CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONSTANDOUT CENTERS JOHN ROGERS (LA QUINTA)& CLAYTON OLIVIER (LOS AMIGOS) NAMED CO-MVPs IN 3-A BASKETBALL FOR '80 SEASON

FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26TH pm's ... and Thursday am'sT W O REMARKABLY TALENTED CENTERS ... JOHN ROGERS, 6-8, 190-POUND JUNIOR

CENTER WHO LED LA. (JUNTA'S AZTECS TO THE 3-A TITLE AND CLAYTON OLIVIER, 6-10,240-POUND SENIOR "FORCE" FOR THE LOS AMIGOS LOBOS ... HERE NAMED CO-PLAYERS

OF THE YEAR IN 3-A DIVISION BASKETBALL FOR 1980 BY MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS SAVINGSATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD. THE TWO BIG MEN ... AMONG THE TOP POINTPRODUCERS IN PREP RANKS THIS SEASON ... AVERAGED CLOSE TO 30 POINTS PER OUTING.

With Rogers leading the attack, the Aztecs, the Garden Grove League's No. 2team behind Los Amigos, swept to the 3-A crown with wins over El Dorado (67-53)>Estancia (56-54), Brea Olinda (68-67) and Damien (89-51) before knocking over Coronadel Mar (63-52) for the championship.

Clayton Olivier, who led Los Atnigos to the Garden Grove League title, is onthe all-division 1st team again in '80. As a junior, Olivier averaged 27.2 pointsand his contributions to the success of the Lobos this year were tremendous. Al-though they finished as league champions, the Lobos went out in the first round ofplayoffs losing to El Modena, 51-50,

All honored players will receive special framed scroll awards at the 43rdannual Basketball Awards Program at Culver City on Saturday, April 5TH.

. ALL - C.I.F. SOUTHERN SECTION BASKETBALL .... 3 - A DIVISION .... 1980 SEASON

*** F I R S T T E A MFRONT COURT JOHN ROGERS LA QUINTA 6-8 190 Jr. 28.5FRONT COURT * CLAYTON OLIVIER. . .LOS AMIGOS . . . . . 6-10 240 Sr. 27.2FRONT COURT GARY MOELLAR . . . .MIRA COSTA 6-7 200 Sr. 24.3FRONT COURT * STEVE VAN HORN . . .ESTANCIA . . . . . . 6-5 190 Sr. 22.1.FRONT COURT TONY NEAL SANTA ANA VALLEY . . 6-6 180 Jr. 13.3FRONT COURT RICH KINDORF . . . .CORONA DEL MAR ... 6-5 190 Sr. 18.7BACK COURT + MARK WILSON. . . . .GAHR 6-1 175 Sr. 22.3BACK COURT ** RON HOLMES . . . . .EL TORO 6-5 185 Sr. 29.0BACK COURT JOHN NEU WEST TORRANCE. ... 6-3 180 Sr. 28.0BACK COURT GEORGE YEZBAK. . . .CERRITOS 6-0 170 Sr. 19.9

*** S E C O N D T E A MFRONT COURT SCOTT JONES. . . . .ROWLAND 6-3 175 Sr. 24.2FRONT COURT T I M B E L L DAMIEN . . . . . . . 6-5 189 Sr, 12.0FRONT COURT GREG A L L E N . . . . . E L MODENA 6-8 180 Sr, 22.2F R O N T C O U R T M A R K S P I N N . . . . . . C O R O N A D E L M A R . . . 6-6 195 Jr. 11.6FRONT COURT CHRIS HARPER . . . .ARLINGTON 6-2 170 Jr. 17.9F R O N T C O U R T G L E N N P E T E R S . . . . D O W N E Y . . . . . . . 6-4 170 Sr . 16.0BACK COURT JOHN SHARP POMONA 5-10 150 Sr. 18.6BACK COURT BOB GRAY EL MODENA 6 - 1 160 Sr . 17.1B A C K C O U R T M O N T E L H A T C H E R . . . S A N T A M O N I C A . . . . 6-0 150 So. 14.2BACK COURT TERRY CARR DOMINGUEZ 5 -11 175 S o . 1 2 . 5

'-• *** T H I R D T E A MFRONT COURT JOHN BLACK GLENDORA. ...... 6-4 190 Sr. 15.0FRONT COURT JERRY NAVE . . . . .GANESHA . 6 - 4 175 Jr. 23.5FRONT COURT PAUL THOMAS BREA OLINDA. . . . . 6-3 178 So. 16.9FRONT COURT WILLIS THOMAS. . . .SANTA ANA VALLEY . . 6-7 195 Sr. 18.3FRONT COURT MARK KLEFFEL . . . .SANTA MONICA . . . . 6-8 205 Sr. 12.8FRONT COURT JUD BEARDSLEY. . . .BARSTOW 6-4 185 Sr. 15.^BACK COURT ALAN DOLENSKY. . . .BOLSA GRANDE . . . . 6-5 180 Sr. 20.0BACK COURT TIM KROHNFELDT . . .ESTANCIA 5-11 160 Sr, 11.1BACK COURT DARRYL SMITH . . . .GAREY . 5-10 150 Sr. 17.5BACK COURT BRIAN EVERETT. . . .WESTERN 5-11 160 Sr. 21.2

g { * 1st Team 1979 + 2nd Team 1979 ** 3rd Team 1979 • " '

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONVINCE CASON, MORENO VALLEY SENIOR GUARD,TOPS 2-A BASKETBALL SELECTIONS FOR 1980FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 25TH and Wednesday am's

VINCE CASON, MORENO VALLEY HIGH'S "MR. CLUTCH" ... HE SANK TWO FREE THROWSWITH TWO SECONDS LEFT AGAINST MISSION VIEJO TO GIVE THE VIKINGS THE 2-A DI-VISION CHAMPIONSHIP ... IS THE 2-A'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 1980, AS VOTED

BY CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD. CASON WAS VOTED THESAN ANDREAS LEAGUE'S CO-MVP AND FOLLOWING HIS 15-POINT TITLE WINNING PERFORMANCE(49-48) HIS COACH, JOHN DAHL COMMENTED, "IT WAS A MIRACLE; WHAT CAN I SAY ? THERE'SNOBODY ON THIS EARTH I'D RATHER HAVE AT THE FREE THROW LINE THAN CASON."

An exciting fast-break team, Moreno Valley finished the season 27-2, withrunner-up Mission Viejo 22-8. The Vikings were second-place finishers (to VictorValley) in the San Andreas League, but went the distance against Mt. View (72-55)»Covina (72-53), Schurr (68-46) and Paramount (74-65) and Mission Viejo in that thril-ling one-point victory.

43RD ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONIES AT CULVER CITY SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH

All honored players, coaches, school administrators and collegiate coacheswill be invited to attend the 43rd annual All-Southern California Board of Bas-ketball Awards Program to be held at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver Cityon Saturday morning, April 5th, at 10:30 a.m. Framed scroll awards will be pre-sented to all players and coaches with medallions going to Division MVPs.

ALL - C.I.F. SOUTHERN SECTION BASKETBALL .... 2 - A DIVISION .... 1980 SEASON

*** F I R S T T E A M

FRONT COURT MIKE MARTIN. . . . .GLENDALE. . . . . 6-7 170 Jr. 23.1FRONT COURT * JEFF OLDFIELD. . . .VICTOR VALLEY . . 6-4 170 Sr. 15.7FRONT COURT BOB THORNTON . . . .MISSION VIEJO . . 6-6 185 Sr. 11.0FRONT COURT BERNARD WOLF . . . .MORENO VALLEY . . 6-7 200 Jr. 15.4FRONT COURT * DENNIS BLACK . . . .PARAMOUNT . . . . 6-7 210 Sr. 22.3FRONT COURT + TIM KUYPER MAYPAIR 6-5 175 Sr. 23.8

BACK COURT SHAWN HOLIDAY. . . .BLAIR 6-3 165 Jr. 19.8BACK COURT VINCE CASON MORENO VALLEY . . 5-10 175 Sr. 15.9BACK COURT + MIKE WIRTZ BURROUGHS, RIDGE. 6-2 190 Sr. 18.0

BACK COURT NICK AGAJANIAN . . .TEMPLE CITY . . . 5-11 160 Sr. 17.0

*** S E C O N D T E A M

FRONT COURT RAOUL MONTALFO . . .MISSION VTEJO . . 6-4 175 Jr. 15.0FRONT COURT CHARLES RAWLINS. . .PALO VERDE. . . . 6-3 180 Jr. 16.8FRONT COURT RON LETOURNEAU . . .C0VD7A 6-6 190 Sr. 23.8FRONT COURT CRAIG JACKSON. . . .MORENO VALLEY . . 6-4 180 Jr. 9.4FRONT COURT TROY KWECHTEL. . . .HEMET 6-7 190 Jr. 17.2FRONT COURT FRED CUMBERLAND. . .SCHURR 6-3 170 Sr. 13.0

BACK COURT GARY ACOSTA MONTEBELLO. . . . 6-2 175 Sr. 20.6BACK COURT WAYNE CALL CAPISTRANO VALLEY 5-9 150 Jr. 15.6BACK COURT CURTIS COLLINS . . .INDIO 5-11 178 Sr. 17.3BACK COURT TAYLOR CONLAN. . . .VICTOR VALLEY . . 6-2 172 Jr. 11.b

*** T H I R D T E A M (Note: No positions assigned on 3rd team)

SCOTT BAKSIC . . . .MISSION VIEJO . . 6-3 180 Sr. 10.5STEVE MOTTE. . . . .BURROUGHS, RIDGE. 6-6 195 Sr. 15.0DAVE ROPER PALMDALE 6-5 205 Sr. 16.8MIKE NIXON GLENN 6-4 180 Sr. 19.5JEFF DIXON SAM MARINO. . . . 6-4 180 Sr. 18.7GREGG WHITESELL. . .COVINA .6-6 195 Sr. 15.0HANSI MUMPER . . . .SOUTH PASADENA. . 6-5 1§0 Sr. 20.0AP PEREZ COACHELLA VALLEY. 6-0 170 Sr. 19.8ROD DIXON NOGALES 6-5 190 Sr. 17.0RON KRAFT DANA HILLS. . . . 6-2 170 Sr. 10.0

* 2nd Team 1979 + 3rd Team 1979

(Note: All Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation all-star team selections aremade by southland sports journalists who give of their time and energies...without compensation...in the interest of high school athletics. All-SouthernCalifornia Board of Athletics selections date back to 1937 and all teams areon file in the Athletic Foundation Library.)

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONPAIR OF CENTERS, LEONARD AGEE (HAWTHORNE)& DAN ARMSTRONG (CHADWICK) LEAD CIF 1-A &SMALL SCHOOLS HARDWOOD PICKS FOR 1980 . . „ aFOR RELEASE: MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24 pm's ...and Tuesday am's

A PAIR OP OUTSTANDING PREP CENTERS ... 6-10 SENIOR LEONARD AGEE THE LONE 1STTEAM 1-A REPEATER FROM THE '79 ALL-STARS AND CHADWICK HIGH'S 6-5 SENIOR WHOTOOK THE DOLPHINS TO THE SMALL-SCHOOLS DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP, HAVE BEEN

NAMED PLAYERS OF THE YEAR IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENSSAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD.

Agee, among the top scorers in southland prep circles with a 27-point avg,,scored 2.3-per-game in '79 as a first-team junior. Hawthorne was eliminated fromthe playoffs in the quarter-final round by L.A. Lutheran, 68-57. Chadwick's Arm-strong is also the only repeater from last year's Small-Schools all-stars. He ledthe Dolphins to a 28-1 season and had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the title winover Rio Hondo Prep, 71-50.

Coach Lou Cvijanovich's Santa Clara Saints won their 6th CIF title by tak-ing the 1-A Division title 59-55 over Notre Dame of Riverside. Lou's lads defeatedEl Segundo (70-50), Desert (51-43) and St. Joseph (49-47) before taking the finale.

All honored players will receive Citizens Savings Athletic Foundationframed scroll awards at the 43rd annual Basketball Awards Program to be held atCulver City's Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, April 5"th at 10s3° a»m.

ALL - C.I.F. SOUTHERN SECTION BASKETBALL .... 1 - A DIVISION .... 198O SEASON

*** F I R S T T E A MFRONT COURT RUSSELL BLAYNEY. . . . .SANTA CLARA 6-4 170 Sr. 15.2FRONT COURT * LEONARD AGEE HAWTHORNE .6-10 210 Sr. 27.0FRONT COURT + VINCE ANTHONY ST. JOSEPH .6-3 180 Sr. 22.0FRONT COURT KENNY THOMPSON T'JEfflKNINE PALMS ... 6-3 175 Sr. 20.6FRONT COURT MIKE BENNETT NOTRE DAME, RIVERSIDE. 6-3 180 Sr. 11.4FRONT COURT MATT COLBERN SANTA CLARA. ... . . .6-3 175 Jr. 15.8BACK COURT ALLAN HAYES. . . . . . .BELL-JEFFERSON . . . . 6-0 170 Sr. 22.9BACK COURT + BOBBY FOY .NOTRE DAME, RIVERSIDE. 6-2 155 Sr. 17.3BACK COURT GILBERT VARELA BOSCO TECH 5-11 165 So, 20.7BACK COURT EUGENE STRAIN. . . . . .LUTHERAN, L.A 5-11 165 Sr.. 19.6*** S E C O N D T E A M

FRONT COURT DAVID ELLIS DON LUGO 6-6 185 Sr. 16.2FRONT COURT C.L. PENIGAR -.ONTARIO 6-4 170 Jr. 17.3FRONT COURT DON PELLUM . . . . . . .BANNING 6-2 180 Sr. 12.5FRONT COURT TOM KLOVSKI WESTERN CHRISTIAN. . . 6-4 180 Jr. 24.0FRONT COURT JOE FABIAN CHAICENADE 6-5 200 So. 19.2FRONT COURT GEORGE SCHNACKENBERG . .CARPENTERIA 6-4 190 Jr. 13.9BACK COURT SCOTT POWELL . . . . . .BLOOMINGTON. 6-4 175 Sr. 23.5BACK COURT JORGE FONSECA. ST. JOSEPH 5-8 150 Sr. 17.0BACK COURT LANCE CARTER DESERT 5-10 150 Sr. 17.9BACK COURT MIKE QUIROGA SANTA YNEZ 6-0 180 Sr. 17.8ALL - C.I.F. SOUTHERN SECTION BASKETBALL .... SMALL SCHOOLS DIVISION ...

FRONT COURT * DAN ARMSTRONG CHAIWICK 6-5 18O Sr. 19.1FRONT COURT DAVID WHITE .HIGHLAND HALL. . . . . 6-0 135 Jr.- 36.9 iFRONT COURT BREW HUBBELL WEBB 6-3 175 Sr. 15.7 \FRONT COURT ANDY GILFORD BRENTWOOD .' . 6-4 180 Sr. 20.7 \FRONT COURT JOHN KIMM WOODCREST CHRISTIAN. . 6-3 170 Sr. 17.2FRONT COURT JOHN FULLER .VILLANOVA PREP . . . . 6-4 175 Sr.. 15-5BACK COURT ' TOM McKAY MONTCLAIR 5-11 150 Jr. 19.8BACK COURT JAMES ELLIS. MARSHALL 5-10 16O Sr. 18.3BACK COURT DAVID GOLD CHADWICK 6-2 160 Sr. 11,0BACK COURT JOE PARKER . RIO HONDO PREP . . . . 5-11 155 Sr. 15.7BACK COURT BOBBY MACHADO AVALON 5-10 155 So. 12.0

* 1st Team 1979 + 2nd Team 1979

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONSTUART GRAY (KENNEDY) & DARRYL BUTLER (TAFT)NAMED L.A. CITY 4-A & 3-A BASKETBALL PLAYERSOF YEAR FOR 1980 SEASONFOR RELEASE: SATURDAY, MARCH 15 am's ... and after ***NOTE RELEASE DATE!!!

TWO PREMIER PERFORMERS IN LOS ANGELES CITY BASKETBALL FOR THE 1980 SEASON —

6-11 CENTER STUART GRAY OP KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND TAFT HIGH'S FLOOR LEADER

DARRYL BUTLER - HAVE BEEN NAMED DIVISIONAL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR IN ANNUAL

L.A. CITY SECTION ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS RELEASED TODAY BY CITIZENS SAVINGS ATH-

LETIC FOUNDATION. SINCE THE LOS ANGELES CITY SECTION SPLIT INTO TWO DIVISIONS FOR

PLAYOFF PURPOSES IN 1976, W O MVPs HAVE BEEN SELECTED. TWO, TEN-MAN TEAMS MADE UP

FROM BOTH 4-A AND 3-A DIVISIONS 'WERE SELECTED.

FOUR-A DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR STUART GRAY, AT 6-11 AND 225 POUNDS AMONG

THE MORE INTIMIDATING FORCES IN CITY BASKETBALL HISTORY, GUIDED THE KENNEDY GOLDEN

COUGARS TO A 20-5 SEASON, THE MID-VALLEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND RUNNER-UP HONORS

IN THE 4-A TOURNAMENT. THE JUNIOR CENTER SCORED 609 POINTS IN 25 GAMES (24.4 AVG)

AVERAGED 13.6 REBOUNDS AND HAD A 61# ACCURACY RATING FROM THE FIELD. HE WAS VOTED

DEFENSIVE MVP IN THE CITY TOURNEY AS WELL AS CO-MVP (ALONG WITH CRENSHAW'S GARY

MALONCON). HE WAS TOURNAMENT HIGH SCORER (93 PTS) AND HAD 21 POINTS AND 16 REBOUNDS

IN HIS TEAM'S LOSS TO CRENSHAW IN THE FINALS.

THREE-A DIVISION MVP, DARRYL BUTLER, LED TAFT'S TOREADORS TO THE > A TITLE

74-60 OVER JORDAN. BUTLER WAS COACH JOHN FURLONG'S FLOOR LEADER, SCORING 17.3

POINTS PER GAME OVERALL AND 17,8 POINTS IN THE PLAYOFFS. IN ONLY W O OF TAFT'S

24 GAMES (THE TOREADORS WERE 22-2 OVERALL) DID BUTLER FAIL TO SCORE IN DOUBLE FIG-

URES.

ALL-STARS HONORED AT CULVER CITY MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM SAT., APRIL 5TH

All-Los Angeles City Basketball all-star team members and their coaches

will be honored guests at the 43rd annual All-Southern California Board of Bas-

ketball Awards Program to be held at Culver City's Veterans Memorial Auditorium

on Saturday morning, April 5th at 10:30 am. All players named for honors and

their coaches, along with collegiate coaches, high school administrators and

Foundation board members will be invited to attend.

Honored players will receive beautiful framed scroll awards, with title-

winning coaches and players of the year also receiving special recognition. A

luncheon will be served to all guests following the awards presentations.

Crenshaw's Cougars won their third 4-A title in a row (6th overall andeach under coach Willie West) with a 66-62 finale vs. Kennedy. West's Wondersfinished 19-1 for the season, losing only to Verbum Dei in their season-opener.The Cougars are represented by three players on the two All-City teams. Crenshawbeat Locke (81-57), Jefferson (110-90), Banning (92-68) and Kennedy to take thetitle.

Taft took the measure of Grant (68-49), Eagle Rock (92-53), Chataworth(55-51 in overtime) and Jordan in the finals (74-60). The Toreadors finished theseason 22-2 and were undefeated in West-Valley League play (10-0). Last seasonTaft reached the 3-A finals losing to Fairfax 52-51.

Two players — Dwayne Polee, Manual Arts and Johnny Wilkes, Dorsey — arethe only two returning All-City players....from first and second teams respec-tively. Three juniors — Stuart Gray, Dwayne Polee and Gary Maloncon --are theonly lower classmen on the two teams....and might just be the best players named.

This year's league players of the year were: HAROLD JONES (No. Hollywood)East-Valley; DWAYNE POLEE (Manual Arts) Southern; STUART GRAY (Kennedy) Mid-Valley;SAM BANUELOS (Belmont) Northern; FRANKLIN RHODES (Crenshaw) Western; SAM POTTER(Carson) Marine; DARRYL BUTLER (Taft) West-Valley; DWAYNE HILL (Jordan) & RICHARDAUGUST (Jordan) Eastern.

- - pick up teams - -

LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM - 1980 SEASON 43rd ANNUAL/ * * * FIRST TEAM

/ ' '/ P L A Y E R S C H O O L HGHT WGHT YEAR AVG.

RICHARD AUGUST... JORDAN 5-10 170 Senior 13.8ANTHONY BAILEY... JEFFERSON 6-1 175 Senior 23.3DARRYL BUTLER.... T A F T . . 6-2 160 Senior 16.8STUART GRAY KENNEDY 6-11 225 Junior 24.4HAROLD JONES NORTH HOLLYWOOD. 6-2 170 Senior 1 4.7GARY MALONCON.... CRENSHAW 6-6 185 Junior 15.3SAM POTTER CARSON. 6-6 180 Senior 30.5FRANKLIN RHODES... CHENSHAW 6-0 160 Senior 18.8

* WAYNE POLEE MANUAL ARTS 6-5 185 Junior 25.6+ JOHNNY WILKES.... DORSEY 6-5 200 Senior 22.6

* * * S E C O N D T E A M

SAM BANUELOS BELMONT 6-3 180 Senior 20.2MICHAEL BLACKMAN.. HAMILTON 6-1 180 Senior 15.5DARRYL BRENT SAN PEDRO 5-9 160 Senior 17.4JIM BROWN T A F T 6-3 180 Senior 12.3ERIC DAVIS FREMONT 6-2 165 Senior 24.1DWAYNE HILL JORDAN 6-4 186 Senior 26.1DAVID JOHNSON WASHINGTON 6-3 175 Senior 17.1DAVID JONES BANNING 6-3 175 Senior 16.9MARK NUBY KENNEDY 6-5 185 Senior 17.6REGGIE REED POLYTECHNIC 6-3 185 Senior 16.4HAROLD TOOMER..... CRENSHAW 6-4 180 Senior 11.2

* 1st Team '79 + 2nd Team "79 Note: No positions designated

ALL - LOS ANGELES CITY BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR — 1938 - 1980

1938 John Mandic .Roosevelt 1962 Tony Horton. University1939 Dick Lindsley Eagle Rock 1963 Edgar Lacey Jefferson1940 Dick Frey .Banning 1964 Walter Simon Roosevelt1941 Gilbert Turnbull Hamilton 1965 Sam Robinson. Jefferson1942 Derington Gartrell.. .Banning 1966 Sam Robinson. .Jefferson1943 Vic Larson..., .Washington 1967 Curtis Rowe...... .Fremont1944 Dan Ducich Los Angeles 1968 Ronald Riley Jordan1945 Bob Kloppenberg Marshall 1969 Gregory Lee .Reseda1946 Dick MeFarland Manual Arts 1970 Gregory Lee Reseda1947 Al Linnick Fairfax 1971 Tom Lipsey Jefferson1948 Dick Saner Venice 1972 Richard Johnson Jefferson1949 Chet Noe Washington Lawrence Williams Fremont

Dan Eby .Washington 1973 Marques Johnson Crenshaw1950 James Powell .Polytechnic 1974 Ivory Hard Fremont1951 J.C. Gipson Jefferson 1975 Chris Lippert Cleveland1952 Uillie Naulls San Pedro 1976 James Wilkes (4-A) Dorsey1953 Jarnes Kaufman Los Angeles Ronald Baxter (4-A)... ,Dorsey1954 Lee Harmon .University Alan Taylor (3-A) Kennedy1955 Don Pino University 1977 Henry Johnson (4-A)... .Manual Arts1956 Sterling Forbes Jordan Dave Shepart (4-A).....iianual Arts1957 Billy McGill Jefferson Bill Mathis (3-A) Polytechnic1958 Billy McGill Jefferson . 1978 Michael Johnson (4-A)..Crenshaw

Willie Thomas Jefferson Leonard Johnson (3-A). .Fairfax1959 Henry Johnson Fremont . 1979 Darren Daye (4-A) Kennedy

Jack Hirsch Van Nuys Ed Fitzpatrick (3-A).. .Jordan1960 Joe Caldwell Fremont 1980 Stuart Gray (4-A) .Kennedy1961 Gail Goodrich Polytechnic Darryl Butler (3-A) ....Taft

ALL - LOS ANGELES CITY BOARD OF BASKETBALL — 1980

CHRIS BAKER - Los Angeles Times RALPH ALEXANDER - Member at LargeJERRY CROWE - San Pedro News-Pilot FRED EISENHAMMER - San Fernando NewsCLIFF GEWECKE - Daily Signal MIKE KENNEDY - Member at LargeBOB GUERRERO - Northeast Newspapers BRAD NELSON - Santa Monica OutlookJIM THOMAS - South Bay Breeze JERRY WEINER - Los Angeles City SchoolsBILL SCHROEDER - Chairman BOB MIESZERSKI - L.A. Herald-ExaminerBUDDY DYER - Secretary PAT DONNELLY - Recorder

(Note: Also lending expert assistance at this year's selection meet-ing were ERIC SONDHEMER and PHIL SANDOVAL and the board wish-es to express thanks to these writers for their help.)

This marks the 43rd year that Citizens Savings Athletic Found-ation has sponsored All-Los Angeles City Board of Athletics.The board works in the interest of high school athletics, with-out compensation, and all selections are recorded in the Ath-letic Foundation Library. Players named for honors receiveframed scroll awards, with championship coaches and players ofthe year also receiving recognition.

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONHAROLD JONES, NO. HOLLYWOOD GUARD, WINS MVP

ACCLAIM IN EAST VALLEy BASKETBALL FOR 1980..FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, MARCH, 11th am's ... and after

HAROLD JONES, WHO LED COACH ERNIE FOLI'S NORTH HOLLYWOOD HUSKIES TO A 15-6 SEASONAND TO A 3-A DIVISION SEMI-FINAL OVERTIME LOSS TO JORDAN (49-48) HAS BEEN NAMED

EAST-VALLEY LEAGUE MVP FOR THE 1980 SEASON BY LEAGUE COACHES AND MEMBERS OP THE

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION BOARD. JONES IS THE ONLY FIRST-TEAM REPEATER FROM «79,

LEAGUE CHAMPION POLY (17-5) LOST TO CHATSWORTH (71-63) IN THE 2ND ROUND.

* * * * * F I R S T T E A M • • . . . .ALL EAST-VALLEY LEAGUE BASKETBALL"- 1980P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGE .JOHN TAYLOR POLYTECHNIC 6'0" 145 Sr. 12.5

+ LEIF HODGES FAIRFAX 6*5" 195 Sr. 17.7JOHN DRAKE SYLMAR 5'11" 150 Sr. 20.7

+ REGGIE REED POLYTECHNIC 6'3" 185 Sr. 16.4* HAROLD JONES NORTH HOLLYWOOD 6'2" 170 Sr. 14.7JAY HOBBY GRANT 6' 1" 160 Sr. 1J.6

* 1st Team '79 + 2nd Team '79* * * * * S E C O N D T E A M

LAWRENCE RAPHAEL FAIRFAX 6'3" 175 Jr. "15-2JESSE HARRIS NORTH HOLLYWOOD 6'4" 16O Sr. 13.4KENNY HANN GRANT 6' 1" 147 Sr. 10.4TIM SHIRLEY VERDUGO HILLS 6'4" 175 Jr. 11.3THOMAS SOSA POLYTECHNIC 6'0" 150 Sr. 14.1JEROME WRIGHT HOLLYWOOD ' 5'8" 155 Jr. 13.3

MANUAL ARTS JUNIOR DWAYNE POLEE WINS PLAYEROF YEAR HONORS IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE BASKETBALL

D W A Y N E POLEE, MANUAL ARTS JUNIOR FORWARD, WHO COACH REGGIE MORRIS MINCES NO

WORDS ABOUT CALLING "THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE CITY", HAS BEEN NAMED

PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE FOR 1980, AS ANNUAL ALL-LEAGUE SE-

LECTIONS WERE RELEASED TODAY BY CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION. IT WAS A UNANIMOUS

CHOICE BY LEAGUE COACHES AND ATHLETIC FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS, AS THE TOILER JUNIOR MYS-

TIFIED THE OPPOSITION WITH HIS OVERALL ABILITY (3rd HIGH CITY SCORER 25.6 AVG.).

Coach Morris' Manual Arts Toilers finished the season 18-6...winners of the league

title. They advanced to the 4-A Division semi-finals where they lost to Kennedy 75-58. The

Generals of Washington High placed 2nd in league action, advancing to the 2nd round of the

playoffs, where Marine League champion Banning edged them 71-67. Washington finished 14-8.

Jefferson, the league's 3rd place finisher got over Granada Hills in the 1stplayoff round, but then lost to eventual 4-A champ Crenshaw 110-90. Dorsey's Dons turnedin perhaps the tourney's top performance. As the Southern League's No. 4 team, the Donstook Mid-Valley champ Kennedy into.4 overtimes before Soing down, 75-_74._

'*' * * * * F I R S T T E A M ALL-SOUTHERN LEAGUE BASKETBALL - 1980

P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGE* DWAYNE POLEE MANUAL ARTS 6 ' 5 " 185 Jr. 25.6* JOHNNY WILKES DORSEY 6'5" 200 Sr. 22.6

TERRY WRIGHT MANUAL ARTS 6'6" 150 Jr . 11.0* ANTHONY BAILEY JEFFERSON 6 ' 1" 175 Sr. 23.3

DAVID JOHNSON WASHINGTON 6'3" 1 7 5 S r » 1 7 « 1

ERIC DAVIS FREMONT 6 ' 2 " 165 Sr. 24.1

* * * * * S E C O N D T E A M+ KEVIN GAINES MANUAL ARTS 6'5" 170 Sr. 14.CDENNIS ROBERTSON DORSEY 6'5" 175 Sr. 13»2

GARY JOHNSON WASHINGTON ' 6*2" 170 Jr. '16.0CHARLES HILL JEFFERSON 6'3" 170 Sr. 15.3DUANE CATCHINGS LOS ANGELES 5'11" 175 Sr. 20.8CHARLES PRESCOTT . JEFFERSON 6'4" 180 Sr. 23.0

* 1st Team, 1979 + 2nd Team, 1979

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONSTUART GRAY, KENNEDY'S KINGSIZE CENTER, IS

MID-VALLEY BASKETBALL PLAYER OF YEAR FOR '80FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12th am's .. and after

STUART GRAY, KENNEDY HIGH'S KINGSIZE (6-11 & 225) CENTER WHO SOME OBSERVERS FEEL

COULD DO JUSTICE TO A STARTING ASSIGNMENT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, WAS THE UNANI-

MOUS CHOICE OP LEAGUE COACHES AND ATHLETIC FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS AS MID-VALLEY

PLAYER OP THE YEAR. GRAY CARRIED THE GOLDEN COUGARS TO A 20-5 SEASON, LOSING IN

THE 4-A TITLE GAME TO CRENSHAW (19-1 only loss to Verbum Dei in season opener) 66-62.Other Mid-Valley League teams went out in the first round of playoff action. Gray

was acclaimed Tourney Defensive MVP and co-MVP (as high scorer 93) with Gary Maloneon.* * * * * F I R S T T E A M ALL MID-VALLEY LEAGUE BASKETBALL ~ ~ 1 9 8 0

P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGE+ MARK NUBY KENNEDY 6' 5" 185 Sr. 17.6

RICH MILKE GRANfiDA HILLS 6'2" 179 Sr. 17.9STUART GRAY KENNEDY 6'11" 230 Jr. 24.4RICHARD BILCHIK BIRMINGHAM 6'2" 180 Sr. 21.0RDDY ZAVALANI VANNDYS 6' 2" 205 Sr. 18.5DAVID McKINLEY MONROE 6'2" 170 Sr. 15.1

* * * * * S E C O N D T E A M + ^ T e a B 1 ' 7 9

HOWARD BURD GRANADA HILLS 6'6" 179 Jr. 17.1+ HENRY CONLEY KENNEDY 6' 0" 160 Sr. 15.5JIMMY REYNOSA SAN FERNANDO 6'4" 185 So. 15•1

OLIVER SEELEY SAN FERNANDO.. 6'6" 180 So. 13.4JEFF LENIK... VAN NUYS 6'4" 215 Jr. 10.1LANCE ROBERTS KEKNEDY 6'1" 165 Sr. 10.1

BELMONT HIGH'S SAM BANUELOS WINS PLAYER OFYEAR VOTE IN NORTHERN LEAGUE FOR ' 8 0 SEASON

SAM BANUELOS, WHO LED THE BELMONT HIGH SENTINELS TO THE NORTHERN LEAGUE BASKETBALL

TITLE IN 1980, WAS NAMED PLAYER OP THE YEAR AS THE ANNUAL ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS WERE

RELEASED TODAY THROUGH CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION. SELECTION OP BAN-

UELOS WAS MADE BY LEAGUE COACHES AND MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION'S L.A. CITY BOARD OP ATH-

LETICS.Banuelos was the league's second high scorer (20.2 avg.) finishing a tad behind

Wilson junior guard Reggie Payton (20.4). Three Northern Loop teams advanced beyond the

first 3-A Division tourney round, only Lincoln faltering before Jordan (84-27). Wilson got

by Fairfax (71-62), then lost to Jordan (103-63); Belmont beat Roosevelt (79-72), but in

turn was nosed by North Hollywood (69-68); and Eagle Rock got around South Gate (69-65) but

went down before eventual 3-A title-winner Taft (92-53).

Banuelos is the only player returning off last year's All-Northern League first

team. Junior teammate Mario Navarro joins Banuelos on the first team, with two other team

members named to the second five. All-star team members follows* * * * * F I R S T T E A M . . , ._._. . .ALL-NORTHERN LEAGUE BASKETBALL~~T$3O

P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGE* SAM BANUELOS BELMONT 6'3" 180 Sr. 20.2MARIO NAVARRO BELMONT * 6'3" 175 Jr. 19.6KEVIN BELLINGER EAGLE ROCK 6'1" 170 Sr. 18!sREGGIE PAYTON WILSON 5'11" 155 Jr. 20.4DOUGLAS ROMERO LINCOLN 5'10" 150 Sr. 18.7

* * * * * S E C O N D T E A M * 1 s t Team ' ™

JON SOO HOO MARSHALL 6'1" 170 Sr. 15.6ANDY KENDALL EAGLE ROCK 6'2" 160 Sr. 15 9KEN EARLS WILSON. 6'1" 176 So. 14.^RONNIE DASALLA BELMONT 6'0" 160 Sr. 10.4GEORGE REYNOSO BELMONT 5'6" 150 Sr. 7 3ALEX ARMENDARIZ.... WILSON 6'2" 170 Jr. 17.0STEVE HIURA EAGLE ROCK 5'7» 134 Sr. 10.6

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONCRENSHAW HIGH'S FRANKLIN RHODES NAMED PLAYEROF YEAR IN WESTERN LEAGUE BASKETBALL FOR 1980

FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 13th am's . . . and a f t e rFRANKLIN RHODES, FLOOR LEADER OF COACH WILLIE WEST'S 4-A DIVISION CHAMPION CREN-

SHAW COUGARS (10-0 LEAGUE, 19-1 SEASON & 66-62 OVER KENNEDY FOR TITLE) HAS BEENNAMED WESTERN LEAGUE PLAYER OP THE YEAR FOR 1980 BY COACHES AND CITIZENS SAVINGS

ATHLETIC FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS. GARY MALONCON AND HAL TOOMER ALSO MADE THE FIRST TEAM.Only Hamilton, 2nd p lace league team, advanced . . los ing i n 2nd-rd. p lay t o Kennedy

65-64. Pa l i sades and Westchester went down before Gardena (79-67) & Banning (65-51) .* F I R S T T E AM ......7. ALI^WESTERNiffiaGUE BASKETBALL TEAM

P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGEFRANKLIN RHODES CRENSHAW 6'0 160 Sr. 18.8GARY MALONCON CRENSHAW 6"6" 185 Jr. 15.3ALAN TORRES VENICE 6'1" 165 Sr. 15.6MICHAEL BLACKMAN HAMILTON 6'1" 180 Sr. 15.5HAROLD TOOMER CRENSHAW 6'4" 180 Sr. 11.2DARRYL TAYLOR PALISADES 6'4" 175 Sr. 17.1

+ 2nd Team ' 7 9* * * * S E C O N D T E A M

DWAYNE ANDERSON HAMILTON 6'2" 170 Sr. 16.6ERIC PITT UNIVERSITY 6'2" 165 Sr. 13.0DARRYL STRAWBERRY CRENSHAW 6'4" 180 Sr. 10.0

+ ERIC SEASE WESTCHESTER 6'6" 185 Sr. 17.0STANLEY SETTLE WESTCHESTER 6'2" 165 Sr. 11.2RODNEY JACKSON HAMILTON . 6'3" 200 Sr. 13.6

SAM POTTER,-L.A. CITY'S TOP SCORER ( 3 0 . 5 AVG.)FROM CARSON, TOPS MARINE LEAGUE ALL-STARS

SAM POTTER, SHARPSHOOTING CARSON COLTS FRONT COURT PERFORMER WHO LED ALL L.A.

CITY SCORERS WITH A 30.5 AVERAGE DURING LEAGUE PLAY, HAS BEEN NAMED THE MARINE

LEAGUE'S TOP BASKETBALL PERFORMER FOR THE 1980 SEASON BY LEAGUE COACHES AND MEM-

BERS OF THE CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD....AS ANNUAL ALL-STAR

TEAM SELECTIONS WERE RELEASED TODAY THROUGH THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

Carson was the Marine League's 3rd place team (11-9) and went out in the first

round of the L.A. City 4-A playoffs as Hamilton upended them 87-53. The Marine's top finisher

was Banning (with a 17-6 overall '80 mark) which bettered Westchester (65-51), and Washington

(71-67), before title-winning Crenshaw dropped 'em 92-68,

Gardena, No. 2 league finisher, bettered Palisades (79-67), but in turn got bumped

by Manual Arts (68-54). Locke, the Marine's 4th place finisher, lost its first-round game

to Crenshaw (81-57).

All-Marine League all-star teams follow:

* * * * T I R E T T E A M ALL-MARINE LEAGOE BASKETBALL TEAMP L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGEDAVID JONES BANNING 6'3" 175 Sr 16.9WENDELL WRIGHT BANNING 6'3" 185 Soph 9.3JAMES STEWART GARDENA 6'7" 185 Sr 12.2DARRYL BRENT SAN PEDRO 5'9" 160 Sr 17.4

* BRENT BOBO LOCKE 6'4" 185 Sr 12.9* SAM POTTER CARSON 6'6" 180 Sr 30.5

S E C O N D T E A M * * * *•* <79

BRENT HEENDON BANNING 6'1" 175 Sr 12.1DAN KENNARD NARBONNE 6'8" 195 Sr 13.2ELDRIDGE HUDSON CARSON 6'6" 187 Soph 18.4CLIFF HIGGINS GARDENA 6'4" 190 Sr 9.4MICHAEL TARDY LOCKE 5'9" 150 Sr 14.0NICK CASTANEDA SAN PEDRO . 6"5" 190 Sr 15.7

DARRYL BUTLER VOTED WEST-VALLEY LEAGUE MVPAS TAFT SENIOR ONE OF THREE TOREADORS NAMED

DARRYL BUTLER, TAFT HIGH'S TALENTED FLOOR LEADER WHO LED COACH JOHN FURLONG'STOREADORS TO THE 3-A DIvISION L.A. CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, HAS BEEN NAMEDWEST-VALLEY LEAGUE PLAYER OP THE YEAR FOR 1980. ANNUAL SELECTIONS ARE MADE BY

LEAGUE COACHES AND MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD.Taft, finishing its season 22-2 beat Jordan 74-60 for the crown. Chatsworth advan-

ced right along with Taft in the playoffs, before meeting the Toreadors ir. the semis and los-ing, 55-51 in overtime. Reseda (No. 3) and Cleveland (No. 4) couldn't advance.

* * * * * F I R S T T E A M ALL WEST-VALLEY LEAGUE BASKETBALL - 1980

P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT, WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGEDARRYL BUTLER. TAFT 6'2" 160 Sr. 16.8JIM BROWN TAFT 6*3" 180 Sr. 12.3ROSS LEAVENS TAFT 6'5" 180 Sr. 12.3

+ TONY VUKELICH RESEDA 6'9" 190 Sr. 18.2MICHAEL ALMEIDO CLEVELAND 6'0" 165 Sr. 17.6

* * * * * S E C O N D T E A M + 2 n d T e M 1 ' 7 9

DARREN KERR CHATSWORTH 6'6" 200 Sr. 10.8DEREK BATISTE CONOGA PARK •... 6'3" 185 Jr. 13.2TOMMIE LEWIS EL CAMINO REAL 5'11" 155 Sr 9.6LARRY MURPHY EL CAMINO REAL 6'5" 185 Jr 11.0STEVE MORRIS .. ....... EL CAMINO REAL 6'3" 180 Sr 9.4

JORDAN'S DWAYNE HILL S T R I C H A R F A U G U S T ~ W l f ~_CO-MVP_HONORS IN EASTERN LOOP BASKETBALL...

JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, 1980 EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, WAS DULY HONORED BY HAVING

STAR PERFORMERS DWAYNE HILL AND RICHARD AUGUST NAMED CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR FOR

1980 BY LEAGUE COACHES AND SPORTSWRITERS, AS THE ANNUAL ALL-LOOP BASKETBALL TEAMS

WERE RELEASED TODAY BY CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

Coach Richard Masson's Jordan Bulldogs set a city record of 97.7 points per game

during the league season and finished the year 23-3. Ed Catching was named to the all-league

team along with the co-MVPs.

Easy winners in the first two 3-A playoff games....84-27 over Lincoln and IO3-63

over Wilson....coach Masson's men labored to beat North Hollywood 49-48 in overtime and then

lost to West-Valley League kingpin Taft by 14 points (74-60).

Second, third and fourth place finishers in the Eastern...South Gate, Bell and Roos-

evelt. ..didn't get out of the starting gate losing to Eagle Rock (69-65), Chatsworth (52-45)

and Belmont (79-72) respectively.. Honor jteams follow:* * * * F I R S T T E A M . ."777- ALL-EASTERN BASKETBALL TEAM

P L A Y E R S C H O O L HEIGHT WEIGHT YEAR AVERAGE* RICHARD AUGUST JORDAN 5'9h Sr 13.8+ DWAYNE HILL JORDAN 6'3V Sr 26.1ED CATCHING JORDAN 6'3¥' Sr 18.7

+ JOE TILLMAN SOUTH GATE 6'2" Sr 19.0ERIC JONES ROOSEVELT 6'3" Sr 16.8ANDRE JOHNSON HUNTINGTON PARK 5'8" Sr 20.0

* 1st Team '79 + 2nd Team '79

S E C O N D T E A MJEFF HILL JORDAN 5'11" Sr 10.5ART WARE ROOSEVELT 5'10" Sr 15.6DWAYNE MONTGOMERY BELL 6'4" Sr 11.0ALVIN CRAIG SOUTH GATE 5'10" Sr 10.1RUDY DIAZ GARFIELD 5'10" Jr 10.0JOE REED HUOTINGTON PARK 5'10" Sr 10.2

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONCHERYL MILLER, RIVERSIDE POLY SOPH, WINSMVP HONOR IN 4-A DIVISION BASKETBALL ...FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 21st am's ... and after

HIGH-SCOHING CHERYL MILLER OF 4-A DIVISION CHAMPION RIVERSIDE POLY ... SHELED ALL SOUTHLAND SCORERS WITH A 31.6 POINT AVERAGE ... WAS THE CITIZENSSAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION PREP SELECTION BOARD'S CHOICE FOR 4-A DIVISION

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS THE SECOND ANNUAL GIRL'S ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS WERE RE-LEASED TODAY THROUGH THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

ALTHOUGH MILLER SAT ON THE BENCH (FOUL TROUBLE) MUCH OF THE FINAL PLAYOFFGAME VICTORY OVER LONG BEACH POLY (64-48), IT WAS CERTAINLY MISS MILLER WHO GOT THE28-1. BEARS TO THE FINALS. COACH FLOYD EVANS GALS SWEPT THROUGH THE IVY LEAGUE 14-0AND MAULED SAN GORGONIO (99-22), SAN BERNARDINO (80-49) AND PACIFIC (82-42) BEFOREEDGING BUENA (52-51) IN ITS STERNEST TEST OF THE TOURNEY.

Only a sophomore, Cheryl Miller was a first-team 3-A. selection last year asa freshman. At 6-1 1/2 and 135 pounds, Miller is considered among the most outstandingprep prospects in the country.

All honored athletes will receive beautiful framed scroll awards for their1980 basketball achievements at the 43rd annual All-Southern California Board ofAthletics Basketball Awards Program to be held on Saturday, April 5th at Culver CityVeterans Memorial Auditorium, Players of the Year and title-winning coaches willreceive special recognition. Honor teams follow:ALL - C.I.F. SOUTHERN SECTION .... 4 - A BASKETBALL TEAM .... I98O SEASON

F I R S T T E A M

FRONT COURT @@ CHERYL MILLER. . . . POLY, RIVERSIDE 6-2 Soph. 30.5FRONT COURT * TRACY LONGO SAN GABRIEL 6-0 Junior 19.0FRONT COURT @ KENDEE EULERT. . . . RIGHETTI 5-10 Senior 17.0FRONT COURT + JULIETTE ROBINSON. . POLY, LONG BEACH . . . . 5-8 Senior 17.9FRONT COURT ** KATHY FERGUSON . . . EUENA 5-10 Senior 14.3FRONT COURT CHERI GRAHAM . . . . SDH VALLEY 6-3 Junior 27.7FRONT COURT SARA LEWIS POLY, RIVERSIDE 5-10 Senior 17.9FRONT COURT LISA ULMER PACIFIC 6-2 Senior 23.3FRONT COURT ** CINDY BATTISTONE . . SAN MARCOS 5-11 Junior 16.3BACK COURT CATHY OWEN BUENA 5-6 Junior 14.6

BACK COURT SHELIA BROWN . . . . COMPTON 5-8 Senior 18.4

S E C O N D T E A M

FRONT COURT GINA DRIVER HOENEME 5-8 Senior 19.2FRONT COURT KAREN SMOLLEY. . . . RIGHETTI 5-8 Junior 12.1FRONT COURT * MONICA DELGADILLO. . SAN GABRIEL 5-9 Senior 12.9FRONT COURT MEG GALLAGHER. . . , POLY, RIVERSIDE 5-11 Junior 11.5FRONT COURT CASSANDRA OVERBY . . MORNINGSIDE. . . . . . . 6-1 Senior 17.5FRONT COURT TERRI PARRIOTT . . . BUENA .5-11 Junior 12.9FRONT COURT JUDY CARTER MILLIKAN 5-11 Senior 21.7BACK COURT + ROBIN THOMPSON . . . POLY, LONG BEACH . . . . 5-4 Senior 10.2BACK COURT PAULA BOWEN DOS PUEBLOS. . . . . . . 5-3 Senior 12.0BACK COURT ** RUTH RICHTER . . . . SAN GABRIEL. 5-8 Senior 16.7BACK COURT SHELLY MOSBY . . . . ALEfSiNY 5-5 Senior 21.0

T H I R D T E A MFRONT COURT CASANDRA BROTHERS. . NORTH, RIVERSIDE . . . .5-10 Senior 13.0 . .FRONT COURT SHEILA NORRIS. . . . S M I VALLEY 6-0 Senior 13.6FRONT COURT ROSEMARY TILLMAN . . PALM SPRINGS 5-9 Junior 1"MFRONT COURT CYNTHIA COOKE. . . . COMPTON 5-10 Junior 10.4FRONT COURT ANITA ROGERS . . . . SANTA MONICA 5-11 Senior 15.3FRONT COURT SHANNON MEYER. . . . EDISON 5-9 Senior 17.1FRONT COURT FAYE PAIGE . . . . . POLY, LONG BEACH . . . . 5-9 Junior 10.1FRONT COURT HEATHER FORBES . . . LAKEifOOD 5-11 Senior 17.7FRONT COURT CARMEN JUAREZ. . . . CHANNEL ISLANDS 5-8 Junior 16.3BACK COURT CINDY CLINKENBEARD . HUHTINGTON BEACH . . . . 5-5 Senior 12.5BACK COURT KAREN JOHNSON. . . . DOS PUEBLOS. . . . . . . 5-8 Senior 14.1* 1st Team '79 ** 3rd Team '79 + 2nd Team '79 @ 1st Team > A '79 & '78

m 1st Team > A '79

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONNECIE THOMPSON (GAHR) & JANET DAVIS (ALTALOMA) CO-MVPs IN 3-A BASKETBALL FOR 1980

FOR RELEASE:THURSDAY, MARCH 20th am's .. and after

NECIE THOMPSON GAHR HIGH SHCOOL STANDOUT WHO WAS THE 2-A DIVISION CO-MVP

LAST YEAR, AMD ALTA LOMA "FRANCHISE" JANET DAVIS WHO LIKE NECIE HAS BEEN

A THREE-YEAR ALL-CIF FIRST TEAM PICK, HAVE BEEN VOTED CO-MOST VALUABLE

PLAYERS IN CIF, SOUTHERN SECTION 3-A DIVISION BASKETBALL FOR 1980. SELECTIONS, MADE

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR BY THE FOUNDATION'S ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF

ATHLETICS, WERE RELEASED TODAY THROUGH THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

THE TALENTED GAHR SENIOR, NSCIE THOMPSON, WOUND UP AS THE SOUTHLAND'S 3RD

HIGH SCORER WITH A 28.9 AVERAGE AND WAS AMONG THE AREA'S BETTER REBOUNDERS WITH A

14.6 AVERAGE. COACH TOM PRYOR IS NOT BASHFUL ABOUT CALLING NECIE "THE BEST PLAYER,

REBOUNDER AND SHOT-BLOCKER IN THE CIF."JANET DAVIS, A 6-4 SENIOR, LED ALTA LOMA TO THE > A DIVISION TITLE AND

ALONG THE WAY A 56-55 UPSET WIN OVER GAHR. ALTA LOMA BEAT ESTANCIA 66-52 FOR THE .

CHAMPIONSHIP. CAPTAIN OF HER TEAM LIKE NECIE, JANET AVERAGE 21.6 POINTS PER GAME

AND 14.7 REBOUNDS, VIRTUALLY DEAD-EVEN WITH THE GAHR STAR.

BOTH NECIE THOMPSON AND JANET DAVIS WILL BE HONORED AT THE 43RD ANNUAL

BASKETBALL AWARDS PROGRAM TO BE HELD IN CULVER CITY'S VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

ON SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5th AT 10:30 a.m. PLAYERS, COACHES, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

AND COLLEGIATE COACHES WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND WITH AWARDS GOING TO ALL HONORED

PLAYERS AND CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM COACHES.

ALL - C.I.F. SOUTHERN SECTION .... 3 - A BASKETBALL TEAM .... I98O SEASONF I R S T T E A M

FRONT COURT # JANET DAVIS. . . . ALTA LOMA. 6-4 Senior 21.6FRONT COURT **NECIE THOMPSON . . GAHR 6-0 Senior 28.9FRONT COURT KRISTEH FRANSTEN . ESTANCIA 5-10 Senior 15.4FRONT COURT NORMA LEIBFRIED. . OCEAN VIEW 5-11 Senior 21.0FRONT COURT MAGGIE QUARELS . . INGLEWOOD 5-11 Senior 18.2FRONT COURT ""ANNA KARIE MARINOVICH . .MARY STAR 5-11 Senior 12.0FRONT COURT++ JACKIE VANDERPOEL. CHINO 6-0 Junior 17.8FRONT COURT MERJA CONNOLLY . . CULVER CITY "j"? 5-11 Junior" 20.1BACK COURT + MARY HEGARTY . . . TUSTIN 5-8 Senior 21.5

BACK COURT + DIANE LOOKER . . . ROWLAND .• 5-9 Senior 15.4

S E C O N D T E A M

FRONT COURT SUE BECHTOL. . . . FOOTHILL 5-8 Senior 13.0FRONT COURT JACKIE BURRESS . . POMONA 5-10 Senior 17.8FRONT COURT KRIS KROYER. . . . GARDEN GROVE 6-1 Senior 21.3FRONT COURT KARY JONDLE. . . . ST. JOSEPH. -?'.* 5-8 Junior 16.7FRONT COURT * CHRISTIE LINDBLOOM ROWLAND 5-9 Senior 22.3FRONT COURT SHELDA ARCEMEAUX . ALTA LOMA 6-0 Freshman 13.4BACK COURT BRENDA TUCKER. . . SAUGUS 5-8 Junior 17.0BACK COURT MICHELLE MoCOY . . GAHR 5-7 Soph. 15.7BACK COURT CINDY PEREIRA. . , MARY STAR '. . 5-4 Senior 12.0BACK COURT BRIGITTE GABLE . . LOS ALTOS 6-0 Junior 18.7

T H I R D T E A M * 2nd 4-A Team ' 7 9 6O 3 rd 4-A Team ' 7 9FRONT COURT RHONDA BERGH . . . BURROUGHS, RIDGECREST . . 5-9 Senior 13.9FRONT COURT DANIELLE ELWOOD. . CYPRESS . 6-1 Senior 14.0FRONT COURT DESIREE JOHNSON. . CYPRESS 5-10 Senior 12.0PROMT COURT CARY FRANCY. . . . ESTANCIA 5-9 Senior 9.9FRONT COURT KAREN YELICH . . .- COSTA MESA 6-1 Senior 21.3FRONT COURT ROBIN HOLMES . . . EL TORO 5-8 Junior 22.0FRONT COURT TANYA MOTHERSHED . SANTIAGO 6-4 Junior 16.2FRONT COURT TONI ELDRIDGE. . . EAHR 5-9 Soph. 15.8FRONT COURT LESLIE HAYES . . . QUARTZ HILL 5-11 Senior 13.5BACK COURT ANNE DEAN FOOTHILL 5-8 Soph. 15.1BACK COURT VALENCIA MARTIN, . DOMMGUEZ 5-6 Junior 13.2* 3rd Taam '78-'79 + 2nd Team '79 @ 1st Team 1-A '79 ++ 3rd Team '79# 1st 2-A :7a, 1st. 3-A "79 ** 1st 3-A <?3 & Cc-i-OT 2-A '79

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONSANDRA MITCHELL, MONROVIA, NAMED PLAYER OFYEAR IN 2-A BASKETBALL, FOR 1980 SEASON....FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 th am's . . . a n d a f t e r

SANDRA MITCHELL, WHO LED COACH JERRY SIMMONS' MONROVIA HIGH WILDCATS TO THE

FOOTHILL LEAGUE TITLE AND TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE 2-A DIVISION PLAYOFFS,

HAS BEEN NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN HER DIVISION BY MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS

SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD. THE 1980 SELECTIONS ARE THE SEC-

OND SUCH SELECTIONS MADE BY THE FOUNDATION BOARD.

A THIRD-TEAM, 3-A DIVISION PICK IN '79, SANDRA MITCHELL AVERAGED 19 POINTS

AND 10 REBOUNDS PER GAME THIS SEASON. SHE HAS BEEN THE FOOTHILL LEAGUE MVP THE PAST

TWO YEARS AND TEAM CAPTAQtf BOTH SEASONS AT© HOLDS MONROVIA HIGH'S CAREER SCORING AND

REBOUNDING RECORDS.

Monrovia lost to eventual 2-A Division titlist Esperanza, 40-30, in theplayoff semi-finals. Esperanza, Orange League kingpins, defeated Mayfair, SuburbanLeague champs, 60-45 for the division crown. The Esperanza Aztecs finished the seas-on 24-2, while Mayfair was losing only its second game in 23 outings.

43RD ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONIES AT CULVER CITY'S MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM APRIL 5

All athletes named for 1980 Girl's Basketball All-Star Team honors willbe honored with special framed scroll awards on Saturday, April 5th at CulverCity's Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Players, coaches, school administratorsand collegiate coaches will be invited to attend the annual festivities.

Players of the Year and title-winning coaches will also be honored withawards

ALL - C.I.P. SOUTHERN SECTION .... 2 - A BASKETBALL TEAM .... 1980 SEASON

F I R S T T E A M

FRONT COURT * SANDRA MITCHELL. . . MONROVIA 5-10 Senior 17.0FRONT COURT TERRI EDISON . . . . ESPERANZA 6-2 Senior 21.0FRONT COURT DONNA ESPOSITO . . . ESPERANZA 5-8 Senior 13.0FRONT COURT TINA EVANS . . . . . BRAWLEY 5-11 Junior 22.0FRONT COURT THYRA LADYMAN. . . . CAPISTRANO VALLEY . . . 5-11 Senior 14.7FRONT COURT LINZI PHILIPS. . . . MAYFAIR . . . 5-10 Junior 19.9

BACK COURT EDITH DUFFY SCHURR 5-4 Senior 18.7BACK COURT SANDY RITTER . . . . CENTRAL . . . . . . . . 5-8 Senior 19.1BACK COURT KAREN JUNGERS. .. . . CENTRAL 5-5 Senior Ik ABACK COURT BERNARDINE GARCIA. . BASSETT . . . . . . . . 5-10 Senior 18.9

S E C O N D T E A M * 3 r d Team > A ' 7 9

FRONT COURT CINDY JENSEN . . . . SCHURR 5-11 Senior 15.7FRONT COURT PAULA CLEAR. . . . . NORTHVIEW . 5-10 Senior 19.0FRONT COURT KAREN CHOATE . . . . SCNORA. 6-0 Junior 14.5FRONT GOURT PATTY GUANELLA . . . INDIO 5-11 Senior 17.4FRONT COURT IRENE HOLMES . . . . MONROVIA 5-8 Junior 6.0FRONT COURT KRISTI BLANKENSHIP . EL DORADO 5-5 Junior 20.4

SACK COURT DONNA McELREA. . . . MAYFAIR 5-6 Senior 15.5BACK COURT KIM BECKHART . . . . SOUTH HILLS . . . . . . 6-1 Junior 10.1BACK COURT TERRY MITROFF. . . . PIONEER 6-0 Junior 14.0BACK COURT MELANIE WHITENACK. . CAPISTRANO VALLEY . . . 5-9 Junior 14.2BACK COURT KATHY POWELL . . . . T R O Y 5-6 Senior 20.0

1980 ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF GIRL'S BASKETBALL

RALPH ALEXANDER - Member at Large " CLAUDE ANDERSON - San Bernardino SunMIKE BROSSART - Pomona Progress GARY DeGARMO - Riverside PressJERRY CROWE - San Pedro News-Pilot LEN LOCHER - Alhambra PostJIM PARKER - Ventura Star KEN PIVERNETZ - Long Beach IndependentMICHAEL PECK - Lancaster Press BUDDY DYER - SecretaryPAT DONNELLY - Researcher BILL SCHROEDER - Chairman

CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONFORMERLY HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION

KARLA RECKER (VALLEY CHRISTIAN), KELLY.FRASER (LA SIERRA) & SHELLY WICKS (SHANDON)WIN MVP HONORS IN PREP BASKETBALL FOR '80FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, MARCH 18th am's and after

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN 1980, CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S ALL-SOUTH-CALIFORNIA BOARD OP ATHLETICS HAS SELECTED THE CIP SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS

BASKETBALL ALL-STAR TEAMS. ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN FIVE

DIVISIONS WITH PLAYER OP THE YEAR SELECTIONS BEING MADE IN EACH DIVISION.Shelly Wicks, 6-1 Shandon High senior, was the board's choice as Small Schools

MVP. She led Shandon to the Tri-County League title and to the semi-finals of theCIP playoffs before losing to eventual champ Tehachapi, 57-42, The Tehacapi Warriors ,defeated Marshall 48-37 for the Small Schools Championship.

One-A Division MVPs are Valley Christian's Karla Recker and La Sierra's KellyPraser. The board vote was dead-even for the two senior stars. Valley Christian,the Olympic League champion lost to Ontario Christian in the 1-A title game, 57-49.La Sierra was eliminated from playoff action in the semi-final round by the eventualchampions 58-44.

All-star team players will be honored at the Athletic Foundation's 43rd an-nual awards ceremonies on Saturday, April 5th in Culver City.

ALL - C.I.P. SOUTHERN SECTION .... 1 - A BASKETBALL TEAM .... 1980 SEASON .F I R S T T E A M

FRONT COURT LISA VANDERSTELT. . ONTARIO CHRISTIAN. . . . . 6-0 130 Sr. 14.5FRONT COURT + DONNA CORCORAN. . . LA CANADA 5-9 135 Sr. 19.0FRONT COURT KAREN McNEIL. . . . CALABASAS .5-8 130 Jr.' 10.5FRONT COURT + DANA SMITH TWEHTYNINE PALMS . . . . . 5-10 140 Sr. 21.0FRONT COURT GEORGETTE BROWN . . PERRIS 5-11 140 Sr. 23.4FRONT COURT CARY SUESS. . . . . TEMPLE CITY. . . . . . . . 5-10 140 Jr. 14.0BACK COURT * KELLY FRASER. ... LA SIERRA 5-11 140 Sr. 11.5BACK COURT * KARLA RECKER. . . . VALLEY CHRISTIAN 5-7 130 Sr. 15.0BACK COURT CINDY McNEIL. . . . SANTA CLARA 5-1 120 Sr. 15.3BACK COURT JULIE HANKS . . . . ROYAL OAK. . 5-10 135 Jr. 22.0

S E C O N D T E A MFRONT COURT SANDRA McVEIGH. . . LA SIERRA . 6-2 155 Sr. 12.5FRONT COURT + KARIN KNUDSEN . . . RIO MESA . 6-0 150 Sr, 14.0FRONT COURT DORIS GOODWIN -. . . IMPERIAL ' . 5-10 125 Sr. 18.3FRONT COURT DENISE WOODWARD . . HEMET 5-10 140 Sr." 12.0FRONT COURT NELLY RADEMAKER . . ONTARIO CHRISTIAN 5-9 130 Jr. 11.4FRONT COURT CLARA PIERSMA . . . VALLEY CHRISTIAN 5-9 135 3v. 8.0BACK COURT + ROBIN GATER . . . . DUARTE 5-4 125 Jr. 29.8BACK COURT LIZ BURCH LA REINA 5-5 130 Sr. 16.1BACK COURT # ANNE PINK BISHOP DIEGO . . . . . . . 5-8 125 Sr. 15.4BACK COURT # MOLLY MALLOY. . . . ALVERNO. 5-5 110 Sr. 21.0

_ * 1st Team '79 + 2nd Team »79 # 2nd Team 2-A '79

ALL - C.I.P. SOUTHERN SECTION .... SMALL SCHOOLS BASKETBALL TEAM .

FRONT COURT * SHELLY WICKS. . . . SHANDON 6-1 160 Sr. 24.7FRONT COURT ** ANITA CAOUETTE. . . OWENS VALLEY . . . . . . . 6-1 130 Sr. 14.0FRONT COURT DIANA GILMORE . . . PASADENA POLY 5-10 130 Jr. 27.0FRONT COURT KARYN HAIGHT. . . . ORANGE LUTHERAN 5-9 127 Jr. 8.6FRONT COURT YOLANDA GAETA . . . TEHACHAPI. 6-0 150 Jr. 9.5FRONT COURT PAM KNIGHT RIO HONDO PREP 5-11 140 Jr. 16.3BACK COURT KELLY ULRICH. . . . TEHACHAPI. . . . . . . . . 5-8 135 Sr. 13.9BACK COURT KAREN SULLIVAN. . . MARSHALL . \"t" 5-8 125 Jr. 21.6BACK COURT * ELIZABETH BREHM . . ORANGE LUTHERAN. . . . . . 5-5 120 Sr. 10.7BACK COURT JULIE LEMBURG . . . MELODYLAND 5-9 135 Jr. 22.0 '

* Named to '79 Team ** A '78 2nd Team 1-A Pick & '79 SS