Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Cagers Cop Catalinafs First Basketball Crown As Craig Gillaspie screens a Badger guard Dick Chapel and Terry Moe complete the windup drill for another basket. The Trojan cagers opened the inter-divisional playoffs by quickly knocking North Phoenix out of the tournament by handing them a 57-40 defeat. The next night the Blue and White came through with their second win of the tourney by downing Rincon 52-36. Trojan center Dick Chapel, Gordon Pixley and jon Mustonen all hit in double figures against the surprising Rangers. With two games under their belt Catalina ad- vanced into the semi-finals. Playing Without their all- city center Dick Chapel, who came down with the mumps, Catalina upset once-beaten Mesa 59-52. CHS playmaker Craig Cillasp-ie led the upset win by scor- ing l6 points. Then the next night in front of 3100 fans at the Palo Verde gym the Trojans copped their first state basketball crown by upending Phoenix South Mountain 48-44. The Rebels took a 9-8 first period advantage but the Blue and White bounced back in the second stanza to score 22 points and take a' commanding lead at halftime of 30-19, and from then on it was all Catalina. Coach Galen Kintner and his championship squad were presented with the gold trophy, awarded to the '63 prep basketball champs, following the contest. More laurels were added to Catalina,s list as both Terry Moe and Craig Gillaspie were selected to the first team a.ll-tourney squad, while jon Mustonen was named to the second. su, VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD-Front Row: Marc Stumpf, Glen don Pixley, Bob Donald, joe Breck, Maneval . . . Back Row: Lamb, Terry Moe, Dick Chapel, Alan Lindberg, jon Mustonen, Manager john Parker, Ried- Ehlenburg, Trainer Dick Klein, Dave Supina . . . Second Row: Craig Cillaspie, Dan Flores, Cor- j,V. Coach Mel Vogel, Varsity Coach Galen Kintner.

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Guard DAN FLORES, a transfer from Carl Hay- den, p l a y e d defensive back on the Catalina football squad as well as lettering in track. ,asain E Zag junior forward TERRY MOE finding a starting role in his first year on the varsity was known throughout the season for his deadly jump shot. I , 4181: ., Play-making guard C R A I G GILLASPIE, averaging at a 7 point clip for the Trojans, was a great asset with his ball-handling. JON MUSTONEN led the Trojans in scoring for the season with a 11.5 average. Ion, only a jun- ior, will be a great help to the team next year. ,ef ATB! Building hifi sets is a favorite pastime of re- serve center GLEN LAMB. Glen, only a junior, is one of the tall- est members of the team. :fflll lll Senior fo rw ard GOR- DON PIXLEY playing in his second year of var- sity basketball for CHS was named to the sec- ond all-city squad. TWIN 'ima-.. Senior reserve forward ALAN LINDBERG finds water skiing as his favorite hobby. This was Alanis second year on the basketball team. Ill llln Swimming is the favorite hobby of reserve center MARC STUMPF. Marc headed the Trojan bench strength in his second year on the varsity. HTS? Reserve forward, junior JIM MANEVAL, is one of the shortest members of the basketball squad at 5-9. also com- petes on the track team. if if 'YALJ I QV' Jfy The Tucson Daily Citi- z e n , coach-of-the-year, GALEN KINTNER guided the Trojan cage- men to a 20-2 record and the championship, 7 Catalina Goes on Twelve Game Winning Streak The Sunnyside Blue Devils put a scare into the Trojans for the first three quarters but the Blue and White managed to come alive in the final period to record a 47-40 victory on the CHS court. On January 25 the Trojans notched their sixth victory on their cur- rent winning streak downing a game Palo Verde quint, 63-43. The next night Catalina traveled to meet Carl Hayden and came home with a 57-42 win. On Febru- ary 1 Catalina whitewashed the winless Pueblo War- riors 70-41. On February 2 the Trojans made history as they brought the high-flying Tucson Badgers back down to earth as they handed them their first defeat in 34-games by a score of 44-43. The win, in front of a packed house in the CHS gym, put Catalina into a first place tie with THS in the city standings and re- venged the Trojans lone loss of the season..,Chapel led lead. the scoring attack with 14 points while Pixley added 11. On February 8 the Trojans visited the Rincon gymnasium, and had to go in overtime for the first time of the season in defeating the Rangers 48-43. With the score deadlocked at 38 the Trojans went to Work in the overtime period. CHS forward Terry Moe supplied the winning punch by tipping in a missed free throw by joe Breck that gave Catalina a 54-43 Catalina downed Salpointe, 58-45 and Amphi 53-45 to move their win streak to 12 games. The Tro- jans watched their win streak snapped on February 16 as West Phoenix handed them a 86-72 loss. The defeat, second of the season for CHS, ended Catalina's regular season of play.

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1 Under the watchful eye of the newly erected Trojan head, Terry Moe tries for two more points from the outside. SCOREBOARD Catalina Opponent Dec 53 Sunnyside 43 Dec. St. Mary's Dec. Palo Verde Dec. Pueblo jan, Tucson Ian, Phoenix Union Ian, RiI1COn jan, Salpointe Ian. Amphitheater jan, Sunnyside Ian, Palo Verde Jan, Carl Hayden Feb, Pl16b1O Feb, Tucson Feb. Rincon Feb, S2.lP0iI1t6 Feb, Amphitheater Feb. West Phoenix ALXXX QM' Richard Chapel C301 is surrounded by Ranger hands as he comes down with a rebound for the Trojans. 1 s Successfully eluding the attempt of a St. Mary's player, Dick Chapel snags the ball for the Trojans.