Walter Johnson High School - Windup Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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Winning Year i The Junior Varsity Football team, coached by Mr. James Kline and Mr. Thomas Alberghini, compiled a win- ning record this season with five triumphs and four losses. The team spent long hours training to perfect tackles, blocks and feints, as well as devoting intense practice to such complex plays as options and double reverses. All of this training paid off magnificently as the squad trounced Gaithersburg, B-CC, Peary, Northwood and Sherwood to prove their capacity to lead the Green and White varsity to victory in the coming campaign. The baby basketballers, coached by Mr. George Thompson, drove their way to an even nine and nine slate. Several knotted up scores contribut- ed to the adrenalin output of the spectators as Good Counsel twice nipped the Spartans by two points, 31-29 and 42-40. The boys outdis- tanced several taller teams by sub- stituting speed and agility for height, Gaithersburg and Sherwood both failed to stop the Spartans. Two B-CC players block Craig Rohrer's shot, but the Spartan JV crushed the rival Barons. Basketball JV: bottom row: P. Corddry, G. Holtje, E. Campton, Solsky, R. Crosswhite, S. Sessoms, A Feld C Rohrer dribbled A. Stein, B. Park, R. Deutsch, second: J. Morris, B. Bailey, P. and drove. I

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Junior Gridmen, Cagers A hieve Baby Spartan quarterback Billy Tomb cuts right on an end run in the JV victory over Blair. Doug Chamberlain clambers over a defending line-backer in a desperate effort to grab the pass. Football JV: bottom row: J. Goldstein, J. Campbell, J. Evans, H. Titlow, G. Berman, D. Chamberlain, D. Hood, D. Forsythe, A. Negusg second: M. Thill, W. Poole, D. Gargiulo, G. Page, G. Holtje, E. Kellmaer, C. Rohrer, B. Barnes, C. Carter, third J. Brummitt, J. Verhulst, B. Robertson, A. Hollister, A. Balder- son, D. Stradinger, R. Long, W. Miller, B. Bailey, H. Danverg fourth: A. Feld, R. Carlson, M. Grant, P. Moyer, R. Horn, D. Crichton, J. Lowe, R. Rable, J. Burke, B. Tomb, J. Morris smashed to a winning season.

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U nder-rated B-ballers Surprise Compiling an over-all record of 17 wins and 3 losses, Spartan cagers defied pre-season polls and pulled down WJ's first County Basketball Ch3mpl011Slf1ip. The Spartans coached screen, drives for a quick lay-up in an early win by the Green Machine. by Mr. James Gilmore, eased through January with three losses then fin- ished strong with nine straight wins. The cagers reached a peak in the second Northwood game, knocking the Indians out of competition for the championship. The B-ballmen ended the regular season with a title- clinching victory over B-CC. Tied in the final seconds, the Green Ma- chine froze the ball for the final shot, then hurriedly stuffed in a rebound for a 61-59 win. Representing the county in the Class AA State Championship, the Spartans ran up against eventual WT winner Towson in the opening con- W test and bowed before the strong re- bounding Baltimore squad 67-55. Year end all-star selections tapped John Beebe and Joe Fairbanks for All-Montgomery County First Team honors. Varsity playmaker Joe Fairbanks, taking advantage of Bill Barnes' moving Varsity Basketball: bottom row: K. Bell, manager, B. Law, B. Barnes, J. Weber, T. Wilson, J.'F. White, J. Fairbanks, J. A. Evans, B. Spruill, D. Greene, V. Van Bruntg second: J. Blom- White made a desperate rally early in the final period of the quist, T. McGann, J. Krause, D. Hale, J. Hartley, J. Beebe, B. Towson game, but fell short. P1 A 168 Activit'e