West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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The Junior Hoopsrers are BACK Ken Vehmeler Coach Dill Wade Bruce Caldwell Ted Vincent Tonl Lee Matt Fitzgerald FRONT Dave Dezona Mark U ' T T , . Garwaod, Danny Ronken, Dave Gonzales, Ken ' Blalr. FRESHMAN AND J.V. BASKETBALL PREPARED UPCOMING PLAYERS FCJR While rhe Boys' and Girls' Varsiry Baslserball reams rriumphanrly relished rheir well deserved glory, rhe Junior Varsiry reams supporred rhern behind rhe scenes. The girls offended the sarne pracrices as rhe Varsiry girls. Talenr, rhe coach's planning of srraregy, and a few imporranr rips fronn rhe Varsiry sauad enabled rhem ro devasrare all bur one of rheir cornperirors. Besides running up an impressive winrloss record, rhe girls parricipared in rhe Free-ThrowMAeThon and rnany hoopsrers volunreered ro man rhe concession srand during games. The Boys' Junior Varsiry ream was coached by Mr. Bill Wade, who prepared rhem for rhe more serious nnarier of Varsiry ream worls, They roo helped wirh rhe concession srand, buf ir was nor rhis rhar rhey were nored for, ir was rheir derermined arrirude and rheir abiliiy ro win rhar gave rhe JV boys rheir respecr. Togerher rhe JV Boys and Girls reams convinced rhe public rhar rhe Baslserball furure ar Wesr Valley is in ralenred hands and rhar rhe ourlools for nexr year is an encouraging one. THE VARSITY TEAMS , T JV T BASKETBALL XVVH5 5 Vii, J T f A Ts Opponenrsg 40- isodiaky TT . S n S42 64 Q , T A TriTValley all T Go y A f 5 ,si. ipeiioi 5 T 42 Tf f545f 1- ,A LCWOP A A A T 571 gg ' .cl-'ig fiflelson 58TT V Ubi TT iiiy - fy Tok ca T llll .- 1 i'i'- --Monroe ,T ' A-55 A A P441 A si R Norm Pale T V 57, T 552 1 Deira J E G 55. j VT ' sig, Tak T, 57TpT g 7 ' Monroe- 52 T T52 J T f q,T,E1elsQni 371 43 T jpg Norrh'P6le ff gi ' SQA 45 Pr ,T'is Barrow A Q, J 57 J wings' Loss-11g STTB TT TT G L L A Waltlng for an opening, Bruce Caldwell takes the ball out.

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'F ..'NN. 'I -f ...Ky -. .' ,Q-1 .,, i l 1 Wlth 0:00 on the clock Dave Schram puts the ball through the net tieing the game. West later won In ovettlme, against the Malemutes, with a 6 point lead. Up for the jump, the Wolfpack ls ready for a wln against Delta in scheduled season play. 2 . . ,. 1 g , ,H.w, VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL W V H 5 Opponent Lathrop Lathrop Erelifon Monroe Monroe North Pole Monroe Notth Pole Lathrop telson North Pole Eielson CW 75 CL 57 tt te 2nd Ptoce Region vt Store Runnemp 5888183535813 -t... Gr: U! ,8-. 32 1.5 0: 92 G-a QC fs ms in gut vt gs' 09. 3' UI 32 82 SUI S 2 9 Q. 3 i 9. Q. Aided by head coach Joe Cacairi and 6 5 captatn Dave Schram the young Wolfpacls Varsity baslsetball team matured unto a vetsattle hardworlatng team As the end of the season rolled around the hoopsters wtth an tmpresstve season behind them upped thetr flow of adrenaltne Edgtng past the Etelsan Ravens and the Lathrop Malemutes secured them trtp to state and a second place Regton VI standtng Although the Wolfpacls faced second ranlsed East Anchorage Thunderbtrds and top ranlsed Sttlsa Wolves the ftrst two days of the tourney the Varsity cagers posted stunntng upset vtctortes over both teams earntng the ntclsname Grant lstllers The champtonshtp game was a famtltat meettng between the Monroe Rams and the Pacl-Q tn red and gold The two teams had competed four ttmes prevtously with Monroe prevatltng by a narrow margtn each time However vtctory over Monroe once more eluded the Wolfpacls resulttng tn a Second place state standtng Nevertheless tn the Sttlsa gym and the halls of West feeltngs of glory and accompltshment were evtdent as the team brought thetr season to a close Dave Morrls powerful pass ls another example of the klnd of Region VI tournament play used to brlng West out on lop ,T .,,. i .,,V K K sig asf' Ast N, My

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