Ripon High School - Mission Yearbook (Ripon, CA)

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nnfball, VARSITY RECORD 'Edison ,.....,, . 6 Ripon ,,AA 'GusTine ..,.., . ,.Y. I 2 Ripon ,...... . Hughson . ..... ....... O Ripon ,.,.. Linden ..., . ..... 7 Ripon. .... .. Hilmar ,.., ....,.. 6 Ripon ST. Mary's ....o.. ,,..,., 7 Ripon .....,, Escalon ....,... ....... 6 Ripon ...,.... Los Banos ........,,.....,..... ,.,.... O Ripon ..,..... PracTice games AT The beginning oT The '47 TooTbalI season, Coach Jacobsen was greeTed by Ten players reTurning Trom lasT year's championship Team. The prospecTs Tor This year's Team looked good. ATTer a Tew' weeks oT pracTice The Indians Traveled To STockTon Tor a nighT game in BaxTer Sfradium againsT Edison Hi. The Indians came ouT on The shorT end oT The score, 6 To 2, aTTer giving Edison a Tough baTTIe. Then GusTine came here, hoping To geT revenge Tor The 32 To 7 shellacking Ripon had given Them IasT year. GusTine goT The revenge They wanTed, winning The game I2 To O. ATTer losing Two games sTraighT, Coach Jake was geTrTing disgusTed wiTh The Team and Told Them They would have To seTTle down and work TogeTher or They would end up aT The boTTom oT The league. ThaT Talk did The Trick, Tor in The TirsT league game againsT Hughson The Indians came ouT on Top, I2 To 0. N'exT came Hilmar, aT Team which was undeTeaTed so Tar This season. BuT The Indians were bound and deTermined To win The game, and when iT was all over. The Indians had won Their second league game, 20 To 6. ATT:-:r deTeaTing Hilmar The Indians deTeaTed a weak Linden Team. 26 To 7. In a pracTice game wiTh ST. Mary's, The Indians won a Truly rough and Tumble baTTle I3 To 7. Now came The biggesT TesT oT The year. The Indians had To geT by The Escalon Cougars if They wanTed To go souTh Tor The championship play-oTT. In This game The Indians came Trom behind To deTeaT Escalon wiTh The Tinal score reading I8 To 6. ThaT win gave The Indians The NorThern HaIT championship. The Indians had To Travel souTh To play Los Banos. The champs oT The souThern division. Tor The championship oT The Joaquin League. The game was a hard-ToughT baTTIe. and unique in ThaT noT one penaITy was called. The Two Teams ToughT To a O To O Tie. so They share The championship. This gave The Indians Their second sTraighT cham- pionship oT The Joaquin League. Ripon placed Tour men on The NorThern Division All-STar TirsT Team, while Two men goT berThs on The second Team and Tive received honorable menTion. Joaquin CosTa was voTed The mosT valuable player oT The league.

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BACK ROW, lafl lo riqhl: Nelson, Williams, Hargrove, Dalman, Tay- lor, Hainns, Cosla, Nigro, Mc- Namer, Nigro, Jacobsen lCoachl MIDDLE ROW: Houbein, Minlar Sfoufler, Poynor, Laffranchi, lop pini, Menshaw, Ioppini, Bianchi Carlos, Furfado. FRONT ROW: Brum, Praff, Ornallx, Franzia, Harp, Driver, Yarber, Jackson, Townsend Kingsley. BACKFIELD, lalf lo rlghf: Brum, Laffranchl, Taylor, Costa. LINE: Nigro, Williams, Harp, Jackson, Haines, Ornells, Kingsley. JACKSON COSTA WILLIAMS BRUM KINGSLEY ORNELLS HAINES STOUFFER FRANZIA FU RTADO NIGRO TAYLOR

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A TEAM BACK ROW, lofi fo righl: Taylor, Nigro, Wllliams, loppini, Swain, Dahlman, Nelson, Kingsley. FRONT ROW: Jacobsen IAssf. Coachl, Jackson, Boone, Costa, Furlado, Farschon, Olavarri fCoachl. B TEAM BACK ROW, left fo riqhl: Rackley, Nigro, Houbein, Mlnler, Shirley, Sfouffer. MIDDLE ROW: Levin, Barkeley, Minaudo, Van Laan, Carlos, Driver, Whilmore. FRONT ROW: Jacobsen lAss1'. Coachl, Dahlin, Slggins, Nyquisl, Jackson, Tsuchlmofo, Green, Morris, Olavarrl lCoachl. C TEAM BACK ROW, leff fo riqhf: Pelerson, Bianchi. FRONT ROW: Siqgins, Nyquisl, Shirley, Berkeley, Levin, Rogers, Olavarri lCoachl. D TEAM BACK ROW, Iefl' lo rlqhf: Farschon, Toombs, Jackson, Sanchez, Van Laan,Whllmore, DeMichelis. FRONT ROW: Palarson, Dahlin,- Bodeson, Tsuchimolo, Green, Morris, Ola- varrl lCoachl.