West High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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Cagers Spring Upsets Under their new coach Gene Lloyd, the Warrior cagers struggled to an 8-15 season record. A 3-7 league record was made more liveable because of two big wins over North and Rolling Hills. For the first time ever. West downed North 63-60 after being down 20 points in the third quarter. Ocean League Champions Rolling Hills were upset in the ex- citing last game of the season 71-58. The Titans couldn ' t handle the Warriors all season. In a tournament game earlier this season, the Titans fell 57-48. Another highlight was a narrow 69-68 win over Torrance. This was only the second time the Warriors defeated the Tartars and the forst time in eight years. Our best offensive showing was an 86-61 slaughter of Bishop Montgomery, a C.I.F. play-off team. Every player on the team scored. The disappointing season was also brightened by our Fifth Place finish in the 16 team Hawthorne Tournament. Russ Kinder was named to the All Tournament Team. Center Daryl Ault and forward Rick Schwenn shared leading scoring honors. Ault averaged 13 points per game for the season and Schwenn averaged 14.6 points per game for the season. Ault and Schwenn also di- vided top rebounding marks. Ault lead the team for the season while Schwenn led the team during league play. Captain Gordon Haas led the team in steals and assists. Daryl Ault was named Most Valuable Player while Mike Blann was named Most Improved Player. VARSITY RECORD West 61 vs Culver City 57 West 51 vs Mira Costa 72 West 61 vs Hawthorne 78 West 71 vs Inglewood 50 West 57 vs Rolling Hills 76 West 61 vs Culver City 66 West 65 vs Mira Costa 69 (OT) West 50 vs Hawthorne 52 West 54 vs Inglewood 65 West 71 vs Rolling Hills 58 Left to Right: Coach Gene Lloyd, Jon Claybaugh, Dave Vint, Richard Apostol. Keith Loek, Greg Wilson, Daryl Ault, Rick Schwenn, Dave Rose. Russ Kinder, Scott Clifford, Gordon Haas, Mike Blann, Mark Swenson.

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J. V. ' s Place Second in Ocean League The Junior Varsity Basketball team finished with a record of 6-4-0 in league action, putting the Warriors in Second Place in the Ocean League. Theirs was a frustrating and unusual season which saw the J.V. ' s lose ten out of their first 13 games and win ten of the next 13 games. The biggest win of the year was a 39-36 stall over Palos Verdes, who boasted an 18-1 record at the time. Leading scorers for West were Larry Montefu, who scored 25 points against Palos Verdes, Harold Beekhuizen who scored over 100 field goals, and Pete Ayotte and Pete Lawrence, who scored over 200 points each and who each had over 200 re- bounds. The team honors this year went to Pete Lawrence, Team Captain, Pete Ayotte and Pete Lawrence, Most Valuable Players, and Jim Mc- Ginty, Larry Montefu, and Bob Parvcna, Most Inproved Players. Coach Parks believes that the biggest accom- plishments made by the team at the end of the season were poise, patience and pride. Row One (Left to Right): Bob Steps Parucha, Pete Sleepy Ayotte, Harold Stretch Beekhuisen, Curtis Hacker Wenzel, Jim Sure-Shot McGinty, Coach Ron Pretty Boy Parks. Row Two (Left to Right): Pete Smiley Lawrence, Larry The Gunner Montefu, Ralph The Thinker Colbert, Steve Grand Funk Fleet, Dandy Don Wart- man, Mgr. Row Three (Left to Right): J im The Giant Golden, Donald Lover Boy Lynes.