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

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Aragon and Jefferies move in to assist As Galindo is blocked, Peoria tacklers Galindo against Peoria. down Moreno. Owl Eleven Get Signals From uarterbaek This year, quzu'ter'bz1ckeCl by Jimenez, the Litchfield Owls gained valuable experi- ence that will make them Z1 Winning team in 1952. VVith a loss of only four seniors, next yezu s squad should be able to stay in the Win Column throughout the season. Turnbow Aragon Shroyer Johns Webb f . M in t: : ' hook i Q , ,:,2,,, V, iw .:.- 7 e,,x k::,-- f -2: f:ifg:5ffEQ,2 - - -- ':::.V. .V VV,:. b I QIVAI I A mwfixl Q Hof :' :: T!'7i55:5fi5i'1?' 'iiti ' xt ' 'ln V ' PM-W-4-W it ' f K ' Esquwel q i ,, Woods at mfiifl li ... F f- ,, 5 ? 2:3 1 ig. . ' Jimenez Vyxiv :':: 1 '-f-2- 2 222-1 - Q A ' Watt A V S Z - 4 I i W-Nl? Jefferies 72 . K, .,,..,,... Egg In f kflk .'-- fm ii , e I f .:'2 Q 3 f 'las W ' if . R 'W li iffiif, . ff ,.2,1 t Q ' . , 2 f L2- , ,aft L. V C54

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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.

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555 Coach Komadina, Jimenez, Watt, Wood, Reynolds, Sweeney, Johns, Jefferies, McMillan, Esquivel, Galindo, Turnbow. o o o S Hard Drlvmg agers Gam uccess The varsity basketball team had a successful season, winning ten of their regularly scheduled twenty games. Richard Esquivel, David Johns, Walter Reynolds, Ronald Turnbow, Pug Wood, Bill Sweeney, Gene Jefferies, and Larry Watt comprised the varsity squad, ably assisted by Manuel Jimenez, Al Galindo, and Bob McMilla11 of the junior varsity. Many of the games were lost by very close scores, with the team always a threat. SEASON'S RECORD Gllbert ..................... Bagdad ......... Scottsdale ...,.... Buckeye ............,.,. ,,,..... Wickenburg ,,,,....... ,....,,, Phoenix Indians ...........,..... Carver ..................... ........ Tolleson ..,.....,.,..... ........ Gila Bend ....,.......,.. .....,., St. J ohns' ..,......,....,..,...,..... Phoenix Indians ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Peoria ............,........ ........ Scottsdale ,.....,...,. ,....... Wickenburg ........ ......., Ajo .................... Peoria ........... Buckeye ......... Parker ....,......... Gila Bend ........ .41 .40 .29 .36 .42 .56 .30 .36 .65 .73 .47 .45 .31 .37 .28 .43 .38 .38 31 38 24 44 40 52 48 32 31 43 48 74 38 36 54 27 47 .38 71 Owls Opp. 29 In the District Tournament held at the close of the season, lack of depth probably cost the Owl cagers a spot at the State Championship Tourna- ment. Entering the tournament with but eight players, injuries and illness further cut their num- bers. After winning their opening game from Parker, the Owls went into the semi-finals against Ajo. This was an extremely hard fought and even game for three quarters. Litchfield, using but six players, was finally worn down by the large Ajo squad in the final quarter. From the semi-finals, the Owls dropped to the Consolation, where they beat Parker in an overtime game, 44- to 43, with Richard Esquivel's basket tipping the scale for the victory. In the final they bowed out to Scottsdale.