Van Nuys High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Van Nuys, CA)

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IIE WURLD Individual honors for lhe year wenf io Jalce Schierling, all-Valley and all-Cify baclc: Jimmy Riddle, all-Valley loaclci Shay Gilmore, end, and Jim Rohrschieb, all-Valley guard. Nexf year +he Wolves should be lhe +error of lhe league wifh such men relurning as linemen Ed Spring, Clyde Wise, Fred Urrig, Clarence Affix, and John Cooper 'ro lead The way for such bacldield men as Richie Sanders, and lhis year's find , Don Hawley. ,N -Qw- Conih Er-i-if-f' Phillip Maxey, Jake Schierling, Bill 3 I I I I Watkins Fred Uhrig, Jirn Granaf, Shay Gilmore Page 23

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THE STRUNGEST MEN I This year, considering The TacT ThaT There were only Three reTurning leTTermen, The Van Nuys VarsiTy accomplished a mosT remarkable TeaT. The Team was supposed To Tinish no higher Than TourTh in The Valley League. However, They Turned on The sTeam and Tinished in a Tie Tor second place. The sguad was composed mosTly oT lasT year's Bee Team, buT The nucleus oT The Team was The Trio oT leTTermen, Jimmie Riddle, and Co-cap- Tains Jake Schierling, and Shay Gilmore. The Team goT oTT To a Tlying sTarT by beaTing The Burbank eleven by The closesT OT margins, 7-6. ln The Valley league opener wiTh San Fernando, The Wolves losT a hearTbreaker by The Treakish score oT 2-O. ATTer This dishearTening seTback The squad knocked over Eagle Rock, Verdugo Hills, and NorTh Hollywood in succes- sion, improving each game as a resulT oT The experience They gained. The Tinal game wiTh Canoga Park was a Thriller wiTh The Wolves Tall- ing To The Valley Champions I5-7. r.. 9. Dick Fales, Richard Sanders, Jim Riddle Dori Schilling, Clyde Wise, Jim Rohrschieb, Clarence ATTix Page 22

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7-6-Burbank O- I 3-Hollywood The highlighTs oT This year's season were many in number and varieTy. They were: Burbank-Jim Riddle's 70 yard Touchdown run along The sidelines Tor a Touchdown aT The beginning oT The second halT. Hollywood-The injuries oT The WolT squad. Nine oT The TirsT sTring players had an iniury oT some sorT. T ,Wm U- l . 0-2-San Fernando 6-O-Eagle Rock 7-O-Verdugo Hills 7-O-NorTh Hollywood 7-I 5-Canoga Park i l i