Skyline High School - Olympian Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Eight varsity team players receive All-City recognition Pre-season Record l l Skyline 32 .... 16 Piedmont T Skyline 27 .... 6 Tamalpias Skyline 8 .... 24 Hillsdale Skyline 12 .... 41 Napa OAL Season Record Skyline 22 .... 26 Fremont Skyline 20 .... 14 Technical Skyline 16 . 8 Castlemont Skyline 21 . . . . 7 4 McClymonds Skyline 244 ffifl '6 Oakland FIRST TEAM , ALL-CITY Eugene Howard-offensive halfback Donn Falaschi-quarterback Don Walden-offensive end Paul Nottingham-linebacker Brad Shuster-offensive tackle SECOND TEAM ALL-CITY Jeff O'Donnell-defensive guard Mitch Wainwright-linebacker David Bluford-defensive wing HONORABLE MENTION Brent Thrams Rusty Keyes Mark Bywater John Ratto Lynn Reinhard Gary Hunter Steve Knox All-city tackle Brad Shuster i76l throws a block as Gene Howard l22l All-city halfback eludes a tackler for yardage in third OAL game against Castlemont. ,,g l Varsity team members include BACK ROW: T. Smith, R. Ratto, A. Hall, M. Palmore, P. McCarthy,J. O'DonnelI, Keyes, -G. Hunter, B. Shuster, L. Reinhard, M. Bywater. B. Altmyer, D. Edwards, C. Bergsen, R. Wildenstein, T. S. Knox, K. Mitchell, R. Leach, B. Watters, J. Reyna, D. Falaschi, P. Nottingham, M. Todd, D. Walden, and K. Brown, M. Wainwright, G. Gorden, C, Hunter, ROW 23 Coach Tony Fardella, FRONT ROW: D. Bluford, R. McKee. They broke ten year hex by beating Oakland. SPORTS 87

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Junior varsity bests record Shutting out Piedmont and Tamalpais in pre- season, the junior varsity gridders were on their way to a successful season which ended with their best record ever. In their third pre-season game the J.V.'s dropped Napa by a score of 20-6. The JV's were led during the OAL season by a tenacious defense and an aggressive offense. ln the opening game, the offense led the JV's to an 18-16 win over Fremont, Their second game was against Tech. With a strong running game the J.V.'s beat Tech by the score of 22-8. In their next two games the J,V. defense put consecutive shutouts on Castlemont i2O-Ol and McClymonds l23-Ol. With their offense and defense doing well their next game was against rival Oakland. Going into this game the J.V.'s were 7-O, but mistakes and turnovers gave Oakland the championship and the win over Skyline, the final score 24-15. The loss had ended all hopes for an undefeated season. The JV's 4- 1 record gave them secondplace in league standings and a 7-1 including pre-season. Left: J.V, safety, Mike McCrae, leaps high to intercept a Castlemont pass. George Howard l22l backs up play. l l Junior Varsity team members include FRONT ROW: Silva, T. Brown, D. Brown, R. Alexander, K. McGee, Cunha, O. suer, D. Defer, c. smith Row zfrfbltfsiii Taylor, R. Kahler, G. Watson, l. Gilkey, J. Winslow, Bergson, B. Frisch, K. Schreiber, C. Ratto, R J R P. K Gammelgard ROW 3: Coach Paul Berger, J. Armstrong, K. McWilliams, T. Darling, J. Sullivan, M. Price, P. Washington, M. Palmorie, M. Holmes, G. Farmer, K. Field, D. Wright, Coach Ira Bud Call ROW 4: M Edlund, M. McRae, R. Goady, T. Banis, G. Morgan, L. Dokas, R. Myers, D. Sullivan, G. Howard, J. Mosle, S. Selna, and R. Myers. Junior Varsity team entered league play undefeated after their three preseason conflicts. SPORTS 89