Skyline High School - Olympian Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Dominating cross country for eight consecu- tive seasons, the Titan Harriers captured another Oakland Athletic League champion- ship. With a strong varsity and a promising junior varsity team, the Harriers showed their dominance over the league again. Leading the Varsity team this season were returning lettermen Sam Palmatier, Dwayne Long, Rex Weichhart, Terry Nelson and Dave Moles. The other varsity members include Douglas MacNeil and Darrel Washington. In the final meet seniors Rex Weichhart and Dwayne Long led the Titans to their eighth OAL title. The junior varsity took the championship by taking the first sixteen places in the final meet. The cross country team is coached by Dave Peterson and Paul Berger. The team worked out rain or shine. SEASON STANDINGS Pre-Season 15-50. .. ...Bishop O'Dowd 20-43. . . ..... San Lorenzo 20-38 ....................... . .Encinal OAKLAND ATHLETlC LEAGUE . . . . .lVlcClymonds 23-36. . . . . Castlemont 15-50. .. ...Fremont 20-45. . . . . .Oakland 25-36 ....................... Technical Undefeated junior varsity harriers are FRONT ROW: J. Passarino, C. Selby. L. Bartholomew, D. Henderson. A. Friend, K. Walchek, K. Mulkey, R. Silvani. ROW 2: Coach Berger, G. Thyberg, J. Warren, D. Edlund, R. Castro, H. Fews, D. Booth, Coach Peterson. ROW 3: B. Moss, D. Mortensen, T. Piperis, C. Copeland, J. Coyle. BELOW: Rex Weichhart finishing fourth in the city. BELOW RIGHT: Varsity team members D. Long, S. Palmatier, D. Moles and T. Nelson practice at Joaquin Miller Park for a meet. 1 . t-1 pw-,af -wvf ..-,.-ft-1, f- ,, ,, f f Harriers secure eighth title

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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

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