West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Baseball '68 Varsity The Varsity Team under the able coaching of Lou Garrimone lost three ex- tra-inning games and dropped five games by a two-run margin. This statistic ex- plains the season. The team played steady ball but failed to get enough of the breaks to produce wins consistently. But the team competed well and was a force to reckon with in the league. The team boasted several outstanding players. Lou Perez played brilliantly at first base and received the Babe Ruth Tro- phy for 1968 by vote of the players. john Lindberg was the team's heaviest hitter and did a fine job in the outfield. Scott lkenber- ry, selected for the All -Metro Team, played excellent ball down the line. All in all, despite the disappointment of too many losses, the team had much to be proud of. Sophomore Sophomores had an up-and-down season even though the team had basic ability and played well together. A lack of se1f-confi- dence, however, took the cutting edge off their game. The team 's outstanding player was Ernie Guerero with Ray Fleer punching out the highest batting average. Other out- standing performers were Doug lkenberry, Phil Hawkins, and Fred Krebs. Standings Won Lost Percent Washington 14 2 . 875 jefferson 12 4 . 750 North 11 5 . 688 Kennedy 8 8 . 500 East 8 8 . 500 South 8 8 . 500 WEST 6 10 . 375 Lincoln 4 12 . 250 Manual 1 15 . 063 Squad Abeyta, Phil jones, Alan Ayala, Andy Brookhouser, john Carruthers, Aaron Clark, john Cordova, Dave Curry, Steve Cutshall, jerry Dudley, Tim Espinosa, Gerald Gallegos, Mike Gonzales, jim Gumbay, Steve Heit, jim Hernandez, Robt. Holloway, Warren lkenberry, Scott Lindberg, john Lopez, Craig Lopez, Leonard Lucero, David Lujan, Ron Miller, Charles Nitta, Gary Perez, Lou Romero, Eddie Rothrock, Guy Seewald, Dave Stewart, Keith Tenorio, Dan Tuff, Don Ulibarri, jim Standings Won Lost Percent jefferson 13 3 . 813 Lincoln 12 4 . 750 Kennedy 11 5 . 688 Washington 11 5 . 688 East 9 7 . 563 North 7 9 . 438 South 4 12 . 250 WEST 3 13 . 188 Manual 2 14 . 125 Squad Arellano, Rojer Hodges, Ralph Cameron, Charles lkenberry, D. Clark, john Cook, Gary Dindinger, David Fleer, Ray Gonzales, Larry Guerero, Ernie Harrington, Har. Harris, Robert Hawkins, Phil Hernandez, Pete jones, Bob Krebs, Fred Martinez, Carlos Montoya, Steve Perez, Carlos Ramirez, Victor Romero, Ben Sanchez, Reg. Vigil, Phil

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Track '68 Fourth in City, fifth in State tells the story about this year's Track Squad. Aggres- sive and strong, the squad powered its Way through com- petition With spectacular per- formances by Marcus Mitchell Cperhaps the most exciting run- ner ever to come out of the Denver Leaguej and steady backup Work by Bill Campbell and Alex Burl in the sprints and relays, Andy Candelaria in broad jump, jim Malone in the mile realy, Melvin Brown in the half mile, and jesse Broskey in the shot put and discus. In the State Meet Marcus Mitchell turned on his after- burners to streak to first in the 100 yard dash Qtime 9. 9, .3 above his best run of the season at 9. 61 and first in the 220 Qtime 21. 2, tying the State Recordj. In the 880 relay, a team com- posed of Mitchell, Candelaria, Campbell, and Burl came in second with a time of 1:29. 4, a faster time than any ever run before by a West team. Standings A Squad B Squad Manual 62 Manual 53 Geo. Wash. 50 Lincoln 49 East 49 Kennedy 37. 5 South 23 Geo. Wash. 32 WEST 22. 5 Thom. jeff. 31. 5 North 21 South 17 Lincoln 13. 5 East 15. 5 Kennedy 13 WEST 12. 5 Thom. jeff. 2 North 8 State Relay Team: Mitchell, Candelaria, Campbell, Burl, and Malone ,. I