Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Basketball Teams Show Premise for Future SOPHOMORE BLUES - Row l 0 D. Mariani, L. Michelson, L. Robinson, R. Huffar, L. Bassi, D. Margeson, B. Brebner fmanagerl. Row 2 0 I. Wolverton, P. Tracy, I. Wendlandt, M. Williams, D. Kirkes, D. Anderson. OODBOVV' 'vVilson's Sophomore Blues, coached by lohn Sinkovich, made an excellent showing during the 1960-Bl season, climbing to second place in their hoop league. Downing opponents from Clover Park, Franklin Pierce, Lincoln, Stadium, Puyallup, and Bellarmine, the Blues compiled a nine Win, two loss record, bowing only to Stadium and Puyallup. The team's fine showing can best be attributed to its overall depth, balance, and good speed. Particularly strong for the Blues Were Pat Tracy and Ieff Wolverton, who usually scored in double figures. Like the Sophomore Beds, the Blues Were formed to give sopho- mor boys the extra instruction they will need to play on the reserve and varsity fives. SOPHOMORE Blues vie for rebounds. Fifty-Four SOPHOMORE REDS - Row 1 0 I. McNay, R. Gardner, B. Warter, M. Cooper, D. Ahlberg, R. Malfrait, D. Ferguson. Row 2 0 A. Epstein, B. Bona, C. Condon, R. Whitson, M. Iohnson, D. Meier. LAGUED by injuries, Mr. Vv'right's Sophomore Beds compiled a two-Win nine-loss record this year. The team Was Without the services of Dave Nielson, Bart Bona, Roger Malfeit, and Charles Condon, all of Whom were injured during the season. Wilson's victories came as the Beds overpowered the Lincoln and Franklin Pierce sophomore teams. Bruce Warter and Rick Miers often led the Beds in scor- ing. The team Was noted for its hard Work and its genuine desire to learn the fundamentals of the game. At the end of the season many of the boys' efforts yielded improve- ment in their playing, and they Will be counted upon for the varsity and reserve teams of the l95l-62 season. SOPHOMORE Reds about to tally two more points.

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Reserves and Sephs Improve Grid llhilitq SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL - Row 1 0 G. Reiser, W. Bysegger, G. Smith, B. Brown, LQQK out' here Comes a sizable gain, D. Bowman, D. Meier, S. Williams, D. Mariani. Row 2 0 B. Dunlap, D. Anderson, T. Reiser, B. Worrell, M. Shacket, D. Cherbas, M. Williams, P. Baker, D. Hobbs. VERY year in the fall a sophomore football team is formed in order to prep the future members of the varsity and reserve squads or give the boy interested in football experience and knowledge of the fundamentals of the game. The 1960 Wilson sophomores, coached by Mr. Iohn Sinkovich and Mr. Bob Wright, completed a totally unde- feated season in football, the sophomore team was Wilson's first to win all of its six league games. The scores for the season's games were: Lincoln, 32-14, Clover Park, 21-U, Stadium, 34-12, Bellarmine, 19-2, Clover Park, 26-13, and Franklin Pierce, 25-U. Upon the conclusion of the regular season the sophomore team played the reserves and met their only defeat of the year, losing by a score of O to 15. ACED by Mike Towers, Al Bennett, Ron Sweeney, and Chuck Stewart, Wilson's reserve football team completed quite a successful season, winning three games and losing only two. The season began on an optimsitic note, as the Iunior Rams smashed Clover Park with a score of 42 to 6. After meeting defeat at the hands of Lincoln's team in their next game, Wilson's reserves struck back, rolling past Franklin Pierce with a lead of 25 to 7 and avenging their earlier Lincoln defeat with a 13 to U victory in their second meeting with the Abes. Unfortunately, a final defeat by Clover Park's Warriors somewhat dimmed what was ac- tually a successful season. Mr. Ioe Stortini and Mr. Red Maenhout, coaching the I.V.'s this year, regularly sent reserves up to the varsity squad. . if . V . as , 3 i A TEN yard gamer around the end' RESERVE FOOTBALL - Row 1 0 I. Alskog, D. Seabrook, K. Loyd, G. Dyer, I. Shotwell, T. Harkness. Row 2 0 P. Giltner, I. Smith, I. Cameron, D. Husby, R. Sweeney, A. Bennett, B. Knutson. Fifty-Three

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lestined Varsity Plaqers Enjnq Bond Year RESERVE BASKETBALL - Row l 0 B. Nichols, H. Taylor, B. Wingate, A. Dahline. Row 2 0 B. Dunlap, M. Tower, K. Holler, I. Hale, B. Heath. lLSON'S reserve basketball team, the core of future varsity squads, compiled an eight-win eleven-loss record this year. Coached by Mr. Inveen, the lVs played hard, working toward positions on the 1961-62 varsity team. The win-loss statistics do not tell the entire story of the junior varsity's season: several losses were by but one point, and no games were lost by more than six tallies. Against Bell- armine the Rams scored three wins. In single games, Arlin Dahline, Gary Birchler, and Bruce Nichols Were often high point men. Great improvement could be noted in Ieff Hale and Butch Dunlap's playing, and the team as a whole promised to produce a good nucleus for '6Z's varsity squad. WILSON Reserves battle for ball under backboards. RESERVE SWIMMING - Row l 0 S. Williams, B. Teats, I. Wil- liams, M. Ukich, T. Mitchell. Row Z I B. Caldwell, M. Pergande, P. Martin, R. Draughon, D. Hill, S. Keen, P. Fuchs. OMPILING an impressive record of nine Wins and two losses, the reserve swimmers worked hard, striving for varsity positions. Tte team, which turned out every after- noon with the varsity squad, was coached by Mr. Hannula and Mr. Iones, who also served as starter-referee at varsity meets. The team's Wins included victories over Stadium and Lincoln's reserves and the Red Shield Youth Club. Wil- son's swimmers also took first place in the All-City reserve meet. Many reserves showed promise as varsity prospects, two such swimmers were Tom Mitchell, who specialized in the 50- and IOO-yard freestyles, and Rick Draughon, who turned in good times in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle races. NEXT years varsities wait for the gun. Fifty-Five