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

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The J.V. basketball team posted a proud 9-2 record in tough Santa Fe League competition. The group worked hard, gained confidence, and kept trying until the very end of the last game. It was only the loss of this last game that elimi- nated the J.V.’s from a possible share of the league championship The high point of the J.V. basketball season was its victory over Pasadena Poly with the astonishingly high Mariner score of 81 to the opponent s 39 The closest game was against Bell-Jeff with the final score. St. Mo’s 52 and Bell-Jeff 51 Having won 9 games out of the sched- uled 11 was a valuable learning experi- ence for the team as a whole according to Coach Leo Klemm. “It was a maturing process, not only in improving ourselves, but in dealing with our improvement and its resulting successes.” commented Klemm. (1) The winning J V season gives Coach Leo Klemm something to smile about (2) Moving in toward the net is Co-captain James Hecht (3) Showing speed and agility is Nathan Cox (4) Defender Tim Trepany caught in the act (5) Co-captain Phil Kushiner shoots for ' two' (6) Taking aim is Jessie Contreras (7) The proud J.V.'s are (back) Phil Kushiner. Dave Burger. Gus Castillo. James Hecht. Mike Smith, Nathan Cox. Coach Klemm: (front) Rene Wilson. Joe Faust. Matt Doss, and Jes- sie Contreras (8) Outsized by his opponent, but not outrun is speedy Joe Faust 72 J.V. basketball

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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

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J.V.’s look good WE SCORES OPPONENT THEY 42 Miraleste 63 51 Glendale 72 49 Alemany 37 40 Royal 66 81 Pasadena Poly 39 31 Bishop Montgomery 1 68 42 Pios X 67 58 Hawthorne 61 52 Chadwick 37 Hawthorne K s 49 Chaminade 55 Beli-Jeff 45 45 Cathedral 41 35 La Salle 49 61 Pater Noster 58 54 Chaminade 56 52 Bell-Jeft 51 58 Cathedral 52 70 Pater Noster x 1 54 45 La Salle 62