West High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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f •■ ft: f o % 79:j: ' J ' wK.Wja,37 y Sophomore Football-Top Row; Coach Rick Petersen, Coach Kurt Davis, Ed Penningto n, Phillip Norris, Jack Campbell, Fred Mitchell, Fred Weisoff, Mark Holden, John Duncan, Jeff Boldstat, Dan Dreiling, Coach Bob Maura, Head- coach John Black. 2nd Row; Bob Hudspeth, Mike Franks, Mack Ortega, Eric Schnepp, Eric Fernald, Shawn Carlson, Paul Simpson, Mark DuVall, Rick West, Steve Sanchez. 3rd Row; Scott Haberman, Steve Gervig, Dave Weatherman, Kerry Cogan, Greg Stotsbury, Ron Stablien, Jim Lintz, Alphonse Woertenbrock, Dan Shanks, Bob Talley. Bottom Row; Larry Turnage, Steve Schwartzkopf, Tom Highwart, Jerry Stablein, Mike Justice, Jack Rodin, Mike Leonard, Steve Taggart, Brad Young. 40 ' 20 £.i;c39 38 ' 22 Freshman Football-Top Row; Coach Steve Mossman, Coach Alan Dishon, Coach Jim Hester, Coach Dom Ochippinti. 2nd Row; Bart West, Bob Greek, Mike Lowry, Rock Connor, Tom Rauman, Pat Bradley, Danny Pierce, Danny Beight, Andy Bonchonsky, Glenn Erickson, Drew Tigeland, Ken Halbert, Ken Walter, Gary Breckheimer, Ed Torres, Bob La Van Way. 3rd Row; Grant Lomas, Jeff Drinkard, Glen Chaffee, Ken Ayers, Stuart Haberman, Horace San- hofner, Tom Young, J.K.Mc Kay, Page Morgan, Jerry Lawson, Raoul Eslraete, Tom Gerety, Tim Wick, Shawn Mahn. Bob Hazelwood, Paul Sempek. 4th Row; John Morrow, Tim Roquemore, Guy Antrim, Bret Gordon, Tom Schnabel, Kevin McMillian, Steve Howland, Jack Krause, Gary Reety, P.J.Wardrop, Joel Lawrence, Rick Tiberio, . rt Molina, Kevin Garvey, Dennis Brown, Tony Padilla. Bottom Row; Mark Vantine, Doug Gohl, John Turner, Kevin Richie. Bob Long, Dave Weisoff, Craig Tower, Jeff Rivas, Henry Herron, Scott Stout, Robbie Zintz, Tim Richards, Dick Newhall, Nel Fulton, Daryl Rippstein, Lance All The Way. Sophomore and Freshman Football 51

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Sophomore, Freshman Warriors Show They Have Talent. Produce Season of Excitement. The Warriors finished third in the league with a 4-3 record. Plagued with injuries, the team fought back with a well-balanced offensive attack. Halfback Bob Hudspeth led the team in the rushing department, passing was the best ever produced on a sophomore level. Dave Weatherman, a very poised and capable quarterback threw at will to four exceptionally good receivers: Mike Franks, Dale Hyashite, John Duncan, and Fred Mitchell. The line, probably one of the biggest ever, was led by Easy Ed Penningtion, Mark Holden, Mike Leonard, Jerry Stablein, and Jack Cambell. Although the Warriors finished third in the Bay League they were constantly in the running for first place. Special thanks should go to Rick Petersen, and Ron Marra for donating there time to aid the coaching staff of John Black and Kurt Davis. Our Frosh football team enjoyed a superb season in which they amassed six wins to go along with just one loss and one tie. While opening up the schedule with a tie against Bishop Montgomery and a loss to Monrovia the team began to yell and soon became a well coordinated unit. The strong competitive desire was clearly evident as our Warriors won their remaining six games highlighted by a 3-0 win over North and the Bay League Championship. The intire Defensive Unit, led by Darryl Rippstein, Ed Torres, Jon Turner and Rick Tiberio, placed unrelenting pres- sure on each opponent. So effective was this group that only three foes were able to score. Offensively the Frosh capitalized on their strong front line and the scoring punch of Tim Roquemore, Kevin McMillan, Dennis Brown, Henry Herron and, of course. Ken Walter Jr. It was Walter ' s strong leg that provided West with wins over North and South, 3-0 and 9-7, respectively. Along with his stellar per- formance as offensive guard and linebacker Walter was chosen Most Valuable Player. Freshman quarterback Ron Zinns (Below), gives the call to Henry Herron on this play against Verbum Dei. The powerful Warriors blitzed past their opponent 27-0. Sophomore Quarterback Dave Weatherman (Above), seems to have a large choice of options on this play. The sophomores had a stormy season, but finished with a 4-3 league record. 50 Sophomore and Freshman Football

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For the Striders, Victory was a Prize Rewarded Only by a Unique Desire to Win The Warrior Varsity won the big Moorpark Invitational over Royal, last year ' s defending C.I.F. A AAA champs; Powerful Dos Pueblos, a very strong Torrance team and many outstanding others. Tom Herman, John Curry and Jeff Schor took three of the top 10 spots to lead the overall varsity win. These three boys, along with Doug Skinner, Rod Tower, Larry Janisch and Mike House continued to impress with near perfect scoring wins over South, Micohi, and Samo. The Warriors were 4th overall in a tough Morningside Invitational and placed high in each division. They then proceeded to win the runner-up championship of the El Camino Invitational by placing John Curry, Doug Skinner and Tom Herman all in the top 10. The Varsity placed 6th out of 28 of the C.I.F. ' s best in the big PV Invitational with Tom Herman, Jeff Schor and Doug Skinner leading the team; strongly backed by Rod Tower, Larry Janisch and Mike House. Junior Jeff Schor set a new all-time West High home course record of 14:25 for 3 miles of hills, breaking Kevin Larsen ' s 1973 record. Warrior runners (Below), make their move against Nortli ' s Saxons in one of the final meets of the 1974 Cross Country season. 52 Varsitj Crosscountry