University of San Francisco Athletics

The 1959-1960 shooting season on the Hilltop proved to be very successful despite the fact that there was only one returning letterman on SFC Jim White's varsity squad. A strong crop of sophomore shooters up from the frosh team took up the slack as the riflers won seven of their first eight City League matches and rocketed into the too spot. Besides City League competition the shooters also participated in the Northern California Intercollegiate Rifle Conference. Junior Richard Flocchini (the team's top pedro player) captained the squad, which was led by senior riflemen Al Pegueros and Bob Gassenberg.

Highlights of the year were a strong third place finish in the National Intercollegiate Sectionals, six points behind surprise winner Stanford; and second high individual shooting honors in the California-Air Force Academy Invitationals by frosh Peter La-masney. Practically the entire squad, composed mostly of sophomores, will be returning to shoot next year. Promising shooters to watch: Sophomores Jim Babich, Daryl Lane and Shark Prusinovski and freshman Pete Lamasney (TheDon).

Gassenberg was born March 23, 1938 and attended Our Lady of  Angels (1951) and Junipero Serra High School (1955); he served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves, receiving an honorable discharge in 1967. He earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco in 1961, and worked for the Postal Service until 1994.