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

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Fans anxiously wait to buy ticket before start of game. Once game gets under way, they watch Stewart — in lower pic- ture — shake off would-be tackier. Owl rooters watch nervously during a tense moment as halfback George McNeil — in picture below — is dropped a few yards short of the opponent ' s goal line. (30)

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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)

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Olsson, McNeil, Willbern, Goodgcmie, Guest, Wood. Graigo. Stewart, Garcia, Berg Cagers Place Second In District Finals THE FIGHTING OWL FIVE were defeated only by Ajo to take a strong second place in the West Central Basketball Tournament, and named to the all-conference first team was Ray Stewart, Litchfield ' s high score dependable. Of the regular scheduled games, Litchfield lost five and won eleven. All in all, it was a good season for the Owl squad. The usual starting five were Wood, center; Willbern and Stewart forwards; and Goodgame and Guest guards. The team had only three substitute players: McNeil, Craigo, and Garcia. With such a small team, it was necessary that every man be able to play another ' s position. Coach Berg drilled them in the practice of not only being able to fill their own positions but any other position as well. There were no specialists on the Owl team, but there were five men on the floor able to play in every position. They were adept at guarding as well as shooting, a team that was grounded all the way around in a fast and tricky game in which skill, not luck, determined the winner. THE SEASON ' S RECORD Date School Owls Opp. Dec. 3 — Tolleson 34 32 Dec. 10 — Yuma 26 35 Dec. 11 — Gila Bend 43 22 Dec. 15 — Buckeye 43 28 Dec. 18— Gilbert 69 45 Ian. 8 — Phoenix Tech. 48 44 [an. 14 — Carver 43 56 Ian. 15 — Scottsdale 46 41 Ian. 21 — Buckeye 39 37 Ian. 22 — Wickenburg 52 54 Ian. 26— Gilbert 45 31 Ian. 28 — Gila Bend 43 31 Ian. 29 — Ajo 42 41 Feb. 4 — Carver 46 52 Feb. 5 — Peoria 38 39 Feb. 12 — Tolleson 43 35 (31)