Coachella Valley Union High School - La Conchilla Yearbook (Coachella, CA)

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The GREATEST track team in school and league history - Holders of the best winning streak in the his- tory of California interscholastic athletics - Breakers of meet scoring records in nine of the ten meets they entered -Breakers of 134 meet, school, and team scoring records for the season - Winners of the Laguna Beach Bee and Cee meets - Setters of an all-time state high scoring meet record of 258 points - These and many more are the accomplishments of the championship cinder brigade coached for the seventh straight year by Arab alumnus, Alex Alexander. As the season ended, Coachella held the best record in the state, having won their seventh consecutive league track championship with a record 188 points. A distant second was Perris with 76. Other scores: Hemet 60, Palm Springs 58, Beaumont 36, San Jacinto 31, Banning 24, Elsinore 8. The CV boys won 15 of the 32 events and shattered seven records. League champs are: Varsity: Bob Carr, 2, LaVerne Fariester, 2, John McClain. Bee: Armando Chavez, 2, Frank Gomez. Cee: Joe Maddox, 2, Joe Valesquez, Pat Becker, Don Manzo, Ben Saiz, and members of the relay team. ' Last year, 1952, found the Arabs breaking 107 records and being hailed the greatest ever, but this season, Coach Alexander developed more and better runners and iumpers to break several of these stan- dards and outshine the '52 team. In dual meet competition, the Arabs rolled over Palm Springs 214 to 62, Banning 206 to 69, Beaumont 203 to 76, and Perris 189 to 88 to win the championship. Other vanquished foes were Blythe, Holtville, Imperial, and Calipatria, all by record scores. The 14th annual East-RCL meet found the Arabs scoring more than their three league opponents com- bined, 258 to 218. Arab heroes were many and their exploits really amazing, space does not permit listing all of their record-breaking achievements. The leading scorers were: Varsity: Bob Carr, 95, Armando Chavez, 94, LaVerne Fariester, 80. Bee: Robert Munoz, 85, Jim Emerson, 72. Cee: Joe Maddox, 101. Possible letter winners: Varsity: Larry Ashe, Bob Carr, Armando Chavez, Bill Cotten, LaVerne Faries- ter, Dick Larson, John McClain, Robert Munoz, Gary Olesen, Bill Roberts, Joe Rodarte, John Tatum, Walter White, Jerry Willard, John Yoxsimer. Bee: Raul Arias, Jim Blocher, Walt 'Criner, Dave lDengler, Grant Det- wiler, Jim Emerson, Frank Gomez, Charles Hightower, Ralph Jarvis, Bill Kelley, Felix Lopez, Chester Mad- dox, Hugh Mason, Ed Mohr, Marvin Murphy, Ted Newton, George Quevedo, Ken Roberts, Charles Smith, Paul Talley, Bufford Wallace, John Welsh, Ronnie Wilson. Cee: Jim Ashe, Armando Arce, Pat Becker, Charles Colley, Fred Colley, Charles Cox, Bill Johnson, Bob Lewis, Gil Luna, Joe Maddox, Don Manzo, Frank McSwan Ben Saiz, Tim Smit , Tom Syler, oe Terrones J Vel s ez,,:Dick Willard andxiliiug Williams. J., J ffm ...ef ...Me -Q dieiizff mzvvi. EL ,K j2iZi4?lbfJ 'A f '74xL5L4Lf- ., H A n t cf' nf' . . 444221 JZWOLM' JM kg, evQ'f '7'5? B TRACK - Left to right: ROW 1: Ted Newton, Charles Hightower Jarvis, Walter Criner, C larles Smith, Clayborne Tribble, John Welsh. ROW 2: Bill Thomas, George Quevedo, Feli Ron Wilson, Bill Kelley, Chester Maddox. ROW 3: Glenn Church- man, Ken l rent'-E Salas, Robert Munoz, Frank Gomez, Bufford Wallace. 43' - PAGE

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The number one and number two boys on the ladder, Jim Blocher and Ben Montoya. Because La Conchilla went to press iust after the league tennis opener, when Beaumont was obliterated 25 to 0, it was impossible to report the final chap- ter in the garbled history of the 1953 CV tennis team. Most experts picked CV to regain the Eastern-RCL championship it lost to Beaumont last year. But after looking at the amazing story of the '53 courtmen, who could tell what would happen? ' The year started on a rather somber note. Coach L. Robert Pepper was stricken with polio in early October. Luckily for him and CV tennis, he made a complete recovery. Sophomore sensation Jim Blocher gave net enthusiasts a scare when, in March, it was thought a heart condition would keep him out of action. How- ever, the fears turned out to be ground- less, and tennis fans breathed more easily. The tennis ladder was iumbled from start to finish. With but one exception, Harry Woolpert at fourth singles, every position in the first eight found at least one new name occupying it during the season. Positions were lost, regained, and lost again so fast Coach Pepper con- tinually tore his hair in despair. Jim Blocher and Ben Montoya fought savagely for first singles, but as the lad- der closed, Jim had claimed it for his own. Other final standings were: Ben Montoya, second, Dick Blocher, third, Harry Woolpert, fourth, George Cun- ningham, fifth, Fred Adams, sixth, Charles Braswell, seventh, Jack Grant, eighth. In pre-season matches, the Arabs played Palm Springs twice, winning quite easily both times. As CV looked anxiously and eagerly toward the beginning of league play, Coach Pepper lined his team up this way: Jim Blocher, first singles, Dick Blocher, second, Shorty Cunningham, third, and Jack Grant, fourth. Montoya and Woolpert teamed up in first doubles and Adams and Braswell in second doubles. TENNIS TEAM - Left to right: ROW 'l: Gil Perez, Charles Braswell, George Cunningham, Ben Montoya, David Mitchell, Harry Woolpert. ROW 2: Coach Pep- per, Fred Adams, Larry Gavin, Dick Blocher, Jack Grant, Jim Blocher. gf SQ, R x . N I. W -A gc N N'sf,x3,ygK yuh' WX to fvfcw 1 Q my L X. . + f. . , V , ,V . - Q ,L fx A ,X XIX' i 'N K ' If 5, 'I A V N. lx, X, x, 1 1 4' 'Q is. , f,- A1-A -S s -X .Vs sr ,Q f . -E f re Qi f A I D D, -Z NRS' ,W 5 y I Nay 'V Q. Q w W7 i . l ' . i E