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1 UNITED SAVINGS - HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDA KEITH WILKES, SANTA BARBARA HIGH STAR is "AAAA" C.I.F. BASKETBALL PLAYER OF 1970 FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH...and after DON'T BREAK RELEASE Keith Wilkes, 6-6 and 170-pound senior forward for Santa Barbara's dandy Dons, was the Helms Board's unanimous choice as "AAAA" CIF Player of the Year for 1970 as All-Southern California Board of Athletics met at Helms Hall to make its annual all-star team selections. There were several top MVP candidates, any one of whom would have made a good choice in any other year, but Wilkes, leading championship drives in CIF playoff action over the past two seasons had no serious pretenders to his rightful MVP throne. An all-channel League selection over the past three years two at Ventura High and one at Santa Barbara the wonderful Wilkes got Ventura High as far as the semi-finals last year, as he averaged 20.7 points from his center position. This year, moving to Santa Barbara with his family (his father, a minister, was transfered) Wilkes was moved to forward by Don coach Jack Trigueiro where he performed in championship fashion for the second straight year. Moving out from under the basket to his new forward position in 1970, Wilkes elevated his average to 24.1 points in 27 games, 26 of which were a string of victories carrying through the season to the semi-finals of the "AAAA" playoffs. Going virtually untested in the Channel League, the Dons came into the playoffs with a perfect record and atop the high school ratings. They commenced to whip some classy competition...santa Monica (74-6l), Morningside (58-56), and Notre Dame (74-52) before running afoul of the well disciplined Millikan Rams. The Dons got rammed, In the four playoff games Wilkes scored 28, 28, 25 & 17 points, falling below his average against Millikan due in part to a sprained ankle. Over the season Wilkes averaged 16 rebounds per game (430 in 27) and 130 assists. For having been named for Player of the Year honors, Keith Wilkes will receive the Helms medallion award at the 33rd annual All-Southern California Board of Basketball awards program to be held at Helms Hall on Saturday morning, April l8th, at 10:30 a.m. All players named for all-star team honors, along with their coaches, will be special invited guests on this big occasion. Top team honors in "AAAA" Division basketball for 1970 went to coach Howard Lyon< s Millikan Rams...a well-rounded, well-disciplined team that played well at both ends of the court and failed to read the opposition's press clippings. The Rams wound up 28-3 on the year, whipping some of the Southlands best quintets. Moore League champions, Millikan upended Dominguez (63-56), Pioneer (57-53), Sunny Hills (64-47), Santa Barbara (66-53) and Pacific League upstart Monrovia in the finale, in as onesided a title game as can be recalled. In dominating "AAAA" CIP play in 1970, Millikan placed three performers on the all-star teams. Classy center Dave Frost was a 1st team selection, while guard Dan Peters and forward Richard Plante were 2nd and 3rd team selections respectively. Palos Verdes, another strong contender for top "AAAA" billing, a had a banner year on the hardwood. Coach John Mihaljevich's Sea Kings bumped Buena (73-5]+), West Covina (63-53), Compton (49-45) and were then edged by Monrovia in an "anybodys" game. With a wealth of individual talent in the "AAAA" Division, only four schools placed more than one performer on the honor teams. Led by champion Millikan's three, Santa Barbara, Palos Verdes and Sunny Hills landed two players each. Keith Wilkes, Marc Palmer and Bill Ingram are back from last year's first team, while Pius X guard Thomas Perrato, a 2nd team pick in 1969, was named to the 3rd team this year. For the 19th year, the AMP-VOIT Rubber Corporation will again present miniature basketballs to the honored CIP players in all divisions. As they have so kindly done in past years, representatives of VOIT BASKETBALLS AWARDED TO ALL-STARS AT 33RD ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM SAT. APRIL 18 Voit will be on hand at Helms Hall to honor those players named for honors by the Helms Hall Board. Coaches of honored players and other

2 ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. "AAAA" DIVISION BASKETBALL TEAMS POS. PLAYER S C H POL, HGHT WGHT YEAR PTS. CK AVG. F. *KEITH WILKES... SANTA BARBARA Sr F. SCOTT KAY PACIFIC Sr F. #MARC PALMER CRESCENTA VALLEY Sr F. JOHN PARKER MONROVIA Sr F. *BILL INGRAM MORNINGSIDE Sr F. JAN VAN BREDA KOLFF. PALOS VERDES Sr C. DAVE FROST MILLIKAN Sr C. DAN BRODERICK.... WESTMINSTER Sr G. G. HANK BABCOCK... BIFF BURRELL... NOTRE DAME.... COMPTON Sr. Jr SECOND TEAM F. DARRELL GUMM... PASADENA sr F. TOM O'MARA LOYOLA Sr F. HARIAN PEET NORTH TORRANCE Sr F. BILL THOMPSON,... RAMONA 6-2 l?0 Sr C. FRANK DEHN SUNNY HILLS Sr C. DON FORD SANTA BARBARA Jr G. DAN PETERS MILLIKAN Sr G. LONNIE SMITH... SANTA MONICA Sr G. SCOTT FISHER... MIRA COSTA Sr G. JEFF BUTLER SOUTH HILLS Sr THIRD TEAM F. WALTER CAMPBELL... BUENA Sr F. JERRY PERISHO.... CALIFORNIA Sr F. KIM SWAIM SUNNY HILLS Sr F. BILL KOLODZIEJCZAK. WEST TORRANCE Sr C. TIM STARE PALOS VERDES Sr C. PAT BOYER, ROLLING HILLS Sr G. ROBERT HUBBARD... BLAIR Sr G. ALEX TERRAZAS.... PIONEER Sr G. **THOMAS FERRATO... PIUS X Sr G. RICHARD PLANTS... MILLIKAN Sr G. PETE MILLER TROY Sr * 1st Team 1969 # 2nd Team 1969 ** 2nd Team "AAA" 1969 ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF BASKETBALL 1970 ~ Ralph Alexander - L.A. City Schools Phil Pattern - Santa Barbara News-Press Al Ames - Glendale News-Press Mannie Pineda - Arcadia Tribune Claude Anderson - San Bernardino Sun Ken Pivernetz - Long Beach Press-Tel. Hugh Baker - Orange County News Garland Rose - Riverside Press-Ent.. Steve Brand - L.A. Herald-Examiner Joe Smilor - Pomona Progress-Bulletin Tom Coulter - San Pedro News Pilot John Strey - Whittier News Robert Cuomo - The Citizen-News Will Watson -. Pasadena Star News Avrum Dansky - L.A. Times Tyler Welshimer - San Gabriel Valley Trib. Bill Gillis - Antelope Valley Press Eddie West - Santa Ana Register David Lopez - Huntington Park Signal Wayne Wilson - Van Nuys News John Marrs - Ventura Star Free Press Frank Mazzeo - Van Nuys News Mike Waldner - South Bay Daily Breeze Buddy Dyer - Helms Hall (Secretary) Mike Pardridge - Santa Monica Outlook Bill Schroeder - Helms Hall (Chairman) PAST ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF YEAR 1938 Stuart Lewis Whittier 1956 Jerry Pimm.Montebello 1939 Bob Howard Poly, L.B. Jim Hanna Poly, L.B Ed Gillean.Poly, L.B George Van Vliet Whittier 1941 Horace Brightman...Wilson, L.B. Alvin Claiborne.Mt. Carmel 1942 Irving Noren.Pasadena 1958 John Rudometkin Santa Maria 1943 Alan Grimley Glendale 1959 Darrell Sutherland....Glendale Bob Hobbs. Orange 1960 Thomas Dose. Glendale 1944 Richard Robins Poly, L.B Fred Goss Compton 1945 Richard Barnes...Hoover, S.D Douglas Bolcom Arcadia 1946 Hugh Stewart...South Pasadena 1963 Loy Peterson Anaheim 1947 Houston Faulkner...Anaheim 1964 David Lawyer Oxnard 1948 Bob Johnson Whittier 1965 Lynn Shackelford Burroughs 1949 Wayne Kopren..Whittier 1966 Chuck Moore Poly, L.B Mark Costello El Monte Trent Gaines Poly, L.B Ronald Bane Alhambra 1967 Dana Pagett El Segundo 1952 George Selleck Compton 1968 Paul Westphal Aviation 1953 Bill Bond St. Anthony 1969 Larry Hollyfield Compton 1954 Larry Hauser Mt. Carmel 1970 Keith Wilkes Santa Barbara 1955 Fred Crabtree Covina

3 UNITED SAVINGS - HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION RAYMOND LEWIS, VERBUM DEI GUARD, SELECTED TOP C.I.F..."AAA" BASKETBALL PLAYER IN '70 FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH...and after (***DO NOT BREAK RELEASE DATE!!!) Raymond Lewis, classy little guard who led coach Caldwell Black's Verbum Dei Eagles to the "AAA" Division basketball title for 1970, was named Player of the Year in triple "A" play when members of Helms Athletic Foundation's All- Southern California Board of Athletics met at Helms Hall last week to make their annual all-star team selections. Coach Black calls his star performer "the best guard in the CIF" and Helms Board members certainly agreed with him in naming Lewis for "AAA" MVP honors. A 1st team "AA" selection last year when the Eagles from Verbum Dei won the double "A" top spot over Katella 90-87, Lewis came back strong in 1970 to average 21.3 points per contest over their 28-game season. Only a junior, Lewis was the MVP in the Santa Fe League and wound up on the all-league team with three of his teammates...bob Walters, Adrian Chivers and Mike Blackshire. Walters and Blackshire were also named to the "AAA" CIF honor teams along with Lewis. The Verbum Dei Eagles literally flew over all opposition in the playoffs. First victim was Beverly Hills (98-82) and then came North Riverside (77-55); Villa Park (113-97), Rancho Alamitos (94-75) and Fermin Lasuen in the finals, A remarkably high scoring team during the season; the Eagles set a new CIF Southern Section single-game scoring mark during the regular season against Pater Noster. The score was bettering the old high-water mark of 129, which was scored by Compton in a 1968 win over Lynwood, This marks the 33rd year that Helms Athletic Foundation has sponsored All- Southern California Board of Athletics, which annually names all-star teams in the major high school sports. All players named for honors on this year's "AAA" teams will receive special scroll awards. Player of the Year Ray Lewis and his coach Caldwell Black will also receive special medallion and silver tumbler awards at the 33rd annual awards program to be held at Helms Hall on Sat., April 18th at 10:30 a.m. All-star team selections made over the past 33 years are the result of much hard work, time and effort expended by Southern California sports journalists. The Board has served the youth of the Southland loyally since ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA "AAA" DIVISION BASKETBALL TEAMS 1970 POS. PLAYER SCHOOL HGHT WGHT YEAR PTS. G^ AVG. F. ROBERT GROSS.. LASUEN Jr F. MIKE LAMBERT.. POMONA Sr F. *RICK BALES... MORENO VALLEY Sr F. JIM ANDERSON.. RANCHO ALAMITOS Sr C. MARK DEKKER... SANTIAGO Sr C. GUY HARDING... RIGHETTI Sr G. **RAYM0ND LEWIS.. VERBUM DEI Jr G. ROBERT WALTERS. VERBUM DEI Sr G. RICHARD GROSS.. LASUEN Sr G. LANCE ARMSTRONG. RIGHETTI Sr SECOND TEAM F. ELTON ROSS... KENNEDY, BARSTOW Sr F. BRAD DEAN.... LA MIRADA ?r F. FRED COKER... AVIATION Jr F. MARK OLSON... VILLA PARK Sr C. BILL BOYD.... FOOTHILL Jr C. BART LEBON... MIRALESTE Sr G. JAMES MONTAGUE. AVIATION 5-11 l6l Sr G. #RICK ABEREGG.. KATELLA Sr G. DAVE CUMBERLAND. SANTA MARIA Sr G. JIM TOUGH.... BEVERLY HILLS Sr THIRD TEAM F. JOHN ZOROTOVICH. LASUEN Sr F. TOM POKORSKI.. NORTHVIEW Jr F. GENE STEWART.. LA SALLE Sr F. JOHN VIBOCH... ST. MONICA Sr C. **MIKE BLACKSHIRE. VERBUM DEI Sr C. JERRY MARAS... PACIFICA Jr G. KEN HAY CHINO 6-2 l?0 Sr G. PAUL HERNANDEZ. VICTOR VALLEY Sr G. TOM JACKSON... BASSETT Sr G. JACK KELCH... SANTIAGO Sr * 1st Team 1969 ** 1st "AA" Team 1969 # 2nd "AA" Team 1969

4 RAY PRICE, TEMPLE CITY, & BRIAN HEUBLEIN, PASADENA POLY, TOP "AA" & "A" PLAYERS IN C.I.F. BASKETBALL FOR 1970 SEASON... FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH and after *****DO NOT BREAK RELEASE DATE!!!) A pair of record Breakers head all-star basketball teams selected by Helms Athletic Foundation's All-Southern California Board of Athletics at the board's annual round ball meeting at Helms Hall. Temple City's Ray Price set a single-season and career scoring mark at his school, with 835 points in 23 games for a 36.3 point average. He amassed 1,381 points over two years, for a 29.4 average. He also collected a flock of league and singlegame marks. Price shot 60% from the floor & had an 86% mark from the free-throw line. Pasadena Poly's Brian Heublein was a landslide winner of MVP honors among CIF "A" Division all-star team members. Brian set a new GIF single-season mark with a 41.2 average in 23 games. He scored 947 points over the year. Brian was the Prep League's MVP for the second year and, along with the "AA" MVP Ray Price, finds himself on the ALL-CIF first team for the second year in a row. Wilson High of La Puente won the "AA" title and is represented on the allstar team by seniors Tom Bauer and Gary Blahnik, who both sported l7-point averages. Hacienda League co-champs, Wilson knocked over Bloomington, Santa Paula, Palm Springs and Arroyo Grande on the way to the championship. It was in the finale for coach Karl Weiglin's Wildcats. Single "A" champion Harvard, coached by Dan McFadden and represented on the honor team by seniors Steve Hoch and Doug Econn, bested Chadwick (85-43), St. Joseph (66-49), Paraclete (74-63), Notre Dame of Riverside (54-41) and Trona (54-52) on the title-winning trail. All players named for all-star team honors will be recipients of Helms scroll awards and Players of the Year Ray Price and Brian Heublein and title-winning coaches Karl Weiglin and Dan McFadden will receive medallion and silver tumbler awards respectively. All-star teams follow: ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA "AA" DIVISION BASKETBALL TEAMS POS. PLAYER SCHOOL HGHT WGHT YEAR PTS. G. AVG. F. *RAY PRICE... TEMPLE CITY Sr F. DAN LINTNER... ARROYO GRANDE Jr F. *LARRY BRINGHAM. H A R T Sr F. TOM BAUER.... WILSON, LA PUENTE Sr C. CHARLES WHITING. WALNUT Sr C. RICK WALLER... YUCAIPA Sr G. LARRY HOLLAND.. PALM SPRINGS Jr G. DAVE YANEZ... FILLMORS Sr G. GARY BLAHNIK.. WILSON, LA PUENTE Sr G. BILL SERRANO.. WORKMAN Sr SECOND TEAM F. DAVID FREEMAN.. SANTA YNEZ Jr F. MARK JONES... BELL GARDENS Sr F. CASEY LASLEY.. NORDHOFF Sr F. JIM WATERMAN.. HEMET Sr C. RANDY ANDERSON. M0RR0 BAY 6-4 I85 Sr C. BOB EMETT.... LA CANADA Sr G. ART HARRIS... PALO VERDE, BLYTHE Sr G. BILL GALLIS... SIERRA VISTA Sr G. STEVE O'DELL.. WALNUT Jr G. TOM McCOURT... SANTA PAULA Sr * 1st Team ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA "A" DIVISION BASKETBALL TEAM F. RICK PETERSON.. T R O N A Sr F. *BRIAN HEUBLEIN. POLY, PASADENA Sr. 94? F. STEVE HOCH... HARVARD Sr F. BOB THOMSON... DESERT Sr C. GEORGE KORSON.. NOTRE DAME, RIVERSIDE Sr C. JIM RUCKS.... CUYAMA VALLEY Sr G. RALPH BOBIK... RIM OF WORLD Sr G. JOHN MacMEEKEN. GATE Sr G. JIM STRONG... BIG BEAR Sr G. DOUGLAS ECONN.. HARVARD Sr G. RAY CARTER... TRONA Sr G. *RANDY KUMPE... AMBASSADOR Sr * 1st Team 1969 * * *

5 GREG LEE, RESEDA HIGH SCHOOL, NAMED MVP IN L.A. CITY BASKETBALL FOR_SECOND YEAR IN'70 FOR RELEASE: SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 7th and Sunday a.m. DO NOT RELEASE PRIOR TO SAT.. FEB. 7 p.m. Gregory Lee who, under the coaching leadership of his father Marvin Lee, has directed the Reseda Regents to the top of the West-Valley League heap over the past three seasons, was a unanimous selection as Los Angeles City Basketball Flayer of the Year for 1970 as members of the Helms Athletic Foundation's selection Board met to make their annual all-star team selections. Lee, who was recipient of similar honors last year, was a standout performer again in Greg scored more points than any other player in city league action this past season with 290 points in 10 games. Greg's coach and father was most candid in his evaluation of this year's top prep performer. "Should repeat as Player of the Year in the city," was coach Lee's simple and direct comment. Greg has been a classy performer on the hard court for three seasons, having been a third-team all-city selection as a sophomore when he averaged 20 points per game. Last season he boasted a 27.3 point-per-game average as city Player of the Year. His scoring totals were most impressive this season (29 point avg.), but his assists and rebounding were of equal importance. Greg averaged nine assists and 8 rebounds per contest. Reseda won the West-Valley League title with a perfect 10-0 mark and stormed into the playoffs hoping to nail down its first city roundball title. The crown had escaped the Regents last year as Palisades beat them in the finals. And the West-Valley champs were on their way toward this goal with wins over Fairfax 70-69, and Locke, Then came Palisades in the semi-finals and the Regents lost again to the Dolphins, Although Reseda pulled down individual honors, contributing the city's MVP, Greg Lee, and another first teamer in Gary Franklin, who was also all-city timber last year, it was the Jordan High Bulldogs that captured team honors. Under coach Bobbie Brown the Bulldogs won 18 straight games in a perfect season. City champions in 1966 under coach John Randolph, this year's team ran, pressed and shot its way through all opposition, averaging over 100 points per contest in league play and then blowing over four tournament opponents in quick order. The Bulldogs, which under coach Brown's two-year regime have an astounding 33-1 record, whipped Monroe (108-69), Taft (80-70), Dorsey (76-52) and Palisades in the finale (64-53)...demonstrated that none of its opponents could cope with Jordan's two-platoon, run and press tactics. Jordan placed three performers on the all-city teams Preston Scott, John Jones and Phaynes Reeda third respectively. League champions in the eight city loops were as follows: on first, second and CHAMPION LEAGUE COACH RECORD LEAGUE RUNNER-UP JORDAN EASTERN BOBBIE BROWN B E L L ( 7-3) LOCKE MARINE BOBBIE POUNDS NARBONNE (8-2) LINCOLN NORTHERN ELISEO NINO 9-1 MARSHALL (6-4) BELMONT NORTHERN TOM ARIMA 9-1 MARSHALL (6-4) JEFFERSON SOUTHERN LARRY HANSON 9-1 DORSEY-FREMONT (7-3) CRENSHAW... WESTERN JIM RYAN 8-2 PALISADES (7-3) GRANT EAST-VALLEY..BILL McKEE 10-0 FAIRFAX (8-2) GRANADA HILLS. MID-VALLEY...BARRY BASS 10-0 MONROE (7-3) RESEDA... WEST-VALLEY..MARVIN LEE 10-0 TAFT (6-4) Thirteen schools are represented on this year's all-city basketball all-star teams. Champion Jordan placed three performers, one on each of the three clubs, while Reseda, which whipped Dorsey for third place in city playoff action, had two representatives. Dorsey and Locke also had two players named to the all-star teams, while city runner-up Palisades placed one performer. For the first time in 1970, the Helms selection board named players without thought of position. Since most coaches now employ a rotating form of offense and defense, it was the board's feeling that to assign players positions served little purpose. Pick up all-city teams on following page...

6 ALL-L.A. CITY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM SELECTIONS FOR 1970 FIRST YEAR S C H O O L HGHT WGHT YEAR AVG *GREGORY LEE RESEDA 6-4 1% Sr GARY FRANKLIN RESEDA Sr. 2^.2 PRESTON SCOTT JORDAN Sr GLENN McDONALD JEFFERSON Sr PAUL CALDWELL D O R S E Y Sr JOHN GIBSON GRANADA HILLS Sr S E C O N D TEAM FRED ANTWINE LOCKE Sr JOHN JONES JORDAN Sr. 1^.5 KEN GRAY D O R S E Y Sr ALFONSO BRIGHAM C R E N S H A W Sr PAT KING BELL Jr GEORGE WEIDER HOLLYWOOD Sr THIRD TEAM RUBEN BALLES. L I N C O L N Sr DUANE BONNER F R E M O N T Sr PHAYNES REEDA JORDAN Sr AL NELSON CLEVELAND Sr #DOUG KING PALISADES Sr. 8.2 ROBERT WHITE LOCKE Sr * 1st Team ' nd Team '69... # 3rd Team '69 LOS ANGELES CITY LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR BY HELMS HALL BOARD... PLAYER S C H O O L L E A G U E AVG. C O A C H ALFONSO BRIGHAM CRENSHAW WESTERN 19*7? JIM RYAN RUBEN BALLES... LINCOLN NORTHERN 22.8 ELISEO NINO PRESTON SCOTT.. JORDAN EASTERN 13.1 BOBBIE BROWN GLENN McDONALD. JEFFERSON SOUTHERN 23-8 LARRY HANSON PAUL CALDWELL.. DORSEY SOUTHERN 29.1 GEORGE HAMILTON FRED ANTWINE... LOCKE MARINE 16.9 BOBBY POUNDS GREGORY LEE.... RESEDA WEST-VALLEY MARVIN LEE JOHN GIBSON... GRANADA HILLS.. MID-VALLEY 21.1 BARRY BASS GEORGE WEIDER.. HOLLYWOOD EAST-VALLEY BARRY LUNDY All-League Players of the Year, as well as those players named for All-Los Angeles City recognition, will be presented with special Helms scroll awards at the annual basketball awards ceremonies to be held later this spring. Helms medallions will also be presented to those named as Players of the Year. Coach Bobbie Brown will be recipient of the special "Silver Tumbler" award as the top city coach of In being named top player in L.A. City ranks for the second straight year, Greg Lee became only the third* player since 1938 to score a double. Jefferson's Billy McGill was named Player of the Year in both 1957 and 1958, while Sam Robinson, also of Jeff, was a double winner in 1965 and LOS ANGELES CITY BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF YEAR John Mandic Roosevelt 1955 Don Pino.University 1939 DickLindsley Eagle Rock Sterling Forbes...Jordan 1940 Dick Frey Banning 1957 Billy McGill Jefferson 1941 Gilbert Turnbull Hamilton 1958 Billy McGill Jefferson 1942 DeringtonGartrell...Banning Willie Thomas Jefferson 1943 Vic Larson..Washington 1959 Henry Johnson Fremont 1944 Dan Ducich Los Angeles Jack Hirsch. Van Nuys 1945 BobKloppenberg Marshall 1960 JoeCaldwell Fremont 1946 DickMcFarland Manual Arts 1961 Gail Goodrich Polytechnic 1947 Al Linnick Fairfax 1962 Tony Horton University 1948 Dick Saner Venice 1963 Edgar Lacey Jefferson 1949 Chet Noe Washington 1964 Walter Simon Roosevelt Don Eby Washington 1965 Sam Robinson...Jefferson 1950 James Powell Polytechnic 1966 Sam Robinson Jefferson 1951 J.C. Gipson Jefferson 1967 Curtis Rowe.Fremont 1952 Willie Naulls San Pedro 1968 Ronald Riley Jordan Earl Battey Jordan 1969 Gregory Lee Reseda 1953 James Kaufman Los Angeles 1970 Gregory Lee Reseda 1954 Lee Harmon University MEMBERS OF ALL-LOS ANGELES BOARD OF BASKETBALL SELECTION COMMITTEE FOLLOW: AVRUM DANSKY - Los Angeles Times STEVE BRAND - Los Angles Herald-Examiner WAYNE WILSON - Valley News TOM COULTER - San Pedro News-Pilot DAVID LOPEZ - Hunt. Park Signal MIKE WALDNER - So. Bay Daily Breeze BOB CUOMO - Valley Times-Citizen News MIKE PARDRIDGE - Santa Monica Outlook BUDDY DYER - Helms Hall, Sec'tary JERRY WEINER - City Schools, Adviser BILL SCHROEDER - Helms Hall, Chairman BOB GUERRERO - N.E. Newspapers, Adviser

7 HOLLYWOOD'S GEORGE WEIDER HELMS BOARD PICK AS EAST-VALLEY PLAYER OF YEAR ON HARDWOOD FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, FEB and after "Great" is the adjective Hollywood coach Barry Lundy uses to describe his star '6-5, 165-pound guard and the Helms Board agreed as it named the East-Valley League's leading scorer loop MVP for the 1970 season. There was also support for a couple of other star performers for MVP honors by league coaches, including Verdugo Hills' John Halverson, Floyd Cawthon of Fairfax, and Grant's Carl Kleinman. Welder scored 255 points in ten games for the Sheiks, although his team could do no better than share a tie for third place with North Hollywood and Verdugo Hills at four wins and six losses. Grant won league laurels with a perfect 10-0 record, with Fairfax in the runner-up spot with an 8-2 mark. Sylmar finished in the basement with Both Grant and Fairfax were bunped in the playoff's first round. Taft eliminated the Grant Lancers 71-64, while Fairfax was being edged by Reseda For the first time in 1970, the Helms Board named its teams without assigning players to definite positions. With the various rotations now being employed by most basketball coaches, the Board felt that trying to fit players into set positions was of doubtful value. The all-league teams follow: * * * FIRST TEAM....All-East Valley League PLAYER SCHOOL HGHT WGHT YEAR AVG. *JOHN HALVERSON... VERDUGO HILLS Senior 18.3 ADRIAN TANN FAIRFAX Soph FLOYD CAWTHON... FAIRFAX Senior 17.9 GEORGE WEIDER... HOLLYWOOD Senior 25.5 CARL KLEINMAN... GRANT Senior 12.4 * * * SECOND TEAM PETE FABER NORTH HOLLYWOOD Senior 17.0 LARRY HOROWITZ... GRANT Junior 12.0 *DAN SMITH GRANT Senior 13.7 CEDRIC BELL HOLLYWOOD Senior 15-0 MARK POLAN GRANT Senior 10.6 # 2nd Team Selections in 1969 Note: Players not designated by position for 1st time in 1970 LOCKE'S FRED ANTWINE WINS MVP VOTE IN MARINE LEAGUE BASKETBALL FOR '70 SEASON... Locke High School's Fred Antwine, the league's third-high scorer, was acclaimed as Player of the Year in Marine League action, as members of the Helms Hall prep selection board met for its annual roundball picks. Working in cooperation with league coaches, the selection of Antwine, who led Locke to a perfect 10-0 season and the loop crown, was unanimous. Narbonne placed second in final league standings (8-2), followed by Carson (6-4), San Pedro (3-7), Banning (2-8) and Gardena (1-9). Locke advanced to the second round in tourney play, while league runner-up Narbonne was knocked off in the opening round by Jeff, Locke whipped Lincoln, 62-57, and then went out at the hands of Reseda, There were no repeaters on this year's All-Marine contingent. All players named for honors, as has been the case since 1938, will be recipients of scroll awards...with Fred Antwine receiving the Helms medallion award for having been acclaimed MVP in the league. Teams follow: F I R S T T E A M All-Marine League PLAYER SCHOOL HGHT WGHT YEAR AVG. DON GILLENWATER.. SAN PEDRO Senior 18.5 FRED ANTWINE LOCKE Senior 16.9 ROBERT WHITE LOCKE Senior 13.5 RICHARD WATSON... NARBONNE Junior 19.8 DONELL NEAL NARBONNE Senior 16.3 * * * SECOND TEAM BILLY MALLORY... LOCKE Junior 15.7 BILL KILGORE... CARSON 6-1?60 Senicr 14.7 KELVAN WILLIAMS.. BANNING 6-2 " 65 Junior 10.2 MIKE BURCH NARBONNE 5-H 155 Senior 11.7 BOB SEWELL CARSON Senior 15.5 Note: No repeaters from last year's All-Marine League Teams No designated positions for players for 1st time in '70

8 CRENSHAW S ALFONSO BRIGHAM PICKED WESTERN LEAGUE'S TOP ROUND BALLER, FOR 1970 SEASON FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, FEB and after Crenshaw High's Alfonso Brigham who, as the league's leading scorer (19.8 avg) led coach Jim Ryan's five to the Western League crown with an 8-2 record, received majority backing from coaches and Helms Board members alike as he was named for MVP honors in the annual Los Angeles City league roundball selections conducted at Helms Hall. With the cooperation of league coaches, these selections have been carried on since 1938 by the Helms Athletic Foundation Board. Crenshaw High edged Palisades for the number one spot in league play by one game...as the Dolphins finished the regular season with a 7-3 record. Venice (6-4), Westchester (3-7), University (3-7) and Hamilton (3-7) finished behind the Crenshaw and Palisades crews in that order. The Western League did well in playoff action as the Dolphins went to the playoff finals beating Belmont (79-67), Jefferson (76-66) and Reseda (65-60)...before going under in the title game to the Jordan Bulldogs. Crenshaw dumped Bell in the first round of playoff action, 96-77, but was then edged by Dorsey, All-league teams have been selected by the Helms Board, with the good cooperation of Los Angeles coaches, since All players named for honors receive scroll awards at the close of each season. * * * F I R S T T E A M All-Western League JAY HANSETH PALISADES Senior 2t).. 2 +ALF0NS0 BRIGHAM.. CRENSHAW $ Senior 19.8 *SCOTT ALEXANDER.. VENICE $ Senior Ik.6 PERRY BROWN CRENSHAW Senior l6.5 *DOUG KING PALISADES Senior 8.2 * * * SECOND TEAM SID BROWN.WESTCHESTER Senior 17.8 BRUCE BONYNGE... UNIVERSITY Senior l$.l GREG WHITE. PALISADES Junior 22.7 LEE YOUNG VENICE Senior 12.0 MEL ARTERBERRY... CRENSHAW Junior 15-5 * 1st Team Selection in ' nd Team in '69 GLENN McDONALD (JEFF) & PAUL CALDWELL (DORSEY) SHARE SOUTHERN LEAGUE MVP IN 1970 Glenn McDonald of league title-winning Jefferson and Dorsey's Paul Caldwell were named to share MVP honors in the always tough Southern League, as the annual all-star teams were released by Helms Athletic Foundation. Selection of the teams is made by the Helms Board of prep sportswriters in cooperation with the league coaches. Paul Caldwell, who led Dorsey to a runner-up tie with Fremont in league play, wound up with the city's best average (29.1 in 8 games), while Glenn McDonald of Jeff was number two in league scoring behind Paul with 238 points in 10 games. Coach Hanson calls McDonald "the city's best and has played every position for us." Coach George Hamilton of Dorsey refers to Caldwell in glowing terms and also to 6-6, 190- pound Ken Gray, whom he calls "the best player in the city." The Southern League representatives did well in city playoff action. Runner-up Dorsey beat Mid-Valley champs Granada Hills (78-76), Western League champs Crenshaw (71-69), but then fell to eventual city title-winners Jordan (76-52). Jefferson, always a title contender, blackjacked Narbonne (IOO-78) in the first round, but was then upset by Palisades (76-66). All-star teams follow: * * * F I R S T T E A M All-Southern League GLENN McDONALD.. JEFFERSON Senior 23.8 PAUL CALDWELL... DORSEY Senior 29.1 KEN GRAY DORSEY Senior 22.0 DUANE BONNER... FREMONT Senior 22.1 DARRYL STEEN JEFFERSON Senior lij.. 3 * * * S E C O N D T E A M *GREGORY WALKER.. MANUAL ARTS Senior 18.0 CALEB HARRIS... WASHINGTON 5-H 160 Senior 10.0 GREGORY ALLEN... FREMONT 5-11 li).5 Senior 16.0 TOM LIPSEY JEFFERSON Junior H)..^ LANDERS HUBBARD. LOS ANGELES Senior l5-2 x 2nd Team Selection in ' nd Team All-Eastern in '69

9 GRANADA HILLS' JOHN GIBSON SALUTED AS TOP MID-VALLEY BASKETBALL PERFORMER FOR 1970 FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, FEB and after John Gibson, coach Barry Bass' star forward and Mid-Valley League scoring champion, was acclaimed as the loop's top player for 1970 by league coaches and Helms Board members alike as annual roundball all-star team selections were made at Helms Hall. Gibson, who averaged over 20 points per game for the Highlanders, is hailed by his coach as "a team player and outstanding in every way...he can go entire game and is extremely coachable." The Highlanders wound up atop the Mid-Valley League ladder with a perfect 10-0 mark, but were edged in the first round of the playoffs, by Dorsey. * Runner-up Monroe (7-3) did little better, as the Vikings bumped into the Jordan buzz saw, , in first-round action. The placing of other teams was San Fernando (6-4), Poly & Birmingham (3-7) abd Van Nuys (l-9). Board members making the annual league and all-city selections are Avrum Dansky (LA Times), Wayne Wilson (Valley-News), David Lopez (Huntington Park Signal), Bob Cuomo (Valley Times-Citizen News), Steve Brand (IA Herald-Examiner), Tom Coulter (San Pedro News-Pilot), Dan McLean (South Bay Daily Breeze), and Mike Pardridge (Santa Monica Outlook). Jerry Weiner and Bob Guerrero assist the Board as advisers, * * * F I R S T T E A M All Mid-Valley League JOHN GIBSON GRANADA HILLS Senior 21.1 BRUCE BATTLE SAN FERNANDO Junior 20.3 PAUL HAUGEN GRANADA HILLS ISO Senior 16.7 *DOUGMAYS SAN FERNANDO l5l Senior 16.6 ROBERT CHRISTENSON MONROE Senior 18.6 * * * S E C O N D T E A M MARK HANSON VAN NUYS Senior 11).. 9 RUSS ROBINS MONROE Senior l5.9 SCOTT BRODEK GRANADA HILLS Senior 12.6 KEN ENGER BIRMINGHAM Senior 1^. 9 STEWART KOPS POLY Senior nd Team Selection in 1969 Note: No designated positions for first time in 1970 RUBEN BALLES, LINCOLN HIGH FORWARD, PICKED TOP ROUNDBALL PLAYER IN NORTHERN LOOP IN 70 Lincoln High School's Ruben Balles, winding up league action as top scorer with 228 points and member of the co-championship team along with Belmont, was the league's MVP for 1970 by vote of both coaches and Helms Board members, as annual basketball all-star team selections were made at Helms Hall. Ruben led the Railspitters to a 9-1 season, as the Belmont Sentinels were matching Lincoln's record. Teams finishing behind the co-champs were Marshall (6-4), Franklin and Wilson (3-7), with Eagle Rock at (0-10). Both Northern Loop entrants in the playoffs went out early...lincoln bowing to Locke, 62-57, and Belmont going under to Palisades, Two Lincoln players, MVP Balles and Robert Duran were named to the all-star second team in No other players repeated from last year's all-stars. League all-stars will receive special scroll awards from the Helms Board, while Ruben Balles will be recipient of the Helms medallion as MVP of the league for * * * F I R S T TEAM All-Northern League *RUBEN BALLES LINCOLN Senior 22.8 ROMAN CISNEROS... LINCOLN Junior 11.9 RICHARD ALONZO BELMONT 5-9 lijd Senior 18.7 OSCAR MESTA BELMONT Senior 16.8 JOHN CARRILLO MARSHALL Senior 18.7 * * * SECOND TEAM MARCO ROJAS BELMONT Junior 13.9 KEVIN O'BRIEN MARSHALL Senior 20.6 *BOB DURAN LINCOLN Junior 12.9 HECTOR BERUMAN... LINCOLN Senior 13.6 CHARLES McBURNEY.. FRANKLIN Junior 16.8 * 2nd Team Selections in 1969

10 GREGORY LEE, RESEDA GUARD, REPEATS AS TOP WEST-VALLEY BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR'70 SEASON FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, FEB and after Gregory Lee, Reseda Regents star guard, was a unanimous selection as the West- Valley League Player of the Year for the second straight year by vote of loop coaches and Helms Hall Board members as the annual all-star team picks were made at Helms Hall. Lee, at 6-4 and 185 pounds, did an outstanding job for his coach and father, Marvin Lee leading Reseda to its third league crown in as many years... although in 1968 they shared the honor with Canoga Park and Taft. Lee scored more points than any other city player this year in league action in 10 games... although he finished second average-wise to Dorsey's Paul Caldwell (233 in 8 games, for a 29.1 avg.). Behind Reseda in league came Taft (6-4), Chatsworth (5-5), Cleveland and Canoga Park (4-6) and EL Camino Real (1-9). Canoga Park was forced to forfeit three games, which knocked them out of second place. In playoff action Reseda got through two engagements Fairfax (70-69) and Locke (86-71), before losing to Palisades, Taft knocked off Grant 71-64, before losing to Jordan, All players named for honors will be recipients of Helms scroll awards. Greg Lee, as league Player of the Year, will receive the Helms medallion award. * * * F I R S T T E A M All West-Valley League *GARY FRANKLIN... RESEDA $ Senior 24.2 LARRY DeANGELO... T A F T 6-3 ISO Senior 12.$ DON JACKSON CHATSWORTH 6-$ 200 Junior 13-$ +GREGORY LEE RESEDA $ Senior 29.0 AL NELSON CLEVELAND Senior 11.4 * * * S E C O N D T E A M DEAN FERREE CANOGA PARK 6-$ 200 Senior 13.3 DAN ELVESTER CLEVELAND Senior 22.4 JEFF BRIGGS CANOGA PARK $-7 13$ Senior 13.9 RICHARD SQUAR... T A F T $-9 14$ Senior lk.l LARRY LIVESEY... RESEDA $ Junior 8.7 * 2nd Team in '68 & 1st Team in '69 + 1st Team in both Note: No position designations for first time in 1970 JORDAN HIGH'S PRESTON SCOTT WINS ACCLAIM AS " EASTERN LOOP'S BEST IN 1970 BASKETBALL PLAY _ Preston Scott, leader of coach Bobbie Brown's Eastern League and Los Angeles City champion Jordan Bulldogs.was the Player of the Year choice for 1970 as all-star team selections were made at Helms Hall. Although coaches and Board members alike assessed Jordan High's success in 1970 as one of "just too many horses" it was agreed that 6-foot, 3-inch Preston Scott was the "juice" that made coach Brown's team percolate through 18 straight games without defeat this season. ; Although Scott's average was a modest 13.1 points per contest, no one on coach Brown's 10-man juggernaut set the world on fire point-wise. Six Bulldogs were in.' double figures for the year, however, which points up why Jordan averaged over 100^ points per game. Jordan, followed in league by Bell (7-3), Garfield (5-5), Roosevelt (4-6), Sotuh Gate (3-7) and Huntington Park (1-9), stormed through the city playoffs beating Monroe by 39 points (108-69), Taft by 10 (80-70), Dorsey by 24 (76-52) and Palisades by 11 (64-53). Brown's Bulldogs were never really tested in the playoffs, as Jordan lost interest in the finals after they'd run up a lead at halftime. * * * F I R S T T E A M All-Eastern League PRESTON SCOTT JORDAN $ Senior 13.1 i PHAYNES REEDA JORDAN $ Senior 10.6 : STEVE SWINNEY SOUTH GATE 6-$ 18$ Senior 18.7 JOHN JONES JORDAN $ Senior 14. $ PAT KING BELL 6-0 l$0 Junior 23.8 * * * SECOND TEAM EDWARD BUCHANAN... JORDAN 6-1 l$0 Senior 13.4 '! VINCE GUERRERO... GARFIELD $ Senior 16.2 MARC PINCOCK HUNT. PARK Junior 18.4 BILL HUGHES B E L L $-10 16$ Senior 18.3 RICHARD POKORSKI.. B E L L $ Junior 16.6 & No repeaters from last year's All-Eastern Loop team... Note: No position designations for players for 1st time in '70