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

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WEST 20 - GLENDALE O , . . Avenged! The WesTerners had a loT of revenge in This 2OfO vvin, namely The 26-25 loss They suf- Tered aT The hands of The Redbirds in 1954. WEST 33 - TUCSON 14 . . . Whew! An over conTidenT bunch of WesTerners iourneyed To The 'Old Pueblo,' and goT The sur- prise oT Their lives, wiTh a half- Time lead of 14-13. Thunderbirds finally nailed The pesky Badgers' guide down, in The second half, -14, ABOVE: Whambo! . , . Several NorTh MusTangs including John Mack! Ier 1183, Bob Grey 1493, Tom Schulz 1203, and Dean AnThony1403, drop WesTerner halfback Larry Naihanson 1423 and Ronnie MaTock 1483, Tries To pull NaThanson away from Mackler's grasp. TORT Finders' Keepers , . , Crawling Sian Godbehere 1363, and Larry Palmer 1113, chase an elusive TooTball inTo The Glendale end zone Where Godbehere recovered for a TD during The Thunderbirds 20-O white-wash of The Redbirds. Cardinal's Ralph Celsys 1463, Chuck Gillum 12113, Fernando Maya 1483, ArgisT Williams 1393, waTch with horrified expressions. MIDDLE: Nailed . . , Larry NaThanson 1423, bires The dust during Phoenix Unon's 28-O rouT of The Thunderbirds on VeTeran's Day. CoyoTes Syl Mabry 1313, DelberT Hodge 1713, and Bob Fields 1223, watch happily. Tackler is John Davies 1233, and on ground aT left is WesT's Francis Arnould 1313, ABOVE: Wide open spaces , . , WesTerner halfback Jack Minneci 1173, slips pasT ST. Mary's Bill VoiTa 1213, as Larry Walker 1233, blocks KnighT Joe F . . . . . . arinas 1413. Moving up To block Voiia is John Wayland 1behind Farinas3.

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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

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RIGHT: Trails end . . . Halfback Jack Min- neci is dropped by an unidentified St. Mary's gridder during the T-Birds 25-7 rout of the Knights. In background are Knights Richard Carbaial 1181, Herb Tiffany 1325, West's Jack Cieger 137-beside Carbaialj, Gordon Smith 1471, and Lynn Saracino 138l. MIDDLE: Help! . . . Attempting to ierk his way tree of Union's John Davies 1231, is Westerner quarterback Jim Mason 1l8l, moving up to make sure 'Jumbo' doesn't escape is Desi Sanchez 1411. BELOW: Dog pile . . . Driving fullback Dean Norris 1191, is buried by a whole herd of St. Mary's Knights. Leading the Green Gremlin's bur- ial committee is Bill Voita 1211, Richard Za- zueta 1125, Joe Farinas 1413, Bill Chris- tensen 127J, and West's Lewis Alton 1342, ' .1 Wh . 'lr 7 PHOENIX UNION 20 - WEST O . . . Bird bubble blasted! Coyotes all but ground the Westerners into the turf ot sun- baked Montgomery Stadium before 6000 fans on their second annual Veteran's Day clash. YUMA 24 - WEST 7 . . . The nightmare continues! Criminals all but stole the Flock's shoe laces as they mauled the once proud T-Birds 24-7. WEST 25 - ST, MARY'S 7 . . . City Champs! Nineteen Thunderbirds pulled on their Maroon and White ierseys for the last time, as the Westerners trounced the lowly Knights 25-7 tor the City Championship.