktre was held to hve pornts The club dta hntsh the season on a hugh note, however, comrng wtthtn four patnts of co-champ Valleto, 52-48, tn the years last garne. Center Alktre tatlted I9 pornts to become the NBl's leadtng scorer wtth 203 pornts. He was toilowed by Santa Rosa's Neat Austrnsan wrth I87 pornts. Andy was the oniy ananrrnous chotce to the NBL I all-star team i , - ire.,- ., V W, . 5,3 Q 'Q BOTTOM ROW: Doug Doerr, Steve Furia, Louie Marsh, Bill Reinking, Jim Mordecai, Charles Boyd, Jim Carrillo. SECOND ROW: Dave Williams, Ray Watson, Ted Stashak, Frank Freitas, Andy Alkire, Ken Brown, Coach Stimack. Page 98

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24 .I -4- 1' B BASKETBALL SQUAD BOTTOM ROW: Jim Brady, Don Anderson, Larry Maroni, Gary Cia, Bob Campbell, Chuck Bauer. SECOND ROW: Nw: V .lack laCaze, Gary Kovacovich, Larry Jones, larry B'5 Kramer, Coach Starr. Kramer Bauer watch Kovacovich in action under the FINISH 6-14 Although they hntshed wtth a 6-T4 record, the Vtktng B basketball squad was perhaps the most Improved team rn the league. Guard Chuck Bauer and Center Gary Kovacovtch were elected to the all-NBL team. Kovacovich was Vtktng team captarn, Bauer was seasonal hugh-potnt man w1thl27 potnts. The team dropped tts first game wrth Santa Rosa, 33,1 7. The second encounter, however, was a dttflerent story. Behtnd by lour points gotng into the fourth pertod, Montgomery drew even wtth the Panthers 20-all with less than two mtnutes remarnrng. Garntng possesston, the Vtktngs stalled for the hnal shot, The shot, however, was mtssed and Santa Rosa went on to wtn by lour tn the subsequent overttme pertod. A Carbon copy of the situatton came two ntghts later agalnst Redwood. The strategy patd ot? thts tame as Bauer sunk a 25-footer wtth one second rematnrng to wtn the game, 29-27. ' 'B BASKETBALL SCHEDULE I8 Healdsburg 27 32 Analy 34 30 Galtteo 53 32 Santa Rosa Jr, Hrgh 36 36 Caltstoga JV's 28 29 Sonoma 28 35 Petaluma 47 IB Drake 32 27 Redwood 25 I7 Santa Rosa 33 33 San Ralael 43 18 Valleyo 46 30 Tamalpats 33 28 Uktah Q7 31 Drake 35 YO Santa Rosa 24 29 Redwood 27 3l San Rafael 30 48 Tamalpats 58 28 Vallelo 45 570 TOTAL 71 l Page 100