Walla Walla High School - Royal Blue Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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Mark Thompson scores turn against Pasto steve Martin have case ED CRUDUP GREG JEWELL. KIRK BIER WAG EN GREGCARLAND GARY BRUMBACK RON HARRIS MARK THOMPSON JIM OL ' RY TIM WAITE DAV EPRF.DR IGKSON Ed Crudup adds another store The Wa-Hi Blue Devils opened the 1968-1969 basketball season with wins over Hermiston 46-25 and Mac-Hi 46- 45 in the annual Jamboree. The following week Wa-HTs reunion with Pendleton proved to be anything but a happv one with Pendleton winning 73-58 Bouncing back on Saturday, Wa-Hi defeated Hermiston 64-52 and 69- 59 with Mike Murr turning in 20 and 18 points in two fine offensive games. The next night saw Wa-Hi defeat Pendleton 70-54. Mark Thompson played an outstanding defensive game. Lifting Wa-Hi ' s record to 4 and 1, the Devils blasted John Rogers of Spokane 84-56 the next week. Wa-Hi opened its conference play with a discouraging defeat by Wenatchee 77-50. Davis and Pasco followed with wins of 74-64 and 67-55 respectively. Xot able to get on the winning streak. Wa-Hi dropped two more games to Richland 81-49 and to Moses Lake 73-69. Jim Oury played an excellent game against Moses Lake, pumping in 23 points. Finding success, Wa-Hi defeated Kennewick 85-74 for their first league win. Leaping Ed Crudup, getting his first starting assignment, responded with an excellent game of 20 points and 13 rebounds. Then Wa- Hi came through with an exciting win over Ike 57-56. Greg Jewell turned in a fine game of 17 points and also hit 2 foul shots in the final seconds giving Wa-Hi the win. Starling the second half of conference play, Pasco dealt Wa-Hi a 59-42 loss with game scoring honors going to Ron Harris who poured in 21 points. Davis followed with a disappointing 68-58 victory by storming from behind in the last quarter. Keeping their home court mastery over Richland. Wa-Hi won 48-46. Gary Brum back came tiff the bench to play an important role by hitting a pair of free throws which sent Wa-Hi ahead for good. Moses Lake ' s 6 ' 9’ 1 Dick Reed dominated the floor and led Moses Lake past Wa-Hi 75-62. Harris and Brumback came off the bench in the fourth quarter to collect 12 and 1 1 points respectively of the 31 points in that quarter, Wa- Hi then defeated Kennewick 74-51 which was followed by a defeat from Eisenhower 63-68% For the finale, the Wenatchee Panthers swept over the Devils 74-67. Dave Case and Steve Martin were important factors on the boards along with Ed Crudup and Greg Jewell 26

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VARSITY: Gary Brumback, Ron Harris, Kirk Bicrwagen, Mark Thompson, Greg Garland, Ed Crudup, Greg Jewell, Steve Martin, Dave Case, Dave Fredrickson, Jim Oury, Tim Waite, Coach Bill Bieloh. Speedy Mike Murr dumps in two more points. Ron Harris was one of the Blue Devils’ high scorers.

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SEASON ' S RECORD Jamboree Wa-Hi 46 Hcrmiston 25 Wa-Hi 46 Mac-Hi 45 Wa-Hi 58 Pendleton 73 Wa-Hi 64 Hemiston 52 Wa-Hi 69 Hcrmiston 59 Wa-Hi 70 Pendleton 54 Wa-Hi 84 Icy Jin Rogers 56 Wa-Hi 50 Wenatchee 77 Wa-Hi 65 Davis 74 Wa-Hi 55 Pasco 67 Wa-Hi 49 Richland 81 Wa-Hi 69 Moses Lake 73 Wa-Hi 85 Kennewick 74 Wa-Hi 57 Eisenhower 56 Wa-Hi 42 Pasco 59 Wa-Hi 58 Davis 68 Wa-Hi 48 Richland 46 Wa-Hi 62 Moses Lake 75 Wa-Hi 74 Kennewick 57 Wa-Hi 58 Eisenhower 65 Wa-Hi 67 Wenatchee 74 B SQUAD—FRONT ROW: Mr Drew, Mike Wagner, Lynn Bowerman, Dave Bateman, Randy Barton. Ron Snook. ROW 2: Mark Waite, Doug Filan. Mike Mitchell, Mike Minnie!). Dave Veky, Mike Wagoner. NOT PICTURED: Frank Hanson. C SQUAD—FRONT ROW Roger VanZandc Dave Anderson. Rich Abajian, Roger McIntosh, Gary Jones, Jim Fiedler, Bob Biagi ROW 2 Brian Hergert, Reed Smith. John Van Brek. Bob Emigh, Joe Baur, BobDemianew MANAGERS Don Boen, Steve Ay cock, Jerry Krummci. Coaches Wellington and Drew and Head Coach Bieloh check statistics.