Saratoga High School - Talisman Yearbook (Saratoga, CA)

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This Page: Bottom, Coach Dan Wilson,Tom Armstrong, Randy Ar- rillaga, Mike Heinrich, Mark Salinger, Mikko Salminen, Mike Cooley, Don Herick, Greg Jones, Rob Babcock, Dave Marino, Peter Smith, Brent Bowling, Devin Henderson. Top, Left, Greg Jones goes for it. Top, Right, Falcons go up for a rebound. Opposite Page: Right, Randy Arrillaga shows his skill in dribbling. Left, Don Herrick goes for a lay up. ww VARSITY BASKETBALL Saratoga Opponent 72 Sunnyvale 49 65 Lynbrook 59 83 Homestead 72 76 Fremont 62 47 Monte Vista 69 93 Cupertino 73

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Varsity basketball For the basketball fans at Saratoga High School this year's varsity team proved to be an exciting one, with five players Don Herick, Rob Babcock, Greg Jones, Dave Marino and Mark Strasburger back from a last year's team that was just in the threshold of being a winner. There was a good nucleus in which to build a successful season. Don Herick started his third year on the varsity and proved to be one of the top players in the central coast section. He was definitely the main cog in the Falcon machine being named by his teammates as the team's Most Valuable Player for each of the last two seasons. But the most improved area could be at the guard position where two sophomores Peter Smith and Randy Arrillaga have displayed their fine talents. Their devel- 1 upbeats the year opment at these two positions meant the difference between a successful and unsuccessful season. Junior Mike Cooley has also shown vast improvement and will be battling for a starting birth. The Falcons employed an aggressive pressure de- fense along with a quick releasing fast break in an attempt to put points on the scoreboard. We entered competition in the new De Anza League which includid the six teams from the Fremont District and Saratoga High School. The biggest confrontations were with a tough Monta Vista squad and a tall Cupertino team. However the Falcons, this year, have improved shooting and ball handling and definitely pulled a few surprises in this strong new league. -Coach Dan Wilson

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J.V. Cagers tied for f With the season about half over, the junior varsity basketball team has compiled an impressive 5-1 rec- ord in league play, and a 12-4 overall record. In the new DeAnza league, they have defeated Sun- nyvale 55-32, Homestead 50-39, Lynbrook 51-43, Monta Vista 38-32, and Cupertino 44-32. Their only defeat was in the hands of Fremont, where the final score was 41-34. They are presently tied for first place with Lynbrook and Fremont. irst place in league According to coach Joe Calpin, we are definitely not playing up to our potential - but we're still winning. Junior Mark Pattin is optimistic about the outcome of the season, stating we SHOULD win the rest of our games, the Ieague's pretty easy. The team is led by captains Jaime lVliller and Neil Hickman, and spurred by high scorer Mark Chamber- lain, who is a junior.