Rancho High School - El Sol Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Rams dribble fo hard limes Varsity Basketball Team under five year Rancho Coach Joe Stein and first year Coach Jim Allen had a really up and down season this year. According to Coach Stein 2 men returned from the 1976-77 Basketball team and only 3 seniors on and entire squad, the team lacking in experience, hurt the Rams from repeating as state champs. The Rams, which Coach Stein said was the smallest team in the five years he's been at Rancho, had heart-breaking loses to Western, Las Vegas, Chaparral and Gorman in games which were decided by only a few points, But feel well about taking third in the Rancho Holiday Classic with impressive win over Power House Teams from California. The future looks ever so bright for the Runnin Rams with 9 returning players and the sharp-shooting J.V.'s coming up to Varsity Ball next season. 'V w .V,,L ii km I- Senior Hal Welch drives to basket as Junior Earllsf Johnson looks on Varsity Basketball Teamg Front Row: Tom Pletch, Earlist Johnson, Hal Welch and Ron Basped. Row Two: Coach Allen LaVonn McCurdy Scoot Harris, Bernie Rhodes, Bobby Hagedorn, Don Slocum, Toby Minter, Kelvin Ray and Coach Stein. 130 Varsity Basketball

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Harriers step fo good season Cross Country team ended the season with a six and tour record. Coach William O'Dea stated that two ot the four losses were mistakes by leaving the J.V. runners out of the race. The other two were to the state team, Western. Coach 0'Dea's top three runners were the Mirth brothers, senior Bob, sophomore John, and freshman Dave. The only girl on the Cross Country team was sophomore Gwen Brauer who took second in zone and third in state. Next year the Cross Country team is expecting more girl runners out for the team. Coach 0'Dea announced that next year he's going tor the state title with the help of new runners coming up from the junior high level plus returning runners from the '77 Cross Country team. Junior varsity and varsity runners rest before a big race at i Park. Coach William 0'Dea hurries lrom one end to another as he coaches his team on to another victory at Fantasy Park. Sophomore runner John Mirth works his best to catch a tellow oppo- nent at the Zone linales which was held at U.N.L.V. - x 5 Cross Country 129

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L, Emil. 'iii' J-1 E. 4 Scrambling tor ball over ValIey's big man Todd Liebenstein is Junior Bernie Rhodes. - se .. l Hal Welch puts a move on a Valley detender to look tor an open shot. Y In V is 2 V. ,K . , ,fm We 5 , l l llir l Starting Junior Guard Earl Johnson concentrates on next free throw attempt. Senior Bobby Hagedorn dribbles by a Valley detender in attempt to achieve a last break. l I Hal Welch better known as Hooping Hal , goes up tor 2 in game Varsity Basketball 131