Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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EA-SICETBAL Trojans Cop 2nd Spot Cagers Wind Up Season With 12-7 Record,- Second In State Tourneq Ignoring pre-season predictions that they were headed for the city and conference cellars, Catalina's Trojans foiled everyone by winding up their regular season with a 12-7 record, finishing in a second place tie in the conference, and then pulling off three stunnig upsets in the state tournament to take the second spot in the state. Quint Spoils Lancers Dedication During the regular season the C.H.S. quint got off to a quick start and dumped Salpointe, 44-38, spoiling the dedication of the Lancer's new gymnasium. The next week, playing without the services of pleurisy-stricken Jamie Foster, the Catalina squad handed Pueblo a 50-33 pummeling. Luck changed for the C.H.S. team in the next two en- counters. Friday night the blue and white met Tucson's sky-scraping Badgers and even a brilliant last quarter rally fell one point short as Tucson won the 48-47 thriller from the Troians. Saturday, homestanding Carl Hayden gave the sluggish Troians a 44-40 defeat. Cagers Bring Home Holiday Consolation Championship Participating in the First Annual Holiday Tournament, Catalina's cagers brought home the Consolation Cham- pionship after being knocked out of championship play by Rinco-n's Rangers. After the Christmas holidays, the squad started the new year off with a bang by drubbing Amphi but ran out of gas as top ranked South Mountain eked out a 67-62 win.

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4 ia, 5.5 4 L, Snagging a rebound from Pueblo's George Burruel is Trojan Bud Doolen. GUARD Leading scorer for C.H.S. was senior guard Bud Doolen with 354 points. Named co-captain of the 1961 All-City team, he was also a high jumper and hurdler. Bud's ac- tivities included Hi-Y,' Let- terman's Club, and Senior Advisory Board.. He plans to continue his basketball career in College. Cinczlerellcf' Team ins Trojan Coach Bill Kemmeries again proved his coach- ing ability as the green 1961 Catalina team surprised everyone with their playing and became known as the Cinderella squad of Tucson. Beginning in January four straight victories were chalked up by the team. The wining streak began with a 67-43 win over Sunnyside, and was followed by one of the biggest upsets of the season, a 49-38 victory over Rincon. Continuing their winning ways, the Cata- linans swamped Salpointe 54-37, and then squeake-d by West Phoenix 69-67 with the second team playing the entire second half. The final win of the streak was a 57-50 verdict ove-r hapless Pueblo. ' Tucson handed Catalina a thrilling 43-41 defeat in a game which went into two tension packed overtimes. After their cliff-hanging loss to Tucson, the Catalina cagers -bounced back and thumped Saint Mary's 61-49. The Trojans then defeated Amphi 60-51 to give them their last regular season victory. Closing out thle season against Rincon and Phoenix Union proved to be a rough task for the C.H.S. five. Rincon took advantage of playing on its home court and gunned down Catalina, 75-66. The following night powerful Phoenix Union, humiliated the Trojans 65-38, to end regular season play. After the loss to Rincon, a coin was tossed to determine the second place winner in AA Division. Rincon won the tie-breaking flip and Catalina became the third place finisher. FORWARD CENTER FORWARD GUARD Pleurisy caused him to miss five g a m e s, but senior f o r w a r d Jamie Foster came back to give rebounding strength and points to the roundball team. Interested in Hi-Y, Letterman's C I u b, a n d chess, Jamie states, Any- one qualified should go out for athletics, they help your, character and are important to school activi- ties. A valuable player to the team, senior center Scott Pickart set up many bas- kets this season. Trans- fering here from Wiscon- sin, he was in the Letter- man's Club and Latin Club, and was a Junior Class officer. Scott also participated in baseball, football, and cross coun- try and after graduation plans to attend the U of A. i '- Junior forward Clive Seal was the only underclass- man on the Trojan start- ing five. A rugged de- fensive man, he was re- sponsible for holding down many high scoring opponents. Clive was also a starter on the Trojan baseball team and was president of the Spanish Club and a member of Letterman's Club. Proving that the little man in basketball is not dead, senior guard Carl Fergu- son was a key factorin many Trojan victories this season. Fergi was also a high jumper on the track team and participated in Hi-Y. He is interested in music a nd sports and plans to attend Kings Point College in New York.