Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Th Out ide-Angl The outstanding running ability of James Brooks aided the Chargers in many games. But on the opening kickoff of the Pittsburgh game Brooks fumbled and the Steelers scored. On the next kickoff he fumbled again, Who' After months of negotiations it finally came true. Mr. L.A. Dodg- ers himself, Steve Garvey, would be playing first base for the San Diego Padres. After years of in- tense rivalry, the switch was quite a shock. One student be- lieved that, Garvey will im- prove the team greatly. The San Diego baseball team defi- nitely needed a first baseman and Steve Garvey fit the bill. He also boosted season ticket sales tremendously. Before the season began a rally was held at the sta- dium parking lot where players were on hand to sign autographs and promote enthusiasm. The move was made by the Padre front office in hopes of a shot at the Pennant. The 1982 team didn't get that far but they took a shot at it. The team con- sisted mainly of new players and several rookies. Fans definitely needed a program to learn the new faces. Manager Dick Wil- liams took the last place team of n First? rookies up to where they knew they could win. The Padres were a sort of spoiler towards the end when the Giants, Dodgers and Braves were fighting it out. There were several surprises when it came to players. Young pitcher Tim Lollar had a strong record that earned him a week as Sports Illustrated's player of the 3-if -if is i --or if 'i f Another new face on the team. Ex- Dodger Steve Garvey sets a major league record for most consecutive games played, for the Gold aifi if The 19845Los--Angeles Olympic Qs.s -emerged as ia region-P s ali Eouttiernliilalitornia affair--promising-stabs asiuniquayas'-iit would its-aaa-iai,lmasts- oigfaaisa .waitin -rails at-aria going on aligjovergSoutherntCalifornia, from-San Diego to-Latte s Casitas, 85 miles north of Los Angelesfffhe Games woulclfbe - P held July August 12. The International Olympic Commits -. tee, unlikeifi Past, was not ailowe-sl-to spend money at their - . leisure,.Beoause-of this they used existing. facilities for most Gigi s their events-Athletes were housedfatfthe University of South- g t ern California, thellnivarsity olpilaliforisia-laos Angeles-and the-i S T' 2 UniluarsituiciiySanta Barbara: All itogetlierttheavent .was,exper:t4 f - ed -iolcostloniy S450 million, ai low-sunt compared to the 11986 -Moscow Gamesfanci the 1976 games in-'Montreal which left that -- city with a billion, debt.. So whafqpari would San Diego ptayl-in-all of this? The'Con-. f vention and 'liiisiiiors Bureau envisioneditlaegevent as a chanceitrg-7 make the virtues known worldwide. The Olympic Corrs mittee requested 4,000 hotel. rooms to bereserved for intemag . -tional i spiaiitatura- Conllis hoped to sapitalize -un, 599 llli-QHQQSSQ Q T A -climate'a,nd'sinogjfreel-air?Someoftheftequestrianire-vents-lwaieg A to be theldaat -.Fairbanks -Ranch in..Ra1ifal1dfSanta,f Fail if W Q., -- week. Unfortunately he was not chosen by Dodger manager Tom- my Lasorda to pitch in the All- star Game. Catcher Terry Ken- nedy turned out to be the power hitter of the team and a spokes- man for a new brand of gum. He appeared in a t.v. commercial mowing the lawn of San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. A fan fa- vorite was Rupert Jones who, when arriving on the field was greeted with a round of, Ruuuuuuuuuuup. Rup's Troups, as they were so named were pleased with Jones, perfor- mance. His injury late in the sea- son put a damper on his first year as a Padre though. Even with no Ozzie Smith at shortstop the team still had a strong player at the position. Gene Templeton filled the space quite nicely with agility and a strong bat. Overall the Padres were looking forward to the following season. Sport Shorts The odd football season ended with traditional Super Bowl. The championship game pitted the Miami Dolphins against the Washington Reds- kins. The Redskins were victori- ous. Professional football in the summer? The newly formed United States Football League began recruiting players in Janu- ary to play in the summer. San Diego missed out on having a team due to scheduling prob- lems. ABC would televise many of the games. A girl playing baseball? Patrick Henry sophomore Missy Carter wanted a chance to try out for the male baseball team at school. The school board allowed her to try out for the catcher posi- tion but she didn't make the team. Sports 221

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Th ut-ide A gle Players Picket The year of the strike. Profes- sional athletes going on strike seemed to be in vogue. After the baseball strike of 1981 the foot- ball players decided to walk out after two games. Conflicts be- tween the players and the own- ers resulted in a 57-day-old lack of professional football. The net- works tried to substitute Canadi- an football but the viewers knew the difference. Dan Fouts, the San Diego Chargers' quarterback, was among the minority that decided not to strike but was forced to stop playing because of the over- whelming majority. The season resumed with the regular schedule for week 11. One of the eight weeks missed was made up. This also meant a modified playoff schedule which took the top eight teams from each division and played a Super Bowl Tournament. The Others There were other professional athletic teams in San Diego be- sides the Padres and the Char- gers. The Clippers played in the National Basketball Association. Center Bill Walton finally played on a semi-regular basis after a recurring ankle injury. The first months of the season did not go so well but the team started to pull it together during the second half. Professional soccer never seemed to leave. ln the outdoor season the Sockers were stopped short of the Soccer Bowl. With a few months off, they returned to start the indoor season. Players Julie Veee and Alan Mayer once again played a great season in their new MISL League. The Sockers ended up with the best record in the league. John who? The loss of John Jeffer- son as wide receiver a year back does not seem to do much damage to the passing game, Wes Chandler takes over the position and goes on to win an award for the most out- standing player in the National Foot- ball League. Dan Fouts in the usual passing position. Fouts passes for 333 yards in the Pittsburgh game. Two con- secutive 400 yard games earns the quarterback a record and a starting position in the Pro Bowl. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Or- ange Bowl where we have the Miami Dolphins versus the San Diego Chargers in the semifin- als of the Super Bowl Tourna- ment. The winning team will host the New York Jets for the A.F.C. championship. A'The 1982 N.F,L. season got off to a slow start with the strike which resulted in a short- ened season, but all is forgotten on this playoff Sunday. UNow let's take a look at the favored team, the Chargers, Air Coryell, comprised princi- pally of quarterback Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner, Kellen Winslow, Wes Chandler and sometimes Chuck Muncie, run- ning back, averaged 450 yards a game, 500 yards more than their last five starts. They defi- Stopped Short nitely have one of the best, if not the best, offense in the N.F.I.. Against the best defense in the N.F.l.., this may be the rematch of the season, espe- cially after last yearls classic game in this same place. Well, folks, welcome back. The final score at the Orange Bowl is 34-13 Dolphins over Chargers. Who would have thought the Chargers' unstop- pable offense would be stopped, or their leaky defense leak so much in this critical situ- ation. Their special teams wer- en't anything to speak about ei- ther. I.et's go to Mike, on the field, to see what happened. OK, John. A classic re- match it wasn't, so what hap- pened? Maybe it was the 'Sports Illustrated jinx' where, supposedly, the team featured on the cover of the sports maga- zine loses their next game, That's exactly what happened today, and after the upset over the Steelers just last week. 'tSan Diegans say that their team plays well under pressure and when they're the under- dog. ln the Steeler game the Chargers were both and won but today their quest to the Su- per Bowl came to a halt. But one thing is for sure. The Char- gers aren't a bad team. They are a good team that had a bad day. And so went the Charger season. Once again they were stopped short of the ultimate goal for any professional foot- ball team, the Super Bowl, But one thing was for sure, the peo- ple of San Diego were behind the team all the way. va 220 The Outside Angle

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Tli ut ide Angle Farewell Variety on the Scree to Who? Why, The Who, of course. The Who's farewell concert was held at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadi- um before 50,000 fans in the middle of October. The daylong event with John Cougar and Lo- verboy caused a great number of absences from school because of the festival style seating. Overall the concert was a huge success with few mishaps. Although some students were disappoint- ed that The Clash did not play beforehand as they did in Los Angeles, it didn't affect the over- whelming positive response. Men dressing as women. Strange little creatures from out- er space. Good old love stories. History. lf there was one word to describe the many movies of the year, it was variety. E.T. was by far the most popular movie of the year. The story of a small, lov- able extraterrestrial creature that befriends a young boy, Elliot captivated millions. It made the audience laugh and cry. The show also made millions. Direc- tor Steven Spielberg didn't ex- pect the response that it re- ceived. He was satisfied, to say the least, especially considering n' M Alfa V ' Thel5W3mP. '5 Dram-ed .There would be no' more brewinggin in the swamp. we I i it wouldrft see Hawkeye but of uniform. -Klinger woulclnit wear l dressesreither. Why? The cast of MASH shotthe final scenes of ' the Korean- War on -January -14,-bringing the award winning, -series to anfend after more than a decade. V T ' A . r A Bymixing laugher with antiwar messages, MAS!-lbecam'e a fixture in the top-ten Nielsen ratings for in and a halfjyears. The show garnered 99 Emmy Award rmrriinations and 14 a Emmys. lt also won the coveted GQCFQG Foster Peabody award, T A - the-only comecly.show-se honored., f if - i --q .V -1 yy -- , Last year the cast voted to discontinue the'series, ,alter 260 ,'gy L epieoclesgrin' belief they had exhaustedythe possibilitiesot their l characters alndt-story iineslf . . 'Alan .-Alcla, not, wicielyl known.. V Piercegfernerged as a respected write? and ditectorioflthe-shunt : t and, largely-on th strength of these perforiitanriesirstarred in it --several movies since theyseriesabegarp f W l tir. . The last-.primetime telecast of MASlvlgRbnelfni12Me rlrr lengestf running situations comedies, aid on -February 28-front-,Blfiilite ' 11530 PM. The finale brought the Koreanrlgegnflictftugargileaelarid' sent the doctors, nurses, and support personnel ofttheir4EiI!?th back to their ,homes in thefllnited States-:Q .lfl ,,, , t y if A There was same talk of a new series- with Father-Mulcahy, played by William Christopher and Max Klinger, Janrieliarit, as their usual characters but back horney For Maxithat'fnteant'l 'ToledG,,0l'rio. ' - 4 . i ' Several characters came and went. during,-tii,e'tenf,,yearsQ - MacLean Stevenson played Colonel Henry1Blake whofalwaysiy - were-his fishing hat- and avoided anything-toe tlrderlyl -Radar .1 , T D'-Reilly, played by Gary Burghoif had a- knack for fknowingl things ahead of time. Trapper John -Mgn. was Hawkeyefs first ,1'- roornmate,,before lB.J. V 222 The Outside Angle the fact that he had another hit movie out at the same time. Pol- tergiest was a thriller about a spirit that enters a young girl's life through the family television. The movie ended up number five on the list of top ten horror mov- ies when it came to sales. If you didnit want little or spir- ited creatures there were several alternatives. 48 Hours starred Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in a mix of comedy and hard dra- ma. And for those in the mood for a classic romance there was An Officer and a Gentleman. Richard Gere captivated the hearts of many women by star- ring in that movie but the men weren't left with much when it came to one of most popular movies of the year. Tootsie put actor Dustin Hoffman in drag as he posed as a female soap opera actress, Dorothy Michaels, just to get a job. The show was hilarious to most and also became the ba- sis of many jokes throughout the nth So what did people listen to, musicwise? A mixture of old and new was heard over the air- waves. Some of the top new acts were, the Stray Cats, Asia, A Flock of Seagulls and Men at Work. That Australian group The Stray Cats had a hard time finding someone to record their music in the U.S. When they did it paid off. year. When it came to great acting, there were a few standouts. Ghandi had several excellent performances while Meryl Streep kept up her strong repu- tation as an actress in Sophie's Choice. Paul Newman put on what was called, uhis best perfor- mance since Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in The Verdict, the story of a lawyer displeased with the system. Some of the other popular movies included First Blood with Sylvester Stalone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Dark Crystal, an animat- ed film, The Toy with Richard Pryor and a film from The Rolling Stones Let's Spend the Night Together.BlondielDebraHarryl came out with the bizarre Vi- deodrome and Linda Ronstadt starred in The Pirates of Pen- zance which was released to pay t.v. at the same time as the the- aters. Radio had their album at the top of the charts for a record 14 weeks. The Stray Cats' album, Built for Speed, went platinum with tune such as Built for Speed and L'Rock this Town. The Clash fi- nally hit the top ten after several years and was actually played on AM radio. Their album was Combat Rockv with the popu- lar single, Should I Stay or Should I Go?'l The ever popular Who came out with 'llt's Hardfl Another name that's been around, Paul McCartney, teamed up with Michael Jackson to record the hit, The Girl is Mine. Toni Basil's single Mick- ey was popular with its cheer- leader beat. Missing Persons cap- tured the synthopop sounds with several tunes such as L'What are Words For?