Riverdale Joint Union High School - Eagle Yearbook (Riverdale, CA)

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i i -. l l l - if ' it ' i Viz Q A Y ,V b X x V V, 1 ,V i 1 .Y WJZM E - .t lverdale s football team made a good shoving tus year ant g , 'J E shared second place honors in league play with Avenal. Losses to , W ff the larger Garuthers and Avenal teams deprived us of the cherished X, championship. 'j.,',..,v: Bob McVicar, veteran fullback and captain, was the chief ground gamer and scorer, His frequent gains through the line w - - - - - K - K -.. W- Rin .. gave llllll the reputation ol being hard to stop. Ginn, quarterback, 2 f ff? fl- A? s . . . . . . ' .. was oultstalnfhig inhhis abllliltybto rpn the EIIES and to pass. An ... 'affliii 'ssp ,T i 1, 'i ' inluret an e ept im on t e enci part o t e time. Bob Covey, 55 ' in X ' halfback, was noted for his broken field running and punt returns. q , ' Cook, George Cornwell, and the Maggini brothers were stars of f-S V the line. ' Felix, the mighty mile, could always be found ' Q, , Q . .Sllflfilllljllfllg at the bottom of the pile. ' A Some of the sidelifhts we will rernemb r fr tl 1938 I W , -W, q at 74 . 5 e om ie fr ,.,. if . l ' . , . , . ,. My . season are Alfie s debut as a plunging fullback in the Sierra game 1 , and his picturesque description of his elbow injury, Mickey's H vicious tackling against Garuthers and Avenal, Neilsen's sharpf Lql 'A' shooting in the Parlier game, Avenal's request to take Felix out- ' lf f, :gfLf2 - . , . . . what a Joke, and Ginn s nice booting against Laton. wifffi 'X ,1'2'-PT . . . Mfe are sorry to see eleven man football discontinued but we are glad to have had a fighting team at the finish. Back row: Eioiach Tgqindelr, CoXeyiVIGinn, lVIcEVieEr,1SIl.IgornWel1, 1 nes, a em, . aggun oo c ean. Middle row: Diamond, Cooper, Gobbyf Harti F. Maggini, COVGY, C0014 E. Cornwell, Neilsen, Walls. . . Fot' :Wd dG'l1B1d' R. ' MCVICHF, Milnes r H low Hfgmvilti ' 1 ' a Wm' 16 Smlth, Ostini,

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'Pt H., -fs lle r Class lke ost 1 ala ts l l a veiv J year. As individuals the lllLIlllJLl5 ol tht class vvete even busiti '- but twenty six ,lllIll0l'S 111 thi than usual beciaust thete vvete smallest class in the school. The high-light ol' tl1e tilass projects was tl1e -unior-Senior banquet, the lllalll social event ol the school which is given each year for the Seniors by the tltirtl year class. ' 'lie thente for year's banquet was Treasure Island and both the speeches and the decorations were built arountl tl1is idea. .-Xno'her highly important activity of the class was the Junior Play, One Mad Night. presented on April 27 antl 28. Funcls lroin this play were usetl to finance the banquet. The Scholarship Club with but two junior nteinbers was somewhat short ol' representatives i'I'Olll our class. However. several other iuniors receivetl goodigracles and were bitt little lr low scholarship rating. ' ' ' '- 'cle their lull contribution. ,e ' le Iuniors have ina ' ' - in lootball, ln athletics tt Although the group ol boys was st11all. sis made letteis two in basketball, three in baseball and several in track. Tlte we girls, too. were represented on the volleyball antl baseball teatns. fi The juniors realize the leaclership responsibilities which art to be theirs next year and are looking forward to their senior year with keen anticipation. ' h'delli, J., Maggim, A., Back row: Milnes, F., Diamond. G 1 Neilsen, Cornwell, E., Stathern, B., Trimmer, MacMurray. Middle tow: Rood, N., Cook, Acker, Allen, L., Byrd, McKean, Shockley, Fisher, G., Novosad, Faulkner, Rotramel. f , Front row: Mendes, A., Sherrill, Miles, Blackwell, DeBaun, Class O flcers T masem, cime, M. JUIHOF DPQSS - U Busby, 0 15

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QE! 0 ... T l After winning three sttecessiye County Volleyball champion- M ships, the Riverdale team dropped one match to Fowler this year ,V 5' to end the season in second place in Division Il. The girls really tried to hang up another banner in the Hull of Fume but were turned back by a team which was superior at least that day at Fowler. Although the girls played and worked as a unit for inost ol their success, the ability of Mary Cline, Velma Montgomery and Audrey Aitken to kill 'em brought many thrills to the spectators and mueh sweat to the brows ol' their opponents. The team easily won its first three matches and then dropped the fatal match to Fowler. However. the team tame back strong to win over I.aton in the final game. The scores: Riverdale-3. XVashington-05 Riverdale-fi. Kingsburg-I: Riverdale-3, Parlierflz Riverdale-I, Fowlerffi: .5 H , Riverdale-3, Latonfl. 55 ' as ' lg.,-:V This will not only be the last season for the seniors but also ' V A ,im -V - for the other girls since the Fresno County High School League f y ,-' H- M i.., has discontinued the girls league in volleyball. -:1 .f.. ' if iv ,,,, i v The regulars were Captain Audrey Aitken. Velma ' lvlontgomery, Verna Cerini, Helen Van Zanten, Mary Cline. f E- ....- H Josephine Tomasetti, Martha Rood, Lorraine Rull, and La Verne 'W ' V' ...IV 'rf Ruff. Norma Dean Ruff was the only substitute used in league play. H , .1 ':1' i . K . .. ,M qyrhl Back row: Fortado, R. Cline, Aeker, Allen, Mendes, Fisher, 'iiii 1 3 i - Hartung, N. Rood, Borba, Miss Adolphson. Midle row: M. Cline, N. Ruff, Tomasetti, Laverne and Lorraine Ruff, M. Rood. nten, Aitken, Cerini, Montgomery. 17 Front row: Van Za