Litchfield High School - Wickiup Yearbook (Litchfield Park, AZ)

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STANDING: Assl. Coach Olsson. Ingram, Ackman. Coulter, Monty, Goodgame. Brooks, Polley, Needham, Lipscomb, Coach Berg. CENTER: McNeil, Brownlie, Willbern, Wood, Guest, Craigo, Zeigler. FRONT: Fulks. Kingsbury, Need- ham, Ray. Lopez, Stewart. Owls Win Valley Six-Man Championship THE LITCHFIELD OWLS under the able training of Coach Milt Berg completed an unde- feated season to walk away with the Valley Six-Man Football Championship. The fast and tricky Blue and Gol d Team had smooth sailing from its first encounter with the Bagdad Thieves to the championship game with the Scottsdaie Beavers. Smooth sailing because the twenty-one boys that made up the Owl team were out on the gridiron from the first day of practice to the final minute of the season, drilling. From the first limbering up exercises until the last minute of playing time in the final game, every man put in hours of work, blocking, running, passing, punting. It was worth it! Not one of those boys is sorry for the long hours spent sweating and working on the athletic field, for in those hours the boys learned what a team stands for — that it isn ' t one or two good players, but the whole group working together that make up a ball club. It wasn ' t only the joy of carrying the ball across the chalk lines or the good feeling at making a hard block or tackle while the crowd yelled and applauded that made the boys out night after night for practice. That feeling is the part of football that is short lived. The real spirit and life of the team is found in the locker room — the before-game dressing and nervous joking and the after-game showers and counting out the score. Comradeship — the feeling of belonging to a team that functions like a well oiled machine, is the root of the boys ' love for football. Long after the cheering of the crowds has faded from the memory, the boys will still remember the locker room and the practice field, for that is where the games were won. come FOOTBALL SCORES Date Owls Opp. Sept. 24 — Bagdad 18 7 Oct. 1 — Wickenburg 35 15 Oct. 8 — Peoria 59 19 Oct. 15— Gila Bend 52 6 Oct. 22 — Bagdad 77 6 Oct 29 — Peoria 118 Nov. 5 — Wickenburg 57 28 Nov. 12— Gilbert 57 22 Nov. 19 — Scottsdaie 31 20 (28)

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EACH TIME THE L. H. S. OWLS DONNED THEIR BLUE AND GOLD UNIFORMS - WHETHER TO RUN A TOUCHDOWN ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD OR TO DRIBBLE A BALL FOR A BASKET IN THE GYM-WE WERE THERE CHEERING THEM ON TO VICTORY. (27)

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Seven Owls Win All-Star Honors SEVEN OF LITCHFIELD ' S OUTSTANDING PLAYERS who won state recognition are pictured be- low. WILLIE FULKS, fast stepping junior halfback who saw action in every game of the season, received honorable mention on the Valley All-Star Team. JACK GUEST, hard fighting senior who occupied the left end position, was named end on the all-star second team. FRANK GOODGAME, 185 pound high scoring senior end, co-captain and defensive standout, copped a place as end on the all-star first team. KENNETH WOOD, 190 pound rough blocking junior center, earned a berth as center on the all-star first team. CHARLES WILLBERN, senior, co- captain passing ace and fast ball handling signal caller, was placed on the all-star second team. DON COULTER, powerful junior center and defensive standout, received honorable mention. RAY STEWART, fast and husky junior, backfield offensive ace, won a spot on the all-star first team. These boys were the spark plugs who pushed the Owls through a season in which they overwhelmed all opposition with a scoring a erage of 1.4 points per minute. In nine games the Blue and Gold ran up a score of 504 points to their opponents ' 123 — an average for the Owls of 56 points per game. The Litchfield powerhouse out-gained its opponents by three yards to one and tallied 37 touchdowns on passes. Fullback RAY STEWART provided the team ' s greatest scoring punch, steam-rolling his way into the opposition ' s end zone for a total of 214 points. The number two spot in scoring honors was occupied by FRANK GOOD- GAME with 93 points, while halfback WILLIE FULKS came in for a strong third place with 88 points. Q-Z. ® CZ 7 . Fulk, Guest. Goodgame, Wood, Willbern, Coulter, Stewart (29)