Castle Rock High School - Rocket Log Yearbook (Castle Rock, WA)

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The defending champion BH team again drove through the league with ease and ended up as co-champs with the Chinook B's . After dropping their first 5 games and 6 out of the first 9, the Castle Rock Rockets came through in flying colors to end the unbeaten records of Toledo, Chehalis, Toutle Lake and Kalama. With Roy Reiman, star guard, missing the first five games, the Rockets looked like anything but the team that went to State last year, but when Roy again appeared on the court the Rockets re- bounded by snapping their live-game losing string with a 38-33 win over Winlock. After the Winlock game there was no stopping the Rockets, as the unbeaten strings of Toledo and Chehalis were snapped by 22-17 and 53-34. It wasn't longafter that that Toutle Lake bit the dust 51-47. With league play swinging into full sway the Red and White went unbeaten before they met Kalama's power-packed Chinooks at Kalama and fell 38-40 in a real thriller. Stan Johnson, who started the season on the powerful Rocket BU team shone brightly as the Rockets battled it down the wire to the final league game at Castle Rock against Kalama unbeaten in 84 straight Trico tilts. With Leo Bolar hitting 33 points the Rockets snapped the 84-game winning streak of Kalama to the tune of 52-44. The win for the Red and White threw the Chinooks and Rockets into a first place deadlock and forced a league playoff in which Kalama again won by a mere basket, 47-45. TEAM READY F OR KALAMA GAME SEASON SCORES NON-LEAGUE CR 29 Naselle 31 CR 37 Toledo 50 CR 53 Toutle Lake 68 CR 42 Ryderwood 43 CR 32 Chehalis 65 CR 38 Winlock 33 CR 22 Toledo 17 CR 53 Chehalis 34 CR 24 Winlock 34 CR 51 Toutle Lake 47 CR 50 Washougal 29 CR 61 Washougal 34 STATE TOURNAMENT CR 62 Peshastin 45 CR 37 Monroe 54 CR 33 Cheney 47 LEAGUE CR 64 Woodland 39 CR 79 Cathlamet 29 CR 38 Kalama 40 CR 45 Woodland 34 CR 51 La Center 30 CR 63 La Center 36 CR 66 Cathlamet 48 CR 52 Kalama 44 NORTH TRICO PLAYOFF CR 45 Kalama 47 TRICO PLAYOFF S CR 61 Ridgefield 48 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT CR 66 Tenino 40 CR 41 Mossyrock 40 CR 43 Kalama 38 CR 51 Toutle Lake 60 VICTORY CELEBRATION AT THE END or TH1: KALAMA GAME

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BASEBALL SQUAD I-'irst row, left to right: Ron Mclione, Jim Strain, Kun Bjorhus, Bob Long. Butch VVis0, Clarence Gruvnv. Richard lilliott, Rankin Kaut, John Elliott, Toni Hansen, and Monte Martin- BASEBALL Ted Hippi's Castle Roclc Rockets loomed as the team to talce away La Cen- ter,s baseball championship in 1952. With only five lettermen returning and a large turnout from the Junior High, Coach I-lippi figured his charges might go all the way. Returning lettermen were Gene Faultner, Bob Long, Jim Strain, Don Taylor and Leo Bolar. Y, left sen. Soffond irow, left to right: Bernzircl I'l'1 David Magnuson, George Eaton, llurolcl Ntss Bolar, Don Taylor, .lim Pzilmcoclc, Roy XVoo, Stun Johnson. Top candidates from the Junior High were Dave Magnuson, jim Babcock, Butch Wise, Harold Ness and LeRoy Wooster. The Rockets opened the practice sea- son with an 8-0 win over Ryderwood and won 9-0 over Longviewls Lumberjaclcs. They defeated Ryderwood in a return game also. They lost two practice games to Kelso, one to Toledo and the return game to Longview. The league season opened against Kalama on April li. DON TAYLOR First Base right LEO BOLAR Pitcher