Jacob A Riis High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Track The Vlklng thlnclads reached the cham p1onsh1p f1I13.lS of the Eastern Marlne League held at South Gate Hlgh School before a packed audlence of 2000 who watched the great Jordan Hlgh trackmen run off Wlth the champlonshlp 1n the A B and C D1v1s1ons Although the R11s Vars1ty only made X grabbed second place and the Cees tled for a fourth Rus only varslty runner Bryce McMas ter placed sxxth 1n the mlle after hard runnmg Don Henderson tled for a flfth 1n the hlgh Jump Jordan took the meet NVltl'l 60 pomts South Gate 29 Narbonne 16 San Pedro 15V Gardena 11 Bannlng and Bell a t1e wlth 12 polnts each and Rus V The t1de turned when the Bees took the fleld as the V1k1ngs paced by Art Carrlzosa and Mel Buford ra1sed the score for RIIS In the 120 low hurdles Carrlsoza took a th1rd beaten only by a few lnches by Carter of Jordan In the 70 h1gh hurdles Mel Buford took a fourth loslng the thlrd spot to Jones of Jordan Although R11s only qua11f1ed for exght events the V1k1ng tracksters put on a great performance 1n the Cohseum Clty Track and Fleld prellms vthlch were held Saturday May 13th The elght quallflers were Mel Buford polevault and hlgh hurdle man Art Car r1zosa 220 broadjump and low hurdles Don Henderson varslty hlgh Jump Leo nardo Vlllahermosa 100 yd dash Vlctor Vlllahermo a 100 and 180 Lamarr Davls broadjump Robert Ramlrez 660 spr1nter and Steve Rlvers shot The men from V1k1ngv1lle wound up by placmg Mel Buford Robert Ramlrez and Lamarr Davls 1n the flnals whlch xx exe held at the Cohseum Thursday May 18th thought that he wold wall away wlth the All C1ty pole vault tltle for the Bee d1v1s1on wlthout any reslstance or trouble from other competltlon Well that s what he thought but that 1sn t what happened Our own l1ttle Mel Buford also a flashy hlgh hurdles man bounced up to 11 ft 9 ln not to take the t1tle away from Vorst but made h1m settle Wlth a t1e For awhlle It looked l1ke Mel mlght pull away from Vorst but he Just couldnt make It Mel has been 1n track competxt lon for three years and has declded to qu1t He IS a senlor B and a fine athlete 1n fact he was recently chosen Athlete of the Week The meet was held at the Memorlal Cohseum Frlday May 19th and althou h our only Cee men Robert Ramlrez 660 and Lamarr Davls broadjumper dldnt place they had the satlsfactlon and thr1ll of runmng on the Cohseum oval and not everybody gets to do It f f , . I J X . gf, like bbz, A ,A Q, . I ' l ' l S 1 l 1 , ' ' 3 , ' J . , . l ll ' ' ' H , , 1 n - , ' , ' v , . . . . . . . 7 a 1- of a oint the Bees reached out and . ' . ' 3 p ' lt ,, . B111 Vorst of North Hollywood Hlgh n Q T ' .. . - - . . U ,, 1 v . 7 . 2 . , , ' ' . - . Y Y 7 Q Y ' 7 - Y - 2, 1 , nu , ' v 12' ' ' ' CG Y? '7 7 , n n - l . . Y .. h 7 , , , , . . . , . . , y an . 1 . . Y , . . . V . l . 0 v , 4.3 I IK 77 v . r . . l y , ' , . , . . , , . i - , , ' . v . . , i 1 3 . ' 1 , - Z .

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TRACK INGLEWOOD-CARMEL-RIIS The Riis Cindermen met Mount Carmel Crusaders and Inglewoods's Warriors at the Inglewood oval on Friday March 3 The meet was won by Inglewood with 58V points to Carmel s 53 and Rus 18V The Vikings didnt place many men but the Rus men really put up a fight In the 70 yard low hurdles Smith of Mount Carmel took the lead with 9 5 Sec White of the Viking squad took fourth in this event Leonardo Villaheimosa of the Vikings placed third in the 100 yard dash Our placement in the 120 low hurdles was Art Carrlzosa who ran thlrd In the high Jump Clayton of Mount Car mel barely got the edge over Henderson and Buford of Rus Art Carrizosa took off for 20 feet ln the broad Jump to win first place In the C D1v1s1on little Victor Villaher mosa younger brother of Leonardo ran wild as he took second place honors in the dash and a first in the 120 low hurdles in 15 5 sec with Stanley of R11s in third In the 180 Vic again took top honors with a first 1n 22 seconds The C relay team took first place with Inglewood econd and Mount Carmel tra1l1ng RIIS vs CARMEL Competing in track for the first time in m'1nv seasons the Viking thin clads not expected to do much against Mount Car who tied for second mel put up a very fine battle on Watson Field Friday March 10 Carmel got in tl e winrers circle by tal 1ng the last few events with the score 57 for Mount Carmel to 47V for the Vikir VARSITY RESULTS 15lllle O 120114 70 yd HH L Vlllhermosa 2nd Reber 1st Turney 2nd McMaster orc Carrizosa 2n Buford 2n Roy Wh1te 13rd tie 440 relay R113 lst Pole Vault Buford 1st H1 h Jump Buford 1s Hender on 2nd Cairzosa lst Villahermosa 2nd Final cor R11 47V Mount Carm l 571 Broal JI rap RIIS vs. WESTCHESTER The Viking trackmen had a field day as they romped over Westchester on the Riis oval with all three divisions going to the Maroon and Orange thin clads In the varsity division flashy Leonardo Nardle as his friends call him Vlllaher mosa started things off 1n a big way by taking the century with Charles Bowers taking second spot In the 220 Big Art Carrlzosa ran away with first place while Nardie followed close behind for second position Ed Turney then ran off with the 440 wlth Bryce McMaster taking the 880 and Vicknau of Rus taking second Mc Master also toook the mile with Howard pulling a third Carrizosa ran off with the 120 low hurdles Bowers took a third Vikings Hopper Attiles and Guevara eopped first second and third spots re spectively 1n the shot put The broad Jump was taken by Carrizosa with V11 lahermo a taking second and Turney taking third The high Jump was taken by Buford of Rus The varsity relay was al o taken by the men from R11s who took a first in every event The Bees followed by taking seconds and thirds almost all the wav The 100 wa tal en by Ostrom Miller placed second in the 220 Gonzales too' a second 1n the 660 and Arvlso took second in the 1320 In the 120 low hurdles Ostrom again tool a fir t with Pouncy taking e ond The hot put first went to Taylor the broad 1ump was tal en by O trom and in the high Jump Pouncy tied for first Again the relay was taken by the Viking tra grht so they al o startei to romp S anlev started off by copping a first in the 100 with Evora coming in third The 180 was a tie betweei Victor Vlllaher mo '1 and Stanley for a first place with F1 her ail Tordfmn t eing for third In the 660 Ramirez took first with F her taking th1rd The 120 low hurdles 1 fi won by Victor Villaliermo a with Davi second The broad Jump was taken by Ex ora with Davis again placing second I'1 the high Jump White took a se ond tl e hot put went to Rivers all affam the 1 lty went to R11 , . t 12 I ' . , , .. , U . . . . 1-' Y y - - - 1 u ' yr ' - - - y - , . . ' I ' ac - rv , . . ' . Y. . . 1 Y ' I - I 1 nu Q - v - . V. V ' ' - 1 ' ' l l . . . . . 5 - . . ' . ' Y 1 1 1 ' 2, , . . . ' y . l l i . y . . . - 7 u Y, .. . . ' S . Q I ' - u r . - , . . I . r S . . 0 ' ' . ' N ' ' I4 ,In - . - , c A . , . s K , . - S Q ' ' . , ' , S . 4 . . . y 1 ' I V l I . . , - 1 V' Q' . I - Q s ' R' ' ' S c . R l.. . gg 5' ' ' , , ' 1 ,' Q s , ' ' 1 - ' , 100 ..,...... . .... . . - s. 220 .........,............ Howard 2nd. The Cees decided to make it three - .1 . .................... . t ' , 3 , , . L . . . 60 .................... 'J l. . ' - ' ' ' , . 1. . ................ d. . 1 ' ' - . . . ............. . . . d. T., ' ' . l 4 f' '11 . . i ' ' , 'g ............... t. ins ' t ' , S ' 2 . s . ' 2 111 . ........... 1 . A ' 7 . I L D' l ' , , .. s A A. A ,M ' , L S e: S 3 . C A S , N, xc Q A so 5 1 s.

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SWIMMING A TEAM Ketelslcgu mtdlev relay tbatkstxokel 200 yd fleestvle 1 min IC a Pltyyltt medlevxelay lflustylel 50 yd flustyle 100 vd fleestylt 4 man xelay Seyelns 100 vd bleaststxoke medlev I9 lav lbxeaststlokeb mdlyldu al mtdley Ortlz 50 yd fleestyle Castlo 100 yd backstroke Maher-dlylng Calyert 50 yd freestyle ROdIlgU9Z 4 man 1elay Fellows-dlvmg B TEAM Vd bleaststxoke 1nd1y1dual medley dlylflg Maher rnedlev relay tfreestylel 4 man relay dlvlng Nelson medley relay lbackstrokeb 100 yd backstroke Romelo 50 vd fleestvle 200 vd free style 4 man xelay GHICIH 50 yd freestyle 100 yd freestyle Wettgel 100 yd bleaststloke PQIKIIIS 100 vd bleaststoke Watts 200 vd freestyle Douglas 100 yd backstxoke Whlte CllVlI'lg Palauos dlvlng C TEAM Nance 50 Vd fleestyln Sanchez 50 yd fleestyle MOHIZ 50 yd freestyle Stlllman 50 yd backstxoke Phoenlx 50 yd backstroke Waltne1 50 yd bleaStSt10k6 Boyyers 50 yd breaststroke Tennant 50 yd breaststroke Hutchlson 50 yd baekstroke uv-'-A 1 . .-3' . l y' 1-I y' i u 4 I uxxkw v 3 V - l uvxlw V x t 13 w 1 7 ' f' 5 . ' cf .s 5 , s ' ' ' J 7 u Y- - 7 l 7 Miller-medley relay tbreaststrokel, 100 , U .Y v f 1 ' 1 1 ' vw s V y ,L .1 1 i 7 l, 7 ,. l T '