St. Augustine High School 3266 Nutmeg Street

San Diego, CA 92104-5199619-282-2184

www.sahs.org

Dear Parents and Friends

Saints: a UniquePlace for Boys

By any measure, it is tough to grow up in to-day’s world. But for boys, as much recent

-cult. Boys are on average behind girls in reading, writing, and school grades. Boys are less likely to do their homework or say they enjoy school. These realities create a real challenge for any school, particularly for those only teaching young men. At Saints, we take seriously the busi-ness of being a “boys’ school”. Our dedicated

and caring faculty is trained to instruct young men in ways that engage

a boy friendly learning environment are:

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excitement, mystery and showdowns between good and evil

teaching, teams and competition, play and humor, music, and experien-tial learning

promotes male friendships and a strong sense of community

encounters that create a less confrontational approach than direct eye contact

boys interested. As recent research shows, that’s no easy task. St. Au-gustine High School has a natural advantage, because we tailor the cur-riculum and to topics that interest boys, and teach those topics in ways that keep the boys engaged and encouraged.

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November 2011 Vol 31 no. 3YOUR MONTHLY REPORT ON THE ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

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Event Place TimeNovember 6 Open House 1-4 pmNovember 11 Veteran’s Day - No School Saints vs. Cathedral Football Game Cathedral 7 pmNovember 17 - 20 Guys & Dolls drama production at North Park Theatre Show times varyNovember 19 APA Christmas Social Doubletree HotelNovember 24-27 Thanksgiving Holiday Break November 28 WCEA/WASC Meeting – No School For a complete list of sports schedules and locations, visit the online calendar at SAHS.org

Saints Varsity football upped its 4-0 record in September by winning four more games to end October

Best Start to a Season SinceFirst CIF Banner in 1970

Saints Varsity Football:

with a combined 8-0 record. That’s the best-undefeated streak since the 1970. For more on those 1970 CIF champions see Page 12. But November’s schedule is going to test the team as they play Lincoln High on Nov. 4 in a Senior Night battle at South-western College, 6:30 pm. Also ahead is the annual headknocker vs Cathedral

two games will determine playoff seeding for the beginning of the CIF Playoffs on Nov. 18. What’s behind the perfect start to the season? “I contribute our success to senior leadership, unity, and the desire to win. I’m very proud our players, we coach them very hard and they still come back for more. With a smile on their face. I love these young men,” says Coach Richard

Saints began October by defeating ranked Eastlake High, a tough non-league Division I school 21-20 on Oct. 7. The Eastlake win was thanks to a clutch fourth

Western League foe 28-14 as QB Joe

On a Roll – Saints Varsity Football team is off to its best start (8-0) since the CIF Cham-pionship season of 1970. Most recent win was at Scripps Ranch High 42-7. Team leaders (pictured above) on offense are Seniors Joe Kennedy at quarterback and Runner Aaron Anderson. For a related story see Saints Hall of Fame on Page 12.

I M P O R T A N T D A T E S

For several years, as has been my custom

at Saints, the months of September and October are given to phoning each parent of the freshman class regarding the Parent Pledge Program, requesting

they consider a contribution to Saints. For many of the conversations, very little time is on the subject of the pledge, but rather their excitement not only about their son’s experience, but theirs as new parents of the Saints community. Without fail, the freshman

Community is. Several days ago, after a great deal of

Saints mom. As she gave her name, I noticed the line for husband was marked “Not Ap-

aid. She immediately set the conversation in

idea how important Saints is to my son.” She went on to say she had been to several student

of the boys and was overcome by tears of

important Saints was going to be in helping raise her son. She said, “As I look around

me mold my son into a Christian man during this important time in his life.” Her son is a proud member of the fresh-man football team and while he rarely gets into the games, it is of no matter to him. Wearing the Saints football uniform has cap-tured his imagination, encouraging him to do push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups when he gets home after practice because his coaches have told him hard work will improve his chances of playing. She then said, “And by the way

every night and loves his teachers. I can tell he wants to please them.” While I hear variations of these themes every year, this mother made a surprising comment I had not previously considered. She stated, “You can pay now or you will pay later. I do not want to spend every evening re-teaching my son after he comes home from school. At Saints I know what he is learning

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Editor’s note: Part Two continues the ‘interview’ of Fr. Ted Tack with Augustine, in Tack’s book A Man for Our Times.

Fr. Tack: Did you experience any peer pressure to do things that weren’t right? Augustine: I sure did. One of the worst experiences I ever had happened when I was 15, at home in Thagaste. And it bothered me for years afterwards. I loved to hang out with the guys, but this led me to dome bad things with them. One night a band of us went off to a nearby orchard and shook down a pear tree of all its fruit. We didn’t want the fruit – we had better fruit at home. But we took away an enormous quantity of pears, which we then threw to the pigs.

Why? I guess our real pleasure that night was in doing something that was forbidden. As I looked back on that act more than 25 years later I kept asking myself: Why did I do that? I think that I must have been trying to imitate God’s powers, but in a very perverse way. I was rejecting God’s laws and trying to make up my own, as though I had the power to be like God and do just that. I am sure I would not have committed this act of vandalism by myself; I needed the company of my friends! And I was ashamed to hold back when they said, “Come on! Let’s do it!” There was a lot of peer pressure in my time, just as there is today. And how often it led us to act against our conscience and to what we knew was wrong!

Q. Did you belong to any church as you were growing up?A. As I have said already, my mother was a Catholic, and a devout one at that. In fact, the whole household, with the exception of my father, was Catholic and

my mother taught me to love the name of Jesus, and this love remained with me throughout my life, even during those many years when I wandered away from the Catholic Church. I was considered a catechumen and was regularly

child. Unfortunately, putting off baptism was a common enough practice in North Africa in those days. When I became sick to death as young boy, mom

Why? She was afraid that because of my youth I would be open to committing many sins in the future, and these would be even worse if done after baptism. But my mother was deceived; that kind of thinking doesn’t really make sense. It’s like

words, I should be left free to commit more sin, and bring my spiritual life to the brink of eternal loss. Strangely enough, we never take this attitude toward a physically sick person. No, people don’t wait till you are almost dead to take you to the doctor. They do it as soon as possible, so the illness can be caught and corrected quickly. How I wish such consideration had been give to my spiritual health in my youth!

A U G U S T I N I A N H E R I T A G E

An Interview with Augustine, Part 3By Bob Gavotto, O.S.A. (’55)

Saints Chaplain

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Celebration Continues--The school is celebrating the lead up to its 90th An-niversary next year. Saints Scene will continue showcasing events, includ-ing this beautiful mosaic created by Dorothy Wharry, a Saints mom, whose son Connor is in the Class of 2014.

Band in Action—Saints Marching Band wrapped up a busy schedule of per-formances supporting the Varsity Football team. Band performances add immeasurably increating the festive mood at all Saints Community events.

UPCOMING PUBLICBAND EVENTS

Dec 3 – 11 am

Dec 8 – 7 pm5th Annual Saints Christmas Concertin Gym

Halo Joe’sHolida! Hou"Halo Joe’s, Saints exclusive on-campus sports gear shop will be holding its annual Christmas Sale on the following days as part of Christmas on 33rd Street.

Specials will be on hand as well as a 10%discount on purchases exceeding $100.

Info: Debbie Torgeson email:Torgeson2@gmail.com

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The ‘Guys’ are set and the ‘Dolls’ are ready…so dim the lights and prepare yourself for Saints’ feet-stomping, ear-popping adaptation of Tony-award winning musical Guys and Dolls.

Guys and Dolls is a clever and entertaining musical with a plot destined to quickly entertain. When a group

good place for their game

start when one guy chal-lenges another to see if he can have the next girl he sees fall in love with him.

themselves thrown off-track when the women enter the picture. The Saints players will delight all audiences as they take on the play with a rare enthusiasm and fervor usually only seen in profes-sional productions.

And how about the cast? They’re pumped. Irish

-son, says he’s pretty ex-cited. He says the singing

is his favorite part. “The role is also a change because this time I play a good guy.” Irish says that in the past, he’s primarily been in the chorus. And what’s different this time? As funny as it sounds, “moving and talking at the same time with someone.”

“I’m excited and nervous,” she says. Ashlyn, a Helix High School student says acting in plays at Saints has always been a great expe-rience. “We start with prayer circles beforehand. The other actors

Saints Musical set for Nov. 17-20

Guys and Dolls:Actors Ready to Go!

By Robert Blodgett (Saints Parent ’11 & ’13)

always make me feel welcome,” she says. The attitude is “once in the family, always in the family.” Deb Torgeson says the entire cast is ready! According to her ‘everything’ is the best part of the play she says with a smile. But if she had to pick a certain element, the danc-

dive into their role with gusto and approach their dancing seriously with a “bring it on” attitude. She also says the vocals are beautiful. Even though none of the cast have had professional voice training, all of them are extraordi-narily strong singers with wonderful voices. With all of the hard work and dedication of the entire cast and crew, Guys and Dolls is certain to become another one of Saints’ never-to-be-forgotten experiences. Irish says it best: “Come see the play.” The play runs November 17 and 18 at 7:00 p.m. and No-vember 19, 20 at 2:00 p.m. at San Diego’s historic Birch theatre.

Six Saintsmen from the class of 2014 recently travelled to Tulsa, Oklahoma to attend SAVI 3.0-the third annual Student Augustinian

Values Institute. Cascia Hall Preparatory School hosted contingents of students from the other seven Augustinian secondary schools in the United States and Canada. The 60 student participants spent the weekend sharing with each other how the core values of Unity, Truth and Love are alive and being

Through a combination of student produced video presentations, talks, interactive group activities, table fellowship, a group service project and recreation, students were able to form bonds of friendship centered on our core values, while sharing ideas and

surprised to learn that there were so many other Augustinian schools, and that they share so much in common with each other. Returning to campus, SAVI 3.0 participants are anxious to continue build-ing up the local community with renewed energy and a deeper appreciation of how our core values might guide them.

ConferenceAttendees

Share ValuesSaints Sophomore’sNetwork with OtherAugustinian Schools

By Fr. Kirk Davis O.S.A.

Conference by School: School’s attending the SAVI Conference were Cascia Hall Prep(Tulsa), St. Rita High School (Chicago), Providence Catholic High School (New Lenox, IL), Villanova College (King City, Ontario, Canada), St. Augustine Prep (Richland, NJ), Malvern Prep (Malvern, PA), Villanova Prep (Ojai, CA), St. Augus-tine High School (San Diego, CA).

Sophs in OK —Attending the Student Augustinian Values Institute Conference were (left to right) Patrick O’Connor, Fr. Kirk Davis OSA, Michael McRoskey, Jack Downey, Adam Kosen, Kevin Bitar, Matthew O’Connor, Mr. Greg Hecht.

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Guys No Dolls—Saintsmen (Left to right): Nick Hessing (’10); Sean Hicke (’10) and Sebastian Alberdi (’10) are shown here belting out a tune from “Guys and Dolls”, the upcoming Saints Scene musical performances set for Nov. 17-20 at North Park Birch Theater. Performed in the gym, song was part of the entertainment program for the recent Eighth Grade Visitation.

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The 11th Annual Freshman Overnight Retreat took place on Saints campus last month and served as a wonderful and fun experience for this year’s

freshman class. Many different people that volunteered throughout the weekend made the Campus Ministry-sponsored event possible. A total of 72 Big Brothers, comprised of Juniors and Seniors, were joined together to lead small groups of freshmen. They helped to facilitate discussions with the freshman on a variety of topics such as: self-esteem, relationships with parents, the Saints community, relationships with girls, and their faith life. More than 100 parent volunteers kept the activities moving smoothly as they served meals, supervised recreation time, and drove our freshmen

Popular Annual Retreat Launches Frosh Into Saints Community

By Kate CrachyDirector of Campus Ministry

students to host homes. . The retreat could not have taken place without the help of many generous people, so a big Thank You goes out to all the Big Brothers, the faculty, and all the parents that volunteered their time and efforts, including our Parent Coordinators Janice Rougas, Shirley Mehling, Haylee Lee, Patty Brandon, and Cecilia Redondo! The retreat included small group discussions, a canned-food collection, dinner with faculty members at the Big Brothers’ homes, and a sleep-over in the gym. The retreat concluded with Mass, celebrated by our very own Fr. Bob, and closed as the Big Brothers and their freshmen sang a great rendition of “Lean on Me”. The whole weekend was a great success and so much fun for the freshman class as they begin their Saints journey in this wonderful community and brotherhood.

The Big Brothers — This group of 72 Juniors and Seniors helped to make the Freshman Retreat a wonderful success by welcoming the Freshman into the Saint’s community.

Small Groups — Throughout the retreat weekend, all the

freshman were organized into their small groups with three

big brothers as their leaders. Jose Valenzuela, Francis-

co Ishino, and Diego Healy led this small group of seven

freshmen: Caston Martin, Daniel Caya, Matthew Bywater,

Grant Connors, Vincent Talia, Quinn Bandy, and Michael

Rivera-Root.

Mass — Freshmen share the Sign of Peace during Mass which closed the retreat weekend.

Capture the Flag — Victors of the campus-wide game of Capture the Flag celebrate during the recreation hour of the retreat.

The Sleepout — Big Brother William Raines helps a Freshman clean up his belongings after the sleepover in the gym.

Parent Volunteers — The retreat could not have gone smoothly without the help of so many Parent Volunteers that donated so much of their time and efforts.

Breakfast — Freshmen enjoy break-

fast after sleeping over in the gym.

Recreation Time — Big Brother Gavin Quigley plays ping pong with a Freshman during the free hour of the retreat.

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Mentoring – SD Superior Court Judge Joe Brannigan recently met with the Society of Saints Scholars to discuss the advantages of Catholic Edu-cation in work and in life.

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voted best internal or community based publication at the San Diego Press Club’s Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards banquet October 25. Accept-ing the First Place award on behalf of the school and the Saints Scene team were Editor Jim Horne and Saints Scene Coor-

Father in Heaven, we thank You this day for the gift of Family, Friendship, and Faith.We thank You for an understanding of what it means to be a child of Yours.We thank You for the bountiful blessings You have bestowed on our families.We ask You today to bless our troops overseas and lead our troubled world to the true peace, which only You can give.We ask You to remind us of those who have nothing to eat or shelter for sleep.

message.Amen.

Saintsmen are creative. Hardly a minute goes by without one of them proving that statement.Here’s another example. Following a recent

received United States Patent No. 8016311 for his tricycle

of the class of 1985. Tyler said his invention sprang out of an eighth grade science project that he completed at Sacred Heart Parish School in Coronado. His cycle includes a front wheel steered by a front hand-steering mechanism, and two back wheels steered by a back hand-steering mechanism. The back wheels are dual inclined casters with full rotational movement. A drive train forward of the front wheel drives the front wheel, while a rider is reclined in a seat in a recum-bent orientation. The front and rear steering provides unlimited maneuverability and turning capabilities. Tyler is hoping to put the trike into production with

necessary not only to protect his idea, but as a condition from the sporting goods company which is producing the prototype. And though many people research and write their

insight and experience of a trained patent attorney. Tyler says he’s looking forward to the day when he walks down the street and sees a stranger riding his invention. “That would be really cool!”

Patent No Longer PendingCreative Saintsman receives U.S. Patent for Invention

Back & Forth Trike—Tyler Hadzicki demonstrates his new back and forth tricyle after Mass in the gym. Big-

-pecially if it had room to carry sandwiches and assorted beverages. Or, is that another invention?

New Patent Holder—Sophomore Tyler Hadzicki shows off his

new U.S. Patent awarded for inventing a tricycle that can be

pedaled forward and backwards. The Sophomore was present-

ed his patent by his patent attorney Jim Cleary, a Saints grad

from Class of 1985.

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This year’s cross country team showcases the talents of the juniors, according to Coach Jerry Downey. “The juniors are carrying it,” he notes. “There are years

when we don’t have many seniors, and this is one of them. Nevertheless, we’ve got Jason and Jason training our runners this year – that’s Jason Alcoser, our P.E. department chair,

come back and help out. I’m glad to have them both.” Coach Alcoser trains the freshman squad and Jason

laughs Coach Alcoser, “I have more opportunity to keep up with the freshmen.” There are three leagues in the 20-school San Diego conference, and Saints is the smallest school in the Western League. All sports “re-league” occasionally to maintain bal-ance among schools and programs, and Saints was recently re-leagued in its 20-school San Diego conference. The West-ern League now comprises Cathedral, University City, Serra

leagues.

Kyle Beddow (’13)

Juniors in the LeadVarsity Cross Country Underclassmen Shine

By John White (Saints Parent ’11 & ’13)

Smartest Track and Field Team in the State Coach Downey is proud of a big piece of news he re-ceived over the summer: “Of course, many of our cross coun-try guys run track as well, and Saints had the highest GPA of

program academically last season, among all divisions and all conferences in the state. I’ve always talked up the overlap between students with high GPAs and our cross country and track guys. I call them our scholar-athletes.”

echoes Coach Alcoser. “We’ve put up a new banner in the gym, over the Palm Street door.” Keep an eye out for that tribute to Saints’ scholar-athletes, next time you’re in the gym. And note these November dates for important cross country meets: November 8 – Last league event: all varsity runners vs. all varsity, and all JV runners vs. all JV.

is exactly what I teach him. There is no need to undo what he

despite the need to work many hours, Saints is well worth the investment as is her daughter’s education at OLP. Allowing

of both schools provides a great source of comfort. After about 30 minutes, we moved the conversation to the pledge. She was most apologetic in stating that despite her desire to contribute at the level suggested for each family at the new parent meeting, she would regretfully have to give at a lower monthly level. Knowing the constraints of her

While there are certainly pledges that are much larger, few have been more heartfelt.

Road Together…Continued from page 1.

Varsity FootballContinued from page 1.

-tinuing his torrid TD pace. For his hard work, Aaron joined team-mate Joe Kennedy as a Union-Tribune Prep Athlete of the Week. On Oct 20, Saints Varsity Football squad upped its record to 7-0, a decade’s best start to a season, by beating Western League opponent Patrick Henry High 35-0. The Homecoming win over Henry saw Nick Gonsalves return a kick 88 yards for one of the three TDs he scored. On Oct 27, Scripps Ranch High was Saints’ eighth game overall and third league game. Saints prevailed 42-7 boosting the team’s overall 2011 record to 8-0. “Seniors Aaron Anderson, Nick Gonsalves and Joe Kennedy are doing a fantastic job on offense, their stats speak for them-

doing, it’s because our Special Teams and Defense are having a -

ing an average starting drive on our own 40 yard-line, while our opponents average starting drive begins at the 25 yard-line. That

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November 17 & 18 7 p.m.November 19 & 20 2 p.m.

THE SAINTS PLAYERS PRESENT:

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Homecoming tradition is a shared history. History recollected and shared, must be the part of what Augustine meant by ‘holding all things in common.’ Saints home-comings are all different but like a favored prayer the words remain the same.

Homecomings in colleges and high schools all across America have similar char-acteristics: a football game serves as a centerpoint; the events include rallies, speeches, sometimes a parade, and dances. Homecoming events are intented to unite alumni and students to create a stronger sense of school pride. And, for 90 years, Homecomings at Saints have been wildly successful with 2011 being no different.

Catching Up—Homecoming MC Mr. Tom Cudal takes a moment to pose with return-ing alums from the Class of 1991 (left to right): Enrique Montiel, Tom Moser and Tom Gilmartin.

Alum of Year – Mr. Pancho Marty (’52) is awarded the 2011 Alumnus of the Year hon-ors by Alumni Assn. President Dave DeCelles (’70 before last month’s homecoming game vs. Patrick Henry High. Saints President Ed Hearn (far right) looks on.

Crunch Time—Saints Defense is about to corral Patrick Henry High QB for a short gain in Homecoming game action that Saints won 35-13.

Three is Good—Nick Gonsalves (’12) shakes loose a Patrick Henry High defender en route to one of this three touchdowns that evening.

Double Duty – Saints Varsity Football team member Austin Phillips (’12) es-corts OLP/Saints Homecoming Queen

pregame festivities.

The Royal Couple—Saintman Drew Peterson (’12) as 2011 Homecoming King escorts Princess Emily Schneider (’12) from OLP to coronation ceremo-nies at half time.

They’re Big Fans—Saints President Ed Hearn (right) describes to school Principal Jim Horne the size of pizza he’s going to order after the game.

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Homecoming Court—Saintsmen (left to right) Rocky Beas (‘14); Austin Phillips ‘(12); Jose Garay (‘12); Homecoming King Drew Peterson (‘12), Billy Morstad (‘12), and Dominic Morgan (‘13). OLP Lady Pilots (left to right) Katarina Thatcher (‘14); Emily Schneider (‘12); Jessica Moreno (‘12); Homecoming Queen Ivana Ramirez (‘12); Catherine Virola (‘12) and Danamarie McNicholl-Carter (‘13).

Kathleen Croke (’13) and Saintsman Robby Baughman (’13)

Elly Mistura (’14) with Saintsman Joe Tellarico (’14) Grace Suggs (’14) with Saintsman Jordan Richardson (’14)

Homecoming Queen Ivana Ramirez (’12) with Saintsman Jose Arreola (’12)

Stylin’ Sophs--Left to right: Saintsman Bernardo Cervantes (’14) Rebecca Kielty (’14); Rebeca Ron (’14); Bianca Gonzalez (’14); Conrad Woestman (’14) and Lauren Singley (’14).

Saintsman John Dompor (’12) with date from Otay Ranch High Amanda Alcantara (’12) Elsie Lopez (’13) with Ryan Herburger (’13)

Between Dances--Left to right: John Joe Bacino (’14); Lauren Mazzeo (’15), Joey Costa (’15) and Joe Mazzeo (’14).

All the King’s Men--Saints King’s Court (l-r) Dominic Morgan, Austin Phillips, Drew Peterson, Jose Garay, Rocky Beas and in front Billy Morstad.

Saintsman Edwin Corpus, Jr. with date from La Jolla HS Sabrina Escobedo (’12).

Arielle Amante (’13) and Saintsman Sean Hicke (’14)

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Each year, St. Augustine High invites eighth grade students and parents to acquaint them with all things Saints. Each year, the visit

-casing the many skills of the current student body. The show never disappoints. This year, 8th graders witnessed various acts, from the four corners of the earth, including a singing and dancing seg-ment from Saints Players upcoming musical “Guys and Dolls.” Also, the band and drum corps made sure the music was nice and loud for the younger boys. But, the performance that rattled the rafters

demonstrated not only physical prowess but stamina

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Mr. Cymbal—Kieran Berton (’14)

Mr. Moves—Al Jimenez (’12)

Mr. Dunk—Juan Moreno (’12)

Really Good Show---Mr. Mike Stephenson, Asst. Principal/Athletics intro-duces the gym talent seg-ment of the recent 8th grade student visit to campus.

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St Augustine High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame each year honors graduates who excelled in athletics during their

careers in sports, while others were successful in other walks of life. At this year’s induction ceremony in Saints Gym, one of the largest number of grads were enshrined at one time.

Basketball Assn., and several other professional teams. Don Carey,

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inducted an entire team into the Saints Athletic Hall of fame.

Banner Year—(Front row Left to Right): Milton Wiggins (’76), Jelani McCoy (’95), Don Carey (’65). Back row (L-R) 1970 CIF Football Champs Larry Sheppard, Mike McDonald, Dave Villarino, Coach Joe DiTomaso, Tom Kokinos, Pat Tormey, Bob Prutzman, Tom Carter, Kurt Young, Larry Mascari, and Robert George.

Saints Athletic HallEnshrines Record Number

First Team Ever Inducted

Milton Wiggins (’76)

Jelani McCoy (’95)Don Carey (’65)

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JELANI McCOY- Class of 1995Jelani lettered 4 times in basketball here at Saints. He was named 1st team all-league in his junior and senior year. After his junior year he was named 1st team All-CIF and to the All-State underclass team and the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Team.After his senior season he was named CIF Player of the year, Union/Tribune Player of the year, Cal-Hi All-State Team and was selected to play with the best of the best in

Jelani accepted a scholarship to UCLA where he lettered in 1996, ‘97, and ‘98.

for most blocked shots in a season and most in a career at UCLA with 188. After his junior year he was drafted in the second round be the Seattle Superson-ics and played 8 seasons in the NBA with the Sonics, Raptors, Nuggets, Cavaliers, Hawks, and Lakers- winning the NBA Championship in 2002. He has continued to play professionally in Italy, The Ukraine, Spain and China.

DON CAREY-Class of 1965Don participated mostly in track at

the biggest stage in sports. He was a member of the San Diego County Foot-ball Coaches Association as well as a board member and President from 1975 through 1986.

1987-1991, and in the Pac-10 from 1992-1994. He served NFL Europe as a back judge and referee from 1995 to 2008. From 1995 to the present day he has been a member of the NFL as a back judge, and worked Super Bowl XXXVI

In 2010 Don was inducted into the

section.

THE 1970 FOOTBALL TEAM

In an era when there were no divisions; when the entire section played for one CIF Championship. The upstart St. Augustine Saints traveled to San Diego Stadium to put an undefeated record on the line against the heavily favored Grossmont Foothillers.

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to come for this great high school.

MILTON WIGGINS- Class of 1976he was undefeated in dual meets and the league champion each year. In 1976 he broke the 20 year old school record in 1976 with a put of 56’2”. He bettered that in capturing the CIF Championship that year with a distance of 57 feet 8 ½ inches. He

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2009 at 135 feet 11 inches.

at Saints earning All-League and All-County honors in his junior year. After his

drunk driver and missed his senior year of football. The following year he resumed his football career at San Diego City College, at team rated #1 in the state and began receiving notice again for football. Lightning struck twice for him as he as he was hit head on by a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle. A severe leg injury ended his career. After leg rehabili-tation he moved to Las Vegas and resumed a long dormant boxing career previously a member of the Amateur Boxing Association with a record of 14-1.

raising 4 sons and 6 grandchildren has more than taken up his time.

The Honor RollSt. Augustine High School Scholar Standouts

Congratulations to the following Saintsmen for having earned a grade point average of 3.20 or

SENIORSClass of 2012Principal’s ListGPA of 4.0 or betterPatrick Joseph BonesRoberto Carrillo RivasDominic Joseph CarusilloSpencer Riley Castillo

William Robert DeCino

Carlo Fulgencio EscuderoAustin Gabriel Farres Oriol

Peter James Hulburt

Nicholas Austin KemmeDavid Evan Lloyd

Daniele Giovanni NarelliBrian Thienan NguyenJesse Eduardo Noriega

Raul PareyonAlexander John PayneDerek Lee Price

Neil Everett Rens

Nicklaus Karl RuppertGerard Paul Liang-Ren ShenAlexander Tyler SwiderRyan Theodor Tweed

Dominic Arthur VetuschiKevin Waylon YimJason Sacamay Yudiono

First HonorsGPA of 3.60 to 3.99Gerald Comia AlisasisJuan Ballinas RangelIan Amadeus Bobolia

Andrew Richard DeebPietro Anthony DeLucaAustin Dean Diamond

Ryan Raymond GarofaloDerek Pharaoh GrahamJonathan Paul Heid

Daniel William Johnston

Lars Thomas LeweckJames Eliot Lowell

Anthony Patrick NavaLuke Christopher NowlandSamuel Joseph ParadaPatrick Thomas PleinNathaniel Douglas Rains

Nathan Christopher Rhoden

Dominick James SawayaBernard David SkomalBryan Joseph TarantinoSamuel Austin TurnerAugustus Woestman

Second HonorsGPA of 3.20 to 3.59Daniel Adam AcevedoAaron Daniel Anderson

Jason Richard BilgerRobert Etienne CayaJaime CharlesCullen Quinn ConatySean Christian ConnorsEdwin Flores Corpus Jr.Thomas Aubert DaviesDaniel Clyde FariasJacob Christian FultonEduardo GarciaNicholas GonsalvesTimothy John HilgemanTraeger Paul Jarrad

Robert Alan Kinslow

Luis Eduardo OrtegaEsteban PadillaNathan Timothy PenickDaniel Shaw-CedenoChristian SpragueJoshua VidalsJohn Patrick Wilson

JUNIORSClass of 2013Principal’s ListGPA of 4.0 or better

Garrett Philip BarclayRobert Hubbard BaughmanJoel Sinlao BautistaKyle BeddowAbelardo Corral

David Stephen Francis Jr.Andrew Thomas GaylordHuy Nang HaGregory Thomas HeidNicholas John HesslingTyler Berend Hofstee

Joseph Christopher KeaneJordan Joseph De Jesus LapiraAlex Richard LarsonPatrick James Lavelle

Benjamin Jackson PiorkowskiDarren Joseph PolandJoseph Clifford RammXavier Nerona Redondo

Stephen Coleman RougasCole Richard SchenewerkAustin Joseph SchmidKevin Patrick Skinner

Evan Daniel Suda

Nicholas Alexander VithaThomas Jefferson WickettJames Joseph Zehentbauer

First HonorsGPA of 3.60 to 3.99Taylor Brant Ahearn

Timothy ChapmanPatrick John DixonDaniel FlanaganPatrick GerardoDiego Francisco Healy

Ryan Denver NeckKevin OsmanCameron Roberts

Joseph David SaadAustin SiragusaDavid TranScott Anthony Walsh

John Daniel Yourg

Second HonorsGPA of 3.20 to 3.59Alberto AcostaJose Sebastian AlberdiAlbert J Comia AlisasisRobert Frederic Aragon

Isidoro BalistreriThomas Daniel BlickSpencer CalvertDamian CarusilloJackson Henry ChaconBrock William CrecyCooper DeGrawSpencer Edward Dixon

Edrick DrachenbergJames Sullivan FilleyJosiah Amos Gilb

Austin Gannon Hyatt

Gregory Scott LoweNicholas NadhirNicolas QuirogaWilliam Raines

Andrew Dominic WhiteAdrian Xavier Zavala

SOPHOMORESClass of 2014Principal’s ListGPA of 4.0 or betterSantiago AlcalaJacob Burton AlvordGregory Thomas BarajasKieran James BertonKevin Christopher BitarNickolas Anthony CamarataBraulio Saul CastilloBenjamin Carr ConcannonNicholas DhuyvetterNathaniel John FisherEnrico Antonio GarciaRyan A Goff

Dillon Kelliher Keefe

Evan James Nichols

Daniel Reid Pekin

Christopher Jonas RiceJordan Spencer RichardsonTimothy Bautista SacamayChristopher Aaron SheltonTimothy Liang-Yong Shen

William Gromer SmithJamie Patrick SteckbeckJoshua Connor WharryTravis Buchanon Wilkie

Steven Charles Yevchak

First HonorsGPA of 3.60 to 3.99Eduardo Luis AcostaRobert Sebastian AguaisPatrick William AndersonRoc Frank Beas

Bernardo Edgar CervantesBrian Patrick Duggan

Ryan William FaupelJose Fernando GalanJulio Esteban Garcia-Granados

Sean James HickeAriel Delmundo Kenney

Adam Dale Kosen

Lawrence Liu

Derek Anthony Navarro-AndersonPablo OrtegaUlises OsunaGerman Padilla-ChoyNathaniel Nepomuceno PascualEsteban Geovanny QuesadaCharles Christopher RaynerLukas Byron StaudermanChristopher Thien Phuc TaoJustin Charles ToscanoKonrad William Woestman

Second HonorsGPA of 3.20 to 3.59

Tomas Arellano

Christopher James Barr

Cheyne Robert DavisPaul Huy DoanRyan James Engelbrecht

Christian Edward FrancoRodrigo GarciaBradley Andrew HamelDavid Sediq Hanany

Ellis William JollyGeorge Earl KellNicholas Robert LeSchofsTrevor Newcomb Leweck

Justin Daniel PageAubrey Dean PalhegyiPhilip Gordon Greub ParkKyle Edward Patterson

Joseph Preimesberger

Nicolas Jake SchielePatrick Dougan ShinskySalvatore SilvaZachary William Smith

Sean Joseph SullivanAnthony SylvesterTyler John Tanaka

Samuel Laurence Varela

Nathan Evan WatsonConnor Joseph WhalenDaniel Wan Woo

FRESHMENClass of 2015Principal’s ListGPA of 4.0 or betterAlexander AgpaoaNicholas Tayag Alberto

Theo AnastosAustin Cole Beaulieu

Grant Riley ConnorsJohn Andrew Dalessio

Thomas Robert GeiserCharlie Braxton GironThomas GoodridgeTyrus Raymond GreeneRex Patrick HammockIan Timothy HarknessAden Quinn Khalil

Christopher LeeChristian Douglas LloydNicholas LograssoEric Daniel Lujan

Corwin PalaciosBryan Reynoso Riel

Julio SerranoSamuel Baker SphireAndrew Stoddard

David Raymond ValleyLuis Enrrique VidrioKristopher Willis

First HonorsGPA of 3.60 to 3.99Carlos Fernando Alonso

Steven San Agustin BorjaGeoffrey BoulgerFrank James Buncom, IVBruno Calderon

Tyler Raymond Dexter

Steven Joseph FrancaChristopher Ryan GesellChristopher Lawrence Heffner

Jon Jeffrey Lapira

Cole Lemmel

Brandon Anthony NadhirNicolas Nassif Baloyan

Jeffrey Anthony PachecoJames Clayton Palmer

Gerardo PinaAndrew Christopher QuinnLogan Andrew Dale Rank

David Alexander Rivera

John Jacob Smart Jr.

Sebastian Isaac Torres-GalvanFernando VallejoLucas O Van Epps

Second HonorsGPA of 3.20 to 3.59Giovanni Aguilera-ReyesNicholas Alexander Allen

Arman Amad Attisha

Kane Alexander Boyer

Lucas Robert CelesteCarson Philip ChandlerErick Ivan Ciafre

Kevin Joseph CotantBrady Christopher CurranAlex Edward DeWittAnthony William DeWitt

Sean Patrick DixonAlec Z DrachenbergKraus DrachenbergBryce Edward DugganGrant Jared GainorAndre GarciaCarlos Alberto GarciaJason Edward GrosSergey Palermo GrosserJohn Wilson Hamlin

Erik Victor JoplinThomas Robert Krause

Christian Leighton Onwuka

Shane Gene PolandAustin Regalado Quintong

Angel Rivera Larrea

Ryan Boucher RobinsonThomas Robert RodgersEdmund Joseph Rull

Brandon Bruce Shaw-CedenoAlexander James StokesVincent Nile TaliaAlfonso TiradoZachary Tyler TotahOctavio Andres TudelaSamuel Parker Van Horne

Cameron Charles WayJoseph Wahib WehbeJake Austin Wilsie

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