Jackson High School - Jacksonian Yearbook (Jackson, CA)

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FUIITBALL Plasse Down the T VUkOV1Ch Oneto CCD Day Galloway Reynoso Swensen ,lat kson ,lat kson Jackson Jackson J at kson Daleuskr H913 Top fcente1J Suclch Jackslch Busl Sacto Reselwes 0 50110121 B1 et H3116 l 'S Dorado 0 Cala s Cl as 6 Jackson7 Sutterb At last' The ackson High School football squad in 1945 is going to be 1 super outfit That was the prohpecy for our Trger team this year and it re llly came true This boast is backed by the record and the fact that thrs school now shares the champronshtp title of the Mother Lode League Only after a few weeks of pract1ce the Tigers started the season off with a prehmmary game agamst the Sacramento junlor Varsrty Everyone knew that the results of the game would probably show the kxnd of team jackson would have From the first krckoff to the final gun tt was evident that they had a fine defense and could hue a wonderful offense The first score came when down field blocktng enabled Galloway to convert an attempted pass tnto a forty yard run to pay d1rt Wtth fiashmg speed Day returned a punt from his own 30 to the enemy 3 yard l1ne Oneto plunged over for the second score Galloway place kicked the converston Our final score was made by tackle Vukovnch blocking the enemy s pass and going over Score 19 O Sonora turned out to be the game of the year Having heard of the terrnfic attacking power of the boys from across the gorge our fellows were curlous to find out first what 32

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they were up agarnst And they dtd' After recervtng Jacksons ktckotf Sonora rambled over the end zone rn exght successrve plays Thetr conversron attempt was not stopped but from the second quarter on the Tlgers tore them llmb from llmb lnsplred by the able leadershrp of quarter back Oneto the Txgers shook Galloway loose on a forty yard ramble mto scorrng terrrtory oe Day showed great speed and fine runnmg to place the ball on Sonora s three yard lme On the next play Oneto plunged off tackle for the score Galloway prcked up the extra pornt on a lme play Behtnd the excellent blocktng of Reynoso and acksnch Galloway went 18 yards to end the scormg for the evenlng In beattng Sonora for the second txme rn three years every member of the Tiger squad was outstandmg Score 19 7 Bret Harte found the Trgers tn trrm form and left them a b1t brutsed Desprte the crtpplmg or brursrng of Oneto Vukovtch Voss and others however our boys proved that with determrnatlon and sktll they could come out on IOP wxth Galloway scorlng four times and convertmg once Durlng that ttme the Bullfrogs tossed two scorlng passes but could not keep up wrth the pace set by the Trgers Score 25 13 Calaveras was the battle of the l1nes game Both backfields were bottled up and that together wrth the fact that many of our boys were st1ll on the mlured lxst caused a stalemate that was broken only when Calaveras Leggett Hrpped a pass over the end zone to Cuneo Thrs was the only defeat of the season Score 0 6 Then came two practxce games one wrth lone one wnth El Dorado Hugh of Placer vrlle The hrst was won mostly by Jacksons second team 34 6 whrle the latter was taken rn strxde by the Trger varsrty 50 O In thrs game Galloway and Oneto scored three trmes Sutter Creek was our next vlcttm In the flrst half Sutter was held to a gaxn totalrng seven yards ackson pushed lnto Sutter terrrtory and stayed there Only a wet held and a few fumbles of the wet ball prevented them from scorlng several trmes Sutter dug m and held for downs Then oe Day racmg at full speed took the Sutter ktck on the enemy 40 yard lme and returned rt to the seven In the second half Oneto put the ball mto scormg posmon wlth one of the finest 67 yard off tackle runs seen anywhere 1n any league Gallo way carrled the ball on the scorlng play and then crrcled left end for the extra pornt Sutter hnally scored on a pass but the maddened Ttger lme led by Reynoso and Vukovrch blocked the try for the extra pornt Then to prove to themselves that Sutter could not wln wtth passes the Trger lrne tore mto the Thunderrng Herd and rn four successrve pass plays threw them for a forty yard loss The score 7 6 Thxs gave ackson a t1e for the champronshrp of the Mother Lode Onetos tnsptrtng leadershrp throughout the season earned htm the acclarm of h1s teammates whrch they showed by electrng htm football captann for the year Speclal mentton must go to Reynoso for hrs outstandrng lme play Roy the best guard rn the league was always just where he was needed to break up a play or do a thorough job of blocklng The startrng lmeups rncluded Swensen and Bust ends jacksrch Plasse tackles Reynoso Daleuskr guards and Braykovrch center ln the backfleld Galloway Day Oneto and Vukovrch or Gamba started There were several others many of whom were freshmen who w1ll be here next year We w1ll greatly mrss the rocklrne play of Reynoso ackstch Bust and Plasse and of our star backs Galloway and Oneto our graduatrng SCUIOIS Dale Galloway 46 33 . 1 D . Q . . t , . , - Z . l ' 4 ' , 4 . j . ' J . , . 7 . ' . 3 . ' A .l . - I I 7 3 7 7 - . . 3 . , ' 9 7 - Z ' 7 t . , , , . U . - . . . . . - - , . 1 - ' S each and Day and Vukovich, once. The conversions were made by Oneto and Vukovich. . J ' ' . . U ..J I ., , . , . ' ' 6 . . . - . . 3 7 ' 7 7 , . ' . . , , - .1 l 1 1 ' a . .7 , - V s s a l ' C - ' , J , , . . ' , 7 x ' 1'