Manteca Union High School - Tower Yearbook (Manteca, CA)

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Individual Sports Tennis is here represented by Mar- grete Pedersen and jean Galt. Tennis play-offs came at the end of the year after the 1941 TOWER had gone to press. Badminton teams were chosen in early May after many weeks of in- tensive practice. Marie Mendosa is shown with the playing equipment. a L.. Speedball Out of the four speedball A teams chosen by Miss Muriel Miller, the girls' gym teacher, the Juniors proved to be the mightiest when they beat the Seniors by just one point in October, 1940. The Pennebaker Field was used for the final playoff of this sport. Fmnf rout E. Thciler, D. Kooy, M. Clark. Burk rout E. Andro, B. Russell, G. Eubanks. Baseball Since the baseball teams are not chosen until May, the picture of the championship team could not be obtained for the 1941 Pl-l0XX'1TR. The Period 6 girls' gym class, how- ever, willingly consented to pose for the baseball picture. The champion- ship was between Juniors and Seniors. Front rout G. Welcli, R. Wtmimd, L. Burchard, M. Deloney, M. Rcgello, R. Rego, M. Brazil, C. Matteri. Burk row: B. Edgeman, M. Rav- iscioni, A. Morris, B. Russell, G. Eubanks, L. W'arncr, D. Wilsrmn.

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BASEBALL Ifmul rout R. jackson, N. Brockman, li. Correa, l.. Pic- cinini, R. Xvillson, -I. Thomp- son, A. Duran, B. Parr, Mana- ger. Bark rout R. Duran, R. Antonini, T, Xveeks, il. Poulos, F Keppel, Mana er, L. Silva . i .g ' , M. Hall, M. Valverde. With a returning squad of veteran tracksters, Man- tcca again had a successful Held season under the strict supervision of Coach Laurence Sicmering. The Buffalo squad trained diligently before the Eve track meets in which they participated. Although the local boys took first and seconds in their events, they lacked the members needed to enter and win a large number of contests. At the Oakdale-Tracy-Manteca meet here, the Buf- faloes looked hot as they brought in eight firsts and eight seconds, but Oakdale won the meet with 137 points to Manteca's 83 and Tracy's 18. Mantecans to take firsts were as follows: Wilson, Class A 100-yard dash in 10.3 seconds, and 220 dash, Duran, B hurdles, Jackson, 1320 in 3 minutes and 33.3 seconds, Correa the pole vault, Jim Poulos the football throw, Brockman tied for tops in B broadjumpg and a relay unit of Brockman, Duran, Silva, and Morris led the pack. Ifrrml mtv: ll. Theiler, N. Ba- turin, -I. Miniachi, H. Peder- sen, W. Rieger, J. Liebhart, L. l Martin, B. Bordenave, A. Galt. Semml mic: R. Albertsen, C. Miestrup, F. Hubbard, I.. Bronian, tl. Field, J. Orange Back r0u': D. Rieger, B. liu- banks, R. Benton, J. Pnulns F. Keppel, Manager: H. West- wood, B. Parr, Manager. TRACK Starting out with seven members of last yearls win- ning club and developing other prospects, Coaches Larry Siemering and Stan Hawkins formed a strong unit. The Buffaloes began practice during the basketball season, gaining a lot in ball experience. But several early scheduled games were rained out, and a week's vaca- tion during Easter was untimely. Following the layoff, Siemering lost a sad 3 to 2 game to Ceres after leading 2 to 1 in the final inning. Friday of the same week, after some practice, the locals de- feated the Modesto Panthers in an exciting 4 to 3 tilt. The next Friday Manteea subdued a Hughson nine in a wild 7 to 6 clash. As I-Iughson has defeated Hilmar, and Ceres has taken Oakdale, Manteca has a good chance for the league title. Backing up the excellent pitching of Bronzan were: catcher, Baturing in the infield, Reiger, Theiler, Mini- aci and Hubbard, and in the outfield, Liebhart, Bor- denave, and Pedersen.

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Basketball Rah, Rah, Rah-Rah, Rah, Rah, Juniors, was the cheer with which the winning Senior A Basketball girls sent the defeated junior team off the court. The Seniors beat the Juniors by a score of 6 to 2. All the playoffs were held at noon. Fran! row: D. Domingo, L. Corral, V. Wlmite, R. Cruz. Bark row: I. Brazil, M. Matteri, L. Warner, Galt, M. Brazil. olleyball The Senior Girls, pictured at the right, make up the winners of the Volleyball tournament. They won the championship title by defeating the Juniors in December, 1940. The games were played at noon in the backyard of the school. l l'Ullf l'Ull'f lf. Tlleiler, M. Spence, A. Gime- ncz. Burk mzw: li. Andro, M. Clark, G. Eu- banks, B. W'ulH, Individual Sports The winners of the girls' ping pong doubles, played in February and March, were Charlotte Woest and Mary Clark, here pictured, Hazel Silva was winner in the girls' singles. Betty Perryls picture was taken to represent archery this year because of her excellent shooting form. The girls had not practiced much nor had teams been selected when the copy for the Towlan was sent to the printer.