1978 - 79

Class Leaders

Student Body Officers – Dean Burchett, president; Tom Reeves, 1st vice president; Lynn Ivers, 2nd vice president; Boyd Petterson, 3rd vice president; Mary Powers, secretary; Mike Albo, treasurer.

Senior Class Officers – Cathy Meyer, president; Richard Henkels, executive vice president; Tricia Leary, Gayle Chellis and John Boyd also were vice presidents.

Junior Class Officers – Mary Roney, president; John Stransky, executive vice president; Andy Cier, Paul Heath and Anthony Oliver also were vice presidents.

Sophomore Class Officers – Andy Deiss, president; Pam Burt, executive vice president; Mary Jo Chellis, Mary Jo Ahlin and Kari Maloney also were vice presidents.

Freshman Class Officers – Ed Pelley, president; Vicki Banchero, executive vice president; Marcie Bero, Maria Chambers and Mike O’Malley also were vice presidents.

During the Summer

Representing Judge at Girls State were Cathy Meyer and Lynn Ivers.

Attending the 42nd annual convention of the National Association of Student Council and Student Activity Advisors in Hurst, Texas were seniors Dean Burchett, Dan Anderson and Boyd Petterson, juniors Andy Cier and Anthony Oliver, sophomores Mary Jo Ahlin, Jim Carty and Kari Maloney, and advisors Sr. Frances Teresa and Fr. David Kenehan.

Judge sports lost a longtime supporter with the death in August of Virgil “Sully” Sullivan. A Hill Air Force Base retiree, Sullivan became active at Judge after a summer of coaching a financially struggling Judge American Legion baseball team. He got to know other boosters, sent four kids to Judge, attended games in many sports for years, handled the chains at football games with Richard Ruberts, and ended up as equipment manager for the football and basketball teams. After his death, the 1979 football team and many fans wore green wrist bands to commemorate Sully, a practice initiated by quarterback Doug Vierra, who knew Sully well. “He always said the right thing at the right time to help both the players and me,” Football Coach Frank L’Etoile told Judgeonian reporter Anne Watson.

Senior David Davies spent part of his summer in Malaysia, living with the owner of a rubber factory, as part of the American Field Service foreign exchange program.

Liz McConnell received a medallion and a $25 savings bond for winning the Veterans of Foreign Wars “Voice of Democracy” contest. She spoke on the subject “Why I care for America.”

The Year

National Merit Finalists: Michael Belangie, Colleen Delaney, Mary Powers and Thomas Reeves

Mary Powers also was a finalist in the Presidential Scholars Program, which identifies “the most intellectually distinguished and accomplished graduating high school seniors nationally.”

Enrollment was at 705 students as of Sept. 8. The number included 342 boys and 363 girls, divided into 147 seniors, 171 juniors, 179 sophomores and 208 freshmen.

Administration: Fr. David Whalen, principal; Jim Yerkovich, assistant principal; Tim Carr, dean of students; Sonny Tangaro, director of guidance; Fr. David Kenehan, director of activities; Dave Disorbio, athletic director. The faculty included 30 lay and 17 religious instructors teaching 145 academic subjects.

The Varsity Cheerleaders were Bernadette Benda, Patti Boyd, Patty McCabe, Mary McGill, Joanne Williams and Melinda Zito. Junior Varsity Cheerleaders were Cathy Albo, Rena Barbiero, Mary Benda, Holly Conti, Lisa Johnson and Dana Trapp.

Most junior and freshmen girls took part in a Big Sister-Little Sister candlelighting ceremony in Millcreek Canyon. Juniors driving the program were Mary Roney, Angie Atwood, Carol Timper, Amy Lyngle, Angie Banchero, Claire Harte, Chris Smith, Regina Oosst and Ann Start.

English department chair John McGean was elected president of the Utah Council of Teachers of English.

The Judgeonian was published by members of the journalism class, including Vicki Banchero, Joan Harris, Sandra Geary, Lorrie Herrera, Erin Kelley, Jared Neumeier, Charles Siu, Teresa Sproul, Eric Weber, Chris Wilcox and Anne Watson. The Salt Lake Tribune used Anne Watson as one of the high school correspondents for its IN section.

Junior Academic Awards – Mathematics: John Stransky; Social Studies: Paul Heath; Chemistry: Sean Kelly; Geology: Sean Kelly; French III: Julianne Patton; Spanish III: Claire Harte; Spanish II: Anne Mooney; Art (3 dimensional): Ed Henkels; Art (2 dimensional): John Stransky and Paul Heath; English: Regina Oost; and Religious Studies: Paul Heath and Teresa Brown. Highest GPAs: Paul Heath, Sean Kelly, John Stransky, Janet Freeman, Regina Oost, Mark Williams.

Sophomore Academic Awards – Debate: Andy Dokos and Mike Robinson; Mathematics: Tim Andrus; Social Studies: Dan Trueba and Rosemary Toomey; Biology: Angela Rowland; German II: Arlene Oost; French II: Angela Rowland; Latin II: Tim Andrus; Art: Arlene Oost; Great Books: Andy Deiss and Ross Gagnon; English: Andy Deiss; Religious Studies: Angela Rowland and Tim Andrus. Highest GPAs: Rosemary Toomey, Arlene Oost, Angela Rowland, James Reeves, Tim Andrus.

Freshman Academic Awards: Mathematics: Sandra Geary; Social Studies; Laurie Freed and Daniel Zvonek; Earth Science: Daniel Zvonek; French I: Rebecca Williams; Spanish I: Daniel Zvonek; Great Books: Kristi Adair; English: Rebecca Williams; Religious Studies: Jose Azarcon. Highest GPAs: Rebecca Williams, Daniel Zvonek, Laure Freed, Teri Van House, Jose Azarcon.

Four buses carried nearly 800 students and teachers up Parleys Canyon to Washington Park on Sept. 20 for Judge’s annual field day. Vicki Banchero reported in the Judgeonian that it was “cloudy, chilly, overcast after a long rain the previous day and a healthy layer of snow on the benches.”

Fr. Whalen and disciplinarian Tim Carr threatened to shut off the juke box, take out the pop machines and even to cancel the Halloween stomp if students didn’t stop being such pigs in the cafeteria where, Erin Kelley wrote in the Judgeonian, “you can see a nice appetizing JMH lunch turned into smashed bananas on the floor, milk poured on the tables, taco sauce sloshed all over the plate and trays, and an amazing conglomerate of cartons and unidentified objects on the tables.”

Several mini-courses were offered midway through the first semester, including two by Fr. James Bradley – the mystery of Alfred Hitchcock stories, and poetry of the English-speaking world. Other mini-courses were guitar lessons from Charles McKenna, calculus with Sr. Frances Therese and indoor gardening with Fr. Richard Blenner.

Choreographed and directed by teacher Cathy Brimley, with lighting by Rick Rasmussen, dance classes presented a special light service for Diocesan teachers and the Archbishop of San Francisco, John Quinn. Performed in a darkened auditorium, the program opened with Ann Start, Angela Banchero and Jill White dancing alone, soon joined by dozens of class members carrying lighted candles and weaving through the aisles with “graceful movements.” They assembled on stage.

Sr. Josephine Burns, who taught English, religion and chorus, missed fall semester due to an illness that required surgery.

The school year’s first coffeehouse attracted several alums to return to Judge to play, including Denise Reynolds, Steve Maloney and Mary Ross. A Judgeonian review said senior David Davies proved he was an “excellent singer and guitarist,” while Betsy McHugh and Kathy Wurster drew applause as a duet and then as part of a quartet with Angela Atwood and Mary Roney. Joe Roach and Joel Rotta did a comedy routine to Mexican music, Caprice Davis and Mary Ross sang three songs, Don Sheeran also displayed his voice and Hillary Thiergartner impressed the crowd with her flute playing.

Teacher Patti Bettin’s Advanced Health class organized a blood drive to help the American Red Cross. Junior Anne Watson described the event in an article for The Salt Lake Tribune. Accompanying photos by alumnus Tim Kelly, Class of 1963, showed Judge students Karen Wood, Jana Heiner and Nick Mastrodicasa. Watson noted that student body president Dean Burchett “donated as usual this year and was the only student to faint. Dean also fainted last year when he donated blood.”

A new drill team, “Les Mejuenettes,” was led by drill mistress Kelly Kohout, Angie Banchero, Kristy Paulsen and Debbie Herrera. Other members were Heather Breaden, Lisa Concepcion, Ramona Florez, Theresa Harrington, Lorrie Herrera, Esther Karpf, Penny Korbis, Kathy Ludwig and Karen Wood. Cathy Brimley was the advisor.

Senior Chris Dunne was editor of the Basilean yearbook. He was assisted by classmates Mariana Piercey, Steve Smith, Jim Sawaya, Stephanie Panos and Karen Smith, juniors Julie Ann Patton, Chris Smith, Amanda Ayoub, Regina Oost and Anne Watson and sophomore Lou Cisz.

Seniors Roxanne Gray and Matt Jimenez won first place in the second annual Dance Marathon. Fifteen couples started and 12 finished the 24-hours of dancing to music provided by Mark Earlewine of Porto Disco. The team of Jana Heiner and John White was second. Third were Mary Hadley and Paul Jimenez. The Judgeonian noted that seniors Mary Hadley and Cathy Meyer and freshmen Denise Gaztambide and Lisa Holdener danced in the marathon after finishing basketball practice.

The Forensics team fared well in a number of competitions, led by Don Sheeran and Nadine Guss. Other team members were Carolyn Solleveld, Mickey Belangie, Andy Dokos, Mike Robinson, John Murphy, Liz McConnell and Nate Mason.

Coached by teacher Peter Van Orden, the Debate Team was built around the teams of Tom Reeves and Mike Albo plus Gayle Chellis and John Boyd.

A book drive organized by Sr. Noel Marie collected 2,000 books, including a complete recent edition of Encyclopedia Britannica’s “Great Book” series.

The Drill Team won the Black Thorn Stick trophy as the best marching unit in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. The grand marshal was longtime Salt Lake Tribune sports columnist John Mooney, a Judge dad.

Nearly 130 fathers were on hand for the annual Father-Daughter Dance in the cafeteria. Bernadette Benda and her dad won the polka contest while Suzie Razzeca took the jitterbug, Sharon Corey the waltz and Roxanne Gray the disco competition while teamed with their dads.

Seniors Mary Powers and Thomas Reeves received achievement awards in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English.

Junior Mary Roney was featured in the Judgeonian, which focused on her singing with a folk group at St. Ambrose Church and job overseeing the candy girls at the Cottonwood Mall’s movie theaters.

“Rhythms of Christmas” was the title of the concert, light and dance show put together by teachers Cathy Brimley and Ken Doran. Senior Ruth Ross, junior Angie Banchero, freshman Cathy Lowe, five senior girls and students in teacher Mike Kimball’s gymnastics class performed in 10 dances, four choreographed by students.

Student council officers Dean Burchett, Perry Vietti and Rose Barbiero helped organized student leadership workshops at Brighton with help from Fr. David Kenehan and Chuck McKenna. The bus back to Salt Lake was late so Mary Powers, Tom Reeves, Mike Albo and Lynn Ivers provided entertainment for Fr. Kenehan, Sr. Frances Theresa, Sr. Miriam Ann, congressional candidate Peter Cooke, University of Utah professor Martin Chemers and Judge students Mary Jo Ahlin, Peggy McDonough, Mark Aberton, Boyd Petterson and Jill White.

The Judgeonian described shorthand and typing teacher Kimberly Coombs as “Sister Jose Marie’s answer to prayer” after Coombs took over the Judge business department when the nun fell ill. “Although she looks like a student herself,” the paper said, “her students recognize her competency. She types 104 words a minute [and] rarely, if ever, does she raise her voice.”

Thirteen Judge students were among 350 high schoolers from five states who gathered in Estes Park, Colo. for a regional Junior Achievement conference. Liz McConnell and Jared Neumeier were finalists for conference president while McConnell, David Clement and Claire Harte received leadership awards. Also taking part were Robert Buhler, Todd Ferrando, David Maiorana, Anthony Oliver, Diane Quinn, Mary Jo Quinn and Rob Sonoda.

Three nuns served on the Women’s Legislative Council, tracking issues considered by the Utah Legislature. They were English teachers Sr. Marilla and Sr. Noel Marie and Sr. Judine Suter, chair of the Social Studies Department.

Seniors Joan O’Brien and Bill Hurley coordinated a 72-hour fast, which raised $820 for a mission in Mexico and a mission the Sisters of the Holy Cross operated in Bangladesh. The event attracted 29 participants, 26 of whom finished.

The April 3 Judgeonian had a feature on Marjorie Pearce, who had spent 18 years at Judge. “She was given the nickname ‘Ma’ by the Oblate Fathers, a name she has accepted over the years,” wrote staff writer Sandra Geary, noting that Marjorie Pierce taught physical education at first before branching into history and geography. She also put three children through Judge and drove a VW “in perfect running condition” because it only went five miles a week between her home, Lourdes Church and the store. “Judge is part of my life,” Marjorie Pierce said. “I’ve been involved in the school first with my children and later as a teacher. I can’t imagine life without Judge.”

African-American students Laura Diniz, a sophomore, and Valerie Harris, a junior, traveled to Jamaica with assistance from Sr. Doloretta and the National Black Honor Society. They were accompanied by their mothers. Both were struck by the tremendous poverty they observed.

Fr. Charles LaPenta and religion teacher Ken Doran led 13 Judge students on a spring trip to Washington, D.C. and New York City. The group included Cathy Meyer, Lynn Ivers, Mike Albo, Matt Jimenez, Andy Mates, Angela Atwood, Peggy Coupe, Mary Kay Gizinski, Marcelle Bown, Anthony Oliver and Anne Watson.

Dean Burchett and Perry Vietti were invited to participate in June at the National Student Council Conference in Orlando, Fla.

Before a crowd of 120 at the Mother-Daughter Tea, a fashion show was presented by Kelley Kahout, Ann Start, Heather Breaden, Theresa Harrington, Cathy Ludwig and Angie Banchero.

Junior Bernard Stuivenvolt, 16, was killed when a car pulled out in front of him on 1100 East while he was riding his motorcycle at the end of a spring school day, a horrific accident witnessed by numerous students.

Four students from an isolated village in the Athabaskan region of Alaska visited Judge as part of the Domestic Student Exchange Program that earlier saw nearly a dozen Judge students go to Alaska – seniors Boyd Petterson, Dean Burchett and John Boyd, juniors Tom Allen, Cherie Ashworth, Andy Cier, Jill Hightower and Joe Roach, sophomores Tom Lowe and Tom Gourde and freshman Tom DeVito. Fr. David Kenehan was the chaperone.

John White and Andy Dokos each finished in third place for the work they did on behalf of Mexico and Bolivia, respectively, in the Model United Nations. Other Judge students participating in the 25th annual Model UN were Liz McConnell, Nadine Guss, Ron Sonoda, Jean Flesher, Mike McGurk, Gennith Green and Kathleen Bracken.

“Motion and Emotion Frame by Frame” was the theme of the 5th annual Spring Dance Concert, which featured 20 dances choreographed by Judge students under the direction of dance instructor Cathy Brimley. The dancers had received instruction from dancers from Repertory Dance Theater and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co. Brimley said the Dance Concert gained momentum in each of its five years. “The enthusiasm has tripled since last year,” she told the Judgeonian. Dances were choreographed by Jill White, Laura Diniz, Susan Ingalls, Amy Lyngle, Katie Moore, Maribeth Foster, Rosemary Brennan, Caprice Davis, Jayne Welsh, Annette Ravarino, Penny Korbis, Rosemary Welsh and Angela Banchero. The production managers were Christopher Dunne and Kate Ehresman. Rick Rasmussen handled lighting, Stephen Smith oversaw sound and video. The stage crew was Suzanne Bachman, Lorrie Herrera, Jeanne Hightower, Mary Barbara Lytle, Jane McNamara, Angela Rowland and Rosemary Toomey.

Lisa Rohland and Melinda Zito were among the Judge dancers who performed at Kingsbury Hall in “Spring Dance,” a program featuring dancers from 15 high schools in the Salt Lake Valley.

Plays

“Li’l Abner,” directed by Rick Rasmussen, choreographed by Cathy Brimley, starring Richard Henkels, Liz Bailey, Jodi Sroczynski, Earl Kane, Don Sheeran, Jim Sawaya, Mickey Belangie. Regina Oost provided musical accompaniment. Colleen Delaney was student director. Judgeonian reviewer Erin Kelley called the performance “the biggest event to hit JMH since girls came!”

“Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Rick Rasmussen and student director Mary Powers, starring Dean Burchett, Christina Fowler, Don Sheeran, Kerrie Adair, Richard Henkels, Mickey Belangie, Earl Kane, Colleen Delaney, Brian Martinez, Kevin Delaney, Robert Payne, Rick Wagoner, Mary Brockert, Kristi Adair, Carolyn Talboys and Sherrie Hixson. Fencing lessons were provided to Burchett, Sheeran, Henkels, Pay and Martinez by Lauro Pizzuto.

“The Calico Tiger,” a children’s play performed at parochial elementary schools, starring Linda Wright, Don Sheeran, Mary Kay Gizinski, Mariana Piercey, John White, Colleen Delaney, Jill White, Erin Kelley, Karrie Adair, Mary Powers, Sheila Kenyon, Mickey Belangie, Stephanie Pap, David Rokich and Hilary Thiergartner. Student directors were Roxanne Gray, Lynn Ivers and Dean Burchett. Overseeing the costumes was Jodi Sroczynski.

Sports

In his third year as head coach, Frank L’Etoile led the football team to a 10-1 record and a trip to the Class 3A semifinals, where the Bulldogs lost 24-7 to Ben Lomond on a cold, snowy turf at the University of Utah. Judge advanced to the finals with a 35-13 thrashing of Payson, a school the Bulldogs faced in the state finals three years in a row (1970-72). In region, Judge averaged 40.7 points per game and shut out four opponents. A couple of highlights: In mid-September, third-year Coach Frank L’Etoile’s Bulldogs beat powerful Murray 20-13 in overtime. Quarterback Doug Vierra hit Ray Zaelit with a touchdown pass on Judge’s OT possession, and then the defense turned back Spartan quarterback Steve Davies on consecutive sneak efforts from inside the 1-yard line. Judge had tied the game with 42 seconds left in regulation when a scrambling Vierra escaped two Murray tacklers on fourth and goal from the nine and lofted a pass to Tracy Conti, who “got a hand on the ball and pulled in the pigskin as he tumbled out of the end zone.” The Bulldogs then spotted Tooele 17 points before bouncing back for a 31-17 win, with Gary Mason and A.B. Walls teaming for 200 yards rushing. John Condas, Vierra and Ed Allam made The Salt Lake Tribune’s 3A All-Star team. Named to the second team were Gary Mason and Lance Johannessen. The Green Sheet newspaper’s Honor Squad included John Condas, Mason, Johannessen and Vierra. L’Etoile was the weekly’s “Coach of the Year.” Other key players were Bob Singler, Pete Wilson, Dave McGill, George Sproul, Mike Reynolds, Mike Patrick, Chris Klekas, Robert Thomas, Dave Corisis, Joe Rotzler, Bill Gray, Matt Larrabee, Mark Murphy, Dan Trueba, John Kelly, Bill Condas, Tony Barnes, Brian VonBank, Larry Colosimo, Gig McGuire, Aaron Marquez and Tony Barnes.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, CHAMPIONS – The girls tennis team tied Timpview for the 3A state championship on Oct. 14 at Brigham Young University. Coach Tom Bettin’s Bulldogs were led by their doubles teams, both of which won titles – the No. 1 team of seniors Cathy Meyer and Jackie Moore and the No. 2 doubles team of senior Anne Watson and junior Joanne Williams. No. 2 singles player Barbara Schovaers also contributed valuable points, finishing second. Also advancing to state were region champions Roxanne Gray at No. 1 singles, who lost to a nationally ranked player, and Dianne Quinn, No. 3 singles, who finished third.

Chris Griggs was captain of the cross country team, coached by Steve Cotterell. Sophomore Dave Barney was the fastest runner, junior Ben Frank was next, followed by senior Earl Kane, sophomores Andy Deiss, Jay Campbell and Matt Lingenfelter and freshman Dave Miller.

Top runners on the girls cross country team were seniors Betsy McHugh and Marianna Piercey.

Basketball coach Jim Yerkovich unveiled the “WE Shirts,” which have the Judge logo with WE imprinted on it in big red letters, celebrating the principles of community and unselfishness, which had long been fundamental to the Judge basketball ethos. With these shirts, people outside of Judge saw what the team stood for. “I designed the ‘WE’ shirts simply to give our players something to wear that emphasized what we live and believe. Love and togetherness on a team is a valuable life experience. To me, it is more important than winning games,” he told The Tribune.

Yerkovich’s team advanced to the semifinals of the 3A tournament before losing to eventual champion American Fork, 60-55. The Bulldogs finished sixth at state following a 72-54 loss to Woods Cross. Boasting balanced scoring, with five players averaging double figures, the Bulldogs started the tourney with a 50-47 win over Box Elder and stunned Jordan 63-45 in the quarterfinals. Judge was led by seniors Andy Mates, Brian Bentrude, point guard Steve Bills (who was injured during the season), Jim Lytle, Randy Zickert, Tony Kitterer, Doug Vierra and Mike Miller. Big man Terry Murnin and guard Joel Rotta were the top juniors. Yerkovich became the president-elect of the Utah High School Basketball Coaches Association.

Girls basketball coaches Tom and Patti Bettin welcomed a strong group of freshmen, led by Denise Gaztambide, to a squad led by four seniors – Mary Hadley, Lynn Ivers, Cathy Meyer and Jackie Moore. Also seeing playing time for the Bulldogs were juniors Mary Barbara Lytle and Carol Timper, sophomores Diane Cookson and Lou Lynn Neal and freshmen Marjorie Singler, Gina Glodowski, Maureen Harte, Lisa Holdener, Kate Kelley, Mary Catherine Lytle, Kim McArthur and Lori Palubeskie.

The hockey team had a 16-12 record with the league’s top two scorers, senior Bill McKenna (71 points) and sophomore Lance Beeney (64). Coaches Mike McCormick and Scott Dissell also depended heavily on sophomore Andy Deiss, Jeff Tabish, Mike Ehresman, Kevin Curtin, Matt Wallace, goalie Paul Brennan, Joe Erbin, Rodney Baxter, Tom McKenna and Dan Rodman. Other seniors on the team were Martin Stephenson, Jai Naisbitt, Steve Smith and Paul Conway.

Fr. Richard Blenner coached both the boys and girls swimming teams. The boys were led by Phil Drinkhaus, Jim and Tom Reeves, Greg DeBernard, Dave Jimenez, Brian Martinez and Steve Steele. The top girls were Kate Ehresman, Val Harris, Renee Jimenez, Julie Priske and Kathy Wurster.

STATE CHAMPION – The gymnastics team finished second in the Class 3A state meet. Coach Mike Kimball’s Bulldogs were led by senior Kathy Wurster, who won four medals, including a gold in the parallel bars competition (she also medaled in compulsory bar and two floor exercise events). Senior Monica French also had a strong performance, as did Dina March, Suzanne Moffat, Peggy Coupe and freshman Cathy Lowe. Other team members were juniors Angie Atwood, Rosemary Brennan, Shannon Gately, Marie Jahne, Carole Polanshek and Lisa Rohland. They were joined by sophomores Stephanie Atwood, Patti Kuronya and Mary Jo Quinn and freshmen Julie Paulson and Tammy VonBank.

STATE CHAMPION – Freshman Denise Gaztambide shattered the state record in the high jump, clearing 5-feet, 10 inches on her second try at the 3A state meet at Weber State. That broke the existing record of 5-foot, 5 ¼ inches and bested her nearest competitor by 3 inches. “Gaztambide seemed to sprout a pair of invisible wings that lifted her,” wrote a Tribune reporter. She surpassed her previous best with a 5-foot-9 jump her first try, inspired she said by Coach Patti Bettin’s offer of pizza if she succeeded. “I’m shooting for 6 feet,” Gaztambide said. “When I get that, my coach has to buy me a steak dinner.”

Leading the boys track team were distance runners David Barney, David Rice and Ben Frank, sprinter and shot putter Brian Bentrude, sprinters Charles Jones and A.B. Walls, discus hurler Robert Singler and middle-distance runner Brett Taylor. Other team members were Gerald Allred, Andy Cier, Dave Corisis, Chris Griggs, Shawn Hokanson, Earl Kane, John Konya, Chris Klekas, Matt Lingenfelter, Tom Lowe, Aaron Marquez, Steve Marushack, Gary Mason, Tom Quinn and Wilfred Simpson.

Sophomore Patti Price was the most impressive player on the boys golf team.

The boys soccer team included Bob Condas, Winn Roberts, Geoff Gustavsen, Kent Strong, Lou Cisz, John Kane, John Murphy, Buddy Tobias, Andy Gustavsen, John Piercey, Steve Corisis, Tom Stewart, John Piercey, Paul Maxwell, Bruce Larrabee, Gig McGuire and goalie Andy Deiss. Reserves were Jeff Martin, Sean Kelly, Mark Gaztambide, Pat Cashman, Ed Pelley, Judd Anderson, Ed Henkels and Peter Leary.

Leading the baseball team were Steve Bills, Charlie Colosimo, Lance Johannessen, Randy Zickert, Doug Vierra, Brian Murphy, Paul Conway, George Vargas, Pat Pelley, Tracy Conti and Kyle Yelderman.

Under the watchful eye of Coach Dave Disorbio, a weightlifting program thrived with strong performances by Mike Mason, Ed Allam, Gary Mason, Mike Reynolds, Tony Barnes and Dave Corisis.

Graduation

144 graduates on May 20 at Kingsbury Hall.

Valedictorian: Thomas Reeves

Salutatorian: John Boyd

Highest GPA for all four years: Thomas Reeves

Highest GPA during senior year: Thomas Reeves

Gold honor cords representing cumulative GPAs of 3.5 or better were worn by 37 graduates. The graduating class received college scholarship offers exceeding $200,000.

First Honors graduates (who took four honors courses in each of their last four semesters while maintaining a 3.5 GPA): Michael Albo, Michael Belangie, Julie Boyd, Colleen Delaney, Ted Forsman, Patricia Kuehndahl, Boyd Petterson, Mary Powers, Thomas Reeves and John White.

Grail Seal Bearers: Michael Albo, Michael Belangie, John Boyd, Doris Brunhart, Tracy Conti, Colleen Delaney, Ted Forsman, Christina Fowler, Roxanne Gray, Jamie Hammill, Cherie Hardy, Jana Heiner, Matthew Jimenez, Eileen Kelly, Patricia Kuehndahl, Andy Mates, Boyd Petterson, Mary Powers, Thomas Reeves, Donald Sheeran, John White and Joanne Williams.

Academic Awards – Mathematics: Ted Forsman; Science: Thomas Reeves; Geology: Fiona McArthur; Biology: Fiona McArthur; Chemistry: Thomas Reeves; Physics: John Boyd; Social Studies (Economics): Thomas Reeves; Contemporary World Problems: John Boyd; English: Colleen Delaney and Doris Brunhart; Religion: Mary Hadley and John Boyd.

Psychology: Patricia Kuehndahl; Art: Thomas Geiermann; Dance: Jill White; Drama: Donald Sheeran; Bookkeeping: Fiona McArthur; Office Service: Theresa DeMarco; Shorthand and Typing: Erin Murphy and Sandra Wallwork; Spanish: Cherie Hardy; French: Ted Forsman.

Graduate Bruce Larrabee became a potter whose creations became fashionable acquisitions for members of the Salt Lake Catholic community. Larrabee’s bowls appeared for more than a decade at the annual art festival at J.E. Cosgriff Elementary School. He credited his success to the art training he received at Judge from teacher Tom Bettin.


Written by Mike Gorrell

Year by Year at Judge - Our Living History, was researched and written by Mike Gorrell, 1972 Judge Memorial alum and award-winning journalist who spent more than 44 years in the newspaper business, including the last 35 at The Salt Lake Tribune. A former teacher, John "Sonny" Tangaro, recruited Gorrell to help the Alumni Committee plan the school's Centennial Celebration. This project is his contribution, recapping what Judge Memorial's 12,000-plus graduates accomplished in their time as Bulldogs. 

Learn about the extensive process Gorrell used to produce the class summaries. If you look through a summary and know of details that are missing or have questions, please reach out to Gorrell. 

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