1974 - 75
Class Leaders
Student Body President: Larry Gant; Other Officers -- xxx.
Senior Class Officers – Mark Mele, president; Estelle Christopulos, treasurer; xxx
Junior Class Officers – Dave Brunetti, president; xxx 1st vice president; Nini Rich, 2nd vice president; Ernest Forsman, treasurer
Sophomore Class Officers – Nick Barber, president
Freshman Class Officers -- xxx
The Year
National Merit Finalists: Chris Mancini, Edward Brown, Roseanna Marchetti and Dennis Malm
National Merit Semifinalists: Scott Gould, Ed Trosper
National Merit Letters of Commendation: Sharon Edde and Margo Heath
The Varsity Cheerleaders were Jean DiSera, Sharon Aberton, Shelley Cronin, Anita Brown, Maria Ravarino and Cindy Louie.
James Piercey was editor-in-chief of the Judgeonian. Assistant editors were Joe Hebert, John Attey, Margaret Brennan, Sarah Kohlbach, Tom Ivers, Tony Sheeran, Roseanna Marchetti, Denise Yeager, Frances Arnone and Brenda Iverson. Todd Schultz was the business manager. Writers included Barbara Timper, Nick Barber, Estelle Christopulos, Carolyn McHugh and Mark Hafeman. John McGean was the advisor. Piercey opined in one issue against detentions, saying they were “contrary to the spirit of Judge” and “inherently inequitable” because no two teachers apply the same standards of discipline. He also argued that detentions placed a burden on teacher Steve Cotterell, who had to enforce the discipline. “For Mr. Cotterell, detention lasts longer than an hour after school three nights a week. It means assembling and typing up the long rosters, and notifying parents of students that don’t go to detention, the inconvenience of moderating detention sessions, compiling lists and notifying parents is superfluous to his already immense duties as disciplinarian.”
At an early February student council meeting, Judgeonian reporter Ren Brown said Margaret Brennan “made very many good points” in an address on school spirit and what could be done to make it better. “Many suggestions and criticisms were made, but no real solution to the problem was agreed upon.” Added Brown: “Also brought up was the student council’s lack of action.”
Dave Brunetti organized a breakfast in the cafeteria for juniors and seniors to bring members of the two classes closer together before the seniors graduate. He called it an “ancient tradition at Judge.”
Sophomore Class President Nick Barber promised in the Judgeonian that “this Saturday night will be no bore, because there will be a coffee house like no other” featuring the Marty Mates Fan Club (see sports), the Cordova Brothers, Cotterell and John McGurk and special guests “Barbara Streisand 1&2.”
In a column, Judgeonian Sports Editor Tony Sheeran said he asked 247 Salt Lakers about whether the basketball team would make the state tournament and found most responses along the lines of “judges don’t play basketball, do they?” His tongue-in-cheek tally showed that 114 responded “Hey I’m in a hurry, huh?” Another 56 said “I don’t care” and there were 20-25 responses each of “I don’t know,” “Is this Candid Camera?” and “I certainly hope so for they’re a fine upstanding team.” There were also two people who said yes and one who said no. “Well, there you have it, Bulldogs,” concluded Sheeran, “two-thirds of Salt Lake had confidence in you, so let’s go show them that they’re right.”
The debate team finished second in region, qualifying four teams of debaters for the state tournament. Advancing to the 3A competition were Roseanna Marchetti and Larry Gant, Jim Piercey and Joe Hebert, Todd Schultz and Joe Bottum, and Tim Mason and Martin Wright. They all finished 3-3 at state. Also competing in the region tournament were underclassmen Warren Armstrong, Perry Vietti, Mary McConnell, Sheila O’Hare, Scott Ingram, Bill Burchell and Dan Fake.
STATE CHAMPION – Senior Norman Allred was crowned state champion in oratory at the Class A Forensic Tournament. Strong showings also were turned in by Patty Wilson, Dick Wilson, Lucy Fritz, Ed Dunne, Ernest Forsman, Tim Wilson, John Attey, Anne Bransford and Margo Heath.
In the Oral Interpretation competition at Cyprus High School, Judge was led by Ren Brown in humorous readings, Tim Mason in mono-acting, Joe Bottum in dramatic readings, the improvisation team of Kathy Biegler and Martin Wright, and Courtney McKenna and Jon Pavlish performing a dramatic scene.
Elysian Gardens was the band performing at the “first, last and only stomp” of March, where drawings also were held for two Salt Lake Gold Eagles hockey tickets and tickets to a Gordon Lightfoot concert.
Drama teacher Larry Roupe arranged for actors from Theatre 138 to conduct a workshop on the Bard when Judge held a Shakespearean Festival in the cafeteria, replete with costumes, displays of acting and oratory, scale models of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater and English food.
Mark Hafeman won the Sertoma Speech Contest on community pride. Ren Brown and Ann Chambers also participated.
Chuck Scott won two tickets to a Utah Stars game and the album of his choice for winning the Judgeonian’s essay contest on “school spirit.”
The Student Council struggled with a traffic safety problem after a Judge student driving a car nearly struck a Lourdes student in the driveway between the two buildings. To make matters worse, when a nun came out of the grade school to see what was happening, the driver allegedly “made an unkind gesture at her and drove off.” Judgeonian reporter Ren Brown said the council ultimately “came up with no solution. Many good points were brought up such as chaining off an area for Lourdes children to play, or making students rent parking stalls.”
Someone broke into the school by smashing a corner window of the cafeteria. “It was obviously the work of burglars,” the Judgeonian reported, noting the burglars apparently cut themselves breaking the window. Considerable blood was left at the window and along a trail of blood through the school, allowing police investigators to trace the burglars’ movement through the halls. The burglars got less than $10 out of an ice cream machine they forced open, but were stymied upon trying to break into a soda machine. Damage was estimated at $50 to $100. Mr. Phillips discovered the mess when he arrived at Judge about 7:20 a.m. Eight days later, Mrs. Eugster found the front of the ice cream machine ajar. No sign of forceable entry was discovered. Fingerprints were taken around the ice cream machine by police, who called both burglaries “strictly amateur.” Steps were taken to step up security.
The student council was considering fixing up the Bulldog Room and repairing its juke box, foosball tables and other games, with the idea of renting it out to organizations within the school for their fundraisers. Sophomores on the council wanted to close the Bulldog Room.
Judgeonian staff writer Joe Bottum, a sophomore, obtained an autograph from Moses Malone, “the super kid of the Utah Stars,” that was copied in the Feb. 21, 1975 Judgeonian.
Mike Wright won a University of Utah scholarship with his submissions of an oil painting and three drawings for a statewide art contest. Judgeonian writer Ren Brown was a finalist in a Bicentennial Essay Contest sponsored by The Tribune and the Utah State Poetry Society.
The boys team of Scott Gould, James Fuoco and Larry Gant defeated Brenda Iverson, Margo Heath and Roseanna Marchetti in The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Inquiring Editor” program.
Margo Heath, Roseanna Marchetti, Mark Mele and Ed Trosper tromped a team of Clearfield students 140-65 in KSL TV’s “Young Americans Program. They were guided by Sr. Margaret Delphine LeDoux and Paul Giovacchini.
The Betty Crocker Search for the Homemaker of Tomorrow contest was won by Roseanna Marchetti.
Mike Wright earned a University of Utah scholarship with a portfolio of work that was displayed on the fourth floor at Judge along with the art of senior Lorraine Armstrong, juniors Mela Biljanic, Mary Jean Braak, Bruce Dahmen and Dianne Ingalls and sophomores Rita Braak, Bridgette Kelly and Mike Maloney.
Judge represented Portugal, Mali and the Holy See at the Model United Nations. Joe Bottum delivered the opening address to the General Assembly. Roseanna Marchetti was club executive secretary.
Guitarist and singer Dan Colosimo, Class of 1973, was the featured performer at the last coffee house.
In a May 2 Judgeonian article, Mark Mele wrote “this year will end one of Judge’s greatest eras. The vast emptiness left in the hallowed halls will be a void which will never quite be filled again.”
Plays
“Ten Angry Men” and “Ten Angry Women” on alternating nights, directed by Larry Roupe.
Sports
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, CHAMPIONS – The girls tennis team swept to the Class A state championship in glorious fashion, taking titles in all five events. Sophomore Susan Schovaers won the No. 1 singles competition and her sister Jane captured No. 2. Cathy Corbett claimed the No. 3 singles crown. The No. 1 doubles championship was won by Karie Musgrove and Cindy Hawk while Estelle Christopulos and Anne Bransford took No. 2 doubles. “We have a lot of depth. We’re unified, spirited, excited and ready to win,” said Corbett. Added Bransford: “On the court, we play individually with consistency. But as a team, together, we’re unified with charisma.” Lew Baker and Fr. David Kenehan were the coaches. The championship prompted the Judgeonian to reflect: “Times are changing and so is the opportunity for girls to compete interscholastically representing Judge. Judge now has swimming, softball, volleyball and tennis teams to represent in the state’s female sporting events.”
Judge had its own football field again. After playing home games for most of a decade at Westminister College, the field just west and below the school was returned to gridiron action through the hard work of Paul McGill, fundraisers such as the Big Red Raffle, contributions from parents and alumni “and the elbow grease of many students.” The original field had been dedicated in 1949, but “underground springs, hard use and other conditions brought about its demise.” The first Bulldog victory on the new field came Sept. 26 in a junior varsity football game against Jordan. “Many more triumphs are to come,” touted the Judgeonian. Mark Brunetti and Mark McGill were captains of Coach Gil Cordova’s varsity team, which was rebuilding after huge losses to graduation.
Esther Halliday coached the volleyball, track and softball teams.
Freshman Beth Geiermann finished sixth in breaststroke at the 3A swimming meeting to lead the Judge girls to a 13th place finish. Coached by Fr. Richard Blenner and Peter Mareneck, the girls finished third in region, sending six swimmers to state – Geiermann, who won the region breaststroke title in record time, Cricket McHugh, Barbara Powell, Debbie James, Kristen Watterhall and Carol Abbott.
Also coached by Fr. Blenner and Peter Mareneck, the boys swimming team was led by divers Dennis Wurster and Dick Wilson, who finished fourth and sixth at region, Warren Armstrong, James Geiermann, Corby Buswell, Rick Gould, Jeff Gould, John Conway, James Dunne, Dennis Reeves and Corby Buswell.
The boys basketball team lost in the quarterfinals of the state tournament to Spanish Fork, 76-72, despite 23 points by Paul Giovacchini, and 14 each by Ray Valdez and Mike Garcia. Seniors on the team were Giovacchini, Mike Garcia, Nick Soter, Billy Price, Kelly Murnin and Dave Madsen. Rising underclassmen were Jon Pavlish, Sean Murnin, Scott Briney, Kevin Brady and freshmen Paul Colosimo, Rick Stark, Vic Forsman, Scott Barney and Tony Mele.
A memorable Sixth Man club emerged during basketball season, formed by a group of students who began calling themselves the “Marty Mates Fan Club,” cheering for a favorite reserve. Judgeonian reporter John Attey observed that the Fan Club was a “clan that has shocked some, offended a few and amused just about everyone. … Priding themselves on deviance, their antics can be described as nothing less than unusual. Their escapades range from stealing the statue of Colonel Sanders [from the KFC at 2100 S. 1300 East] and bringing it to the gym, to coming to a home game in the middle of December in Bermuda shorts. If the past few months have taught us anything it’s that the only unpredictable thing about the group is that they’re totally unpredictable.” They came up with some mockingly humorous taunts. For example, junior Mike Aloia led this cheer against Bingham: “God made the rivers, God made the lakes, God made Bingham – we all make mistakes.” Marty Mates’s fans included Kevin McDonough, Greg Neville, John McHugh, Tim Wilson, George Maroudas, Rick Bruno, Pat Oki, Dan McGill, Mike Aloia, Dave Brunetti, Joe Brown and Mark King. “Every school has a pep club and cheerleaders,” said Neville. “How many schools have something like this?” Added McDonough: “We hope there are no ill feelings toward us. We’re just trying to have some fun, promote spirit and make people a little happier.” Neville and McDonough were the masterminds behind the Col. Sanders caper, thought up in some earlier pre-game gatherings on 1000 East. The goal was philanthropic: To use a nearly lifesize “statue” of Sanders to promote a Judge fund-raiser, replacing chicken in the bucket held by the colonel with cigars that Sixth Man club members would hand out to parents attending the evening’s basketball game, hoping the generosity would convince them to contribute to the school’s latest financial cause.
McDonough and Neville recounted later how a half dozen juniors developed an intricate plan for kidnapping the colonel, including casing the restaurant on 2100 South and devising an escape route that wound through commercial buildings in Sugar House as part of a circuitous route to Judge. They were going to cover their license plates with mud to conceal ownership of the getaway truck. It belonged to Rick Bruno’s dad, so he drove Neville, McDonough, Maroudas and McHugh to the KFC store. There they found the colonel’s statue had been placed between the two sets of entry doors, making the heist easier than seizing Sanders from inside the restaurant, which their surveillance had indicated would be necessary. Neville and McDonough grabbed the statue, hustled it outside and tossed it up into the back of the pickup to Maroudas, who was horrified when the statue broke into two pieces. The kidnappers did not know the statue came apart like that – an unsettling development – but it did not disrupt their escape plan. They managed to head west on 2100 South and used their roundabout route to escape. They thought they had made it free and clean upon reaching Judge and carrying the reassembled colonel into the gym, passing a couple of bemused faculty members along the way. But then the police showed up.
The kidnappers, it seemed, had spaced out one key component of their escape – they forgot to cover up the license plate. Sure enough, somebody in the parking lot saw it, jotted the numbers and letters down and called the cops. The plot leaders were hauled down to a police precinct, where the officers did their best to read them the riot act before releasing them to their parents or other family members. The next Monday, all five were summoned to the office where Dean of Discipline Steve Cotterell ordered them to go to the restaurant and to apologize for their indiscretion. The scene at the KFC wasn’t what the culprits had expected, McDonough and Neville recalled. The manager couldn’t believe these clean-cut guys, in their blazers and ties, could have pulled off the stunt. They had to convince him that yes, indeed, they were guilty. The manager was so impressed he offered them jobs.
The wrestling team included Mark Hafeman, Steve Mason, John Carty, Bill McHugh and Raul Franco.
The boys tennis team breezed through region, led by Kevin Mele at No. 1 singles, Maury Meyers at No. 2 and Tom Colton at No. 3. The No. 1 doubles team paired Mele and Tony Sheeran, while John Boner and James Geiermann played No. 2 doubles.
The baseball team had power hitters in junior Dan McGill and senior Paul Giovacchini, both of whom were pitchers as well, and a solid cast of seniors in Brad Marti, Mickey Pessetto, Mark Santora and Nick Soter. McGill’s classmates were Gerald Barber, Andy Fontana and Ray Valdez, while freshman Raul Franco and sophomores Steve Aberton, Kevin Brady, Dave Heaton, Demetrio Johnson, Mike Kelly and Bill Santistevan also saw playing time.
Seniors Billy Price and Mike Wolfe led a veteran golf team that lost only once in region. Other returning golfers were Bill Rice, Matt Korogi, Jim Weeks, Willie Hadley, Jeff Wolfe and Mike Bolam. They were joined by newcomers Jerry Gray, Matt Bolam, Steve Walker and Ken Jones.
The girls track team was led by sprinter Liz Price, miler Cricket McHugh and middle-distance runner Maureen Coupe.
The boys track team included John Attey, Steve Pino, Brian Tuttle, Barry Eagan, John Garcia, Jim Dunton, Bob Mortenson, Mark Jacobsen, Chuck Scott, Roger Jackson, Warren Armstrong and Alan Halliday.
Coached by Fr. James Bradley, the boys soccer team was driven by three “foreign” students – Junior David Lee, formerly from Hong Kong; Cesar Gomdim, a foreign-exchange student from Brazil; and Tom Gouvisis, who lived for nine years in Greece and actually did more to coach the team than Fr. Bradley. The squad also featured George Maroudas, Mike Fotes, Matt Fotes, Ulrich Brunhart, Jim Piercey, Bernard Beichert, David Lee and goalie Joe Hebert.
Jim Geiermann and Tony Sheeran defeated Galey Colosimo and Jon Pavlish for the first Judge racquetball championship, an event set up by Coach Frank L’Etoile.
Spanish teacher Mike Kimball, a one-time Olympic hopeful from the Class of 1965, formed a Gymnastics Club. Its leading members were sophomores Dan Leary and Karen French, freshman Dominic Lepore and eighth grader Monica French.
Graduation
167 graduates on June 1 at Kingsbury Hall.
Valedictorian: Paul Giovacchini
Salutatorian: Ed Trosper
Highest GPA for all four years: Paul Giovacchini
Highest GPA during senior year: Sharon Aberton and Stephanie Slama
Science Awards: Ed Trosper, Kelly Murnin and Theresa Gourde.
Gold cords were worn by 56 graduates, representing a GPA of 3.27 or better for four years. Mark Santora and David Madsen received appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Kevin Fitzgerald joined the U.S. Marine Corps.
Grail Seal Bearers: Sharon Aberton, Lorraine Armstrong, Frances Arnone, Darcy Beal, Susan Boyd, Anne Bransford, Anita Brown, Barbara Brown, Ed Brown, Janice Christensen, Terry Crandall, Cyndy Franks, Jim Fuoco, Paul Giovacchini, Theresa Gourde, Margo Heath, Tom Ivers, Brenda Iverson, Kathleen Jacobson, David Madsen, Dennis Malm, Chris Mancini, John McGurk, Christine Meek, Kevin Mele, Mark Mele, Michael Moore, Kelly Murnin, Karie Musgrove, Patti Roser, Colleen Schubach, Stephanie Slama, Theresa Struble, Ed Trosper, Sharon Weeks and Mary Denise Yeager.
Academic Awards – English, Ed Trosper; Social Studies: Susan Boyd and Dennis Malm; Mathematics: Dennis Malm; Physics: Ed Brown; Chemistry: Scott Ingram; Advanced Biology: Roger Hawk; Biology: Warren Armstrong; Geology: Nan Petrick; Earth Science: Dan Andrus; AP Chemistry: Kelly Murnin.
French: Sharon Weeks; Spanish: Brenda Iverson; German: Ed Trosper; Music: Patti Roser; Speed Typing: Mary Denise Yeager and Sharon Aberton; Advanced Typing: Kathy Smith and Susan Boyd; Advanced Shorthand: Sharon Edde and Tina Meek; Bookkeeping: Kevin Burt, Stephanie Slama, Anita Brown and Paul Carty; Art: Mike Wright, Lorraine Armstrong and Cynthia Franks; Journalism: Carolyn McHugh and Patti Roser; Liturgical Service: Janice Christensen, Theresa Gourde, Patrick Theisen and Cheryl Zickert.
Sterling Scholar finalists were Paul Giovacchini, general scholarship; Tina Meek, business education; and Roseanna Marchetti, speech and drama. Also competing in the Deseret News contest were Carolyn McHugh, English and literature; Lorraine Armstrong, mathematics; Larry Gant, social sciences; Ed Brown, science; Scot Gould, foreign language; Mike Wright, arts and crafts; and Patti Roser, music.
