Class Leaders

Student Body Officers – Bob Huelskamp, president; Jamie Stephens, 1st vice president; Anne Corbett, 2nd Vice President; Pam Marron, secretary; Pat Wilson, treasurer.

Senior Class Officers – John Payne, president; Anne Henkels, vice president; Kathy Sherauski, secretary; Teresa Santistevan, treasurer.

Junior Class Officers – Larry Gant, president; Mark Mele, vice president; Annette Hruska, secretary; Carolyn McHugh, treasurer.

Sophomore Class Officers – Mike Aloia, president; Galey Colosimo, vice president; Maria Ravarino, secretary; Jackie Erbin, treasurer.

Freshman Class officers – Joe Brown, president; Nick Barber, vice president; Kim Russo, secretary; Cricket McHugh, treasurer.

During the Summer

Judge’s American Legion baseball team finished third in the state tournament, the highest finish ever by a Judge team. In doing so, Judge won one of the longest games in Utah prep history, outlasting Bountiful 4-3 in 17 innings at Ken Price Park in Murray. The five-hour battle didn’t end until 1:30 a.m. when, with two outs, Marty Giovacchini hit a high hopper to short and beat the throw to first while Randy O’Brien raced home from third with the winning run. Starting left-handed pitcher Bob Allen carried the team for 11 innings, retiring 17 batters on strikes and giving up just two hits. After Allen’s allotted innings ran out, Bruce Lovato came through with solid relief work. The extra-inning affair drained Coach Ray Khoury’s team, which had to come back the next afternoon and win twice to remain alive but clearly showed exhaustion after the marathon. Judge lost to Viewmont, which finished second to West.

The Year

National Merit Semifinalist: Anne Henkels

Administration: Principal Fr. Thomas McNamara; assistant principal and dean of studies, Jim Yerkovich; counselors Gil Cordova, Marjorie Pierce and John “Sonny” Tangaro; coordinator of discipline Stephen Schubach; director of athletics Dave Disorbio; director of activities Stephen Cotterell and Sr. Jeremia Januschka.

A weightlifting program organized by Coach Dave Disorbio expanded to include girls. “Girls are moving away from the idea that physical activity is unfeminine,” Disorbio told The Tribune on March 24. “They are asking questions about muscular development and the cardiovascular system. I really want to help the girls become self-motivated in setting up a life-time program for fitness.” Featured in photos accompanying the article were Margaret McDonough and Margaret Kane.

For a second year, the editor-in-chief of the Basilean yearbook was Patti Roser. She was assisted by Dianne Ingalls, Robert Halverson, Carolyn McHugh, Annette Hruska, Scott Dissell, Julie Heath, Donna Bojanowski, Teresa Carolan, Anne Bransford, Jackie Erbin, Lyn McHugh, Tom Roser, Brandon Nelson, Bob Lange, Dan Bader, Dan Pacheco, Sharon Edde, Kathy Fenton, Tina Coulter, Darcy Beal, Dave Brunetti, Mike Guss, Roseanna Marchetti, Stephanie Welch, Anne Corbett and Deborah James. Fr. Donald Zurack was the advisor.

The yearbook designated John Payne and Lisa Keith the “Most Whimsical Couple of the Class of ‘74” and pictured them striking a goofy pose in the parking lot behind the cafeteria.

Kathy Sherauski was Homecoming Queen and Stephen B. Kelly was King. Ann Smith and Cam McKnight were senior attendants, Mary Reid and Mike Brunetti the junior attendants. “Shades of Harvest” was the theme of the event.

“Wally Cleaver Day” prompted many students to dress up like teen-agers of the 1950s, including Nan Petrick, Lynn McHugh, Teresa Gourde, Terri Burchell, Connie Smith, Audrey Tobari, Cas McNamara, Debbie James, Marcia Stovall and Karen Mathot.

Junior Jean DiSera was head of the Varsity Cheerleader corps, which included Sharon Weeks, Terry Burchell, Kevin Jenks, Mary Reid, Dick Wilson and Mike Bash. Junior Varsity cheerleaders were Michele Cronin, Sharon Aberton, Cindy Louie, Colleen Shubach and Maribeth Huelskamp.

Leading the Right to Life Club were Jackie Gant, Norman Allred, Joanne Mooney, Jane Hutchings, Mary Parris and Michelle Legare.

The student body gathered in the auditorium for an assembly on Black History. Jerry Geter was emcee of the event, which featured Tina Coulter, Carmen Geter and Marlene Bridgewater performing different forms of African-American dancing, Jackie Gant and Denise Ross reading poetry by young Black writers.

Kathy Sherauski was a Junior Miss finalist and received Kraft Hostess and Kodak Camera awards.

“Religion of the Redman” and “Christianity Action” were two classes offered by the Religion Department, which the Basilean noted had a faculty whose composition “reflects a coordinated approach to religious instruction in tune with the times.” It had two members of the clergy – Fr. Robert Bussen and Sr. Patricia Ann Scott – along with Imogene Mingo and Palmer DePaulis (future Salt Lake City mayor), both of whom were married, and Lewis Baker, who was single.

The Pep Club was led by president Ann Smith, vice president Debi Valdez, secretary Mercina Vassiliades and treasurer Rosalie Neville. Other senior marchers were Ann Black, Michelle Shuman, Diane DeSanto, Stephanie Gamboa, Michael Bettin, Vicky Young and Judi Moore. Connie Coroles and Marjorie Pierce were the advisers.

The Junior Class held a picnic at Washington Park in Parleys Canyon, playing “football, then eating, horseshoes and more eating, then volleyball and more eating!”

Coffee house entertainers included guitarists Tom Ivers and Pat Lahey and singers Mary Fairchild and Patti Roser.

The Junior Class sponsored a basketball game with radio station KRSP, the Judge players cheered on by a front-row contingent of Sharon Aberton, Cindy Hawk, Estelle Christopulos, Cheryl Zickert, Mary Lou DeMarco, Mary Fairchild and Brenda Iverson.

Leading the Red Cross Club were Debbie Gorrell, Maria Louie, Mikell McDonough, Ann Marie Black, Donna Bojanowski, Lacy Buswell, Patti Conway, Elizabeth Cordova, Diane De Santo, Stephanie Gamboa, Holly Hartman, Anne Henkels, Mary Ann Holland, Lisa Keith, Stephen M. Kelly, Maggie Liebergesell, Kathy Sherauski, Jeanne Schaefer and Pat Wurster.

A “Volkswagon Afflicted Club” was formed with senior members Linda Volmer, Timothy Best, Robert Huelskamp and Kathy Murphy.

Members of the Science and Technology Club, moderated by Brother James Petrait, were Greg McFarlane, Art Montanesi, Cary Lyngle and Bernard Beichert.

The Literary Magazine was put together by a cadre of editors – Mickey Adams, Michelle Clement, Susan Boyd, Elizabeth Cordova, Maggie Liebergesell and Steve Rodriguez.

Sr. Louise Marie Fischer, director of girls guidance at Judge, died in late December after months of medical care. She had been in Utah since 1963, when she came to St. Mary-of-the-Wasatch as dean of residents. She had joined the Sisters of the Holy Cross congregation in 1949. Sr. Louise Marie “always managed a sharp wit and human warmth in her dealings with everyone,” the yearbook memorialized.

Anne Henkels won the Betty Crocker Future Homemaker of America Award.

Four Judge debate teams qualified for state, led by the pair of John Rich and Marc Frankel. Others included Larry Gant and Mark Mele, and Roseanna Marchetti and Kathy Biegler.

Judge’s nominees for Sterling Scholar Awards from the Deseret News were Anne Henkels (general scholarship), Gregory McFarlane (science), Dennis Piercey (science), Maggie Liebergesell (English), Stephanie Gamboa (modern languages), Maria Vescio (business), Kathy Benis (art), Ann Black (social science) and John Payne (music).

The girls team of Ann Black, Stephanie Gamboa and Vicky Young defeated boys John Colosimo, Mark Soltis and James Stephens in The Salt Lake Tribune’s Inquiring Editor program.

Senior field day was held at The Terraces in Millcreek Canyon.

Plays

“Bonte Schweig,” directed by Chester Dowse, starring Dan Bader, Kathy Sherauski, Norman Allred, John Payne, John Washko and Margo Heath.

“Our Town,” directed by Chester Dowse, starring Norman Allred, Anne Henkels, John Payne, Mark Steele and Martin Wright.

“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” starring John Payne.

Sports

STATE CHAMPIONS – The football team made it back-to-back state championships under Coach Gil Cordova. Facing a Davis team that had handed them their only region loss (7-6 at Judge’s Homecoming), the Bulldogs shut down the Darts after giving up an early touchdown and rallied for a 21-7 win. “There was just no holding us back,” Coach Cordova told The Salt Lake Tribune after the win. Two of the championship-game points came on a safety, appropriate given the strength of Judge’s defense. After giving up 15 points in the season opener to big-school power Kearns, the Bulldogs had five consecutive shutouts. Two more came later in the season. Three teams managed only a single touchdown against the Judge ‘D.’ In posting a 10-2 record overall, Judge outscored its opponents 179-47. The Bulldogs reached the title game with a 25-0 whitewash of Springville and a 20-12 semifinal win over Spanish Fork. The defense showed its muster right away against Spanish Fork. It had to because the Bulldogs fumbled the ball deep in their territory early in the first quarter. But four Spanish Fork plays failed to yield a first down and Judge took over. A series of runs by Bruce Lovato, Pat Robinson and Mark Soltis moved the ball down to the Spanish Fork 10 where Soltis, the fullback, threw a pass to tight end Pat Wilson for the touchdown. Rick Barber then picked off a pass and returned it to the Spanish Fork 6-yard line. Cam McKnight punched it into the end zone from there. A pick six followed, with Robinson intercepting a pass and returning it 38 yards for the final Judge score. Cordova rested his starters and Spanish Fork came up with two late TDs, but the outcome was never in doubt.

Davis was a different matter. “It was a case of two bone-crushing offenses going against two bone-crushing defenses,” wrote Salt Lake Tribune reporter Tom Wharton. “The result was a good football game.” Inspired by their in-season win over the Bulldogs, the Darts came out fast and took a 7-0 lead. But the next time they got the ball, the Judge defense bottled them up deep in their own territory. That set the stage for John Colosimo and George Condas to chase the Dart punter out of the end zone, giving the Bulldogs two points on the safety. Minutes later, quarterback Tony Crandall hit Rick Barber with a 20-yard pass, then fired a pass that bounced off a defensive back. Much like Franco Harris and the “Immaculate Reception,” Lovato snared the ricocheting pass just before it hit the AstroTurf at the UofU and scrambled 25 yards for a go-ahead score. “You don’t think when a situation like that happens,” Lovato told The Tribune. “You react and hope you can turn it into a break.” Wharton said the touchdown catch gave Judge an emotional lift that remained throughout the game. “The Bulldogs began looking like children at a carnival as they jumped around on the sideline.” Rotating running backs McKnight, Lovato, Mark McGill and Mark Soltis consumed yardage and clock as Judge methodically took control, QB Crandall mixing in on-target throws to keep Davis off balance. With 2:16 left in the third quarter, Crandall capped a drive with a scoring run around the left end. Lovato later added an 11-yard TD run and Judge was state champion for the third time in five years. “While Judge’s offense was adequate, its defense was superb,” Wharton wrote, singling out Colosimo, Robinson, Condas, Steven B. Kelly and Wilson. Co-captains Wilson and Stephen B. Kelly were leaders of the defense, along with Colosimo, Soltis, McKnight, Condas, Jamie Stephens and small-but-hard-hitting DB Robinson, the team’s most inspirational player. Lovato was The Tribune’s Class A MVP. All-State honors went to Kelly, Wilson, McKnight, Barber and Condas. Colosimo and Soltis were All-Region. Cordova’s assistants were Frank L’Etoile, Dave Disorbio, Dan Mates and Larry Sanich.

Coached by Connie Coroles, the volleyball team featured Cathy Corbett, Terri Pelley, Darcy Beal, Cas McNamara, Cindy Hawk, Maureen Coupe, Jackie Erbin and Margaret Brennan.

The tennis team was led by junior Tom Colton, seniors Dennis Piercey and Tom Hawk, and juniors Paul Carty, Rob Halverson, Victor Kolouch, Mark Mele, Kevin Mele, Nick Soter and Rick DeMarco, and underclassmen Tom Sharp, Jim Geiermann, Tony Sheeran, John Boner and John Bizak.

For the first time, girls were allowed to compete in Region Five in tennis although girls tennis was not an accredited sport. Judge fielded a talented team, led by freshman Susan Schovaers at No. 1 singles, sophomore Cathy Corbett at No. 2 singles and freshman Maureen Corbett at No. 3. The No. 1 doubles team was senior Joci Oki and junior Cindy Hawk. Playing No. 2 doubles were senior Anne Corbett and junior Anne Bransford. Other players included Karen Gagnon, Jackie Erbin and Estelle Christopulos.

Four seniors led the golf team – Rob Bott, Mike Kelly, Marc Frankel and Steve Price – for Coach Dave Disorbio. His squad also included Jim Weeks, Andy Duran, Bill Rice, Matt Korogi, Mike Bolam, Mike Wolfe, William Hadley, Jeff Wolfe and Bill Price.

Lacking in height, the boys basketball team finished with a 13-7 record, 7-3 in region play. Coach Jim Yerkovich’s Bulldogs made a splash at the state tournament, winning the opening game 61-59 when senior Mark Soltis drilled a shot with two seconds left against Lehi. A tall American Fork team then built a 17-point first half lead that Judge valiantly overcame to briefly take a three-point lead late in the third period. But the Bulldogs ran out of gas and fell 66-59. Springville then won the consolation contest, 86-83. Senior center Tad Mancini was the team’s top player and co-captain with Rick Barber. Besides Soltis, Yerkovich also started seniors Joe Mullaney and Bob Krall. Also seeing playing time were Marty Mates, Paul Giovacchini, Mike Garcia, Dave Madsen, Kelly Murnin, Ray Valdez and Bill Price. Barber was named to the Green Sheet’s first-team basketball Honor Squad.

Connie Coroles coached the girls basketball team, which featured Maureen Eckroth, Barbara Timper, Joci Oki, Wendi Cook, Darcy Beal, Teri Pelley, Karen Gagnon, Kathy Moore, Theresa Smith, Doris Vigil, Kathy Maez and Maureen McCarthey.

Senior Frank Ravarino finished third at the 3-A state meet, tying the best finish ever by a Judge wrestler. Sophomore John McHugh also qualified for the state tournament for Coaches Frank L’Etoile and Steve Lovato. Their young squad won its first dual meet against South (23-20), but then lost eight straight. Still, the team scored more points than in previous years. Other wrestlers were Kent Ith, Dave Brunetti, Mike Fotes, Bobby Gillette, Jim Montoya, Tim Wilson and Jim Weeks.

The girls swimming team advanced to state, led by top point getters Cricket McHugh, Debbie James, Lyn McHugh, Barbara Powell, Kathy Sailor, Kathy Biegler, Maria Ravarino, Mo Sullivan, Judy Sawaya and Patti Roser. They were coached by Fr. Richard Blenner, whose boys swim team was led by Steve Price. He set a school record in the 500 freestyle and qualified for state along with diver Dennis Wurster, a freshman. Other team members were Tom Sharp, Dan Bader, Dennis McCue, Steve Price, Paul Carty, Warren Armstrong, Dan Leary and Andy Bash.

Leading the boys track team were Pat Wilson, Bill White, Mike Aloia, Cary Lyngle, John McHugh, Kevin McDonough, Mike Mylonakis, Galey Colosimo, Dave Brunetti, Sean Murnin, Andy Duran, Scott Briney, Mike Brunetti, Todd Peterson, Hal Bryant, Dan Pacheco, Steve O’Reilly and Tom Moore.

The girls track team included Terry Crandall, Barbara Farris, Joci Oki, Barbara Timper, Terri Pelley, Darcy Beal, Bernadette Hunter, Maureen Coupe, Mindy Tidwell and Jackie Erbin. Connie Coroles was coach.

Coached by Connie Coroles, the inaugural girls softball team posted a 5-0 record with victories over Davis, Jordan, Tooele, Bingham and Cyprus. The senior battery of pitcher Kathy Murphy and catcher Joci Oki gave the Bulldogs strength up the middle. The rest of the team was solid, led by Barbara Timper, Terry Crandall, Darcy Beal, Margaret Brennan, Barbara Farris, Tina Coulter, Terri Pelley, Kathy Maez, Cheryl Mefford, Mindy Tidwell, Jackie Erbin and Nini Rich.

The baseball team finished 4-6 under Coach Pat Clark, led by seniors Doug Campbell, Bruce Lovato, Kris Korbis, Rick Barber, Kevin Brady, Pat Oki, John Boucher, Mickey Pessetto, Dan Timothy, Mark Santora, Paul Giovacchini, Mike Padjen, Brad Marti, Dan McGill, Chris Riggs, Ray Valdez, John Trueba, Tim Welsh, Dave Heaton and Andy Fontana.

Teachers Steve Cotterell, Frank L’Etoile, Pat Clark, Stephen Schubach and Henry Sullivan had a team in the boys intramural league.

Graduation

The 50th Judge graduating class involved 152 seniors on June 2 at Kingsbury Hall.

Valedictorian: Anne Henkels

Salutatorian: Mary Cook

Highest GPA for the past four years: Anne Henkels

Highest GPA during senior year: Anne Henkels

Moran Award: John Colosimo

Bulldog Award: Mark Soltis

Mathematics and Science Award: Dennis Piercey.

Gold honor cords were worn by 38 graduates who each had a cumulative GPA of 3.04 or better for four years. Robert Huelskamp received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. The program for the Baccalaureate Mass emphasized that this was Judge’s 50th graduating class. Cover artwork from the class’s top artist, Kathy Benis, showing a sun rising out of clouds and trees, giving rise to a string of hearts. Guitarists at the Mass were Stephen Dunne, Paul French, Craig Lund and Greg McFarlane.

Academic Awards – Mathematics: Dennis Piercey; Advanced Biology: Kevin McKenna; Spanish: Stephanie Gamboa; English: Anne Henkels, Elizabeth Cordova, Magdalen Liebergesell, Mark Barton, Maria Louie, Mark Soltis, Stephanie Gamboa, Tony Crandall, Paul French and Maureen Webster.

Social Studies: Vicky Young and Anne Henkels; Music: John Payne; Art: Kathy Benis; Bookkeeping: Joseph Kane and Maria Vescio; Advanced Shorthand and Typing: Michael Marie Bettin; Advanced Typing: Cindy Porter; Speed Typing: Maria Vescio.

Receiving Sterling Scholar certificates from the Deseret News and KSL were Anne Henkels (general scholarship), John Payne (music), Maria Vescio (business education), Kathy Benis (art), Stephanie Gamboa (foreign language), Gregory McFarlane (science), Ann Black (social science), Dennis Piercey (math), Kathy Sherauski (speech and drama) and Magdalen Liebergesell (English and literature).

Graduate Michael Moore died April 13, 2000 in the Utah State Prison, where he was incarcerated for a double murder at a restaurant where he worked. Moore killed himself after prison officials sharply reduced his ability to pursue computer work.

Graduate Tom Roser died in early September 1975 in a traffic accident. He was active with the technical aspects of theater, part of the TV crew, a stagehand at coffee houses, dances and assemblies and an avid skier. Roser became a technician at Pioneer Memorial Theater the summer after graduation. He was attending the University of Utah.

Graduate Michael Offe joined the Army right out of Judge. In 2010, he was in Iraq as an advisor to Iraqi Army Divisions Tactical Center, when he posted a message on Judge’s website asking for a school sweatshirt. Rachel Kelly, Judge’s director of special events and alumni relations, got a sweatshirt from the Bulldog Spirit Shop, but then the Class of 2010 kicked in a T-shirt, and Dean of Activities Mattie Mullock rounded up a “7th Woman” Spirit Club T-shirt. Offe was scheduled to leave Iraq for NATO Southern Command in Naples, Italy. He also was in Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Later

The Salt Lake Diocese acknowledged there were “credible allegations” of sexual abuse against three priests and a brother who taught at Judge in the 1960s and early 1970s. The accused priests were Charles La Penta, former principal Thomas P. O’Neill and James Rapp. LaPenta and O’Neill were dead, while Rapp was in prison in Oklahoma for a sexual abuse conviction there. The late Brother Neil McMenamin, a housekeeper at Judge, also faced credible accusations, said Bishop Oscar Solis in a Dec. 17, 1980 statement listing 19 clergymen against whom legitimate claims of abuse had been made. The Diocese looked back at complaints dating to 1950. “This list of credible allegations is one step toward providing the transparency that will help repair at least some of the wounds left by the wrongful action of priests who have abused their sacred trust,” Solis said. “We continue to pray for the victims and ask their forgiveness for our failure to protect them.”