Woodrow Wilson High School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Roundballers breeze past Truitt takes one of his typical shots - up and over the opposition! The ball handling of Eli Neal and Willie Daigle was invaluable to the Warriors' success this year. Here Eli is about to pass underneath a Lincoln defender. Daigle is in position to receive. With pre-season victories over Bishop O'Dowd and McCly- monds, rated No. 1 and No. 2 in the state last year, the round- ballers of upstart Wilson opened the regular season confidently and breezed past Balboa, 61-34, Galileo, 71-55, Mission, 63-40, and powerful Poly, 75-51. This set the stage for the battle between two undefeated cage powers - the Warriors of five-year old Woodrow Wilson and the Irish of perennially pow- erful Sacred Heart. The Irish did not remain undefeated any longer, as the Warriors handed them a 63-48 spanking. With three men guard- ing 6' 9-1f2 Ansley Truitt, little 5'8 guard Eli Neal popped in 26 points to push his team over its biggest hurdle of the season. Washington and Lowell fell next, as the Warriors romped to 58-29 and 62-45 victories, respectively. Then they easily socked it to Lincoln, 53-40, in the regular season finale to complete the school's first undefeated regular cage season. Against the tough Parrots of Poly, Truitt was his usually superb self, guarding the Birds' big 6'7 Mike Stewart and still managing to be the Warriors' high point man. But as usual he received fine performances from Chris Christensen, Larry l-laren, and Mike Mims, a mid-season graduate. Willie Daigle contin- ued his fabulous ball handling feats. Throughout the season Truitt received tremendous help on the boards from Chris Christensen and Larry Haren. l-laren was also a timely scorer along with Eli Neal. Willie Daigle shot when needed, but he and Neal were mainly ball control artists. Page 62 A l

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Cagers take pre-season titles The '67-'68 version of the Woodrow Wilson varsity basketball team warmed up for a perfect season by winning all practice games and captur- ing two pre-season tournaments. In the Riodan Christmas Tournament, the Warriors rolled over Aragon, 55-21, Poly, 71- 60, and Sacred Heart, 51-41. Ansley Truitt was voted the Most Valuable Player award, and he was joined on the All-Tournament team by team- mates Larry Haren and Eli Neal. Mitty, Lowell, and O' Dowd were Wilson's opponents in the Bishop O'Dowd Christmas Toura- ment, and all three were victimized by Truitt and Co. on scores of 78-46, 50-42, and 56-51, rexpectively. Again Truitt was voted the Most Valuable Player and was joined on the A11- Tournament team by teammates Willie Daigle, Larry Haren, and Mike Mims. Against O'Dowd, the undefeated Warriors - San Francisco's newest prep squad - were facing Ca1ifornia's No. 1 prep cage squad. When Wil- son emerged victorious it was the first time in three years that O'Dowd did not win its own tournament. The top scorers of the game were Truitt with 20 points, Mims 17, and l-laren 10. A typical performance by Truitt was in the Mitty game. Towering Ansley meshed 31 points and grabbed 18 rebounds. On the opposite page, Ansley Truitt assumes a posi- tion that characterized Warrior play all season, dur- ing which he dominated the boards and was usually the top scorer in each game. It was perfect practice for a perfect season. L. Wilson's 6' 9-1!2 center Ansley Truitt is shown in action against the Crusaders. Page 61 5 X

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regular season opponents Swift and accurate Larry Harem takes a jumper from the top of the key. VARSITY BASKETBALL - BACK ROW Qleft to rightjz Larry Haren, Abraham Gunther, Kenneth Mims, Larry Ferguson, Chris Christensen, Ansley Truitt, Coach Frank Ingersoll. FRONT ROW: Ronnie Greene, Willie Daigle, E1iNea1. Louis Cupp, Ernest Calderon, Mike Mims, and Larry Morrison. Not shown: Bobby Pruitt, Joe Lopes, and Ron Dale. Pa ge 63