1971 - 72
Class Leaders
Student Body Officers – Ralph Colosimo, president; Bill Howard, vice president; Nancy Colosimo, secretary; Greg Taucher, treasurer; Mary Brown, historian.
Senior Class Officers – Leo Lovato, president; Ron Mele, vice president; Sharon Sharp, secretary; Steve Summers, treasurer.
Junior Class Officers – Russ Meyer, president; Jim Brown, vice president; Loretta Neville, secretary; Steve Padjen, treasurer.
Sophomore Class Officers – John Colosimo, president; Kathy Sherauski, vice president; Patricia Tecza, secretary; Bob Krall, treasurer.
Freshman Class Officers – Mark Mele, president; Nick Soter, vice president; Barbara Brown, secretary; Anita Brown, treasurer.
The Year
National Merit Finalists: Brigitte Brunhart, John Klekas, Nancy Welsh and Paul Weiss
National Merit Letters of Commendation: Sarah Wilson, Richard Weiss
The Varsity Cheerleaders were Debbie McGeehan, Jerry Vaculin, Kris Razzeca, Jim Travis, Margaret Bray, Dennis Carrico, Cindy McGeehan and Gordon Wilson. The Junior Varsity Cheerleaders were Robyn Klonizos, Roger Tobari, Jocelyn Oki, John Payne, Kathy Sherauski and Daniel Pacheco.
In tartan-plaid jumpers, drummers Sheila Merritt, Terri Lee Pacheco, Mary Jo Anton, Chris Eckroth and Celeste Welsh provided the beat for Pep Club officers Paula Pazell (president), Mary Elyse Krall (vice president), Carol Elizondo (secretary), Chris Eckroth (treasurer) and Debi Henich (historian) along with marchers Mary Ann Abbott, Linda Moeller, Mary Jo Bailey, Barbara Bogle, Mary Brown, Robin Brown, Deirdre Collette, Nancy Colosimo, Chris Gianchetta, Betty Gonzales, Debbie Gray, Laurie Henich, Mary Jo Jacobson, Madeleine Kitterer, Lynn McDonough, Monica Liebergesell, Andrea Myntti, Constanza Ospina, Patty Pierce, Carol Ravarino, Dawn Sconfienza, Sharon Sharp, Anne Struble, Celeste Welsh, Sarah Wilson, Kathy Moore, Debbie Gorrell, Karie Musgrove, Ann Corbett, Marci Sloot, Laura McGarrell, Estelle Christopulos, Marci Bruce, Anne Bransford, Margo Heath, Maria Fabre, Mickey McChrystal, Colleen Schubach, Anita Brown, Sharon Weeks, Cindy Divino, Kathy Leary, Brenda Iverson, Mary Jo Vaculin, Colleen Chambers, Sharon Edde, Nancy Fox, Terry Crandall, Nancy Coupe, Kathleen Jacobson, Mary McBroom, Anamarie Sanone, Marian Bryker, Annette Hruska, Cindy Franks, Barbara Brown, Michelle Cronin, Maureen Eckroth, Darcy Beal, Raelynne Yanni, Carol Roberson, Melia Hayes, Ann Black, Stephanie Gamboa, Vicki Young, Janet Bogle, Jeanne Schaefer, Mary Ann Holland and Diane DeSanto.
Mary Brown was crowned Homecoming Queen. Her attendants were senior Debbie McGeehan and junior Loretta Neville.
The Judgeonian’s editor-in-chief was Mike Gorrell. Front-page editors were Monica Liebergesell, Peggy Praught and Sheila Tohill. Editorial page editors were Richard Bircumshaw, Brigitte Brunhart, Leo Lovato and Steve Summers. Ken Passarella and Tom Smith edited the sports page. George Del Hoyo and Thomas Grisley were cartoonists. Entertainment and variety stories were overseen by Kathy Heath, Jim Travis, Mary Ann Abbott, Diane DeSanto, Paula Pazell and Tony Salazar. Chris Eckroth, Nancy Fleisch, Carl Rubadue, Gordon Wilson and Roby Smith handled layout and copy editing. Dennis Van Avery was moderator. In one issue, writer Jim Travis noted that recycling centers were being established in Utah.
Music was important to this era, which featured a popular band, “Icarus,” made up of seniors Rick Peterson, Jon Heitkamp, Bernie Sims and Jeff Gadette. Coffee houses often had acoustic performances by Sarah Wilson, Ellen Powers, Danny Colosimo and Anna Grisley, and honky-tonk piano music from Thomas Grisley.
Singing in the Glee Club were President Gary Barber, Ralph Yanni, Celeste Welsh, Rick Weiss, Kathy Weiss, Wendy Wasescha, Theresa Trujillo, Dawn Sconfienza, Sheila Reid, Paula Pazell, Kenny Passarella, Russell Oki, Steve Nourse, Linda Montanesi, Leo Lovato, Laurie Hooper, Anne Marie Hanchir, Raymond Grothe, Carole Crandall, Patricia Cordova, Mary Jo Anton and Debbie Boutwell.
“Black Saturday” was the theme of the Halloween Dance, whose publicity wall poster featured a drawing by junior Roger Tobari of two witches stirring a cauldron.
David Hruska was editor in chief of the Basilean yearbook, whose cover was designed by junior Roger Tobari. The yearbook photographers included Patricia Cordova, Peter Grisley, Geoff Woodard, Elizabeth Cordova, Maria Louie, David Schubach, John Washko and Richard Cordova. The writers were Tom Smith, Kris Razzeca, Mary Jo Bailey, Rick Barber, Pam Camp, Doug Campbell, Melia Hayes, Marilyn Last, Tad Mancini, Diana Maxwell, Shannon McDonough, John O’Brien, John Rich, Kathy Sherauski, Kathy Smith, Robyn Smith, Mark Soltis, James Stephens and Mary Jo Vaculin. Dawn Sconfienza was the chief typist. Fr. Donald Zurack was the adviser.
Members of the Science Club were Steve Summers, Frances Kaschmitter, Chuck Cornwell, Dennis McCue, Rob Halverson and Matt Fowler. Its adviser was Charles Hathaway.
Leading the Red Cross Club were Linda Moeller, Toni Riel and Mary Ann Abbott.
The Ski Club included President Kenneth Louie, Patricia Brennan, Brigitte Brunhart, Bobbie Davidson, Polly Fitzpatrick, Peter Grisley, Teresa Guss, Scott Hembury, Laurie Henich, Jim Holik, Bill Howard, Marian Kaffer, Tom Kelly, Linda Kunzweiler, Curtis Lund, Monica Liebergesell, Jody Marelli, Jim McBroom, Jim McCraw, Lynn McDonough, Debbie McGeehan, Ron Mele, Linda Moeller, Terri Lee Pacheco, Ken Passarella, Paul Ringholz, Debbie Salazar, Jim Schaefer, Ed Schreiner, Frances Smith, Greg Trople, Paul Weiss, Rick Weiss, Melanie Williams, Ralph Yanni and Mike Zelenkov.
Involved in the Model United Nations were Laurie Henich, Rick Weiss, Lynn McDonough, Paul Weiss, Jerry Vaculin, Karen Reed and Mike Gorrell.
Working in front of the cameras or behind them for daily Judge TV programming were Terry Chipian, George Del Hoyo, Skip Francone, Dan Gerdes, Jeff Gadette, Peter Grisley, Jim Holik, Greg Hose, Bill Howard, David Hruska,
Representing Judge as models in the “ZCMI Youngtimers” fashion program were seniors Andrea Myntti, Debbie Gray and Kris Razzeca.
Serving as student teachers were Russell Oki, Teri Lee Pacheco, Sheila Merritt, Scott Lutz, Leo Lovato, Monica Liebergesell, David Hruska, Bill Howard, Greg Hose, Peter Grisley, Debbie Gray, Betty Gonzales, Chris Eckroth, George Del Hoyo, Nancy Colosimo, Mary Ann Abbott, Mary Jo Bailey, Gary Barber, Rick Peterson, Kris Razzeca, Debbie Salazar, Tony Salazar, Sharon Sharp, Bernie Sims, Steve Summers, Greg Taucher, Jerry Vaculin, Rick Waterfall,
Brigitte Brunhart received honorable mention honors in the Betty Crocker Search for the Homemaker of Tomorrow contest.
Seniors who helped put on the morning TV program were Scott Lutz, Terry Chipian, Peter Grisley, George Del Hoyo, Skip Francone, Jim Holik, Greg Hose, Bill Howard, David Hruska, Ron Mele and Bill Soltis.
Plays
“The Trial of the Catonsville Nine,” starring George Del Hoyo, Armond “Skip” Francone, Brigitte Brunhart, Jerry Vaculin, Polly Fitzpatrick, Andrea Myntti, Stephanie Gamboa, Larry Gant, Thomas Grisley, John Payne, Maureen Webster, Joseph Holtshouser and Michael Zelenkov. Fr. James Rapp played the judge. Chris Gianchetta, Bill Howard, Mary Elyse Krall, Richard Bircumshaw, John Kane, Leo Lovato and Betty Gonzalez were part of the stage crew.
In the Feb. 13, 1987 issue of the Judgeonian, reporter Colleen Jones wrote a long profile about George Del Hoyo, a Class of 1972 graduate who had become a celebrity among high school fans of the soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” where he played the villainous character Orpheus under the stage name George Deloy. “The news that there had been an established actor who had attended Judge Memorial traveled very fast. It seemed that there was always an interested group of students huddled around old Judge yearbooks, searching for more pictures of George Deloy. In fact, so many curious and excited students started pouring into the library asking to see the yearbooks and discussing how amazing the whole thing was that Mrs. Duffy [the librarian] began to refer to them as The George Deloy Groupies.”
Sports
Coach Gil Cordova’s football team posted a 9-4 season record and went to the Class A championship game for the third straight year against Payson. After splitting the first two meetings, the Bulldogs came out on the short end of a hard-fought 14-10 loss. The Bulldogs were led by senior Gary Barber, who played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, cornerback and safety. He also was a punt and kickoff returner, prompting Judgeonian sports writers Tom Smith and Ken Passarella to conclude he was “possibly the greatest asset to the football team Judge Memorial has ever known.” Barber started at quarterback in the championship game and the offense immediately dominated Payson. With Tony Salazar, Ralph Yanni, Kerry Eagan and Barber carrying the ball, the Bulldogs pounded the ball into the end zone on the opening drive. Payson tied the game after recovering a fumbled punt at the Judge 20, but the Bulldogs took a 10-7 lead into halftime when Mike Coupe converted a 25-yard field goal with 13 seconds left. Judge amassed plenty of yardage but failed to score in the third quarter, which ended with the Bulldogs having given up just 20 yards rushing while piling up 212 of their own. But Payson took control in the final quarter, using an 83-yard, time-consuming drive to take the lead and leave Judge little time to come back.
The Bulldogs reached the championship game with a 21-7 victory over Lehi, a 30-0 rout of South Sevier and a 21-8 triumph over Dixie. Cordova’s squad was led by seniors Ralph Yanni, Leo Lovato, Tony Salazar, Ralph Colosimo, Mike Coupe, Mark Marine, Jim Holik, Al Rodriguez, Jim Schaefer, Robert Neville, Jim McCraw and Mike Roberson. The squad included underclassmen Jerry Geter, Kerry Eagan, Mike Harte, John Harte, Terry Giblin, Bruce Lovato, Vince Morgan, Bernie Cordova, Pat Robinson, Richard Bodkin, Danny Colosimo, Mike Kelly, Rick James, John O’Brien, Steve Padjen, George Condas, Rick Barber, Russ Meyer, Joe Everill, Jim Brown, Doug Lusienski, Rick Chaplin, Steven M. Kelly, Rick Schoeck, John Anton, Tim Eckroth, Cam McKnight, Steven B. Kelly, Mark Soltis, Pat Wilson, John Colosimo and Tony Crandall. Cordova’s assistant coaches were Bruce Takeno, John Pezely, Dave Disorbio and Jerry Kustich.
Led by ball-hawking senior guard Gary Barber, the basketball team won three games in the Class A state tournament before falling to Payson in the semifinals, 71-55. Coach Jim Yerkovich’s Bulldogs completed the regular season with a 9-7 record, then opened the playoffs with a 95-73 rout of Uintah. Judge throttled Manti 74-42 and edged Morgan 55-51 to advance to the semis against Payson. After that loss, the Bulldogs dropped a 104-75 decision to Grantsville in the consolation bracket. Besides Barber, Yerkovich relied on seniors John Schovaers and Greg Taucher (whose play was limited by a broken leg), juniors John Harte, Marty Giovacchini, Kerry Eagan and Jim Fife and sophomores Tad Mancini, Mark Soltis, Bruce Lovato and Rick Barber. Yerkovich’s assistant coach was Sonny Tangaro.
Senior Steve Vigil finished fourth in the 3-A wrestling tournament, one of the highest placements ever by a Judge wrestler. Sophomore Pat Sanchez finished sixth. Coaches Bruce Takeno and Gregory Bassett also relied on senior Mike Montoya and Steve Robinson, Jim McCraw, Rick Chaplin, Mike Brunetti, Ron Chaplin, Don Harmon, Steven M. Kelly and Frank Ravarino.
After 11 dual meet losses, the swimming team won its final head-to-head competition of the season, beating Payson 65-19 (a win over Payson, finally). Fr. Richard Blenner coached the team, which had Mike Leary, Steve Price and Kae Grubaugh as captains for swimmers John Rich, Frank Phillips, George Condas, Kevin Anderson, Corby Buswell, Jon Smith, Steve Price, David Abbott and Victor Kolouch.
Senior Greg Hose and junior Phil Sahm were the low scorers on the golf team, which featured Rick Peterson, Mike Morelli, Steve Culligan, Mike Kelly and Mike Moriarty. Kelly Bearden was the coach.
The tennis team was led by seniors John Schovaers and Jim McBroom.
The mile-relay quartet of Ralph Yanni, Mike Coupe, Tony Salazar and Kerry Eagan was the strength of the track team, which was young overall. Yanni was a particular standout, also competing strongly in the 100, 200 and the long jump. Senior John Kane also competed in middle-distance races.
Dave Disorbio and Pat Clark coached the baseball team, which fell short of the state playoffs during the high school season but finished fourth in the following summer’s American Legion tournament, one of Judge’s best showings ever. Pitching was the team’s strength, led by seniors Mark Marine and Ron Mele, juniors Bob Allen and Randy O’Brien, and sophomore Bruce Lovato. The lineup also featured seniors Gary Barber, Mike Gorrell and Craig Romano, juniors Ralph Vigil, John Harte, Kenny Rogers, Steve Padjen, Marty Giovacchini, Tony Pignanelli, Craig Siciliano and Terry Giblin, and sophomores Doug Campbell, Kris Korbis and John Boucher.
The soccer team included seniors Larry Henkels, Tim McEnany, Richard Bircumshaw, Jeff McKenna, Steve Barilovits, Pat Farrell, Vince Gonzales, Rick Waterfall, Scott Lutz, Curtis Lund, Greg Carey and James Allen.
Graduation
171 graduates on May 21 at Valley Music Hall in Woods Cross.
Valedictorian: John Klekas
Salutatorian: Nancy Fleisch
Highest GPA over four years: John Klekas
Highest GPA during senior year: John Klekas
Moran Award: Leo Lovato
Bulldog Award: Gary Barber
The Baccalaureate Mass featured songs by Chris Eckroth and Paula Pazell, readings of writings by Gibran and Teilhard de Chardin, the Communion song “You’ve Got a Friend,” by Dan Colosimo; and the closing song “I Shall Be Released” by Dan Colosimo, Jeff Gadette and Jerry Kustich.
Grail Seal Bearers: Brigitte Brunhart, Nancy Colosimo, George Del Hoyo, Christiane Eckroth, Michael Fake, Michael Gorrell, Nancy Fleisch, Kathy Heath, David Hruska, Tom Kelly, John Klekas, Monica Liebergesell, Ronald Mele, Sheila Merritt, Linda Moeller, Paula Pazell, Kristin Razzeca, Paul Weiss, Nancy Welsh and Sarah Wilson.
Academic Awards: Physics: John Klekas; Math: Nancy Fleisch and John Klekas; Science: John Klekas; Bookkeeping: Mike Fake; Journalism: Mike Gorrell; English: Susan Ely; German: Debi Henich; Spanish: John Klekas.
