Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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4 4 i -IL. HlllLlN, 2 E VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD-Front Row: Coach Bill Kem- son, Warren Phelan . . . Back Row: john Walker, Ken Fox, Gor- mezies, Alan Lindbergh, john Holstrom, Aaron Latham, Marc don Pixley, Bruce Duffy, Bob Donald, Ken Speigel, Doug Ward, Stumpf, Richard Chapel, Larry johnson, Clive Seal, Bob jame- joe Breck, Ric Miller, mgr., Gary Henry, mgr. CHS Cpens I962 Cage Season With Three Victories OP SCOREBOARD Catalina Dec 55 Yuma Dec Salpointe Dec Sunnyside Dec. Amphi Dec Carl Hayden Dec Tucson Ian. Pueblo jan. Phoenix Union jan. Rincon Ian. Salpointe jan. West Phoenix jan. Amphi Ian. Nogales Feb, Tucson Feb. St. Mary's Feb. Pueblo Feb, South Mountain Feb. Rincon j Bill Kemmeries has been ' ' ' Q V head coach at Catalina , 1, since the school was es- . tablished. He was an out- . standing basketball star ' A at the University of Ari- - y w A zona and last year Mr. ' J Kemmelies was voted ' coach-of-the-year, and Y M j coached the all-star game in August. He has high hopes for next year's team which will include -. - - CHS's champion jV's. 'M I , .A ' l pon ent 42 37 51 39 51 42 41 40 51 54 63 46 54 44 46 57 48 50 Catalinais Trojans opened the 1962 season by coping three consecutive victories over Yuma, Sal- pointe, and Sunnyside. The first win came on December 2 over the Yuma Criminals behind the 17 point performances of junior transfer Cordon Pixley and senior Larry johnson. As the final gun sounded, the Trojans were ahead 55-42. The blue and white registered their second victory of the young season by downing the Salpointe Lancers 43-37. Bob jameson paced the blue and white with a total of 16 points in the first home game of the sea- son for CHS. Catalina gained its third victory by swamping hapless Sunnyside 77-51 in the Blue Devil's gymnasium. Amphi handed the Trojans their first defeat of the season in a heartrendering 39-37 loss. In the closing four seconds of the thrilling game, Panther john Mc- Gowen sank a 20-foot shot to give Amphi a hard-fought victory on their own court. Badgers Take Hard Fought Victory Tucson High's Badgers invaded the CHS gym on December 20 to sweat out a 42-41 victory before a screaming sellout crowd of 4500. Catalina led the first three quarters until a frantic fourth quarter THS press paid off in victory for the powerful Badgers, who were minus their star Ray Kosanke who was out with an injured foot.

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X V ll., XUEU IUU N z-fir ,,,. . Toss Gives Cagers 3rd Cagers Record Winning Seasons .1 9-9 Record Posted Despite 7 3 Lack of Height . rj Pre-season predictions said a lack of height might 1 rj hurt the Trojans and this proved to be true. But with a hustling and determined crew, Catalina managed to break even for the season with a 9-9 record. ' Three Victories Start Season Catalina's cagers won their first three games in quick succession dumping Yuma 55-42, Salpointe 43-37, 1 M and Sunnyside 77-51. A heartbreaking loss to Amphi ' 39-37 in the last 4 seconds, and a victory over Carl - . Hayden led up to the Tucson High game. Tucson went into the game highly favored to win and came out holding their breath, as a terrific defense and hot of- fense held them to a 1 point victory 42-41. Catalina won their next two games 47-41 and 52-40 over Pueblo and Phoenix Union, and then clashed with a hot shoot- ing Rincon team who took home a 51-47 decision. Cata1ina's next big game saw the Trojans get sweet revenge crushing Amphfs Panthers 57-46, only to lose again next week to Tucson 44-33 as the Badgers copped the city crown. Catalina won two out of their last four games and dropped the last game of the year to Rincon 50-43. ,W H

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! , Tucs0n's Taylor C422 makes sure Aaron Latham C551 doe-sn't get this rebound in a game which saw THS win the eity crown. , V ai 'U EAR.. :ff Clive Seal C211 grabs the ball from the hands of a Tucson Badger as Aaron Latham prepares to help out, in a thriller at CHS. A7 f ,.,, ,.-- '- :.'Jf'5 1 Y l ' fH ,gilf Salpointefs Dave Mills C451 leaps into the air to keep CHS's Larry johnson C222 and Bob Beaver from getting the rebound. , L RTM -, l ZX Bob jameson C202 tries to out jump Ranger Bob Iackson C481 of Rincon before an overflow crowd in the Catalina Gymnasium.