West Phoenix High School - Westerner Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Swv with ball5 is iarred to a halt by Unions Desi Sanchez C415 and George Greathouse C445 Watching the pro- ceedings are P U s Richard Borden C655 Charles Pear- son C665 T Birds Dean Norris C195 and John Wayland C355 RIGHT Fenced In Glendales Frank Falbo Cwith ball5 is completely smothered by Westerners Ray Maurer C285 Bill Mueller C485 and John Wayland C355. In the foreground are Cardinals Ken Shaver Con ground5 Argist Williams C395 Thunderbirds Francis Arnould C315 Lewis Alton C345 Allen Brewer C205. LOWER RIGHT Upended Richard Feingold is racked by P. U. s Sly Mabry C315, and George Greathouse C44- behind Feingold5. Watching are T-Birds CL-R5 Lynn Sara- cino C385, Ron Matock C475, John Wayland C355, Jim Mason C1B5, Dean Norris C195, Gary Deery C125, Coyotes CL-R5, Charles Pearson C665, Delbert Hodge C715, and Jerry Murphee C605. BELOW: Touchdown . . . Jack Geiger C375, Bill Mueller C48-on ground5, and an uniden- tified T-Bird Block Tucson's Tim Tomko C325, as Richard Feingold Carrow5 sprints by on his way to pay dirt. ln background is Bird halfback Eugene Peterson C325. ABOVE: Easy Big Fella . . . Pint-sized' Larry Walker C23- WEST 41 - CATALINA 6 .... Breather! Coach Braasch's high stepping Thunderbirds opened their 1955 season with a resounding 41-6 victory over Catalina's Trofans. West 26 - Camelback . , . Using a heavier line to ad- vantage, the Flock banged Camelback's flashy Spartans around at will for convincing 26-14 victory. MESA - 14 - WEST 13 .... Lucky! With Lady Luck dealing from the bottom of the deck, the Jackrabbits hopped by the Maroon and White with one conversion. i 5 4 i 4 -154-

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5 12 if S X VEST 19 - SOUTH MOUNTAIN 6 . . . Giant Killers! A itting term for the Rebel's who found there isn't a lot f truth in the old saying, The South shall rise again. VEST 21 - NORTH 7 . . . At Last! Playing in a new ome stadium before some 6500 fans composing the argest high school crowd of the year, the Westerners hristened their new gridiron with the first victory ever chieved over a Mustang in the seven year history of hunderbird Town with a long awaited 21-7 win. LEFT ABOVE: Dropped Bird ..,. Larry Walker 1with ball5 is blastered to the turf of Montgomery Stadium by Union's Sumner Smith 1535, Jim Gieger 1645, and an unidentified Coyote, in the Packs 28-O rout of the Braaschmen. At left P.U.'s Delbert Hodge 1715, West's Larry Nathanson 1425, Ray Maurer 1285, Coyotes Jerry Murphee 1605, Bob Clemmer 1775, George Greathouse 1445, and Thunderbirds Jack Minneci 1175, and John Wayland 1355. ABOVE: Come to Pappa .,., Tucson's Danny Jacobs reaches for winging pigskin as is tackled from behind by Braaschman Allen Brewer during the Thunderbirds 33-111 conquest of the lads from the Old Pueblo . LEFT: Klimpty Klop! . . . Westerners back Ray Maurer 1285 scampers past North's Frank Evans 1475, on his way into the end zone with a PAT in the T-Birds 21-7 victory over the Mustangs. Hosses Tom Schulz 1205, and Alan Sandall 1on ground5 gaze with horrified expressions. BELOW: Bull-dogged .... Quarter back Ray Mauer is trapped by a pair of winging Glendale Cardinal's during West's 20-O rout of the Redbirds. Glendale's Charles Moore 1475, and Russell Steiner move into position in the background. sl-up