Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Taekett On An lneompleted Pass llec. 13. 1943-'l'onight we attended a banquet honoring our all-victorious team given by the Towncats. an organization of local business and professional men. J. F. Pop,' Klcliale was master-4if-ceremonies at the attair where speeches and anecdotes were featured. lfred liatiste was elected captain by his teammates a11d named the most valuable player. Twenty-nine players were awarded letters. Hee. l7, 1943-XYe were thrilled to open the paper this morning and see that lfred Ilatiste and NYrinferd 'l'ackett had been named on the 'fkrizona Republic's all-state team and Grid had been selected as coach. llill liickley. tackle, won a berth on the second team, while guard Frank lloiee and center Bob Young were voted on the third team. Alohn Muse, liert l'ratt. and .Xrmando Carrillo were awarded honorable mention. lior twelve seniors on the squad. N943 was their linal football season for the dura- tion. Next year, probably most of them will be training for a real battle of life or death instead of a friendly gridiron contest. Une of the fondest and most cher- ished memories they will take with them are those ot' a great team. a great Coach. a.nd a great season. The seniors are: lfred liatiste. liill liickley, Frank Boice. Charles Brooks, .lohn Muse. liert Pratt. Meade l'lace. Wvalter Roediger. XVrinferd Tackett, Bob Young. XYillis Tolley and jack Roads. Stadium Pep Assembly Before Douglas Game gg... ,gig , ' .A M04-I' pr if ' ,as . l yfg,2-ta-3 5 2 .. A ' 'U' W , , . 5 1 V K at W A 5 f . .apt . if 'tit in it . ....- - N + Q st 1. . . f s ..... . tt - t- - 2 2'--f7'fl's '5I' V A3-.6 V . .. - 'fifffii his .l Y - 'wifi lb' -. ii? W .f.rqt'?.',,,'L3l ' ff-'3. g gf- ' 3 ?-e ' Q- X 'f' . ...,, fi. 53,1 , L ' 1 figy., '.--.Mrs ffwj- S'e'!f , . gain - ,iff , L ' W yi ' .Sl V . .339-'Q , . . . 'S 'H' ffff 'V' ,-,I Mil? ' -g' 'll fri. fda -s . .Lid ,F us' Q 4 if., .,. 'V f F 1 L tg. fi ' 'T A fig-5..-QF, g 'gif-it 'Ms , .,.,. 'v fii ' '. V , , , L ..g ' ,113 vig. L-jfj, .s-sh. ,. ........, ,..,, .,,......,.., , , ' M , - W K ff ,A ' ' V . c A ,.,. - f. ' p- A - ,1 lg .N f f - , , .,.,.,,... 1 s. p ..... 1 ,... . ... A - ui I As. . M M , 4 as: gg ' t , , Wig -:gaessasarf nb: S R Afgsgww - E F' 'xg ,Ei if - i ' J 'fi V yfvimi

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, . ,,. , . X, in Weiss . Carrillo Makes a Dash llatiste Shakes One in a Run Nor. l2, N743 'VUCASK JN 28. l'l IUICNIX 0. 'l'his was a night we will never lor- getl .X severiteen-year-1:ld jinx hovered over our hoys when they entered the fray against Phoenix seeking to defeat the Coyotes on our home ground for the Iirsl time in that many years. Our team must have sensed the tingle in the air. for they went in and proceeded to thoroughly thrash their rivals to the time of 28-O. llardly had the enormous crowd got seated when husky XY. C. Tackett plowed his way tml yards for the initial tally. 'liackett proved to he the undoing of Phoenix as he scored twice again. Batiste accounted for o points. Nov. 2-l, 1943 'l'LfLfStJX 27. MESA 20. lt was a t'earfttl. nnknowing feeling we had when we once again traveled to a distant city. this time for a return game with Mesa. Being' the sea.son's finale. much depended on the game tonight. lt our boys lost, they would lose a possible share in the state championship, the Glen- dale Cardinals, the other contender, having ended their season without a defeat. .X heavy eight game victory string burdened our team and in this game they had everything to win and plenty to lose. The two titans put on a great ottensire show. lfirst one team would score and then the other. The Mesa aerial attack materialized in all its ferocity lmttt the Badg- ers beat them at their own game 27-20. Batiste. Gott, and 'llackett spearheaded our team to the climax ol the wonderful season. Practice Makes Perfect

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B l'1l'1llllil5', wc clirln't think it votilcl hc rlonc. .Xftcr losing '. first 3 lcttcrmcn. such stcllzn' pcrforincrs its llill lfnlic, .lot fllli'l'lAY :incl ltilizt l.eon. wc tit-vet' expected Coztvli ll. Q' tt with il rcztlly great tczun, But wc hztvt lcztrnccl now not to tinclcrcstiinzitc llncl's zthility. espcciulh Q liissiclq, Dick llowen, :intl mztny other line players. vi n t tin inclcul th'ut fwcetl the Henson lioluc' s 5 V ' .5 UH. 's ., 'ig t Q ' up ' ' . ' - men put the 'i.'1lS '- 44-26. 5 .m . Kc l J ing. they thouglit. To upset :1 tzivorecl Mesa quintet 31-29 :incl the Mustang tczun -l-l-3-l was ccrtztiiily rt feat of nota- Xlziyht' wdve got something, zlftci' ztllf' UB dn M v . U lhcn thc Rogulcs iXp:iclics movccl into the Oltl Puuhlo, only to fall hcforc the llzulgcrs -H-22. Murzuizt ,Nriny ,Xiu llzisc was next to tumhlc, 30-20. lt was then thztt the 'l'nt'son clztn tmveletl to the Czipitzll citv. :intl int-t some ruzillx' first-vlztss opposition. in thc form of the Phoenix Union ftbyolts. 'l'hc Coyotes with :tn Cys' on thc state crown. ponrecl it on without nicrcy to sinotht-i' thc lizttlgcrs, 5-l-ZS. The locztls rchouiiclctl thc next night though, ztnrl cltctl ont il slim 35-33 victory ovt-1' that Knights of St. Mary's. Down to thu southern part of thc static wcnt thc liutlgcrs, to pick up victories :mt thc cxpcnsc of llonglzis :intl llislwcc, 27-2-1. :intl -W-23 rcspectivcly. Before rc- Sontliurn tfoiitit'i'ciit't' tfhznnpionsliip tiznnt' whcn he has mziteriztl lilac .Xl liivcl, l.oW6ll Bailey, -lint Nh'- 'lihcn Klcszt :intl North l'hot-nix it-ll hefore the loop-pici'c- inn' tive 'tnrl folks licgwn to sct up :incl take notice. Perf hu is this VVZlSll.l 'list zi scvonrl-i':1tc team Doolen was liclrl- .