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

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 1 Jps and downs for varsity WE SCORES OPPONENT THEY 54 Lawndale 43 56 Leuzinger 53 41 Hawthorne 58 26 Hamilton 62 42 Leuzinger 60 72 Pasadena Poly 62 49 Pacific Palisades 71 56 Hueneme 68 58 Chadwick 80 57 Hawthorne 55 65 Chaminade 64 3 41 BeM-Jeff 72 Cathedral 51 LaSalle 62 63 Pater Noster 61 78 Chaminade 76 61 Bell-Jeff 88 42 Cathedral Wk 45 f Pater Noster 67 La Salle 73

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Net men: Varsity basketball team 1980-81

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(1) Sam Anno muscles In for ' two'' (2) Gabe Silva drives on Cathedral (3) Dennis O’Neill tips the ball in while Sam Anno and Eagle de- fenders |ump for rebound (4) Jeff Dragovich scores over Eagle defender (5) Score two for Mike Edwards (6) Up. up, and away for Jorge Cofino (7) Making a drive is Dom Gar- cia (8) Richard Heitmann shoots a J (9) Eagle defenders watch as Pete McMahon shoots a hook Although the team was hard working and enthusiastic, it had difficulty sustain- ing the kind of play that is required for championship competition. Coach Col- lins commented, “We played well during the season; however, we were not con- sistent enough to compete for the league championship Our goal next year will be to play well consistently.” The definite high point of the season for the Mariner team was the double overtime win over Chaminade This win not only strained blood pressures, it pro- vided encouragement and hopes for the success of the season. The undoubted low point which ended Mariner hopes for 1981 was the loss to Cathedral at home; winning this game would have sent the team to the C IF playoffs. The value of teamwork was empha- sized by Coach Collins when he was asked to name a senior “super-star.” “Each senior contributed in his own way and no one outshone the others.” Collins remarked Varsity basketball 71