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Volume 3
Lancaster, California January 18, 2016
Football
Bringing the magic
back to Mays Field/
Newcomb Stadium
Lopes end
season with
CIF Quarter
Finals Game
The Original Mays Field was built in
1946, ushering in the start of a long
history of lope memories. In 2007 the
decision was made to tear down the
old stadium and build a new allmetal venue. The new stadium was
bigger and stronger but because AV
was sharing it with the new Eastside
High School, no graphics could be
added to it.
Flash forward to 2015. Eastside HS
now has its own stadium. While the
AV field has been laid with artificial
turf and an artificial track, the back of
the stadium remains empty. The
school is seeking professional painter
volunteers to help support this project. Contact Jennifer Nieves at AVHS.
Loses playoff to
Arroyo Grande
The Antelopes size up their opponents, Arroyo Grande Eagles, during CIF Qtr Playoffs
No Graphics on the back of stadium
Under the leadership of head coach
Ron Wilson and assistant coach Jermaine Lewis, the AV Football team had
an extraordinary season, competing
for the league championship and making it to the CIF quarter finals.
for over 30 years. He also taught Spanish
AVHS 2015
and was advisor to the student paper, the
Hall of
Fame
Sandpaper. Burl Patterson, 1958 was
recognized for his business achievements
in real-estate.
Frank Zappa, also a 1958 graduate, was
an early pioneer of Rock Music with his
band the Mothers of Invention and his hit
Recipients of the 2015 AVHS Hall of Fame “Valley Girl” sung by his daughter Moon
were honored at an event held on October 16th, homecoming day. The recipients or their representatives were acknowledged before the homecoming
game. This year, eleven Alumni and Faculty were chosen for their achievement in
Unit Zappa.
From the 1960s, Paul Turner, class of
1965, continues the list for his government service as a Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal (Second Appellate
District) - B.S. (magna cum laude) Cal
their chosen career field, social involvement and contribution to Antelope Valley
High School.
The oldest recipient, Grace Graham
Pickus from the class of 1930, was singled
out for her involvement in preserving the
Keortge was a member of the class of
1957 who also served as a teacher at AV
feated winning streak in league play
which they held until their final game
against Palmdale on Mays Field.
After a loss to Palmdale for the
Golden League title and winning their
first round CIF game to Carpinteria,
The season began with two nonAntelope Valley’s varsity team closed
conference losses to Golden Valley
out their season on November 20th
and Oaks Christian High Schools and a with a loss to Arroyo Grande, a school
win against West Valley HS from Valen- located near San Luis Obispo north of
cia. The Lopes then began an undeSanta Barbara.
Hall of Fame
history of the Antelope Valley. Chuck
Number 2
[See “HOF”, page 3 ]
In This Issue
Page 1—”AV Football makes CIF qtr finals
- 2015 Hall of Fame
Page 2 – Tina Landon—Alumni Profile
- ‘Class of 1965—50th Reunion
Page 3 - Back In the Day
Reunion—Class of 1970—45th
Page 4 —Sports - Fall / Winter Sports
The Falcons have been Golden
League champions for the past four
years and won another Golden League
Championship by defeating the Lopes
with a score of 35-14. In their CIF quarter final match, Palmdale lost against
Bishop Diego 48-6.
Next year, AVHS will be celebrating the
100th Anniversary of football at Antelope Valley High School. The anniversary event will coincide with the game
against Quartz Hill on Friday, September 30th of this year. **
Monday, January 18, 2016
SANDPAPER—Alumni Edition
The Social Scene
Alumni Profile
Tina Landon
has all the
right moves
1981 Grad has
choreographed top music
stars
Tina Landon
Tina Landon graduated from Antelope Valley High School in 1981
and since then has made her choreographic mark on the world of
music videos, concerts and multimedia.
During her time at AV, Tina was
involved in various activities including dance, volleyball and varsity cheerleading. She was also a
member of the Homecoming
court.
In the 1980s, Tina began her
career as a Laker Girl for the LA
Lakers, working alongside future
Reunions
singer and choreographer Paula
Abdul. After her career as a
Laker Girl, Tina’s choreography
took off when she was cast as a
principal dancer in Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” music
video. In 1990, she toured as a
dancer on Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour
and went on to
choreograph
the Janet World
Tour in 1993
and The Velvet
Rope World
Tour in 1998.
Eventually she Tina Landon 1981
found herself working with the
likes of Jennifer Lopez, Ricky
Martin, Prince, Aerosmith and
many more. Her signature moves
have been utilized by Christina
Aguilera, Tina
Turner, Britney Spears
and Shakira
The open praise she has received
from A-List music stars attest to
the respect Tina receives from
the people she works with in the
music business.
Tina’s awards and recognitions
are numerous. She has won two
MTV Video Awards including a
1999 award for choreographing
Ricky Martin’s “Livin La Vida
Loca” and in 2000 she received
the Latino Media Arts Award
(ALMA) for her body of work. In
2004, she was nominated for an
American Choreography Award
for her work on the Will &
Grace episode "I Do/Oh No You
Di-int".
Today Tina continues to inspire
with her dance classes and her
numerous instructional videos.
Class of 1965 Celebrates
50th Reunion
Contributor: John Currado
more than 140 guests. The following morning the class participated in
a tour of the AVHS Campus and
Bookstore. Saturday evening the
main event was held at the
JP Eliopulos Hellenic Center near
AVC. The Saturday night event featured the band "The Safaris." On
Sunday the reunion concluded with
a gathering at the Ol’ Timers Barbecue at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds.
The class of 1965 was one of the
largest with 738 students in their
graduating class. They have estiThe Eliopulas Helenic Center located near Antelope Valley College hosted the 50th reunion of the class of 1965.
mated 150 people attended the
Friday reception and the Main ReThe graduates of 1965 entered a AV and Palmdale. Quartz Hill had
union at the Eliopoulos Helenic Cenworld that was changing around
just opened with a freshman Class.
ter. Classmates came from as far
them and which they themselves
The Class of 1965 celebrated their away as Florida and New York and
changed as one of the first Baby
50th Reunion in grand style. The en- several teachers attended including
boomer classes. The number one
tire reunion was held over a three
Mr. & Mrs. Ken O'dougherty, Mr. &
song of 1965 was the Rollingstones
day weekend in October. On Friday, Mrs. Chuck Ferrari, Mr. &
“I can’t get no Satisfaction,” they
October 16th, the reunion started
Mrs. Richard Spadoni, and Ms.
were on the cusp of the Vietnam
with an early afternoon tour of Ed- Marion Owens .
War, the president was Lyndon
wards AFB. Later that evening, ASB
Reunion committee members;
Johnson and NASA astronaut Ed
President John Currado and his wife
Jeff Hansen, John Knapp
White became the first man to walk
Lani hosted a reception at their
(wife Susan,) Glenn Stanford &
in space. In the Antelope Valley,
home in Lancaster attended by
there were only two High Schools,
[Cont. Page 3
“Class of 65”]
Page 2
Life Time
Members
Barbara Platts Finlayson ‘65
Gene Wickham ‘73
Caroline Tensfeld Craft ‘47
Suzanne Flory Garrison ‘67
Barbara Jones Sterk ‘56
Jerry Sterk ‘53
John Currado ‘65
Steve Sterk ‘76
Charlotte Isaacs Frye ’ 75
Ken Booth ‘75
Blanca Guzman ‘72
Les Merryman ‘75
Raymond Sterk ‘75
Randy Whitson ‘76
Steve & Cheri
Van Dam Hanson ‘76/77
Kevin & Tammy Lewis Gilliland
‘76/77
Janice Anderson
Jerry Shannon ‘75
Gary Van Dam ‘79
Trish Luckeroth Lockhart ‘83
Connie Reese Fox 1964
John Siamis ’ 75
Patricia Reed Fleischman ‘65
Garth Tanner ‘ 77
Dennis Girard 1975
William Liebert 1963
Marian Card Sterk-Reeder 1950
Hal Darling 1942
Frances Lane 1957
Terry Coddington 1954
Caryl Godde Hier 1956
Betty Wurm Love 1939
David Anderson 1967
Michael A Cox 1961
Janet Brugeson Cran 1970
Barbara Smith Lee 1964
Bud Lahitte 1949
Cynthia Shook Hart 1975
Harvey Pipkin 1949
Betty Fulkerson Donnelly 1956
Frank C Roberts 1950
SANDPAPER
Alumni Edition[
Staff & Contributors
Editor Gene Wickham
Jennifer Young Nieves
Desiree Heller
Contributors
Les Merryman
Trish Luckeroth Lockhart
Gail Mitchell
Antelope Valley High School
Alumni Association
P.O. Box 3605
Lancaster, CA 93539-2605
info@avhsalumni.org
Monday, January 18, 2016
SANDPAPER—Alumni Edition
Page 3
Reunions
Class of
1970
turns out
for 45th
Reunion
Contributor:
by Kelley Gilliland
Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster SATURDAY OCT 10, 2015
This past October, the class of
1970 came together for an inspiring
45th reunion. The class had a nice
turnout and the event ran for a full
weekend. Historically, 1970 included
the Apollo 13 Mission and the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon was president and Ronald Reagan was the
Governor of California. In pop culture the most popular movie was
“Love Story” with Ryan O’Neal and
Ali McGraw and the number one
song of the year was Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.” Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young’s “Déjà Vu” was playing on
almost everyone’s 8-track player.
At AVHS the principal was Monroe
Peterson who was principal from
1962 to 1973. Largely through the
[“HOF”, From page 1]
class of 1970’s efforts, the AV dress
code was basically dropped after
members from the class of 1970
(from all AV high schools) helped
sway the district to a more relaxed
dress code policy which among other
things allowed girls to wear pants to
school. Another highlight of that
year was the rock band, Eric Burdon
and War, which performed in the
boy’s gym.
On Friday night, October 9th, a
special get together was held at the
M0AH, (Lancaster Museum of Art
and History), and was organized by
Theresa (Chappell) Honeycutt. A
local street taco caterer prepared a
great Mexican meal for the almost
90 people in attendance. The
alumni were able to enjoy a beautiful sunset and perfect
weather on the rooftop
event area. Early Saturday Georgia
(Coye) Lowder helped arrange a Ladies Tea and boutique which was
held at the Methodist Church in Lancaster. Various teas from around the
world and tea sandwiches and treats
were prepared by Camille’s Café.
There were a number of beautiful
basket silent auction items, prepared
by class member Susie Yslas. It was
attended by over 35 people. Later,
the class met for a private casual
social gathering at Kinetic Brewery
on Lancaster Blvd. During that
event, brewery tours were given by
Kinetic staff members.
The main reunion dinner and gala
was organized by Sharon Hunsaker
and Georgia (Coye) Lowder and held
in the Pioneer Event Center and was
attended by over 100 people who
State Long Beach, Steve Chilcott, 1966,
Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young Uni-
played professional Baseball primarily with
versity in Hawaii and worked at AVHS from
the New York Mets.
1967 to 2002. He also taught at Antelope Val-
1967 Alumni Patrick Burke worked for Dis-
lege and is responsible for Disney Park rides
[From Pg 2—”Class of 1965”]
around the world including “Big Thunder
Carol (Chronister) Stanford, Rena (Miska)
Mountain.” Mark Bryant is a 1978 Alumni
Patel & (husband VJ), JoAnn (Fessenden)
who served as AVHS and Quartz Hill Principal.
Weldon, Anthony Wright, Dennis Daven-
at Antelope Valley College. The youngest recipient is Jermaine Lewis from the class of
The Class of 1970 has already selected
the dates for their 50th Reunion. It will
be held over the weekend of October
9th – 11th, 2020. **
Friday, March 5, 1965
ley College. **
ney Imagineering since graduating from col-
Currently he is the Assistant Superintendent
came from more than 12 states around
the country including Alaska, Virginia,
Hawaii, and Georgia.
During the brief program, Susie Yslas
read a beautiful poem as classmates
who were assembled got up from their
seats and walked from around the
room and placed a candle votive on the
beautifully decorated Angel table. Each
of the votives representing the almost
60 class members who had passed
away. The program was followed by a
very good meal, prepared by the University of Antelope Valley culinary
school.
Some of the prominent classmates
attending were, Costco President &
CEO Craig Jelinek from Washington,
artist/filmmaker Laurel (McAnlis) Epps
from Alaska, Lancaster City Councilman
Ken Mann. Former State Senator and
current Board of Equalization member
George Runner was unable to attend
but sent his regards. The weekend was
concluded on Sunday with a visit to the
Old Timers Barbecue at the AV Fairgrounds, wherein about 35 classmates
attended.
Reunion committee members were,
Chairman Kelley Gilliland, ViceChairman Georgia (Coye) Lowder,
Sharon Hunsaker, Ellen (Wright) Liest,
Theresa (Chappell) Honeycutt, Christine
(Barnard) Otto, Susie Yslas, Bob McMillen, Richard Cook, Barbara (Judd)
Goodale, Ken Mann and Melinda Earp.
TEEN TOPICS
DATING—DREAMING—DRAMA
DANCING– DRIVING
port, Dennis & Cindy (Bain) Shoffner, Jodi
(Brackett) DiGiovanna, Cherie Beaver,
Patty Edmunson, Michael Voelker, ASB
President John Currado (wife Lani .)
1996. He was a member of the 1994 CIF
Championship team and is currently an assistant varsity coach for AVHS Varsity Football.
Jermaine is also teacher at AV, holds a degree
in Sociology from UCLA and received a number of athletic awards playing football for the
Bruins.
Jim Carmichael AVHS Principal from 1973 to
1982, Mr. Carmichael also taught, coached
and became the vice principal and principal of
Palmdale High School from 1960 to 1974.
Darwin Ochs, Chemistry teacher is being recognized for his contribution as an educator in
and out of the classroom. He graduated
Friday, October 19, 1962
Boston Red Sox
Sign AV Graduate
Bill Wilson, ’62 AV Graduate, has signed a
one-year contract with the Boston Red
Sox. He was approached this summer by
a baseball scout who offered him the
pact. Bill has a long record of succeeding
on the varsity baseball team and in his
senior year won the Most Valuable Player
award for his basketball efforts.
HEAP OF THE WEEK – This week’s heap belongs to Chris Darling,
a junior. The mill is a fiery 265 with a Schneider ¾ cam and AFB
quad. This combo is hooked up to a 3 speed synchro-mesh trans
which runs to a chevy posi-traction rear end. On the ground it
runs MT mak wheels in front and chrome reverse in the rear.
Exterior paint is blue with a matching custom blue interior
Monday, January 18, 2016
SANDPAPER—Alumni Edition
WINTER SPORTS
The Basketball and Wrestling
teams are fired-up to take on the
winter sports competition.
ing this year will be Justin Bouye
and Dejan Brown.
(Sophomore) placed 5th in her
weight class, which qualified her
for the state finals.
Jaryssa went on to win 3rd place
in the CIF Finals in Visalia. With
many of the top wrestlers returning, the teams should be competitive.
GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Coach - Deon Williams - Under
Coach Williams, the Girls Basketball team has won Golden League
five of the past seven years and
last year they made it all the way
to the CIF Quarterfinals. With last Football Team makes it to CIF
quarter finals. Cross-Country
year’s girls JV team also winning
and Girls Volleyball conclude
their Golden League championtheir 2015 fall season.
ship, the prospects for this year’s
BOYS BASKETBALL:
Coach - Edward Campbell II girls varsity appears to be very
Football: Head coach - Ron Wilson
Last year the AV Boys Varsity Bas- high.
and assistant coach - Jermaine Lewis
The lopes had an impressive season
ketball team came in 6th in league.
coming in undefeated in league play
They made it to the first round of WRESTLING (CO-ED)
until the final Golden League champiDivision 3A CIF Playoffs but were Coach -Ryan Wallerstein- Last
onships held at AV against the Palmdefeated by San Bernardino 80year, AV's girls competed in the dale Falcons who were also unde35. The team was mostly seniors
feated. The Falcons, who have been
so the lopes will be working with CIF Southern Section finals. In the champions for four years, won ana newer team this season. Return first round, Team AV placed 27th other Golden League Championship
with only 5 of 14 weight
with a score of 35-14. (Full Story on
Page 1)
classes filled, this was
also the highest team plac- Girls Volleyball:
ing for any Golden League Head Coach-Edward Campbell II With a full season the Girls Volleyball
team.
Last year the boys basketball
team made a strong showing but
the girls basketball team won
Golden League and took it all the
way to the CIF Finals. In wrestling, the individual girls made it
to CIF playoffs with Freshman
Jaryssa Gambi placing 4th in her
weight class in the CIF Finals.
Page 4
FALL WRAP UP
Danasha Everett (Junior)
and Jazalene Marshall
(Sophomore) were both 1
match away from placing.
Jaryssa Tambi
Melvin Washington (34)
watches as Justin Bouye (2) tries
to block a shot from an Adelanto player.(2014/15)
Last years Girls Varsity team had the longest winning
streak in CIF, taking Golden League and going all the way
to CIF quarter Finals.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
2015-16
12/8 6:30p
Highland (Palmdale, CA)
12/17 6:30p
@ Knight (Palmdale, CA)
team placed 7 th out of 8 in league
play just in front of Littlerock HS.
Boys Volleyball begins in the spring.
1/21 6:30p
@ Highland (Palmdale, CA)
1/26 6:00p
@ Lucerne Valley (Lucerne Valley, CA)
2/2
6:30p
Knight (Palmdale, CA)
Cross Country:
Coach - Jeff Whitfield: AV has had a
long history of Cross Country running.
In the 1970s and earlier, the courses
were 2 miles long and meets were
scheduled against individual schools.
Today the courses are 3 miles or 5K
and the schools compete in “Cluster”
meets where all the league schools
assemble to run against each other
twice each season. This year during
2/9
7:00p
@ Del Campo (Fair Oaks, CA)
2/11 6:00p
Lucerne Valley (Lucerne Valley, CA)
the second cluster on Oct 7, AV senior Robert
Cisneros came in 22nd with a time of 18:19.22. The
men’s team came in 6th place with a team score of
138. For the women, freshman Miriam Sanchez
placed 39th with a time of 27:20.43. No Women’s
team score was reported.
BOYS
\BASKETBALL
2015-16
Date
School
12/8 6:00p
@ Highland (Palmdale, CA)
12/11 6:00p
@ Quartz Hill (Quartz Hill, CA)
12/15 6:00p
Lancaster (Lancaster, CA)
1/12 6:00p
@ Littlerock (Littlerock, CA)
1/13 6:00p
Knight (Palmdale, CA)
1/15 6:00p
@ Eastside (Lancaster, CA)
1/19 6:00p
Palmdale (Palmdale, CA)
1/22 6:00p
Highland (Palmdale, CA)
1/26 6:00p
Quartz Hill (Quartz Hill, CA)
1/29 6:00p
@ Lancaster (Lancaster, CA)
2/2 6:00p
2/5 6:00p
@ Knight (Palmdale, CA)
2/9 6:00p
Eastside (Lancaster, CA)
2/11 6:00p
@ Palmdale (Palmdale, CA)
2014/15 AVHS Girls and
Boys Wrestling Team.
Sophomore Jaryssa
Tambi (Bottom, 2nd
from right) competed
making it to the CIF finals.
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