Cyprus High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Magna, UT)

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, . if f .wvw 1 -1 l EDWARD JOHNSON JACK OLSEN FRANK RIGLER Cenler Guarrl Guard HEBER GARSIDE HENRY MORI Forward Forward REJUVENATED band of Pirates made a come-back and played hard and fast to defeat Grantsville for the'r iirst victory. In the role of underlings the Pirates played a hustling and flawless game to defeat the league-leading Granite quintet. This victory marked the first in the history of Cyprus over a Farmer casaba tcarn. In a see-saw fray Cyprus won an exciting battle from Bingham Z1 the waning moments of the game. At fever pitch the Pirates and Darts started the final game of league play. The Davis aggregation emerged victorious after a hard fought battle against the much improved Pirate quintet. V James Sonne, star center of the Cyprus team, was the valuable scor- ing cog in the games which Cyprus won. His height and experience gave much needed assistance to the Gold and Blue defense. In spite of defeat gallant school spirit carried the team to a whirl- wind finish. 17' V16 . 7 V , . - .' XX Page Fifty-one ,- 'XQLZ fl! . 'X flxx K -l ' ' , I - 1

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JOHNNY KOVOZOVICH GLEN LEWIS JAY MCALLISTER Guard Center Guard NEAL PEHRSON RAY GROW Forward Forwnnl BASKETBALL BASKETBALL, the premier sport of the winter season, started at Cyprus a Week after football concluded. Pluck and dogged determination were the chief resources of the Pirate squade which was comparatively small, Although th Pirates had a mediocre season in Winning games, they provided many thrills in the close encounters which they lost. A sensational spurt by the Cyprus quintet in their last four .games enabled the Pirates to ascend from a humble position and finish in sixth place. The plucky Cyprus crew lost its Hrst six battles. A number of the games were packed with thrills and glories while others lacked spirit and action. In their initial encounter Cyprus met a disappointment at the hands of Tooele by a score of 30-28. From this point Cyprus lost four more games-Grantsville, 32-263 Jordan, 42-11g Davis, 27-235 Murray, 46-233 and then lost again to Tooele. WN

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r 'la gd. 'tl . J .,., 5 VL' Y W TF Nea BASEBALL YPRUS gained the spotlight and hall of fame in Utah athletics for the first time in the history of Cyprus by virtually winning the state baseball championship. At the time of this writing Cyprus had won six league games without tasting defeat, but two games were yet unplayed, one with Davis and one with the cellar ranking Judge Memorial team, The fast Pirate aggregation scored decisive victories in four games while two of the encounters were won by close margins. Heavy hitting and stellar pitching featured in the Cyprus victories as the Pirates collaborated in six encounters to tally sixty-four runs while the pitchers were limiting the opposing teams to sixteen runs. The initial game on the Pirate campaign was an overwhelming triumph over Granite. Duane Henderson, star sophomore pitcher, yielded four runs to the Granitian batters while the Pirats collected fourteen runs. The hitting of the Pirate squad in the first game indicated the potential strength of the team. Bingham, four-time champions, were the next victims of the Pirate onslaught as Cyprus tallied twenty runs. The hard hitting Miners were shut out as Merrill Johnson, ace Pirate hurler, struck out eighteen opposing batters. The third Cyprus victory was gained in an encounter with Davis. The Dart hurlers checked the slugging 1 2 J 5 l t r N ...fine 'i i ga. . 'iii is W . lit V in . 1 idea 3 ii iii-T r 3553 , Y 'ia 6 535 2 .,'jl Q W . Q ty s 2 Wu l . t 2 l I ', i . ly fi' ..,., i . lffitixl 5 5 3 5 s 1 i 3 P 1 3 I , 5 5 T Pirates to six runs, but Duane Henderson and Merrill Johnson limited the , ,il Davis hitters to five tallies. The fighting Pirates overcame a one run i Mm lead in the ninth inning by scoring two runs on two walks and a two X base hit, ' X Page Fifty-two . H fr, V , Q ' e S f 1 f X X