St Monica High School - Compass Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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Stiff competition and tough plays became a part of the lives of this year’s Junior Varsity foot- ball team as they ended the sea- son with a record of 4-6. We appear to have had a less than spectacular year. said J.V. head coach Matt Giacalone, however, the J.V. team learned every type of defense that the varsity used and the team also used every offensive play that the varsity had.” Steaming into the season with four straight wins against such teams as Daniel Murphy and Brethren was soon over- shadowed by five straight losses This was the lowest point of the season,” said Coach Giaca- lone. “Four of the five losses were league games Due to poor execution and poor play, we ended up in last place in the league and yet we beat other teams during the year which were much better than our league op- ponents.” The season did have its high points though. According to Coach Giacalone, “The high point of the season had to be the games against St. Bernard’s, Bretheren. Cathedral, and Whit- tier-Christian. Although we didn’t win three of these games, after each, the coaching staff from these teams congratulated our team for its outstanding sports- manship. determination, and pride. (1) Mariner J.V. team (2) Coach Klemm gives a word of advice (3) 86 at work (4) The team in a tangle (5) Coaches Klemm Giacalone discuss strategy (6) Bnngmg down 84 TEAM MEMBERS: Victor Arreola Richard Boisdeau. Dario Martinez. Roger Parker. Terry Gomez. Abe- lardo Balderas. Paul Coda. Dean Cain. Adrian Peters. Bob Neely. Er- rol Sidney. John Figueroa. George Hernandez. Ralph Padilla. Bill Tor- res. Dave Bomberger. Matt Yarro. Clancy Imislund, Sean Murray, Brian Hallowed. Andrew Saldibar, Ray Chagolla. Mark Casillas. Blay- ne Pacelli, Ed Stokx. Martin Padilla. Ricardo Jaurequi. Steve Boveri, Dan Pedone. Clay Dodder. Sergio Almendariz J.V. football 59

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Less than spectacular year

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Waterpolo endures tough season According to Coach Rich Gabatino, the statistics tell only a small part of the water polo story. ‘The fact that we were late in finding a practice pool de- nied us adequate preparation time. Everyone worked hard—our record is not a fair estimate of our abilities or effort. Our league was very tough and talented this year, commented Gabatino. The highlights of the season were the overtime victories over Chadwick (7-6) and Webb (8-7). The lowest point was the unexpected defeat by La Salle in the Mariner rematch. These Mariners were especially honored: John Freund who was voted All-League Offense and chosen by the team as Most Valuable Player; Chris Harrer was voted the Most Improved Player; while Martin Sharpe received the Coaches' Award. 2 (1) A suspense-filled moment for coaches Godlno and Gabatino (2) The Chadwick defeat brings smiles to the faces of Coach Rich Gabatino and Coach Rich Buzz Godlno (3) Comic relief takes over after a tense game (4) Senior super-star. John Freund (5) Catching that all-important pass is Phil Herbst (6) Listening for the last minute strategies are Kevin Rolston and Phil Andrew (7) The team gets a pool-side talk from Coach Buzz (8) Who will get that ball? (9) We re going to win this one. says an anxious Gra- ham Hall 60 Water polo