Laton High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Laton, CA)

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,U al: aves 254 Lewis, Reis, Adams, Nishi, Doering, deVries. Sheldon, While, Balderama, Braclcell, Telonicher Basketball The Lalon B's won lhe Division and Semi-Counly Championship lor lhe year I935-36. They played only lwo league games lor lhe division lille because ol lhe lorleils ol Riverdale and Parlier. Aller delealing Sierra, I8-I4, and Carulhers, Zl-20, a game loo close lor comlorl, lhey played Clovis lor lhe Counly Semi-Finals and won by a score ol 30-I4. Laler, however, lhey losl lhe Fresno Counly lille lo Roosevell. They were a lasl playing leam and were very adepl al handling lhe ball. They had made a repulalion lor lhemselves as Freshmen and again as Sophomores and lhis year had lo uphold lhal repulalion by winning a championship. Allhough lhey did nol succeed in capluring lhe Counly Championship. lhey did win lhe Counly Semi-Finals. The leam members were as follows: Claude Braclcell, F: George Nishi, F1 John deVries, C3 Pele Balderama, G7 Franlc Reis, G. The subslilules were Dean Sheldon and Harley Adams. The A leam was a slraighl shooling leam, a leam which was composed ol good sporls who could win or lose a game wilh honor and wilhoul ill-leeling. The lwo mosl oulslanding players were Elroy Usellon, and Pele Kercher. These lwo were usually high poinl men. There were Bill Usellon, Glenn Price and Glenn Dooley, wilh Keilh Parsons as subslilule, lo keep lhe game speeding and lo lorce lhe allaclc. Praclice games were held wilh many neighboring schools around: ol lhese Lalon won approxi- malely hall. The league games and scores were as lollows: Sierra-I9, Lalon-I II Parlier-22, Lalon-323 Carulhers-24, Lalon-271 Tranguillily-IO, Lalon-583 Riv- erdale-23, Lalon--2l. f-T42

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Reed, Vaughn, Chavez, Adams, Balderama, Gomes, Sheldon, Holsinger, Lewis Telonicher. CovingTon, VicTor, Wills, HowensTine. ETird, May, Blanchard, l-larberT, Glenn Lauderbaugh, Cunningham, W. UselTon, Deering, Price, E, UselTon, Mello, ManchesTer, Ross Football The season opened wiTh The game againsT our TradiTional rival, Riverdale, who piled up Their only scores in The TirsT halT. ThaT was enough To win The game, Though The LaTon Team rallied and held Them scoreless The second. The score was 20-O in Riverdale's Tavor. Then came The game wiTh Coalinga, a Team OT huskies. LaTon held Them sTrongly The TirsT halT, and nearly scored several Times. ln The second halT Coalinga managed To score. LaTon reTaliaTed in a march down The Tield ThaT was only sTopped by The gun. The score was I2-O, in Tavor oT Coalinga. The Third game, wiTh Sierra, was losT in The lasT Two minuTes3 Sierra I3, LaTon I2. Though The season opened wiTh a crushing deTeaT, iT closed wiTh an even greaTer vicTory. In The game wiTh CaruThers, The Two Teams were nearly evenly maTched in size and weighT. LaTon worlced Two Trick plays ThaT had The eTTecT oT pepping up The home Team, buT The game which ended in a score oT 7-O in Tavor oT The home Team was decided by a sTeady drive oT 60 yards early in The TirsT halT. Much crediT is due Coach Telonicher Tor his worlc during his TirsT year here. 4lIv rf ll al: leaves T .1 1 sw

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Lewis. Braclrefl, Chavez, Ross, E. Usellon, Parsons, Kercher, W. Uselfon, Dooley, Perry, Telonicher The C's played hard lor Lalon buf were nol as lorlunale as lhe olher leams. They played four games and forfeiled one. They won lrorn Tranquillily I9-I3g lhey losl To Sierra 9-67 lo Parlier l2'8g lhey lorlelled 'ro Carulhers and losl lo Riverdale I7-IZ. The 'ream members and posilions were as lollows: Sam Saqaguchi, F3 Ray Askew, F: Louis Dellas, C7 Floyd Shoclcley, G1 and Junior l-lellonlc, G. Lewis, Shoclcley, Salcaguchi, l-ligdon, Gomes, Dallas, Roush, Dielrich, l-lellonlc, Caldera, Askew, Glenn 431- Unk fraves Lslfgjkm' Xf 'QTQKK W L j'JQ1.lA Q ky li! ,A la?