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

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VARSITY BASKETBALL - Left to right: ROW 1: Jerry Willard, Ralph Rodriguez, Raul Diaz, Joe Rodarte, John Carmona, Ignacio Lopez, Jess Tomasek. ROW 2: Robert Ramirez, Joe Benitez, Frank Gillespie, Richard Larson, Ralph Fuller, Kessler Cummins. f.. Wifi C591 -5 X A ml l X y ,lg-rx Bw, X X N uf 'y PAGE 90 Tremendous audience support and enthusiasm got the Coachella Varsity casabamen off in high gear in their 1952 Riverside County League schedule. A highly spirited Arab quintet, under the capa- ble coaching of Lee Fulmer, vanquished the Palm Springs Indians, 38 to 31. Gunning for the title, the Arabs made it two in a row by knock- ing over San Jacinto in a close match, 52 to 49. Then the Arabs ran out of gas and went down to defeat to a determined Elsinore squad, with a final score of 63 to 53. The Elsinore game, probably the best played game of the season, was performed before a packed house in the home gym. The Arabs' chances for an RCL title were crushed when the Perris Panthers swamped CV 5'7 to 26. The Arab casaba club then turned loose all their power to crush the Beaumont five, 41 to 29. The next game was with Banning, the League's leading team. After a hard-fought battle, the shorter Arab team succumbed to the Bronks 47 to 39. In their last League encounter, the Arabs traveled to Hemet to challenge the League's leading five and possessor of an unblem- ished record. The Bulldogs got off to an early 15-5 lead and kept that lead until the final buzzer, defeating the Arabs 63 to 29. Height, the deciding factor in all of the games, gave the taller opponents control of the ball and backboard, but, nevertheless, the Arabs wound up in fifth place in the RCL. Ignacio Lopez led in the scoring end with 79, and Ralph Rodriguez was right behind with 68 digits. Coachella's sharp John Carmona was named on the All-RCL Second Team and Rodriguez and Lopez were given Honorable Mention. Varsity lettermen were Joe Benitez, John Carmona, Frank Gil- lespie, Richard Larson, Ignacio Lopez, Ralph Rodriguez, Jess Tom- asek, Jerry Willard, and Kessler Cummins, manager.

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For the first time since 1938, a Coachella Bee squad brought a basketball championship to C VUHS, and in the process racked up the best Bee record in the history of the schoolf Coach Lee Fulmer's casabamen lost only one game this season and ended with eighteen consecutive wins. The highly touted Arabees began th e i r championship schedule by crushing the Palm Springs Papooses 44 to 27, then traveled to San Jacinto where they upset the Tiger Cubs 49 to 30. They lived up to expecta- tions by coasting to their third consecutive loop win, defeating the Elsinore Tiger Cubs 50 to 35, and stretched their winning Streak to four with Cl 55 to 52 Captain Mike Castanon and Coach Lee Fulmer are congratulating each other now that win OVGI' The P6t'l'lS CULJS. the long and hard season is over. And well they might, for it's been many years since The Desert Raiders still had another maior hurdle in their pursuit of the championship - the Beaumont Cougar Cubs. The Arabs squeezed by with a score - of 43 to 40 after a hard-fought game and 'then continued their victory streak by edging the Banning Colts 39 to 37. Undefeated in league play, the Arabees rolled over the Hemet Bullpups 55 to 44, ending their highly successful season in first place in RCL play, the only undefeated team in the League. Bee lettermen were Mike Castanon, George Cunningham, Bill Kelley, Walt Criner, Chester Maddox, Clayborne Tribble, and Dick Montoya, manager. Cunningham was named on the All-RCL First Team, Cas- tanon, Kelley and Criner on the Second Team, and Maddox, who was high point man for the Arabs, was given Honorable Mention. we had u team as good as the '53 quintet. B BASKETBALL - Left to right: ROW 'lx David Okerlund, Ron Wilson, Willie Callaway, Clayborne Tribble, Stan Van Gundy, Joe Morris ROW 2: Chester Maddox, Eddie Thomas, Walt Criner, Bill Kelley, George Cunningham, Mike Castanon, Dick Montoya.