Biggs High School - Rice Blade Yearbook (Biggs, CA)

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Champion Year A BASKETBALL TEAM FirsT Row lleTT To righTl-F. Markgraf, M. Friedman, W. Fiedler lCapTainl, D. Baker. Second Row-H. Millard, Mr. L. E. Rey- nolds lCoachl. F. SmiTh, F. Grein. B BASKETBALL TEAM FirsT Row lleTT To righTl-F. Lofgren, G. Little, D. Bayles lCapTainl, N. Moreland, Y. Honda. Second Row-L. Markgraf, A. Dunlap. Mr. Reynolds lCoachl, J. VenTioner, J. Conway, R. Gosselin, G. Gorham. C BASKETBALL TEAM FirsT Row lleTT To righfl-V. Praraf, D. Dal PorTo, J. Johnson lCapTainl, C. Baker, V. Darby. Second Row-J. Friedman, F. Cameron, Mr. Reynolds lCoachl, A. Lindberg. M. Schill, T. Honda. FOOTBALL TEAM Top Row lleTT To righTl-T. Honda, N. VenTior1er, Y. Honda, V. Darby. R. Gosselin, W. Evers lCoachl, J. VenTioner, M. Fried- man, D. Dal PorTo, F. Markgraf. Second Row-V. PraraT, F. Grein, F. SmiTh, A. Baker, W. Fiedler lCapTainl, G. LiTTle, J. Conway, F. LoTgren, D. Baker. Third Row--G,Gorham, E. Baker, F. Cam- - cron. FOOTBALL The sTarT oT The TooTball season was raTher laTe, buT prospecTs Tor The year were encouraged. The only pracTice games were Two shorT scrimmages wiTh Oroville and Gridley subs. The TirsT league game was played wiTh Oroville aT Biggs. AT The end oT a hard ToughT game, Biggs emerged vicTorious by a 7-O score. ATTer This game, The rice harvesT kepT several sTrong men QTT The Team. Conse- quenTly, wiTh a greaTly weakened squad, Biggs played Durham and was crushed by a 22-O score. Our game wiTh Los Molinos ended wiTh a score OT 24-O in Their Tavor, due To Too many second sTringers in our line-up. This was The TirsT league vicTory Tor Los Molinos in Three years oT cornpeTiTion. On ArmisTice Day, Gridley was meT aT Biggs. Biggs was greaTly sTrengThened by The reTurn of The rice harvesTers. and The addiTion oT SmiTh in The line-up. lT was a hard ToughT Thrilling game, during The TirsT halT, which ended O-0. ln The Third quarTer, Biggs made a sensaTional sTand on The lsT yd. line, aTTer Gridley had progressed To ThaT poinT on a laTeral pass. AbouT The middle of The TourTh quarTer, Biggs superior playing became maniTesT. Hard plunging by Kuhl and good kicking by Grein, began To Torce back The GridleyiTes. A pass Trom Friedman To Fiedler, puT Biggs in scoring

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MUSIC A W A - g A Band, Glee and Orchestra BAND Top Row lleTT To righfl-I. Wellman, W. Anderson, l. Grell, J. Harris, A. Savaga, M. Schill, N. Samuelson, F. Cameron, W. Arm- 5Trong. F. Marlcgraf, D. Dal Porfo, E. Meilrle, C. Carlson, J. Robinson, F. Lofgren. Second Row-R. C. GoTThoId lDirecTorl, E. , McGinnis, L. Slusser, B. Brink, R. Lofgren, B. ' James, G. Haverland, F. James, E. Sizelove J. Johnson. A. Lindberg, A. Dunlap, A Pryde, E. Jones, M. Dunlap. FirsT Row-J. Boulware, G. Bairos. A. Shep- pard, N. Albers. F. Albers, G. Nalcashima, E. Dreyer, L. Nelson, H. Millard, B. Honda, S. Miller, C. Balmer, A. Breshears, F. Smifh. ORCHESTRA FirsT Row llefT To righTl-E. Reime, R. Lofgren, J. Harris, B. Brink, D. Dal Porfo, H. Millard, M. NaTaas. Second Row-R. C. GoTThold lDirecTorl A. Lindberg, W. ArmsTrong, F. Lofgren, Li Slusser. GI RLS' GLEE CLUB Top Row lleTT To righTl-E. Sizelove, E. McGinnis, l. Grell, R. Lofgren, M. NaTaas, J. LiTTle, E. Meilcle, N. Samuelson, M. Mc- Lean, J. Hixson, F. Fenn. Second Row-G. Bairos, J. LaPoinT, W. Anderson, L. Nelson, B. James. J. Harris, T. Lofgren. A. Savage, L. Slusser, B. Brink, W. Honda. FirsT Row-G. PeTerson, S. Randolph, M. Wallace. l. Wallace, R. C. GvoTThold lDi-' recforl, E. Reime, E. Dreyer, M. Albine. L. WC. Gray, The band sTarTed aT The TirsT of The season Tull of plans for an inTeresTing year. There were several promising beginners, and some experienced players from The Rich- vale Grammar Band. The band was larger This year Than in Tormer years, numbering as high as TorTy-seven members. The season has proved To be very worThwhile. The TirsT engagemenT was To play wiTh The Oroville Band in Their ArmisTice Day parade. Then in The aTTernoon of The same day The band played Tor The Gridley-Biggs High TooTball .TilT. IT played in December Tor The annual communiTy ChrisTmas program in The Fireme'n's Hall. A concerT was presenTed in The gymnasium in January Durin The w' T 'T l . g in er I payed Tor several baskeTball games. AnoTher public concerT was given in April Biggs Band h d exc ange assembly concerTs wiTh Gridley, Oroville and Durham. A one-da T ' l K - y rip was Talren during which concerTs were played aT Chico High, Chico STaTe, and Durham High. Then The band prepared iTs numbers for The Chico FesTival in which iT played on April 28. The band seriously planned To play aT The STaTe.TournamenT in San Francisco, buT owing To The expense involved and The diTliculTy of geTTing To San Francisco, iT was ThoughT besT To abandon The Trip. Tlhe closing evenT of The year was a series oT Three con'cerTs presenTed-by a massed band composed oT'The Oroville, Gridley, and B' b ' ' lggs ands. All This has given The band a successTul season. Qpledsgugumfo GirI'5Sp0rt5D

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posiTion. Then almosT immediaTely Friedman again riTled anoTher, inTo MarkgraT's arms on The Tive yard line, who plunged Through Two Gridley men, Tor The one and only Touchdown oT The game ending wiTh a score OT 6-O in Tavor oT Biggs. The lasT game oT The season wiTh Chico, who won The league TiTle, was won by Biggs, I2-7. However, Biggs had To TorTeiT because OT The ineligibiliTy of several players. This was a unique game, being played parTly in The dark, as iT sTarTed aT Tour p.m. ProspecTs Tor nexT year's Team are Tair, alThough six TirsT sTring men, are gradu- aTing This year. FirsT sTring lineup: L. E. Fiedler, L. T. Conway, L. G. LiTTle, C. Baker, R. G. SmiTh fPraraTl, R. T. Lofgren, R. E. Grein, Q. B. Friedman, L. H. MarkgraT, F. Kuhl, R. H. Dal PorTo. ' TRACK This year saw one OT biggs' mosT successTul Track seasons. From The TirsT They aimed aT winning The unlimiTed N.C.H.S.A.L. preliminary meeT. ConsequenTly many excepTional limiTed men were placed in The unlimiTed division. A large squad Turned ouT Tor The Track call, buT in all pracTice meeTs, Biggs could noT geT enough men TogeTher aT one Time To place very high. However, several men showed up well in These pracTice meeTs, Several OT The boys did noT geT in To any oT These mceTs which placed Them aT a disadvanTage in The preliminary meeT, as They had had no inTer-school compeTiTion during The year. AbouT a week beTore The daTe oT The preliminary meeT. Biggs was inTormed ThaT The meeT was To be held here. A week oT rapid preparaTion ensued. The Track was surveyed, cleared, packed and laned. On The day oT The meeT, SaTurday, May 5, The Tield was in Tine shape, considering The shorT Time oT preparaTion. The aim of The Biggs sTalwarTs was TulTilled, They Took The unlimiTed meeT by a score of 53lf2 To 47. The score oT HamilTon CiTy, Their nearesT compeTiTor. Biggs was low in limiTed sTandings. Places Taken by Biggs men were as Tollows: IO0 yard dash-Grein, IsT: Markgraf, 2nd, I20 high hurdles-Dunlap, Tied Tor 2nd7 Millard, 4Th. 880 yard run-Gorham, Znd: Dreyer, 3rd. 440 yard dash-Gorham, 3r:'l: Gosselin, 4Th. 720 yard dash-MarkgraT, Znd: Grein, 3rd. Broad Jump-Honda, Tied Tor IsT. High Jump-Gosselin, Tied Tor Znd. Pole VaulT-Dal PorTo, 2ndg Moreland, 3rd. ShoT PuT-MarkgraT, lsT7 Friedman, Znd. FooTball Throw-Friedman, 3rd. Relay-Biggs, 3rdg lHon'la, LiTTle, Grein, MarkgraTl. Mile Run-Cameron, 2nd, Dal PorTo, 3rd, LimiTed places: IOO yard dash-Honda, 4Th. 660 yard run-King, 3rd. T60 yard Low Hurdles-Harvey, 4Th. Broad Jump-Honda, Znd. Pole VaulT1Johnson, 3rd. Relay-Biggs, 3rd. Times and disTances Tor The meeT were noT excepTional. AlThough several Biggs men were eligible To enTer The N.C.H.S.A.L. Tinals aT Chico, only Two, Gorham and Dal PorTo, enTered. Gorham Took a 4Th in The 880 yard run. Several consTanT Trackmen will be losT To The squad nexT year, buT The maioriTy OT place men reTurn To The cinders nexT year Tor a beTTer Team Than ever.