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

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AAA BASKETBALL SCORES Regular Season Opponent W W Balboa Gahleo Poly Sacred Heart . . . . A Washington . . . Lowell ...,.... ' Lincoln ........ Play-Off Sacred Heart . . . . P01 ...... . record first perfect season Larry I-Iaren makes a driving lay-up against tough Sacred Heart. Do It Truitt takes the ball up, over and in - the same way he scored most of his 500-plus points during the season. Page 65

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Warriors take Play-offs Ansley Truitr controls the boards in the play-off game against Sacred Heart. Willie Daigle leaps high to sink a key basket over Poly's 6'7 center Mike Stewart. Truitt 16433 stands ready to assist if needed. By the time the Warriors entered the AAA Play- offs they had made believers out of all San Francisco. They were heav- ily favored to win, which they did - beating Sacred Heart, 67-53, and trouncing Poly, 64-42. Ansley Truitt was at his best in both play- off games. Sacred Heart was outmanned as Truitt, responding to the root- ing section's chant of Do it, Truitt, scored 31 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. He hit on 76 percent of his field goals, making 17 out of 21 attempts. Poly was trampled. Do It pushed in 22 points, latched on to 10 rebounds, and blocked 12 shots. Yet, despite Truitt's individual brilliance, this final play-off victory was a team effort. Larry Haren, Willie Daigle, and Chris Christensen shot better than 50 percent from the floor, with Haren scoring 17 points and Daigle 12. Chris pulled in 8 rebounds and sank 5 points. Meanwhile, Daigle and Eli Neal frustrated Po1y's guards - Daigle stole three passes and turned them into six points. This Wilson High team is the best basketball squad ever to come out of San Francisco, Poly Coach Don Benedetti said after the game. And Ansley Truitt is the best prep player the city ever had, Coach Benedetti added. Making the Chronicle All-City team were: Truitt ffirst teamy, larry Haren ffirstj, Eli Neal Qsecondy, and Chris Christensen and Willie Daigle fhonorable mentionj. Page 64

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Warriors capture TOC, With his team trailing 54-55 and only 1'7 seconds remaining, Do It Truitt calmly goes to the line against Newark's Knights. The results are recorded on the scoreboard above. Willie Daigle fires for two points to again pull the Warriors even with the Knights. Page 66 When the Warriors invaded the Oak- land Coliseum on March '7 to do battle with Newark's Knights in the first game of the Tournament of Champions, the big question was the condition of Ansley Tru- itt's ankle. Injured in a practice game two days before, there was real doubt that Truitt could play in the first game. Actually, Ansley played the whole game with his sprained ankle heavily taped, and he again was the big difference All he did was calmly sink two free throws with 17 seconds left to give Wilson a come from-behind victory over Neward, 56-55. Teamwise, Wilson played its worse game of the season. while Newark came up with