California School for the Deaf - Foothills Flame Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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BASKETBALL The 1948 cage squads both varsltx and Junlor varslty went winless throughout the league Campalgn Showlng a d9C1d6d lmprovement ove1 thelr last year s 6ffO1t 1n uhlch both squads vxon two of ten league tllts the orange and black hoopsters could not match the os erwhelm1ng talent thelr opponents had to offer The varslty was far mole lmpresslye than 1tS younger brother, the Junlor varsltv The varslty though rlddled by hard luck all season was regarded no less than a threat by all 1tS opponents Larry Jones was the sparkplug of the team plaung his usual br1ll1ant game and runnlng otl wlth top scor1ng honors He was placed on the second team 1n the league all star poll mlsslng the fil st team berth by a smgle polnt Two other play ers Troy Davenpolt and Gerald Kahnert also received recognltlon Followlng are the varslty scores for the 1948 league campalgn CSD L1be1 ty CSD Llberty CSD Emel yvllle CSD Emeryvllle CSD San Ramon CSD San Ramon CSD Llvermore CSD L1ve1 moz e The Junlor varslty made up almost entlrely of newcomers d1d not fare so vsell agalnst 1ts stlonger and more aggresslve opponents but however the boys had a lot of fun 1n playlng the game Follovung are the team s scores CSD I lbelty CSD Llbelty CSD Emexyvllle CSD Emelyvllle CSD Amador CSD Amadol CSD San Ramon CSD San Ramon CSD 20 Llvelmole CSD Llvermole Coach By ouk IS to be congratulated for the fine sportsmanllke conduct hls teams dlsplayed throughout the season And xt can be sald that ahead or behlnd h1s teams were plasmg ball untxl the final gun - , , , . , , - Y - 7 . 7 3 w ' ? 7 7 1 7 ' , l . , , . 32 ' ' -13 34 ' 52 23 ' ' 56 37 ' 63 CSD 44 Amador 55 CSD 43 Amador 45 41 43 42 55 38 ' 40 26 ' ' ' 58 v 7. , ' : 9 1' ' 31 15 ' ' ' 25 4 ' ' 38 34 ' ' 47 8 38 ' l7 ' 32 13 29 .. 16 20 ' ' ' 40 18 ' ' 28

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FOOTBALL The 1947 football season was fairly successful for the CSD gridders The Foothills came from three stiaight defeats to smear all opposition ln their last two outmgs Though thew play ed superblx in the tint three games the Foothills lacked the scorlng punch that makes a winning team Despite all their hard luck the Foothills held their opponents to respectable scores and It can be said that the 1944 squad u ts one of the strongest teams to wear the orange and black in recent yeaxs No non conference games were booked this season Following 1 a short summary of the games CSD 6 October 10 Emery 19 great East Bay rivals from Emeryxllle CSD 6 Octobei 17 Ln ermore 13 Though falling short of tl elr xovs to um the Foothills play ed one of their best games in losing to Ln ermore CSD 0 October 24 Amador 18 It was any body s game but ewervthlng Went wrong for the Foothills and when the smoke had finallx cleared the Foothills were heading home on the short end of an 18 0 score CSD 25 October 31 San Ramon 6 Still red in the face over then poor shovung at Pleasanton the determined Foothills gained back their prestige by running ox er a light but fast wolf pack from San Ramon H1 CSD 44 Nox ember 7 Llbertx 19 The Foothills finally broke the imx ovel Libex ty bw handing the Lions a terrlfic pastlng for the Foothills first mn ox er the Brentwood team in almost a decade Y Y ' l 41 1 . v n ' 7 , . ml I .l S, . ' F' 1 'I 1 1 1 C A n n ' y .- . , . . - ' ' . . S Playing in a sea of mud, the Foothills dropped a bitter battle to their I Y Y Y. ' w -1 ' v 1 Y' ' 1 - 9 Y , Y . . ' , D . . v . 1 nu v. K ,

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TRACK As the Annual goes to press the Foothllls are preparmg themselves to undergo one of the toughest schedules 1n the hlstory of the school In order to retam their prestlge the Foothllls must hurdle such tough opponents as Berkeley Albany St Josephs of Alameda and Martmez and p1t thelr strength 3ga1IlSt the cream of the East Bay Countles Athletlc League at the league meet at Brentwood Should the Foothllls take the league crown they w1ll enter the Northern Callfornla mvltatlonal meet at the Unlverslty of Cahfornla Whether the Foothxlls can survlve thlS rugged test rests chlefly on the capabllltles of the team Already coach Byouk s charges haxe shown slgns Thls year the Foothllls are fieldmg a rather large squad compared to the smaller teams of the past Hard practlce has moulded lnto the team confidence and aggresslveness Celerlty IS thelr key note and thev wlll be out to prove thelr upremacy on the cmders Any honors the boys achleve thls year probably w1ll be as polnt getters rather than as record breakers for the track records set by thelr fore runners of the past seem almost unbeatable By the tlme you read thls the Foothllls record wlll be 1n the book Wm or lose they W1ll have demonstrated thelr mlghty stlng SCHEDULE Apr1l 20 Berkeley Hlgh School Here Aprxl 24 Albany Hlgh School Here April 30 St Josephs Hlgh School Here May 7 League Meet fat Brentwoodj May 22 Mart1ne7 Hlgh School There 7 . . . , . Q U - - , 7 . . . , Y Y . of promise, even before the season is underway. 7 . . S . . - , ' - . . . , . . , . , . v J