Cobre High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Bayard, NM)

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OPPONENT Lordsbiirg Mayfield Cliff Lydia Patterson Socorro Parkland Tournament (Fifth) Deming Lordburg Gadsden TorC Gallup Tournament (Third) Silver Tularosa Socorro Silver Las Cfuces Gadsden Cliff Deming Tularosa

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Junior Varsity Wins Four In District J.V. SCORES OPPONENT 27 Gadsden 20 Deming Hot Srings Silver 12 Gadsden 7 Deming 19 Silver The Junior Varsity began their sea- son on Sept. 1 1 when they fought the Gadsden Panthers to a 27-26 win. They then hit the Deming Wildcats, on Sept. 18, 20-4. The Tribe then hit the Hot Springs Tigers on Sept. 2.5. with a 62-0 victory. The score against the Silver Colts on Oct. 2, was 7-.30. In the game on Oct. 9 against the Gadsden Panthers, the score was 12-35. In the game in Deming against the Wildcats, on Oct. 16, the Indians were kept down to a 7-47 loss. In the last game of the season, on Oct. 23, the Indians beat Silver 19-16. Cobre displayed a tough defense against the Belen Eagles running over them 54-18. -ly-l ]unor r t FIONTROW Ralph DeWdo Rol I I enc o ickie S ith Silve oT e S ott B d B 1 1 H El a r Je Fielder Joe Cha ra 11 e t Perez B CKRO He I 1 I i s I Espinosa Carroll T eke R le Fa lo I dale Ch ez |er laez D d Fowler, . rmando Rodriguez, Wavne Hoeve, Nathaniel Francisco, Daw Munoz, David Ramev. Delhert Hickson. Huishcl W ortoid. Jiiliu Dominpiez. Norman Eades, Randv Foster, Jim Light, ' Robert Bums, Marshall Rogers, Lee Wilson, D va ne Beck.

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Varsity Squad Third At Invitational Xavier Acosta blocks an attempt by Deniing player Bill Alle anxiously await the outcome. 1 as the rest of the players look on and This year the Cobre varsity squad ended the basketball season with an overall record of 9-9. In the district game competition, Cobre had wins over Socorro, Gadsden, and Tularosa and losses to Socorro, Gadsden, Sil- ver, and Deming. In the non-district competition, Cobre had wins over Lordsburg, Cliff, and Hot Springs and losses to Mayfield, Lydia Patter- son, and Las Cruces. In the in- vitational competition, Cobre came up fighting in die Gallup Invitational to get third place by beating Grants. Returning lettermen were Henry Carrillo, Xavier Acosta, Ray Del- gado, Davy Munoz, and Kito Pedr- aza. Lynford Wilson, a sophomore and a newcomer to the varsity team, was high point man for most of the games and helped lead Cobre through a rough season. The 1972 Indian basketball squad coached bv Mr. Robert Benavidez with the assistance of assistant coach. Hector Madrid, consisted of Henry Car- rillo, Butter Jimenez, Jimmy Bradberrv, Mike Puentes, Larry Sifuentes, Mike Acosta, .Xavier . costa, Lynford Wilson, Hector Ramirez, Davy Nlunoz, Kilo Pedraza, and Rav Del ' gado. The team managers were Bobby Perez, Martin Porter, and Ricky Reiss.