St Francis High School - Poverello Yearbook (Mountain View, CA)

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ieee is above the .400 mark. The Lancers had an easy time of it in the WCAL race as they won the title with sc eral weeks to go. Round-robin play ended with the Varsity possessing a record of 1 fi and 2. In post season honors, several players made it to the first team all league tean Doug Derner, pitcher, lay Hynes, D.H., and Peter Rodriguez infield Second te all-league: Troy Rezendez, Bill Larson, and Steve Montalvo mfielders and Gr French, outfield. Honorable Mention: Ron Gutierrez pitcher Most Valuable Play 2 Award was given to Peter Rodriguez. The Coaches Awards were presented to P Mortola, Mike Ataide, Steve Montalvo, and Troy Rezendes 4 H. U Q ill 1 IW ' , 3 1.1 ,, 'QV V ' w V . ' j s, ak Catcher Paul Mortola Pitcher Ron Gutierrez Front row, l to r: Coach Chris Bradford, Ieff Abbatelli, lay Hynes, Tony Foster, Pete Rodriguez, Troy Re- zendes, Steve Montalvo, loe Lavelle, Greg French, Coach Mike Mitchell, second row, I to r: Greg Harman, Mike O'Brien, Steve Downs, Shawn Decker, Lee Swiatkowski, Mike Ataide, Paul Mortola, Ron Gutierrez, Mike Landphere. tvs F191 Xl,-,ily The Varsity Baseball Program experienced one of its finest years as the team post an impressive record of 19-7 as they won the championship in the tough WCAL The key to the success of the 1979 team was their airtight defense which saved ma a game. The hitting department was also impressive as several players were battl After finishing first in the WCAL round-robin the team won the championshi they beat St. Ignatius 13 to 12 in the second game of the playoffs This win the Varsity to advance to Region l. We wish them the best of luck

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