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

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' T If-'T . ,,. Get up Dave, get up! Our powerful Varsity Basketball Team shot its way to the A league championship and our best record in 13 years. Rebounding Dave Welty and shooting Keith Nicholas, both all- county players, led our Spartans to a 13-3 league record and 'a 20-5 rec- ord overall, including an outstanding first place finish in Walt Whitman's Invitational Christmas Tournament. We advanced to the state semi-finals with playoff victories against Einstein and Richard Montgomery, only to suf- fer a heartbreaking loss to Andover High School at Cole Field House in lVlarch. Varsity Basketball Team. First row: Gerald Johnson Scott Kordella Mark Abdow Matt Matsunaga Doug Lidie, Mark Beatty. Second row: Coach Hal Templeton Rick Nlda Paul Towle Dave Welty Keith icholas, Kevin Holt, John Fink, and Assistant Coach Fred Svvlck

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V Basketball dunks opponents JV Basketball aced eighteen of twenty games. ln A league contest the Spartans won fifteen and lost one, winning the championship by two games over league competitors Wood- ward and Wootton. Aggressive pres- sure defense led our team to a great JV season by forcing opponents to more than twenty turnovers per game. Offensivly we had a very balanced attack led by guards Jim Vass, Bruce lrvine and Bill Hylind and forward Mark Beatty, all averaging in double figures. Strong inside play by Beatty and center Mike Merriam helped the Spartans to out-rebound opponents for the year. Completing our team ef- fort were sixth men Jim Merriam, Jeff Williams and Gus Plato. With this combination, we took the champion- ship. Below: Bill Hylind, Mike Merriam, Jim Vass. Basketball. First row: M. Nalls, J. Vass, B. Culloty, B. lrvine, J. Merriam, B. Hylind. Second: D. Mc-Nickle, B. J. Vwlliams, M. Merriam, G. Plato, M. Beatty, D. Krupinski, L. Betancourt. R ,:1'f1. 'Q'3 --'- - G. Plato and D. K rupinski fight for ball while B. Hylind stands by. Below: Bruce lrvine. b l 175 -- , JL. .,. .. 1 W rw: - . J .' If 'F' e.seff - '-eg, 444- eff' '- . s KX - :. -.,,-7, Ea :large 1 ' F I!-259 ' -w 'ETFZF 33 His. - , 1, ,ws , I .. q i! jll H5gl'+ :il l ,. ,el ri . ' l ' V - ? .igy S 1 a I 6 Y 'figs iv' 'iii Bill Hylind. Below: Bruce lrvine catches a pass. QNAL