Brawley High School - La Ocotilla Yearbook (Brawley, CA)

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The small bul powerful D leam oul- !! H N 9? K ,J ABOVE: C'S: FIRST ROW: Gonzales, Triiillo, Allen, Van Bobber, Adams. ROW 2: lQennedy,.Spieler, Pere1,Winford. ROW 3: Burns, Rogers, Wiley, Felimon. BELOW: D'5: FIRST ROW: Walsh, Gray, Walker, Kefner. ROW 2: Shank, Lunceford, Mafherly, Hill. 64 Brawley's Cs slarled lhe season wilh a bang, losing only a non-conference game To Coachella oul ol lhe lirsl lhree played. Several games and very levy deleals laler, lhey found lhemselyes in lhird place in lhe Valley league al lhe end ol The season. ranlced all compelilion in lhe Valley and ended The season on lop ol lhe heap lo lhe pleasure ol Coach Farrell. Led by high-scoring Jimmie lvlalherly, lhey pulled lhemselvesioul ol a lwo-loss hole and inlo a lirsl place playoll againsl EI Cenlro D's which lhey won in an exciling 22-20 con- 'rest

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Jump ball N D OOO Coach SmiTh's B's losT Their TirsT game oT The '55 season when They were maTched againsT The l-lolTville Bls on The same nighT ThaT saw The Ks deTeaT Vic- Torville. The score was 38-37. ln The nexT game, however, The Team made a comeloaclc and sTayed ahead oT The lm- perial Tigercubs all The way To give Themselves a 4l-34 win. They were well on Their way wiTh a 38-26 Triumph over The CalipaTria B's, bui suTTered anoTher seTbacl4 as The El CenTro Team came Trom behind To Talce The game 40-36. Their Third deTeaT came aT The hands oT The Calexico Bullpups 39-36 and was Tollowed bya TourTh loss, This Time To The l-loITville LiTTlelcings in Their second meehng. The Bullpuof Tcolc anoTher biTe ouT cT The Brawley T-earn, winning Their second game againsT ws, 43-729. Then The LiTTlelcings sTrucl4 again, bL,ckeTing 35 poinTs To The KiTTensl 29 To end The season. ji' ennis goes do Phofos courfesy of Brawley News - g ,T Flamming breaks up a shot ik FIRST ROW: Jernigan, Oliva, Aguirre, Dial, Soza, A ROW 2: Puiol, Floyd. Olds, Williams. ROW 3: Rufedg 9 Johnson, Gibbs. ThaT's Mr. Smi+h coaching The boys.

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,. Varsily Baseball , Fronf Row: Johnson, Mar- quez, Lorenzana, Dial Moser, Adams Row 2: Rodriguez, Aguir- re, Rangel, Bariell, Wil- liams, Rodriguez, Wo maclc, Lorenzana. Row 3: Coach Wells, Lunceiord, Culshaw, Price, Phillips, Owen, Winfree, Slaughler. Batter Up. l-leaded by co-Capiains, Vicenie Aguirre and Ronald Adair, Brawley's varsiiy baseball Team was loolcing forward 'ro a successful season as spring again rolled around. ln Their pre-league opener againsi Grossmoni, Coach Wells' nine was sei baclc, however, suffering a I4-8 deieai. The Cais loolced preiiy good lhough. The remaining games oi ihe season were as lollows: March IS, Yuma, here April I5, Calexico, here March 23, Coachella, here April I9. El Cerllro, l'l9r9 March 25, Hollville, here April 22, Hollville, There March 29, Yuma, fhere May 3. imperial, here April 2, Coachella, fhere May 6, Calexico, there April 8, Imperial fhere May I3, El Cenlro, fhere Wilh only a lew rerurning players, Brawley's iunior varsily baseball leam eniered ihe '55 season wiih hopes of doing belier ihan iheir lasi year's counierpari. While ihe Varsiiy loole over our new baseball iield al Firsi and A, ihe Kiiiens pracliced on ihe Easiside under ihe experi guidance ol Ed Beechey. Mr. Beechey is coach for ihe Brawley Merchanhs winier league and has whai il ialces 'ro nnalce ihe ouiloolc good for 'rhe season. . .M 4 ' 6 i s, L 'K , A Vbinmll J.V. Baseball ' Fran? Row: Riley, Aguirre, 7. Oliva, Dennis, Malherly, Hay. ROW 2: Merrill, Dalby, Gar- cia, Pierce, Perez, Duarfo. Vessels, Coach Duncan 6