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

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l This year the CV sportsmen of the Junior Class and Senior Class who earned their varsity letters organized the Varsity Club under the sponsorship of Coach Alex Alexander. The club elected Richard Larson, presi- dent, John McClain, vice-presi- dent, and Ben Montoya, secre- tary-treasurer. Club activities were ushering at football games and officiat- ing at elementary school basket- ball tournaments and games, and the members co-operated with the Lettermen's Club in operating the food concessions at the basketball games and in officiating at the elementary schools' annual Play Day on March 27. VARSITY CLUB - Left to right: ROW 'lx John Yoxsimer, La Verne Fariester, Ralph Rodriguez, Jess Tomasek, Bobby Munoz. STANDING: Ben Montoya, John McClain, Richard Larson, Alex Alexander. Left to right: ROW 2: Bill Cotten, Jerry Willard, Ignacio Lopez, Joe Rodarte, Richard Fierro, Bill Roberts. Left to right: ROW 3: Joe Benitez, Frank Gillespie, George Cunningham, John Carmona, Raul Diaz, Frank Gomez. Left to right: ROW 4: Marvin Murphy, Mike Williams, Henry Moreno, Mike Castanon Jimmie Emerson. The Lettermen's Club consisted of all CV athletes who had earned a letter in some sport, but not a varsity letter. Walter Criner, president, Bill Hokey, vice- president, and Grant Detwiler, secretary-treasurer, were the sports-minded officers of the club. At the bi-weekly activity period meeting the members discussed plays and strategy of the different games and also saw films on various sports. Some of the members of the club went to Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to see a major league baseball game in March. Coach Roger Harlow, club sponsor, accompanied the boys on the trip. ' The club also worked with the Varsity Club by operating the popcorn machine and selling drinks at the home basketball games. mv JF! LETTERMEN'S CLUB - Left to right: ROW 'l: Bob O'Toole, Art Montoya, Dick Montoya, Frank McSwan, Alex Sicre, Dave Bollard, Joe Maddox, James Hampton, Bill Brake. ROW 2: Bill Hokey, Ken Miller, Albert Gonzales, Robert Munoz, Ted Newton, Ron Wilson, Ken Roberts, Grant Detwiler, Walter White, Elwyn Kelting. ROW 3: Coach Harlow, Keith Gayler, Bruce O'Neal, Bernie Crossthwaite, Harold Bartlett, Ralph Jarvis, Walter Criner, Bill Dale, John Welton, Kessler Cummins. PAGE 1 OO

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s S L six' , H G Q Q ., ff a ' 54+ V iv 52,3 2 ,si 2 e Here comes the pitch! The runner on third is poised, ready, and waiting for if xi .Ioe Benitez to give the ball a ride. S5 i With men on base, W Ralph Rodriguez readies himself to raise. his R.B.I. mark. Jim Nichols throws his bat away and takes a walk, as the Arabs hope to start a rally. , gl PAGE 99

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i l f - . ' . l i f , 5 i yi , x Q0 . .X 'L' fi f 5 ,J if flj ff l l J .-1, I, 2 , do , f ,2 These people could not play enough sports and so formed golf and tennis clubs which met during activity periods each week. Frank McDaniel was the Golf Club sponsor. Members got free lessons at the Cochran- Odlum Golf Course. The club was hoping for some tournaments later in the year. The two tennis clubs were sponsored by L. Robert Pepper. Members ot the Beginning Tennis Club participated in local tourna- ments, while the advanced players were mainly from the '53 team. fffvv 67'mW' 1 vw sq,-'fig .ff 90 4' . f QWQQ Qw f ' ff X 97' X ,fb ue. .Trail 6 1 '! Ken Iverson follows through after a 250-yard drive down the fairway as the rest of the Golf Club looks on. LEFT TO RIGHT: Coach McDaniel, Dee Dee Hegdahl, Rita Yoxsimer, Naomi Salcido, Barbara Goldring, John Hill, Bill Roberts, Harold Fuller, Ronald Davidson, Dick Matsuishi, John Yoxsimer, Dick Willard, Ken Roberts, Jim Wade. BEGINNING TENNIS CLUB - Left to right: ROW I: Eleanor White, Philip Carrasco, Arthur Montoya, Bill Roberts, Ellen Jadwin. ROW 2: Isabel Canel, Gwenne Kerns, Anna Biller Bernie Crossthwaite Darryl Thibault, Don Duarte, Frank Figueroa, George Cun- ningham, L. Robert Pepper. 'I ADVANCED TENNIS CLUB - Left to Right: KNEELING: Gil Perez, Sarah Swingle, Vir- ginia Rector, Anna Biller. STANDING: Bob Pederson, Robert Fitzpatrick, Von Pausch, Fred Crunk, Larry Gavin, Gary Olesen, Fred Adams, Jack Grant, Charles Braswell, L Robert Pepper. PAGE 'IOI