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

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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)

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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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4 - RAY STEWART, star forward for the Litchfield five outjumps his opponents in a crucial moment of the Carver-Litchfield game. Other members of the Owl quintet pictured and tensed for action are Frank Goodgame (far left), 3 year letterman and guard. Third from the left is Jack Guest outstanding senior guard. Charles Willbern (partly obscured) was captain of the team and played forward. In the right foreground is Kenneth Wood, junior, 6 feet 3 inch center. The Blue and Gold, after finishing a successful season as the number two team in the West Central District went on to the State Basektball Tournamnet at Tucson. There the Owls met two quick defeats at the hands of Tempe and Douglas. (321