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

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Left to fright, First Row: Upson, Barnett, Aragon, Coor, Miles, Jarnagin, Coach Garcia. Second Row: Burgan, Esquivel, Reynolds, Shirley, Betterton. Third Row: Moreno, Woods, Turnbow, Watt, Taylor, Jefferies, Galindo, Jimenez. Fouitli Row: Stelley, Webb, Sheppard, Nolan, Shroyer, Johns. Wls End Season with 1-9 Record In football, the first sport of the year, the Owls didn't win all their games, but they fought until the final gun went off. These losses were caused mostly by inexperience. The Owl eleven was downed by the powerful Buckeye team 51-0 in the opening game of the season. The following week saw the Litchfield eleven blanked by Parker 12-0 in a close fought battle. Peoria downed the fighting Owls, 26-6 as Pug Wood crossed paydirt with the first touchdown for the Litchfield squad. For the next two games it was Tolleson 24--O and Eloy 43-0. The Owls soon after traveled to Morenci only to be defeated 43-0. THE '51 RECORD Owls Opp. Buckeye .... ....... 0 51 Parker ,... ....... 0 12 Peoria .... ....... 6 25 Tolleson ....... 0 24 Eloy ................ ..,.... 0 43 Morenci ......,....... ....... 7 37 Phoenix Indians ...... . 6 24 St. Johns' Mission . ,.......... 27 12 Scottsdale .......... .......,... 2 0 28 Superior ........ ,...... 7 37 The following week found the Owls downed by the Phoenix Indians 24-6. The Litchfield squad then bounced back to win their only game by defeating St. Johns' Mission 28-12. The Owls journeyed to Scottsdale next, only to lose to the league champions 28-20 in the hardest fought game of the year. Superior downed a fighting Litchfield eleven 31-6, to close the season. The Superior game was the final game of the season for the Owl eleven - the last at L.H.S. for Ronald Turnbow, Gene Jefferies, Jim Upson and Paul Aragon. The team then selected Ronald Turnbow and Gene Jefferies as co-captains for the 1951 season. 515

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53, Coach Komadina, Coach Garcia l F' h W s lg t Coaching Staff Teach Fair Play This was the second year at L.H.S. for head football and basketball coach Tony Ko- madina. His able assistant, Joe Garcia, has had a few more years of experience, but the two seem to form a fine team in training ath- letes at L.H.S. Although new at the work of coaching, Mr. Komadina has learned many tricks of the trade in high school and col- lege. The football season of 1952 should be an in the win column year. We congratulate the coaching staff on its success in '50 and '5 1 and hope that they continue to teach the boys true sportsmanship and fair play. ll The Wa With only four varsity men graduating in May the Litchfield eleven Will have al- most a full team returning in September. T he four seniors are: Ronald Turnbow and Gene Jefferies, co-captains, and Paul Aragon and Jim Upson. Aragon played a fine game both offensive and defensive. Turnbow, sparkplug of the team, was one of the hard- est hitting linemen on the squad. Upson and Jefferies also played rough ball on the line. ln the backfield, VVood and Esquivel han- dled most of the running, backed up by Reyn- olds, Galindo and Jimenez. Scrappy JV Squad Gains Experience Sparkplugged by Bill Crabtree's running and Walt Reynold's fine pass- ing, the Owlets managed to stay in the win column throughout the season. The J.V. squad is valuable in that it builds future var- sity players. J . V. SCORES Owls Opp. Buckeye .............. 27 13 St. John's Mission ............ 15 0 Tolleson .............. 27 12 Peoria .....,..,........, 18 8 Phoenix Indians 35 25 Buckeye .............. 19 0 Fourth Row, left to right: Wertner, Crabtree, Miles, Coor, Jarnagin, Phillips. Third Row: McMillan, Bell, Goldberg, Blythe, Reynolds, Ga- lindo. Second Row: Burgan, Shirley, Rayner, Cole, Nolan, Moreno. First Row: Coach Garcia, Callan, Hall, Myers, Barnett, Sheppard.