NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
LOS ANGELES CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS photos by Medina and Smith
Homestead High School by Jeff Wolfe, Meet Director In a new twist, individuals competing in the In· vitational had to qualify from their sections through divisions to the Championship by using the 13·14 Junior Olympic AAU Compulsories. The Champion· ships were optional only. The all ·around performers captured at least 14 out of 20 places in each event leaving space for only 6 specialists on each event. AII·around winner Steve Berglund of Encina and Tom Weeden of Carlmont are both juniors so next year's championships should be tough indeed. The team finals were held at Mills High School in Millbrae under the direction of Ron Weiss. The teams went into a dual elimination tournament based on season records to determine the final four teams. Competing teams and their coaches were DeAnza (Greg Hetrick) , San Mateo (Art An· drews), Hillsdale (Don Nelson), Ygnacio Valley (Mike Thompson), Encina (Ray Goldbar), Carlmont (AI Swann), Homestead (Jeff Wolfe) , and Castle· mont (Sandy Cutler) . RESULTS: Team: Encina (E) 131 ; Homestead (H) 124; Hills· dale (Hd) 113; DeAnza (DA) 109. AA: Steve Berg· lund (E) 43.75 ; Tom Weeden (Carl mont) 39.95; Tom Sweeney (San Mateo) 38.7. FX: Bill Bailey (E) 8.6; Berglund 8.5; Frank Sahlien (Hd) 8.05. SH: Theopolis Hatfield (Castlemont) 6.3; Robert Cole· man (Castlemont) 5.65. R: Kim Hughes (Berkeley) 7.4; Weeden 6.9; Bruce Sommer (E) 6.8. LH: Blake Streb (H) 8.45 ; Berglund 8.35; Karl Miller (College Park) 8.35. PB: Berglund 8.45; Weeden 7.55 ; Sweeney 7.25. HB: Berglund 8.20; Dave Burgess (Skyline) 7.55; Sommer 7.15.
Hector Neff, Taft Los Angeles 1st AA
WINNING ROUTINES: LH: Blake Streb, Homestead, coach Jeff Wolfe, Hecht from the neck. R: Kim Hughes, Berkeley, coach Don Allin Dislocate shoot to handstand (hold), lower to reverse kip to cross (not held) press to "l" support (hold), straight body bent arm press to handstand (hold), drop forward, backuprise to cross (hold), dislocate to double back salta dismount. SH: Theopolis Hatfield, Castlemont, coach Sandy Cutler Drehflanke on end, simple travel up, front scis· sors (three), single leg cut to reverse scissors, sin· gle leg cut to doubles (three), moore, double, travel down, Olympic dismount. FX: Bill Bailey, Encina, coach Ray Goldbar Run to pike front step·out to handspring front, headspring, momentary stand, flip ·flop to chest roll , half turn to split, join legs to front leaning rest, stiff-stiff press to handstand (hold), pike down to stand, round off, flip-flop arabian front to front roll step out, two leg circles to standing valdez, half turn to side scale, hold, quarter turn to stand, round off, back layout step out continue on one foot, half turn to front roll, step out, reverse pirouette to handstand pike to stand. Round off, flipflop full twist back. HB: Steve Berglund, Encina, coach Ray Goldbar Jam to handstand, three·quarter giant, stoop to one eagle and hop out, reverse giant to pirouette, overgrip giant, sale circle to blind change, immediate reach under to rear vault. Kip to support and cast to reverse grip giants, one giant, sale circle, one giant to hecht off. PB: Steve Berglund, Encina, coach Ray Goldbar Cast to support, straddle cut "L." Stiff-stiff press to handstand (hold) . layaway to streuli (hold) . Swing to stutz, underbar cast to back uprise straddle-cut catch to layaway. Front uprise to front salta with half twist dismount.
22
lOS ANGElES CITY GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1971 by Jack Medina The 1971 los Angeles City Gymnastics Cham pionships were held in May before a crowd of about 2000 people at San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California . Monroe High School, coached by Mr. les Sasvery won a narrow, exciting victory over Taft High School, coached by Mr. John Furlong. The team championship was a see-saw affair right down to the last event of the evening, Still Rings, where Monroe shoWed its superiority and nailed down the championship. Final score: Monroe 183.82; Taft 177.07. . This competition also marked the end of Rope Climb and Tumbling in L.A. City Competition. The rope climb event couldn't have finished in finer style as Gary Morgan from Monroe set a new meet record and just missed a world record as he climbed the rope in 2.9 seconds. The next closest time was 3.3 which was accomplished by Bob King of Chatsworth High School. Scores throughout the competition, for event winners, ranged in the middle 8's. long Horse was won by Steve Chase of Canoga Park with a score of 8.55 ; Side Horse by Kurt Zimmerman, Monroe
8.60; Floor Exercise, Hector Neff, Taft 8.40; Horizontal Bar, Tom Casey, University 8.35; Parallel Bars, John Kolb, Monroe 8.30; Still Rings, Mark Sherwood, Venice 8.80; and Tumbling, Ronnie Reznick, University 8.55. The All Around title was won by Hector Neff, Taft, with a total of 46.60. Close behind was Brad Horowitz of Monroe with a score of 44.50. All in all it was an exciting finale for the 1971 season. The meet, directed by Jack Medina, Head Coach, San Fernando Valley State, was extremely well organized and all competitors showed what hard work can accomplish. All of the gymnasts who performed and their coaches are to be commended for a job well done. A list of the award winners in each event follows: AA: Neff (Taft) 46.60; Horowitz (Monroe) 44.50; Peterson (Chatsworth) 41.35. FX: Neff 8.4; tie between Rodas (Lincoln and leta (M) 8.2 ; SH: Zim merman (M) 8.6; Varris (Uni) 7.9; Neff 7.8. HB: Casey (Uni) 8.35; tie between Horowitz and Bogden (T) 8.0. LH: Chase (Canoga Park) 8.55 ; Miranda (l) 8.25; Reznick (Uni) 8.1. PB: Kolb (M) 8.3; Horowitz 8.1 ; Neff 7.9. R: Sherwood (Venice) 8.8; laurie (V) 8.55; Yeakey (Grant) 8.05. Tu: Rezni ck 8.55; Casian (M) 8.1; Schatz (Narhonne) 7.8. Rope: Morgan (M) 2.9; King (Chat) 3.3 ; Krueger (South Gate) 3.4.