1972 - 73
Class Leaders
Student Body President: Russell Meyer
Senior Class Officers – Jim Brown, president; Gene Barton, vice president; Kathleen More, secretary; Steven Padjen, treasurer.
Junior Class Officers – Bob Krall, president; Steven B. Kelly, vice president; Michael Bettin, secretary; Patrick Wilson, treasurer.
Sophomore Class Officers – Desi Nicotera, president; Anne Bransford, vice president; Annette Hruska, secretary; Anita Brown, treasurer.
Freshman Class Officers – Jack Arnold, president; Mark Henkels, vice president; May Chambers, secretary; Mary Huelskamp, treasurer.
The Year
National Merit Finalist: Tom Erbin
National Merit Semifinalist: Richard Zaninovich
National Merit Letters of Commendation: Michael Wilson
Administration: Fr. Thomas McNamara became the new principal. He had taught social studies and religion at Judge from 1963-66. McNamara later taught at Cathedral Prep in Erie, Pa. and Bishop Duffy High School in Niagara Falls, N.Y. before two years of parish duty. Jim Yerkovich, dean of studies and vice principal; Sr. Louise Marie Fischer and Sonny Tangaro were guidance counselors; Gil Cordova, dean of boys; Sr. Veronica Fisher, dean of girls; Larry Eagan: athletic director; future Salt Lake City Mayor Palmer DePaulis, who had taught previously at St. Mary’s, also joined the faculty.
Faculty: Sr. Susan Hunter, art; Sr. Michael Joseph, librarian; Sr. Josephine Marie, bookkeeping; Hope Boyer, typing and secretarial practice; David Crockett, art; Sr. Jean Francis, Pat Clark, Kelly Bearden, Sr. Lucina Marsico, Dan Mates and Jim Yerkovich, all math; John McGean, Dennis Van Avery, Sean Dowse, Eric Cole, Sr. Stephanie Weisgram, Chester Dowse, Fr. Donald Zurack, all English; Sr. Jeremia Januschka, Fr. Richard Blenner, Rebecca Duberow, Brother James Petrait and Sr. Clare Assisi, all science; Henry Sullivan, Sr. Margaret Delphine, Larry Eagan, Marjorie Pierce and Sr. Patricia Ann Scott, all social studies; Elizabeth Liebergesell, German; Michael Kimball, Spanish; Bruce Takeno, Connie Coroles and Dave Disorbio, all physical education; Fr. James Rapp, religion and Glee Club; Palmer DePaulis, Lewis Baker and Sr. Gertrude, all religion; Fr. Charles LaPenta, Glee Club business manager and French; Nancy Flandro, Glee Club; Peter Marron, drafting. Dave Disorbio also headed an inner-school program that taught practical, do-it-yourself type of courses such as auto mechanics by Brother David Prentice.
The staff featured budget secretary Helen Eugster, secretary Kim Tobari, recordkeeper Rita Charland, building maintenance engineer Carl Phillips, gardeners Teru and Roy Okamoto and cafeteria workers Rosemary Phillips, Florence Holtshouser, Marie Taylor and June Sabodski.
The Varsity Cheerleaders were Robyn Klonizos, Margaret Bray, Cindy McGeehan, Kathy Sherauski, Roger Tobari, Carl Rubadue, Dennis Carrico and Gordon Wilson. Cheering for JV teams were Joci Oki, Madeline Wilson, Lisa Keith, Jean DiSera, Terry Crandall and Dick Wilson. Freshman cheerleaders were Carole Phillips, Maria Ravarino, Margaret McDonough, Jeanne Start and Jean Rodriguez.
Officers of the Girls Athletic and Pep Association were Nancy Kelly, president; Jan McDonald, vice president; Marci Sloot, secretary-treasurer; Jayne Smith, drill mistress; and Judy Moore, assistant drill mistress. Seniors were Joan Corbett, Loretta Neville, Nancy Kelly, Janine McDonald, Pam Mefford, Mary Frances Butcher, Rita Maroudas, Denise McKenna, Marcia Corak, Kathy More, Maria Costanza and Kathleen Welsh. Underclasswoman in the marching squad were Barbara Brown, Cindy Mancuso, Ann Smith, Marcee Sloot, Judy More, Margo Heath, Tammy Passarella, Terry Gramer, Janice Christensen, Cathy Kelly, Kathy Jacobson, Theresa More, Rosalie Neville, Mary McBroom, Cindy Hawk, Raelynn Yanni, Coleen Schubach, Sharon Weeks, Vicky Young, Stephanie Gamboa, Marian Bryker, Mary Jo Vaculin, Michelle Shuman, Debbie Valdez, Michael Bettin, Marci Bruce, Diane De Santo and Patricia Welsh.
Loretta Neville was crowned Homecoming Queen. Robyn Klonizos was senior attendant. Kathy Sherauski was junior attendant.
The school’s closed-circuit television system provided broadcasting opportunities for students including Mike Wilson, Denise Harmston and Diane Ingalls and behind-the-scenes experience for Dino Furano.
Stephen B. Kelly and Carl Rubadue were co-presidents of the Glee Club. Michelle Cronin was the secretary. John Payne and Wesley Farquer provided piano accompaniment. Fr. James Rapp was the conductor, director and music arranger.
The editor-in-chief of the Literary Magazine was Brian Burke. Its moderator was John McGean, who also taught students – including Pam Camp, Barbara Timper and Ed Trosper – how to play bridge.
The Basilean yearbook’s editor-in-chief was Patti Roser. Roger Tobari designed the cover. Roser’s staff included Mary Frances Butcher, Pam Camp, Barbara DeLuca, Pat Hoagland, Becky Pintar, Patti Roser, Michelle Shuman, Katherine Smith, Russell Carter and Patty Wubben. Fr. Donald Zurack was the advisor.
Gov. Calvin Rampton came to Judge for an assembly and was interviewed on stage by student body officer Michael Wilson. Rampton “expressed the importance of everyone’s right to vote in an election year.” Another visitor was famed Notre Dame football coach Frank Leahy, who was pictured with Judge’s own legendary coach, Gil Cordova.
Two of the more popular performers at regular coffee houses were Danny Colosimo and Anna Grisley.
“Moon Shadow” was the theme of the Sophomore Strut. Helping the class officers to put it on were Anita Brown and Mark Mele.
Mark Van Wagner played the guitar and sang at an assembly touting the March of Dimes Walk-a-thon.
“Excellent” rankings were accorded to Mark Frankel and John Rich at the state Debate Tournament. They were among 14 competing Judge students, including senior Tom Erbin, known for his “keen logic and precise vocabulary.”
Judge’s nominees for Sterling Scholar awards from the Deseret News were: General Scholarship, Russell Meyer; Math, Tom Erbin; Science: Kerry Eagan; Art: Roger Tobari; Business: Kathy Moore; Foreign languages: Mary Frances Butcher; Speech and drama, Joseph Holtshouser; Social Studies: Michael Wilson; Music: Wes Farquer; and English: Brian Burke.
Barbara Henkels received an honorable mention award nationally in the Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow contest.
Receiving “superior” ratings in the Metropolitan Science Fair were Gregory McFarlane and Dennis McHugh. McFarlane also received a certificate of merit from the American Society of Microbiology, and helped create a scientific Christmas tree with other science and technology club members John Start and Jon Smith.
Some of the top creative fine art students for teachers Sr. Susan Hunter and David Crockett were Natalie Ryan, Ben Mates, Julie Milstead, Mary Jo Allgier and Kathy Murphy. Judge students also received instruction in drafting from Peter Marron.
Plays
“Three Men on a Horse,” starring John Payne, Annette Hruska, Gary Vlasic, Mike Wilson, Bill Connors.
“The Long Christmas Dinner,” starring Kathy Sherauski, Martin Wright and Barbara Henkels.
“Alice in Wonderland,” starring Terry Gramer, Joe Holtshouser, Anne Henkels and Bill Connors.
Sports
STATE CHAMPIONS – To open the season, Coach Gil Cordova delivered this message to perhaps the best Judge football team ever: “We’re walking to football heaven,” he told them. “Heaven is a state championship. Each game we play is a step to heaven.” The first game set the tone – an impressive 34-22 victory over AA powerhouse Kearns, on touchdowns by quarterback John O’Brien and running backs Kerry Eagan, John Colosimo, Cam McKnight and Mark Soltis. Later came Provo, with future NFL quarterback Gifford Nielson and, at season’s end, the opponent for Kearns in the AA championship game. The Bulldogs prevailed 20-12 before a crowd of 6,000. On the way to a Class A state finals against Davis, Judge went undefeated in running through Granite 27-0, American Fork 21-18, Provo 20-12, Tooele 34-6, Jordan 34-0, Davis 19-14, Bingham 28-18, Cyprus 48-14 and, in the regional playoffs, Pleasant Grove 35-0. That route began on Judge’s first offensive play when O’Brien hit McKnight for a 61-yard scoring pass, one of three TDs for McKnight. O’Brien also threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Bruce Lovato and Kenny Rogers added the capper on a short run. The defense bottled up everything Pleasant Grove tried to do, with defensive back Steve Padjen intercepting two passes and making two more fumble recoveries. The defensive line and linebackers stuffed PG’s attack, led by John Anton and Terry Giblin.
An estimated 8,400 people attended the Class A finals at Brigham Young University, where Judge throttled Davis 34-14. “Most teams are lucky to have two good running backs, but we had four,” said Cordova of speedy Bruce Lovato (nearly 1,000 yards rushing), nearly-as-fast Eagan (900 yards), bruising fullback McKnight (700 yards) and able QB John O’Brien (almost 800 yards). The team had size, too, and guys with attitude. It had everything. In the finals, Eagan ran wild through the Dart defense, amassing 149 yards on the ground. O’Brien put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard in the first quarter when he capped a long drive with a short plunge for the TD. After Davis responded with a TD and extra point to take a 7-6 lead, Mark Soltis intercepted a pass and returned it to the Dart 17-yard line. Several plays later, McKnight bulled over from the three and then added a two-point conversion. Another 3-yard run by McKnight just before the half boosted Judge’s lead to 20-7. Despite giving up a kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half, the Bulldogs never were seriously challenged. McKnight gave his team a two-touchdown lead midway through the second half with a 7-yard scoring run. And as the game was winding down, Tony Crandall ran 11 yards for the final score.
Terry Giblin was named the 3-A MVP by The Salt Lake Tribune, whose first team All-State included Cam McKnight, Kerry Eagan, John Anton, Steve Padjen, John O’Brien and Bruce Lovato. Seniors on the team were Richard Bodkin, Bernie Cordova, Mike Harte, Eagan, Tim Eckroth, Richard Schoeck, Doug Lusienski, John Anton, John Harte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Kelly, Vince Morgan, Rick Chaplin, Terry Giblin, Kerry Eagan, John O’Brien and Steve Padjen. The rest of the championship squad included John Boucher, Paul Zaccardi, Rick Barber, Pat Robinson, Jim Elizondo, Jamie Stephens, Stephen M. Kelly, David Cook, Tony Crandall, Kris Korbis, George Condas, Mark Soltis, John Colosimo and Steven B. Kelly.
The Judgeonian expected great things from this team right from the get-go, praising its coach a couple of weeks into the season (Sept. 7): “Coach Gil Cordova is a man of undying dedication and tremendous pride. He has never coached a losing football team.” The unnamed writer also was certain one of Cordova’s assistants was assigned to the right group. “Dave Disorbio handles the linemen. Mr. Disorbio is well suited for this job, he majors in special education.” Other assistant coaches were Bruce Takeno, John Pezely and Dan Mates.
Coach Jim Yerkovich’s basketball team put together a 15-5 record (6-4 in region) and won its first two games of the 3-A state tournament in thrilling fashion before losing a hard-fought 76-69 decision to Bingham. The Bulldogs opened the tourney with a 48-47 win over Springville, then followed that up with a 68-67 triumph over Cyprus, clinched on a three-point play by senior John Harte. A season highlight: Point guard Paul Giovacchini put his name into the Utah High School Activities Association record book with a 16-assist game against Spanish Fork. The team featured seniors Kerry Eagan, Marty Giovacchini, Harte and John O’Brien and juniors Jim Fife, Bob Krall, Doug Campbell, Bruce Lovato, Pat Wilson, Tad Mancini, Dennis Piercey, Mark Soltis, John Colosimo and Rick Barber and sophomore Paul Giovacchini.
Girls basketball was not yet a recognized sport by the Utah High School Activities Association, but Judge fielded a team to play other schools under Coach Connie Coroles. Team members were Joci Oki, Sheila Donovan, Barbara Timper, Mary Rich, Teri Pelley, Mary Huelskamp, Marie Eckroth, Darcy Beal, Kathy Murphy, Theresa Smith, Maureen Eckroth and Carolyn McHugh.
For the first time, the swimming team included girls. Coach Fr. Richard Blenner’s squad featured Barbara Powell, who scored 33 points during the season, as well as Debby James and Patti Roser, who racked up 30 and 28, respectively. Bonnie Johnson, Mary McBroom, Mickey McCrystal, Denise Yeager and Suzann Schwab also swam with the boys. Steve Price was easily the team’s top swimmer, compiling 244 points. Next in line was Kevin Anderson with 149. Other swimmers were Corby Buswell, Paul Carty, George Condas, Kae Grubaugh, Victor Kolouch, Mike Leary, Jon Smith, Rick Young, Brenda Iverson, Jim Reynolds, Dan Bader, Charles McBride and Mary Margaret Burkett.
The wrestling team struggled, but was led by Rick Chaplin, Pat Sanchez and Frank Ravarino. Also wrestling for Coach Bruce Takeno were Stephen M. Kelly, Bob Huelskamp, Mike Brunetti, Greg Cooper, Jim Montoya, Bobby Gillette, Danny Valdez, Dave Brunetti, John McHugh and Mike McGeehan.
The baseball team could play with anyone, led by a deep pitching staff of lefty Bob Allen, curveballer Randy O’Brien, hard-throwing sophomore Bruce Lovato. Coaches Dave Disorbio and Pat Clark also relied heavily on seniors John Harte, Kevin Khoury, Kenny Rogers, Steve Padjen, Ralph Vigil, Marty Giovacchini and Joe Sandoval, juniors Doug Campbell, Rick O’Reilly and Kris Korbis and sophomores Paul Giovacchini and Kevin Mele.
The tennis team produced a region champion at No. 3 singles but, more importantly, it broke ground for girls athletics when Coaches Lewis Baker and Rick Powell disregarded region rules and played Mary Jane Schovaers in a dual meet against Cyprus. She won her match. Led by junior Tom Colton’s region title in No. 3 singles, the Bulldogs featured seniors Kerry Eagan, Russ Meyer and John O’Brien and underclassmen Paul Carty, Mark Mele, Nick Soter, Victor Kolouch, Rob DeMarco, Rob Halverson, Dennis Piercey and Tom Hawk.
Pat Wilson took first place in region in the javelin throw to lead the Judge track team, which included sprinter Steve O’Reilly, hurdler Dan Pacheco, distance runners Kelly Miner and David Cook, middle-distance runner Mark McGill and field event specialists John Anton, Tim Eckroth and Steven B. Kelly. Other team members for coaches Dan Mates and Henry Sullivan were Rick Barber, Frank Ravarino, George Condas, Stephen M. Kelly, Andy Duran, Mike Brunetti, James Esparza, Jack Arnold, Kevin Lyngle, Jack Berry, Terry Stephens, Dave Brunetti, Mike Aloia, Craig Dean, Kyle Sheppick, Billy White, Sean Murnin, Tim Wilson, Marty Mates and Scott Briney.
Junior Marc Frankel fired a 69 at the state golf tournament in Logan to finish fourth, the highest finish to date by a Judge golfer. Coached by Bruce Takeno, the team was led by junior Tony Bailey, the region champion and titlist at the BYU Invitational, seniors Phil Sahm, Mike Kelly and Steve Culligan, and underclassmen Rob Bott, Bill Price, Mike Wolfe, William Rice, Steve Price, Jim Harte and Matt Korogi.
Connie Coroles coached the girls track team, which featured Terry Crandall, Barbara Timper, Teri Pelley, Jackie Erbin, Darcy Beal, Maureen Coupe, Bernadette Hunter, Marlene Bridgewater and Barbara Farris.
At an intramural boxing competition, the Basilean yearbook captured a picture of junior George Condas unleashing “a quick volley of punches to the unguarded anatomy of Gene Brackus.”
Graduation
160 graduates on May 27 at Kingsbury Hall.
Valedictorian: Russell Meyer
Salutatorian: Thomas Erbin
Highest GPA for the year shared by Russell Meyer and Kerry Eagan
Highest GPA for all four years: Russell Meyer.
Gold honor cords were worn by 41 graduates who each had cumulative GPAs of 3.15 or better.
Grail Seal bearers: Mary Frances Butcher, Colleen Carr, Steven Chambers, Danny Colosimo, Jerry Dalpiaz, Kerry Eagan, Thomas Erbin, Joan Garvey, Michael Harte, Barbara Henkels, Catherine Mele, Russell Meyer, John O’Brien, Linda Ryder, Sheila Stovall, Roger Tobari, Mary West, Gordon Wilson and Michael Wilson.
Academic Awards – Social Studies: Robyn Klonizos; English: Brian Burke; Mathematics: Russell Meyer and Tom Erbin; Physics: Catherine Mele; AP Chemistry: Catherine Mele; Chemistry: Anne Henkels; Advanced Biology: Sheila Stovall; Geology: Elizabeth Cordova; Biology: Edward Brown; Earth Science: Ulrich Brunhart; Debate: Michael Wilson; Drama: Joseph Holtshouser; Yearbook: Pamela Camp.
Art: Roger Tobari; Music: John Payne; French: Mary Frances Butcher; Spanish: Stephanie Gamboa; German: Ulrich Brunhart; Latin: Paul Giovacchini; Forensics: Russell Meyer; Typing: Margaret Bray; Shorthand: Kathleen More; Bookkeeping: Joan Corbett; Office Practice: Linda Ryder.
