STEVE BEUERLEIN, BIG FIVE TITLE-WINNING QB FROM SERVITE. NAMED D IV. I MVP FOR '82 FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY AFTERMOON, DEC. 30 & iFRI. AM'S ... ^ P L E A S E HÓNÓR RELEASE DATEH! S T E V E BEUERLEIN, 6-3, 195-POUND SERVITE HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK WHO PASSED '— ' THE ANGELUS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS TO THE BIG 5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP 31-7 OVER LONG BEACH POLY, HAS BEEN NAMED DIVISION PLAYER CF THE YEAR BY MEMBERS CF FIRST INTERSTATE BANK ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF . FOOTBALL. BEUERLEIN AND FOUR TEAMMATES WERE NAMED TO THE DIVISION I ALL-STAR TEAM IN SE­ LECTIONS MADE BY THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S 25-MAN SEIECTION COMMITTEE. THE FRIAIS FROM SERVITE DOMINATED THE 33-MAN CONFERENCE TEAM, WITH LONG BEACH POLY ALSO LANDING A GOOD NUMBER CF REPRESENTATIVES. BUT SERVITE'S OUTSTANDING PASSER RIDDLED JACKRABBITS SECONDARY FOR 218 PASSING YARDS, AS BEUERLEIN COMPLETED lU OF 2lt AERIALS, ONE GOOD FOR A TOUCHDOWN. STEVE FINISHED THE FRIARS' CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON WITH 2,2UU YARDS AND 21 TOUCHDOWNS._______ _______________________________ ___________________________ BIG 5 CONFERENCE ALLrSTARS HONORED AT H¿TH ANNUAL AWARDS JAN. 29TH All players honored on this year's Big 5 Conference FootBall Team — Both offense and defense — will be honored at the First Interstate Bank Athletic Founda­ tion U6th annual FootBall Awards Program to be held at the First Interstate Bank, 707 Wilshire Blvd. in downtown Los Angeles. Players, their coaches, memBers of the selection Board and collegiate players and coaches will be invited to attend the presentation ceremonies where Beautiful framed scrolls will Be awarded to Both players and championship coaches. Players of the Year, including Servite quarterBack Steve Beuerlein, will receive the Foundation's traditional Bronze medallion award. The 1982 Big 5 All-Star team follows: ALL - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FOOTBALL - DIVISION I - BIG FIVE CONFERENCE O F F E N. S E WR BRIAN SALERNO . SERVITE ........... 5-10 175 SENIOR WR t a y l o r M cCu l l o u g h . POLY, LONG BEACH. 6-0 160 SENIOR TE LANCE FAURIA......... CRESPI............. 6-5 225 SENIOR OL BILL MACIAS ......... MARINA. ....... 6-6 230 SENIOR OL TOM RILEY ........... ST. FRANCIS ....... 6-6 2ii5 SENIOR OL MIKE ALVAREZ ......... SERVITE ........... 5-11 205 SENIOR OL RICH SCHOENBERGER. LAKEWOOD........... 6-0 215 SENIOR OL GUY COLLINS ......... LOYOLA......... 6-U 230 SENIOR BACK STEVE BEUERLEIN....... SERVITE ........... 6-3 195 SENIOR BACK PAUL OATES........... A LEMANY ........... 6-1 185 SENIOR BACK KEVIN MCLEAN......... LAKEWOOD........... 6-3 175 SENIOR BACK DANNY THOMPSON ....... HUNTINGTON BEACH. 6-1 190 JUNIOR BACK * PERNELL TAYLOR....... BISHOP A M A T ....... 5 -U 195 SENIOR BACK MIKE K A N E ........... ST. FRANCIS ....... 5-10 170 SENIOR BACK BRIAN N I X ........... FONTANA ........... 6-1 185 SENIOR E F E N S E DL JOE TRUJILLO. COLTON............. 5-11 225 SENIOR DL IKE FREEMAN ......... POLY, LONG BEACH. 6-1 210 SENIOR DL * JEFF I M E S ........... ST. FRANCIS ....... 5-11 210 SENIOR DL DAVID FOUTS ......... LOYOLA............. 6-U 220 SENIOR DL CHRIS BURGETZ ....... SERVITE ........... 6-2 215 SENIOR DL TAMBI WENJ .......... FOUNTAIN.VALLEY . 6-1 208 JUNIOR DL WILL KURTZE ...... FONTANA ....... 6-3 205 SENIOR DL JIM BIRMINGHAM........ MATER D E I . ..... 6-3 2U5 SENIOR IB JOE CAIN............. COMPTON ........... 6-1 208 SENIOR IB REX BLACKWELL ........ COLTON............. 5-10 175 SENIOR LB RICHARD BROWN ....... WESTMINSTER ....... 6-3 225 SENIOR DB CHUCKIE MILLER....... POLY, LONG BEACH. 5-11 175 SENIOR DB LANE MCCARTHY ................... ALEMANY ........... 5-ll 170 SENIOR DB DENNIS PRICE......... POLY, LONG BEACH. 6-2 170 SENIOR DB MATT HOMBS........... EDISON............. 5-11 185 SENIOR DB FRED S A B E .......... LOYOLA............. 6-1 205 SENIOR KICKER DOUG VAVIDOVIC....... SERVITE ........... 6-2 185 SENIOR FUNTER RANDY TANNER......... BISHOP AMAT ....... 5-11 195 JUNIOR * 1981 Div. I selection © LA84 Foundation. All Rights Reserved. MIKE SMITH, LOS ALTOS TITLE-WINNING QB, NAMED CIF DIV. I I MVP FOR '82 GRID SEASON M IKE SMITH, 6-9 AND 200-POUND SENIOR QUARTERBACK WHO LED LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1982, HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED C.I.F. DIVISION II PLAYER CF THE YEAR BY MEMBERS OF FIRST INTERSTATE BANK ATH­ LETIC FOUNDATION'S PREP SELECTION BOARD. SMITH HEADS A DIVISION II ALL-STAR TEAM COMPOSED OF PLAYERS REPRESENTING THE SOUTHERN, COASTAL AND NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCES. THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION BOARD'S CHOICE FOR MVP HONORS WAS MADE SIMPLE BY TWO GLARING FACTS. FIRST, SMITH'S STAGGERING STATISTICS OVER THE *82 SEASON AND SECOND HIS TITLE- WINNING PERFORMANCE AGAINST ESPERANZA. IN THE TITLE TIFF, MIKE COMPLETED 21 OF 30 AERIALS FOR 329 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THE CONQUERORS CONQUEST CF THE AZTECS, 31-lie. LOS ALTOS COMPLETED A PERFECT lU-0 SEASON, WHILE ESPERANZA FINISHED 12-2. SMITH IS CREDITED WITH BREAKING THE SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE MARK WITH 3,h37 YARDS AND UO TOUCHDOWNS OVER lH GAMES. MENLO SCHOOL QB JOHN PAYE (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MVP), HOWEVER, AISO LAYS CLAIM TO SEVERAL NEW STATE AERIAL RECORDS INCLUDING MOST PASSING YARDS (3,U65). THIS MARK MAY BE QUESTIONABLE SINCE A TOTAL MARK CF 3,391 YARDS WAS ALSO REPORTED PRIOR TO THE CLAIMED RECORD TOTAL. AWARDS PROGRAM CEREMONIES SET FOR FIRST TEAM DIV. II PLAYERS ON JANUARY 29TH MemBers of the Division II first team, Both offense and defense, will Be honored at the U6th annual All-Southern California Board of FootBall Awards Program to Be held in the First Interstate Bank Building on Saturday morning, Jan. 29 at 10:30 a.m. Players, their coaches, high school administrators and collegiate coaches and players will receive invitations to the annual ceremonies, with championship prep coaches also be honored. Players of the Year in the various divisions, including Mike Smith, will Be recipients of the Athletic Foundation's traditional bronze medallion award. Presentation ceremonies will be followed by a luncheon in the Bank headquarters. In Coastal Conference action, West Torrance won Its first Southern Section footBall title, 3i>-21, over Santa Monica's Vikings capping a perfect lit-0 season. West Beat Santa Monica for the Bay League crown, administering the Vikings only two losses during 1982. VJest defeated San Marcos (U8-10), Muir (2U-0) and Oxnard (17-8) Before the title decider. VerBum Dei took the Northwestern Conference crown 7-0 over Monrovia and made it a perfect 13-0 season in the doing. It was the Eagles second straight CIF title, as they took the Desert Mountain Conference crown last year. It was the 25th consecutive vic­ tory for VerBum Dei, 13 of which have been shutouts, six this year. VerBum Dei defeated Beverly Hills (27-7), RIghetti (35-lU) and St. Bernard (28-0) prior to Beating Monrovia. ALL - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FOOTBALL - 1982 AL AMES (Glendale), CLAUDE ANDERSON (San Bernardino), CHRIS BAKER (Los Angeles), DON BRADLEY (Pomona), FRANK BURLESON (Long Beach), ROB FERNAS (Redondo Beach), PAUL CAMPBELL (Riverside), ROGER CARLSON (Costa Mesa), MIKE MARTINEZ (San Pedro), WILLIE FLEET (Uncaster), MIKE KENNEDY (Us Angeles), KEITH LAIR (Glendale), LEN LOCHER (MemBer at Urge), JIM PARKER (Ventura), GLENN PARSONS (Pasadena), MICHAEL FECK (Uncaster), JERRY REIGAL (San Pedro), STEVE GUIREMAND (los Angeles), CHILES GUTIERREZ (Alhambra), MIKE PENNER (Anaheim), AL PRESTON (Santa Monica), RAMON ALVAREZ (MonteBello), MANNIE PINEDA (MemBer at Large), DAVID OSTERMAN (Santa Ana), DAN SHIELLS (Santa BarBara), DOUG SPOON (San GaBriel), ERIC SONDHEIMER (San Fernando), JOHN STREY (Whittier), JERRY WEINER ( U s Angeles), BUDDY DYER (Secretary), BILL SCHROEDER (Chairman) , PAT DONNELLY (Recorder). Note: All-star teams dating Back to initial Athletic Foundation selections in 1937 are on file in the First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation LiBrary. All teams have Been selected By southland sports journalists contriButing their time and effort in the interest of high school athletics. © LA84 Foundation. All Rights Reserved. SOUTHERN - COASTAL - NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCES . ■ . FIR S T TEAM OF F E N S E WR DARRIN DAVIS LOS ALTOS 6 5 195 Sr WR LOREN RICHEY W. TORRANCE 6 10 160 Sr TE MATT STARK LOS ALTOS 6 4 218 Sr WR JASON GAMBLE SANTA BARBARA 6 0 170 Sr T STEVE KNUDSEN ESPERANZA 6 5 250 Sr T WES JORDAN S. TORRANCE 6 4 235 Sr f G KEITH DAVIS SANTA MONICA 6 2 235 Sr G DAVID BAKER ANTELOPE VAL. 6 0 200 Sr C JOHN KATHIK FOOTHILL 6 1 220 Sr BACK MIKE SMITH LOS ALTOS 6 9 200 Sr BACK STEVE MORFORD ESPERANZA 5 10 185 Sr BACK RICH BARBER OXNARD 6 0 178 Sr BACK VAUGHAN SIMMONS PASADENA 6 0 170 Sr BACK STEVE CENTER W. TORRANCE 6 1 181 Sr BACK TOM TUCKER WILSON (HH) 6 0 190 Sr K JOHN COMBIS W. TORRANCE 5 9 188 Sr K ANDRE GUARDI LOS ALTOS 6 3 185 Sr FIRST TEAM D E F E N S -E LINE BRAD JACKMAN SAN GABRIEL 6 3 230 Sr LINE RON BAUER EL MODENA 5 11 195 Sr LINE JAMIE JOHNSON TEMPLE CITY 6 2 210 Sr LINE MARK SAGER N. TORRANCE 6 5 265 Jr LINE JOHN JOHNSON VERBUM DEI 6 0 210 Jr # LB CRAIG SLAVIN WESTLAKE 6 2 201 Sr LB REX MOORE EL MODENA 6 3 220 Sr LB GREG BOCHESSA W. TORRANCE 5 9 188 Sr LB HARDY NICKERSON VERBUM DEI 6 3 210 Sr LB ROD WALLICK LYNWOOD 6 1 210 Sr LB SAM ANNO SANTA MONICA 6 3 230 Sr BACK DAVID NICASSIO WILSON (HH) 6 3 195 Sr BACK DON COLBERT MUIR 6 1 180 Sr BACK KEVIN OLSON ESPERANZA 5 11 160 Sr BACK DANNY VALDEZ SCHURR 5 9 165 Sr BACK SEAN RUSSELL LOMPOC 6 2 195 Sr BACK ANTHONY BLUE MORNINGSIDE 5 10 155 Sr PUNTER STEVE HISEY ARCADIA 6 1 200 Sr S E C ONDT E'AM OFFENSE WR MARK McGOUNEY EL MODENA 6 2 180 Sr WR JEFF JAMES BEVERLY HILLS 6 0 170 Sr WR FRED COLER MISSION VIEJO 6 2 l8o Sr WR KENNEDY BRYANT MONROVIA 5 9 155 Sr T CURT SIMMONS RIGHETTI 6 2 220 Sr T LOUIE FORD PASADENA 6 4 225 Sr G DEAN HONAKEN ESPERANZA 6 2 240 Sr G DON GEREAU W.