North Phoenix High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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The Best in the State Up to the time of this printing, the Mustangs had not been defeated in nine innings by a high school team. their two high school losses came at the hands of Am- phitheater's Panthers in 10 innings in mid-season, and a 4-3 setback by the Tucson nine toward the end of the campaign. Don Nicholas led the Mustang hitters, while other leading sluggers were Bill Grasham, the captain, Kelsey Boltz, and Bob Melton. The pitching staff was sparked by Bob Gehres, Bobby Slaughter, and Jerry Jones, with Gene Mitcham, a capable relief pitcher. r LEADING MUSTANG MAULER -all-stater Don Nicholas, who sported a batting average of .550- plus during the past season, after blasting the ball at a .467 clip the previous year. The Colts, coached this year by W. K. Lang, ran through close to a dozen consecutive Wins at the start of the season and finished the season with an average close to .800. - JUNIOR VARSITY-FRONT Row: Denney, McMul- SEASON'S SCHEDULE Mustangs Opponents Opp. Score 12 Tolleson 1 9 Phoenix Tech 1 13 St. Ma.I'y's 3 2 U of A Frosh 9 14 Amphitheater 7 4 Tolleson 0 12 Mesa 5 6 Tempe 1 9 Tucson 5 2 Glendale 0 17 Phoenix Tech. 1 17 Mesa 10 8 Amphitheatre 10 10 Phoenix- Union 6 12 St. Mary's 8 8 Tempe 3 3 Tucson 4 18 Glendale 3 9 Phoenix Union 1 10 U of A Frosh 7 Yuma Yuma len, H. Watson, Farmer, Jiminez, Hensley. SECOND ROW: Gray, J. Watson, Short, Mariani, McLain, Ba- con, Harrelson, Kararn. THIRD ROW: Silvers, Tay- lor, Boltz, Sutton, Blekers, Gress, Young, Chambers.

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nm Z COLT BASKETBALL-FRONT ROW: Coach Pace, Denny, Fuller, Mclllullan, Prentice, Ham- mon, Miller fmanagerj. BACK ROW: Thompson, Kaicam, Bennett, Bearclsley, Sutton, Mitcham, Wallace, Chambefrs, Taylor, Rahmatulla. The Colts Played ot of Basketball Colts 28 41 44 40 42 30 39 28 25 51 32 43 50 61 40 60 Coach Don Pace's Colts had a successful basketball season, winning nine while losing seven. After Winning their first four contests, defeating Carver, St. Mary's, Tucson, and Phoenix Tech junior varsities, they succumbed five straight times. Regaining some of their earlier form, they defeated Peoria twice, St. lVlary's, and Indian School, While losing in a tough game to Glendale, and also being de- feated by a team from the Phoenix Metropolitan League, the Conner's Produce five, sparked by none other than Colt Coach Pace. That game was the only over- time contest of the year. The Colts averaged 41 points per game to their opponents' 33. B. Sutton led the scoring with a 136 total. AT THE GAME-Mustang cheering section at the second PU game caught at a tense moment. Opponent Carver 26 St. Mary's 34 Tucson 25 Phoenix Tech 34 Phoenix Union 48 Mesa 37 Glendale 43 Tucson 39 Phoenix Union 29 Peoria 19 St. Mary's 21 Glendale 49 Mesa 23 Peoria 24 Conne1 s 41 Indian-School 32 5--L,