Avondale High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Avondale, CO)

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mn nun DONKEY BASKETBALL by-. A ff ' ' n . Whoever heard of it? It's got a catch to it some place NI'm from Missouri, You've get to show me.u So said the nDoubt1ng Thomasu, but one and all came to see 'the Farmers and Merchants battle it out on hurricane decks of ,stubborn WRooky Mountain GanariesU. The game was highlighted by many tumbles to the floor, much pushing, and pull1ng.Mr..Utt even carried his donkey for awhile. , , . . Mr. Utt and Mr. Tomlinson starred in the game,or rather Madame X let them star. A I H At the end of the game, the score was tied, so an extra period was played, and won by the Merchants by a two wpoint margin. ,t , b , e ' A.,H '4 Everyone enjoyed the game, even though there were ,many bumps and bruises the next day., .. e - ' r ,' 3 9 0 e ' ' ' 'W ,hx f ,Z at e A I Aj, I, , h .. t U. U bl on I w4As,A y ,3,Zjffr?ieN '. ,,,,fff!9 Qt XELY nw L t 7!!L,HQiilLf jiigfl U.Ve I, n,2 !j7?,f4XX I ,fl 'i w 'ft if N f-. Q ' - , y I4 M J y ' ' t 4 'x QA' ui .q.' to A1 R V fA I '4 :xg W-' '.,' xi9i -MLQLJ ' t ' Xasj Q t , tv, ' O .-tIl llla:lilI 2-E a uv

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erm nun JUN1 os HIGH Tormmnmmfr y . , , f The Junior High Tournament held in Rye again this yeaI'waa quite a success for the Avosdale Junior High basketball boys, was ,l 1 -G' ' ' f s l A T38k?O3E??mCEE0luoalititgt WSE Qui-o??1iR 33863552 Eivltgthgii boys 3 games played on one day, Gf the three games played they won the first two which put them in the final round of games ef the tournament. The final game played with Centennial was won by Centennial, thus giving us a well earned second place among Pueblo Countyfs Junior High Schools, The players who went to the tournament were Gene Storm Billy Roberts, done Uebb, Cecil Lewis, James Speeks,Paul Smith, Shannon Tomlinson, and Arlo Gene Bcamon. Two Avondale boys re- ceived medals for outstanding play in the tournament. They were Gene Vebb and Cecil Lewis, he most improved player this year on the junior high team was Gene Storm. He had not layed basketball before this year and has improved rapidly all year. SOFTBALL d 1 ' ,q 'gr x ri 5 r Sa1tyAtEE3??hr3StitECES8h3Tiyg2?Etr?55CbE?8ZZdSliotif J piftil school, and atfnoen with most of the school participating on the two diamondsw ,Frank Asbury made an excellent catcher, Laurence Allen Qifdhud tricky, slow ball that was hard to hit Junior Baffin ton fillpd the first base position and Wendell Terwilliger did his bar in the fitld. Camlllo Tuttoihnondedid a very good jeb'at shortstop. Gene Storm, our second baseman, played his position very wells ,Arthur Ehxnchard was our fast third baseman and'Joe Autobee our roving short. He did well in his position in the lnfieldz Willie Rael,-our center fielder, proved to be a valuable player te our teams ' ' We had a softball tournament at school on May 10, A large crowd attended and a number of teams partie pateds The girls also organized a good team this ycar,and took an active part in the tournament. Almsst nil cf the girls im- proved during the season. For the first time, Avondale nad a touch ball team this fall. Laeklng greatly in experience, tht boys d1dn't win any impressive victories, but troy dia gain greatly in experience and should dc much better nent year. ffm ,- n 'RX - , ,- JIMEEL ,... -N 23lil' 'mf S: :Wifi avin--.--- zzgifi ' p 399-

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mn nun li . . .J -.1 - ' GIRLS BASKETBALL ' ' Your Pep! Your Pep! You've get it now keep it, doggone lt d0n't lOBG'1t2 - ' a'Hswvff 'V' .T ,-f -gtf ',z ,A That's the way we felt at the close of the basketball' sea- son. We cam through with five victories and four other close 03.1130 -- , The firt two games were played with Excelsior. We lost bot. of these, but gained a lot of good practice, - ' We played Central, and wonwour first victory., Along , came the Rye tournament and two more games were lost, one with Rye and the other with the Gardner g1?lB, but we did come home with two medals. Those medals were given to Gkarllne Draper and Hel- en Terwilliger for being the outstanding playerson the team., .- Good luck came flying back.to us when we-played the Stee1Y team in Pueblo. Victory stayed with us when Rye and the Steelid returned their games at Avondale. , . New basketball suits were purchased for the girls this year from the proeccds of the Pep Club dance. The suits ,are blue with white letters and numbers. We are sure proud of them. GIRLS TEAM Ruby Rathbun-- ,- a . , She is the shortest girl on the team and plays guard. Ruby prom ed she was small but mighty. J Helen Terw1111gor-- , A Junior, is one of the best basket basketball players on the team. She won a medal at the Rye tournament for being one of the outstanding players as forwards Jeanne A1len-- . , l Is a sophomore and one of the tallest girls on the team. Her position was forward. Jeanne could be depended on for points in a pinch. Charline Draper-- Usually plays forward but is equally good at guard. Charline was awarded a medal at the Rye tournament for being one of the most outstanding players. Geraldine Edwards-- Could be depended on when the going was hard. She deserves spe- cial recognition for neijmegfhless playing at guard position. n ,mmm U ifl:'5 iiQ 'E 5l'l 5 il. ' - ..,..-U...-. if