San Marcos High School - Crown and Sceptre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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BOYS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL QFar Leith. Front Row: John Tafejian, Jeff Ratter, Bruce Haggerty, Jim McNeil, Dave Kinney, Bob Jackson, Back Row: Coach .lon Roberts, Scott Greene, Omel Nieves, Mike Fitzgerald, Dan Hanley, Eric Dahlke, Vince O'Malley. BOYS .IV VOLLEYBALL QLeftJ. Front Row: Craig Foley, Todd Moore, Greg ller, Tom Compogiannis, Rob Vail. Back Row: Coach Jon Roberts, Paul Ortiz, Tom Kronen, Rick Rockwell Tom Kinney, David Peters. ,, ,.,. l. Dun Hanley delivers a powerful spike over the nct. 2. Tense concentration shows on Vince O'Mallcy's face as he sets the ball for Scott Greene. 3. Jim McNeil completes a successful pass. 1 , fa 5 , Wm

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Skilled Team Has New Coach The 1978-79 boys volleyball team had much more cohesion than last year, according to a member, with individuals playing well together and good bench depth. Coached by Jon Roberts, the team had strong hopes for a Channel League championship. They went undefeated in pre-league competition, including a solid defeat of Loyola. Roberts, an all-star player on the UCSB, National and Spikers teams, commented that he enjoyed working with the team and that their onl Y disadvantage was lack of great height. The team's specialties were ball control and teamwork, combined with the setting expertise of Bruce Haggerty and Vince O'Malley fthe latter described as most inspiring and the players Most Valuable Player J. The team also benefitted from the three year varsity experience of seniors John Tafejian and Omel Nieves. Encouraged by an undefeated record in pre-league and a strong opening season win against Dos Pueblos, the junior varsity looked ahead to an excellent season, Top players included junior Cliff Kent and sophomore Tom Kinney.

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mall Team Excels With a squad of ten varsity swimmers, the boys' swimming team came close to beating their two toughest opponents. Though they lacked the depth to accomplish this, they did have the strength to take 3rd place in Channel League. They demonstrated their abilities with a comeback defeating Hueneme, Santa Barbara, Nentura, d Camarillo in their last four matches. The , team part ipated in the Beverly Hills tournament, wheije ' team Captain Brad Eigen placed 4th in Varsity 50 meter, V free style, a CIF qualification. The team, including top four swimmers senior Brad Eigen, junior Adrian Tartler, sophomore Greg Harrah, and senior Ken Scalapino, swam in many consolation events ranging from 4th to 9th place. The team finished in 6th place with 83 points. The team named junior Jon Blevitt Varsity Most Improved, and Brad Eigen, who broke the record four different times, was named their valuable team member. This yearis varsity was small in number, yet the lack was not obvious Royals won more individual events and took more league medals than the first or second ranked League schools. 0- MV? - .. sv 1 . N .- in ' ' 5- fn' .. .- f , g , . 21 I A, 14, ,W 's.,,1 . .. ,.. -. f,, . ,My .. V ,J Thu? ' fy' -,lf , I . .I -W' I . 'V' ,I . 1 ,,, -f , . 3 ,,-, L- , I .W if .f':J f 'V ' - Wifi A ,.. t ,,.,,,5,, 4, jk - . ., -I ,V H 4 'fs A , Front Row: Greg Harrah, Jon Blevitt, Adrian Turtler, Ed Hartley, Greg Outcalt. Back Row: f Coach Allan Lorentzen, Ken Scalapino, Greg Franco, Greg Willis Peter Malek, Brad Eigen. I. Jon Blevitt comes up for a breath. 2. Adam McKaig makes an arching dive. 3. The referee's gun signals the start of the race. 4. Swimmers plunge into a successful start. wh ' g 'Wy f