T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Coach Best's Knights try to live up to Robinson's boseboll traditions The sport with the greatest record of success at Robin- son inthe recent past is base- ball. ln the past four years, the Knights have been state champions once and state runners-up twice, a difficult tradition to continue. Led by second-year coach Dave Best and eight returning lettermen, the Knights were a top contender in the Western Conference race. With strong hitting from John Brown, Bill Garcia, James Young, and John Williams, the team was capable of scoring big, as in the win over King on March 16, with 21 hits and ten runs. The pitching staff suffered a blow when lefthander Gerald Arsenault injured his handg but Jeff Walters, Brad Leach, and Scott Keenan took up the slack to give Robinson one of the best staffs in the area. Coupled with the dangerous offense, they enabled the Knights to enter the District Playoffs won by Plant. With the bat cocked, Nick Flay awaits relief hurler Brad Leach's pitch. 258 1 Baseball t l Coach Dave Best uses his signals to give instructions to a runner. Clean-up hitter John Brown waits patiently for his turn at bat.

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Dcimicinovich odds continental fldir to swim tedm Mark Spitz went to Munich and won seven gold medals in swimming competitiong Dushko Damjanovich came to Tampa as an exchange stu- dent and added a continental Coach Hodgens admits defeat in a search for another Mark Spitz. ' touch to Knight swimming meets. Formerly a water polo player at his Yugoslavian school, Dushko swam in free- style relays. Seniors Alan Fitzgibbon, Kathy O'Neil and junior Jerry Gerlach consistently did well in meets, placing in the majority of their competitions. Alan and Kathy, were the only third year Iettermen. Top: Wally Wallington, Jerry Gerlach, Bill Holler, Dushko Damjanovich, Jim Hyde. Bottom: Alice Bell, Rhonda Coleman, Vicky Jones, Debbie Parmell. SEASON RECORD BOYS GIRLS 17-73 Jesuit 28-64 Academy 19-69 17-79 Chamberlain 15-74 28-64 King 7-78 32-62 Leto 23-69 76-18 Jefferson 24-61 34-61 Plant 16-76 39-54 Berkeley 20-44 51-64 Hillsborough 37-57 Tampa Catholic 9-81 51-40 Brandon 24-56 Bill Holler and Alan Fitzgibbon wait for Jerry Gerlach to dive. tRobinson's scores firstl We would have done bet- ter if we had a closer local swim team like Greater Tampa. With year-round practice, we could have improved our record. - Kathy O'Neil Swimming I 257

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Coach Best holds a conference when pitcher Scott Keenan gets in a jam. 5 Catcher James Young warms up Alert first baseman Chris Moran holds a Jefferson runner close. ir, M the pitcher before the fifth inning. Roger Overby slides, attempting to upset Bill Garcia's throw to first. Baseball I 259