Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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1 . Joe Caspers swats the ball from an Eagle opponent while Kevin Toliver and Scott Gradey await the fall out. Caspers was one of the team's leading players. Q. Kalvin Bloodsaw and Kevin Toliver race for the ball while Joe Caspers watches his teammates. Bloodsaw was one ofthe sophomore starters. 3. Todd Mendoza fights an Eagle for a rebound. Mendoza shows to be promising in upcoming seasons. 4. Joe Siino puts the moves on an Eagle for Q pts. Siino being the only Junior starters was one of the J.V.'s best players. 5. Coach McLennan and teammates watch the game from the bench. This is McLennans 5th year coaching basketball. Un- fortunately, we were unable to accomodate Freshman pictures be- cause it was impossible at press time. We give our deepest apolo- gies to the coach and teammates. wilt M. quit vuuau me uttettttctt 5

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Young Teams Show Promise by: April Botsford The Junior Varsity basketball team with 9 players and only 3 juniors and 6 sophomores were expected to win all through the DVAL season. Even though the team had a terrible pre-season, as coach McLennan put it, as of February 18, they were at 12 wins and 1 loss with 1 more game to be played and won. McLennan said he felt he had a very young team and all of the players appeared to be promising in the next years. McLennan had a Q-QVQ hour practice daily. The 5 starters were 1 junior, Joe Siino, and sophomores Kalvin Bloodsaw, Scott Gradey, Todd Mendoza, and Joe Caspers. Other J.V. hoopsters werejuniors, Kevin Toliver, and Bobby White, and sophomores, Shonn Thompson and Eric Ross. The freshman team was very inexperienced and didn't have a good season. Coach John Belleci mentioned that the reason for this was because they had started from scratch and had to work hard to get as far as they got. The 2.0 no F rule killed us, quoted John. John also said, 46'Z, of the freshmen class was ineligible and I hope that something is said to the Jr. Highs about the grading policy so that the upcoming freshmen won't be killed by the rule. If it keeps up, there won't be anyone left to have frosh sports. Basically, the frosh team improved with a Q win 8 loss record. They were expected to do worse. The players that were counted on for picking up the points were Chuck Plummer and Aaron Turner. Other frosh hoopsters were starters, Mike Valdez, Corey Lawson, Brian Jones, Frank Lawson, Joe Coniglio, Michael Ayers, Ryan Eddleson and Dennis Baker also contributed. EE 4.u. um vitusu me Lttfuu1'Ltii.L

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Small Numbers Hurt Wrestlers By: Nina Trias High numbers in members as well as high numbers in weight were quite scarce for both the Varsity and JV wrestling team. Though seven varsity veterans came back to face another grueling season of sweat, the squad managed to squeeze through many matches. Some Key wrestlers included Mike Lucero, Robert Morrison, Al Holmes, Steve Galli, and Tony Gordon. Unfortunately, injuries prevented some wrestlers from achieving their goals. Despite these injuries, Pitt wrestlers were successful in pre-season tourna- ments. JV consisted of the wrestlers who were small but mighty. These young ones contributed as much time and effort as the varsity squad, however, inexperience limited them to JV level. Coach George Galli was pleased with the enthusiasm of the individuals who worked hard and his only regret was we're coming along with no heavy weights. 1. Varsity squad 1st row: Mike Lucero, Tony Gordon, Mike Brooks, Steve Galli, Ken Kilgore, AI Holmes, Anthony Dorado, Qnd row: Hoang Phan, Robert Morrison, Richard Chacon, John Suarez, Mike Tum- baga. Q. JV squad 1st row: Andy Sinisi, James Kicker, Ed Aquivera, Mark Crespo, Art Needham, Willie Washington, Jon Kicker, Frank Cor- dova, Rey Buzon, Richard Nandke- shwar. 3. Senior, Mike Brooks puts on a great show as he dominates his opponent. Brooks, in his fourth season, is one of the strong individ- uals for the Varsity squad. I.!Liglili1'Ll.Lll: spur