Palo Verde Union High School - Echo Yearbook (Blythe, CA)

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half. He picked up 203 yards on the ground and passed for 91 in addition to scoring 24 points and passing for 6. Mansperger, Crowder, and Mendoza were outstanding in the line for Blythe. incidentally, this was our first game played in single-wing forma- tion. Oct. 15 Needles-14, Blythe-6 At this contest, fought at Needles, the Yellow- iackets continued their uncontested drive into the league cellar. lt was a rather dull contest in which neither team could gain much headway against each other. As the lines of both squads held, it was mainly a passing game. In the second quarter G Needles pass was good for 21 yards and 6 points. Midway through the third quarter a center plunge for 1 added another TD. The Yellowpacket hoop squad, with all varsity lettermen except one returning was expected to go places this year. They were faced by a very tough schedule, featuring only five home games and a few two and three-day trips. They played off- again-on-again ball. On nights when they were hot they were unbeatable. Unfortunately, the nights when they were on were outnumbered by the nights when they weren't. The Yellowiacket fives opened the season by tackling Yuma at the Criminal's gym. The fresh- men lost by three points in the first game. The 'B' squad next got skunked by a taller bunch who held them to 12 points. The varsity couldn't do much better, but played a brilliant game. Next week, on the local floor, the 'A' squad failed to do much of anything except miss setups in the first half as an inferior Parker team piled up a huge lead in the first half. In the second half the boys staged a terrific rally, but as the buzzer sounded the Bronco's still clung to a one-point lead. The 'B' squad eked out a victory and the Forsh won easily. On Jan. 6th the Green and Gold got it's first victory of the season, a thumping defeat of a green Basic team. The bench was vacated as everyone got into the act. The 'B' boys walked off with another win. The next night, the local lads cooled off a bit and got trounced by the Coachella Arabs at Coachella. The 'B' team lost a close one, whereas the freshmen lost by a large count. On the 12th, the 'A' and 'B' squads made the 200 mile trek to Boulder City. The next night they went over to play Las Vegas and then came back to Henderson, Nevada to play Basic High. All the boys got out of the trip was one 'B' victory, some fun, and a bus-load of colds. All of the six games were close except the 'A' game at Vegas, which we lost by 20 points, and the 'B' game at Basic, which we won., Without the grueling trips such as this, the Yellowjackets would have won far more games than they did.

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The Season-Game by Game .... Sept. 16 Blythe-12, Yuma JV's-8 Our first game of the season was played under the lights at the Rodeo Grounds. Yuma, forced deep into its own territory by a long kick-off by Hickey, fumbled after two minutes of the first quarter. Blythe recovered onthe 12 and three- plays later Martin plunged over left guard for a TD. Five plays ldter, Blythe scored again. Yuma was forced to punt as they got nowhere trying for a first-down. John took the punt on the 25 and galloped 75 yards through beautiful interference for the score. The try for point failed and the score stood 12-0. Late in the second quarter the Yuma Criminals were on our 1. Martin backed into the end zone to kick out of danger and stepped out of the playing field to give Yuma 2 points. That was all the scoring until the 4th quarter, when with 35 seconds to go, Yuma scored from the 1. Crowder was outstanding in the line. In statistics the teams were fairly evenly matched. Blythe had a net gain of 216 yards to Yuma's 201. Yuma led in first downs, 10 to 6. Sept. 23 Basic-20, Blythe-0 The Yellowiackets trecked to Henderson, Nevada, for their first league game and returned with nothing to show for their efforts but bruises. The Basic Wolves did nothing spectacular, but their two back- field aces kept eating up groundage, slowly but surely, all during the game. Lopeman and Galloway were hard men to stop. The local lads never got within 20 yards of pay dirt during the whole game. Hickey and Martin did yeomen work whenever they got the ball but that was all too seldom. Bob Ozbirn held the line together both on offense and defense. Oct. 7 Boulder City-33, Blythe-O The unstoppable Eagle steamroller from Nevada paid Blythe a visit on a Friday night. As usual, they came out on the long end of the score, but it was a moral victory for Blythe. Why? Boulder City failed to score their usual 50 points! All joking aside, though, the local yokles put up a good per- formance against the Tri-State League Champs. The Green and Gold held them to but 6 points -in the first half. ln the second quarter a 42 yard runfby Martin set up a scoring opportunity on the 18. There the Yellowiacket drive bogged down. Several other similar situations developed, but all met the same fate. Boulder's Joe Kine got loose in the second 44

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