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

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. H xl ff 53 ,4 ,, W Q HA 'Rye .sw 4 ... ,A i 3,1 Jan. 20th all three teams converged on Parker, our arch-rival for sweet revenge. They got it, but it was close. The freshmen set the pace for the night with a one-point win. The B's easily won. In the varsity game Parker held a four point lead for most of the game until the last few minutes. A free throw with a few seconds to go gave us a one-point victory. The night after featured some thrilling basketball in our gym. The Frosh won by a single diget in an overtime. The B gang made their usual easy win. But the A game, with the conference champs, Needles, was the thriller. At the end of the regula- tion game the scure was knotted, 23-all after a very tight game. In the next three minutes, as luck would have it, Needles scored five points to win. On the third and fourth of February the local lads played 29 Palms and Palm Springs. The B string scored an easy win in both games. The A string won by just three counters at 29 Palms and lost a very close one at the Springs ftwo pointsl. Tasting for more revenge, the Yellowjackets went up to Needles. For once, they didn't get it. The freshmen won by a big margin. Then came the surprise. The B team got beat! They lost a close one by three points. The A game instead of being the close thing as it was in Blythe was a walkaway for Needles. The next four games showed the home folks that the local team could play basketball, in spite of their won-lost record. On the 18th the Palm Springs Indians got scalped twice. The B game resulted as expected. The A team also won by 12 points. ln our last games of the season the freshmen trounced the 29 Palms B by a wide margin. Then the A team, suiting out with the B's Gust back from Santa Monical practiced their shots against the 29 Palms A's. About 20 players saw action in this game against 29 Palms. Our all-conquering B-string followed in the foot- steps of last years B squad by being one of T6 Southern California B teams invited to the annual Santa Monica Tourney. On Thursday the 23rd, traveling in three cars, the team left for Santa Monica. The next day they beat Oceanside by three points in a game in which the enemy made a stirring rally at the end of the game. That evening the local yokels had the misfortune of tangling with Santa Monica, who eventually won the tournament. In spite of playing a terrific game, Blythe lost 30-53.

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if A, .1 sf ii i Oct. 15 Needles-14, Blythe-6 At this contest, fought at Needles, the Yellow- iackets continued their uncontested drive into the league cellar. It 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. ln the second quarter a Needles pass was good for 21 yards and 6 points. Midway through the third quarter a center plunge for T 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 'I2 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. ln 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 'l2th, 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 ofthe 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 Yellowiackets would have won far more games than they did. The next week-end the teams CA and BJ went traveling again. This time they went to Kingman, where they won an easy 'B' game and a hard- fought 'A' game from the Bulldogs. Continuing on to Seligman, 244 miles from Blythe on lousy roads, the boys ran into trouble. The 'B' team almost got slung in the last of the game and the 'A' team lost to a team that couldn't have beat the 'B' team the night before. The fellows came home by way of Prescott.

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