West High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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STOP THE PRESSES!! Warriors make semi-fi The Warriors began their quest for a CIF championship at La Serna, the Whitmont league champions. Many ques- tions were in the public ' s mind. 1) Could West shake this first game jinx? 2) Were they good enough to be there? The offense drove for a TD late in the first quarter. Ron Schloderer, Glen Peterson and the key passing of Mark Vasi to Pete Carlson were instrumental in the drive. Tim Gibson ' s kick made it 7-0 and in 57 seconds it was 20-0. Peterson intercepted a flat pass and returned it 20 yards for the first of the two quickies. LaSerna ' s very next play was another touchdown as Mike Roquemore intercepted the pass and went on to score. At halftime-Warriors 20, LaSerna-0. La- Serna fought back to a 20-13 defifict, but Vasi directed a drive to the one yard line, consumming 8 minutes. Gearheart and Mills then racked LaSerna ' s QB for a whopping loss. Final score-West-22, LaSerna-13. On Thanksgiving weekend the Warriors traveled to Cam- arillo for their second CIF meeting. The Scorpions were a wishbone team that used a Tenneesee defense which were both new to the Warriors. Neither seemed to bother us as Glen Peterson roared to four TD ' s and senior Ron Schlod- erer carried the ball 24 times for a total of 54 yards net rushing. The Herb Richey designed defense held the high powered offense of Camarillo to 63 offensive yards. Tim Gibson hit his fifth field goal of the year from 32 yards. West emerged the victors boasting a score of West-31 Cammaril- lo-6. Quarterback Mark Vasi (Above) watches with some antici- pation as running back Ron Schloderer gains yardage on this sweep. Schloderer ' s running in this Semi-final game against South Hills wasn ' t enough as the Warriors were finished off 19-3. Glen Peterson (Below), who gained 4 touchdowns against the Cammarillo Scorpions, wasn ' t quite able to get over the goal line in this Semi-final game at Long Beach ' s Veteran Stadium. And so, a super season came to a close, but our memories will linger on. Dave Tressel and Steve Codey (our tackles) both made first team AU-CIF. They, along with Glen Peterson, Cory Hons, Louie Mejia and Tim Gibson made All-South Bay. Our All- Bay Leaguers included Hons, Tressel, Burch, Center, and Peterson on Offense, and Gearheart, Codey, Gardea, Peter- son and Mejia on defense. 56 Playoff Football

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In this meeting (left), John Fekete makes his move along the first turn of West ' s course, enroute to a standout pertormance. Freshmen-(seated), Dan Tomich, Kevin Curry. Carlos Ornelas, Steve Nehrenberg, Jim Morris Tyrone, Jim Carrington, Jake Herman. (Standing). Rick Connor. John Raymond. Kevin Peltz, Larry Rogitz, Carl Sandstrom, Dave Rabada. Dave Melton. Dennis Galbraith. Frosh Crosscountry 55

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tialsSTOP THE PRESSES!! Warriors make sei The Warriors also traveled to Vet ' s Stadium for the quarter-finals with highly talented Newport Harbor. It was nip and tuck during the first half as the two teams felt each other out for weaknesses. With 1:41 remaining in the half, Vasi drove the Warrior machine in a perfectly drilled 2-minute offense, from their own 20 to 22 yard field goal by Gibson. After the intermission, the Warriors completely dominated the TARS as they drove for three TD ' s and a 24-0 victory. Peterson had two more TD ' s and another 109 yards rushing. This was our big- gest offensive night as we totaled 409 total yards combined rushing and passing. The bubble burst in the Semi-final game as the Warriors dropped a 19-3 decision to the eventual CIF champions. South Hills. West scored on their first drive with a 27 yard field goal by Gibson. Following this 3-0 lead, the Warriors were never to have field position again the entire evening. They were forced to begin drives from their own 10,7,5,3, and 9 yard lines. The Warrior defense was outstanding, but was never forced to play too long. The Huskies attempt to use this triple option play against the Warriors in the Dec. 20 Semi-final game. West was defeated in this heart-breaker 19-3. fc ' . r ;-fS, = ' ' -iF.. ' y 7 ith Hills quarterback (Above), has no mWl, - keeper as the powerful Warriors halt the Husl kie ' s momentum Yhe defense accounted for much of the Warrior ' s undisputed success. ' .-.