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

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llttd's llllllfl Men tnrning hmne fur a game. they scalped the .Xpaches of Nngales, fur the Second 3 time, 57-35. Playing hack nn nur nwn ilnur nnee more. we saw the Dnnglas lhtlldttgs cnme up and get revenge fur the previnns defeat we had handed them. It was an upset vic- tnry with the Bulldogs ending up nn top, .30-2-l. Re N. spnmliiigg to the need. however. the local cagers came haelc and knocked twer 7 J t l hnenix. St. 3lary's. and ltishee all for the second time. lt was then that we met the puwerladen l'. lv. Mustangs for the secfvnd time. this time on the home cun-rt. We can see it now-a packed house. screaming itself huarse as l.ill .Xl Kivel looped in a two pointer. to bring the Score to 33-32. with lmnt 30 secunds tn plaxp lt was tu nu avail, liuwever. as the Coyotes managed to htvl d the hall, freezing' the score. lt was the season thriller of thrillers. as Tucson managed desperateh' tu clnse the gap Phoenix had made in the first half. 'I'h e init-uf-ttmwlt season was chased at llenstun. with the lladget' liasketeers hand- ing the liulucats a 52311 lacing. 'lihtis it was that the lladgers. tielding a new. but game team. came tant un the lung end nf l-l nut ul l7 contests. Nlr. lit-nnis, Cult C lhat is nut the end ut' the starry. lluwever. for it merely marked the heginning nf the play fur the higher stakes-f the district and state tournament. ln the district 'linc- Stll Th the quarter-lntals. where lJUllU'l1lS tell, .uf-52. ltensun was the nppniieiit in the semi-linals. and they. ton. were def teated. 50-li. This gave Tttcsun the lwirilege uf etntnveting in the Cliatinmmslint hnals. where thex' met the Xnga .Xp 1 drew the 'ltnnhstttne Yellttw lacliets fur the lirst ex' wire dtsmused tit. D6-21. and lncsun advanced tu N st aches. and defeated them. 5l-20. lly this victtnw' the lladq ers wen the district eliatnpionship. and the right tn iq it sent l ltanl slittwing. .Xl Iiirel. t'tn'ward. hlim Nlcliissiclt. centti t . lt tnd llill llassev. Qnard. were given pusitittns nn the all-cun- 'renee team. terselt' in the state tuttrnament, llecanse ul thtn lllll Clit Next Vagel

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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- .

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ilcy, lrwiu, 'lllylm' l lll' un xx, ,Xvgnlw 'l'l1c stzllc' tom'n:1111c11t, hclcl in l'l1ncnix, szlw thc llzlclgcl lwtlpslws pitterl against ilu- Nlcsn .lacks in thc mpc-ning ruuurl llu' Klcszms. whom 'llucscm lmcl flcfczltccl in two previous cn QZIQQIIICIHS. Wert- plc strain ul' rlclencling uf thc: meet 28-25. 1 Tut uf the running c'l1:lmpiunsl1ip style my slmrp, :mrl 'lll1CSll11, playing mlclvr llu vllzxmps. was spilled. in tllc llllljtll' upset for lllc tu wh crown. the llzulgvrs 0:11110 lmclq in ip 'l'l1:1tcl1e1'-18-33 :mcl ilmlirlgn 447--lil. tu cup the cmlsulzltimm prize. 'l'11t's un vs, fllcsa