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

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tl in spite uf lll.lLll'lCS-Zlllfl the first twu games were played llVV11y truni htnnel The next gzune VVZIS the l,COl'lZl encounter which ended in 21 scoreless tie. The luss , . , . . . tu lulleson VV1lS1l l1e11rthre11ker. We felt th:1t ll few lll'C1lliS in our direetitm would have produced wins uver l'euriz1 218 well 2lS uvei' 'I'1mlles1n1. The llhnenix lndi11ns were uutclnssed. The Owls scored almost 11t will, hut x':1lu11lile lessons were lC1ll'llCCl which helped us in the fullciwiiiggzlme11g11i11st kin. This gzune w11s Z1 thriller. :X i1e1'e1'fs11yfdie spirit en11hled ULU' te11m utter lieing on the short end ut ll score I2-ll tu p11t nn pressure Zllltl emerge with ll l-L-I2 win. Our game with St. -luhnls Mission w11s Il lire11thei' llllkl 1111 easy win. The next np- pnnent w11s C11r1'ei'. 'lihey wun llll lJX'Cl'VVllClllllllQ x'i1'tury 215 expected, hut LJlll'l1tJyS lnulced good although tmutelassed. Top 1IfI'fN'I'f'I GALINIJO goes for 21 :hort gain, as u swarm of Scottsdale pluye-1's close l'1n'tl11- kill. I.f:u'vr right: CIlABTREE1l1'ives for an extra yard as he is pulled down from behiml by a Scottsdale player. I,ou'er right: REYNOLDS brushes off a block while closing in for the tackle.

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Q l,eft to fright, TopRo1v: Koger, Myers, Arvizu, Rome1'o, Goldberg, B. Cole, Manley, Moody, Pratt, Hall, Hainrick. Mitlrlle Row: Galindo, Wood, R. Sheppard, Castellow, Shirley, Coor, Barnett, G. Cole, Mosley, Jiminez, Stone. Hutton: Row: Betterton, Shroyer, Reynolds, Webb, Zeigler, B. Sheppard, Esquivel, Johns, Crabtree, Watt, McMillan. wl Gridders Hit tride in 1952 After three years of famine the Owls came into their own. Patient building by the coaching staff and great spirit on the part of our boys paid off in a big way. The Owls placed third in the league, but that is only a small part of the story. XVe who went to the opening game against our old Nemesis at Buckeye will not soon forget the thrill of seeing our team come from behind and tie up the game. At the end of the first half Owl rooters were keeping their fingers crossed. Could it be possible that we could l OO'l'BAI.l. SL'Hlf'.1Dll.l,li FOR 1952 hold the score down? VVe did, and Owls Opp. not onl ' did we tie them but we Y a BLlC1iQi'f' H G 6 ula 'ed them on even terms and y l Y Parker ...... -- 15? 0 with a small break, we might have P90143 ----e R- 0 0 won. Tolleson ...,....,..,..... .. 7 14 Phoenix Inflians -'e'1-- -- 39 0 The big question now became, . nwgggg 4 , Art cici t it ' ttt' Q 'iit'it'tt 1 1 Z was the Buckeye game only a St. .Iohn's Indians ..,,.,,. ...... 4 5 14 Caww 0 52 fluke? Our doubts were soon dis- Scottsdalc 0 0 pelled as the Owls beat Parker 134

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ONE OF THE MANY TENSE MOMENTS in the Litchfield-Scottsdale football game when the Owls holcl the Beavers for the fourth clown on the Litchfield goal line. The final score, Owls-0, Beavers-ll. :ind then came the climax. XVe had to win from Scottsdale in order to tie them for second place lvehind Carver. Scottsdale, under those circumstances, could not afford to loses There was tension and drama in the air. lfrom the opening whistle to the final play the stands were in an uproar, and during many tense moments hearts stood still. :Xt half time the score was ll-U5 and when the teams lined up for the second half, we in the stands felt something had to give sooner or later. lt was a see-saw hattle all way through. Scottsdale's coach reached deep down into his hag of tricks in order to find a scoring combination, hut our lioys seemed to sense the plays, and our opponents were stopped cold. Many times it seemed our hoys had victory within their grasp, hut they could not quite reach the coveted goal line. 'lihe fans sensed the hattle of wits of the opposing coaches, and the constant roar of the spectators and the hard determined play of the hoys kept the crowd on its feet. But, try as they would, neither side was alwle to cross the goal line which would have meant victory and glory. X'X'e had to settle for a tie game, hut we were proud of our hoys, every one of them, and of our coaching staff.