Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Fighting for the ball, are Catalina's Bud Doolen and Rincon's Dick Koenig, while Carl Ferguson 141 Clive Seal 1301, Catalina, and Jim Hartsfield and Ron Watter- worth 1311, Rincon, look on. Walking on air is Scott Pickart as he snags a rebound from a helpless Sunnyside Blue Devil. Driving in for a layup, Carl Ferguson iust manages to elude Knight Willie Tucker. T l Leading the Troian's stunning upset of Tucson High in the state tourney, Buddy Doolen 1241 and Larry Johnson 1221 go high in the air with Tucson's Jim Moeller 1431. 1 M-1

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X ffl f'1 N I lil! IE VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD-Front Row: Bob Briedis, Rick O'Hara, mgrs. . Second Row: Carl Ferguson, Ken Spiegel . . . Third Row: Doug Ward, Tom Murphy . . . Fourth Row: Bob Jameson, Bud Doolen . . . Fifth Row: Larry Johnson, Clive Seal . . . Sixth Row: Harry Cornelius, Bob Beaver . . . Seventh Row: Aaron Latham, Tom Bartholomew . . . Eighth Row: Jamie Foster, Coach Bill Kemmeries, Scott Pickart. Dec. Dec. Dec Dec Dec Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Season Record Catalina Oppon 44 Salpointe 50 Pueblo 40 Carl Hayden 47 Tucson Christmas Tournament 43 Pueblo 43 Rincon 69 Amphi 58 Amphi 62 South Mountain 67 Sunnyside 49 Rincon ent 38 33 44 48 30 60 46 45 67 43 38 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 J 27 3 an. Feb. Feb. 4 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 March 3 March 4 54 69 57 41 61 60 66 38 Salpointe West Phoenix Pueblo Tucson St. Mary's Amphi Rincon Phoenix Union State 60 53 62 44 Tournament South Mountain Tucson Washington Phoenix Union Squad Springs Upsets In order to advance four teams into the State Cham- pionship Tournament, a Regional Qualifying Tourna- ment was held late in February. During this Tourna- ment the Trojans sprang two of the biggest athletic upsets in Catalina's history. Stunning everyone, Catalina eliminated pre-tournament favorite South Mountain in a 60-48 game. The follow- ing night the roundballers surged forward in their quest for a State Tournament berth and walloped Tucson High, 53-39. With the win over Tucson and Rincon's loss to Phoenix Union, Catalina emerged as the only Tucson entry into the State Championship Tournament. Glendale Washington fell victim to the Troians in a 62-51 triumph during the first round of the state tourney. In the Championship game, however, it was a different story. This final encounter found the Blue and White trailing the Coyotes by only six points at the end of the third quarter. B-ut then Phoenix Union's blistering fast-break and Catalina's cold shooting took their toll in the last period and the Coyotes waltzed away with their sixth state title in seven years. At season's end, several Troian basketballers received special honors. Buddy Doolen was honored by being named to practically every All-State team in Arizona, besides being named All-City Co-Captain, and All- State-Tournament first string. Along with Doolen on the All-State Tournament first string was CHS forward Jamie Foster. Five foot seven inch sparkplug Carl Ferguson grabbed a spot on the second string State-Tourney team, and Ferguson and Foster both received All-City Honorable Mention as did Wisconsin transfer Scott Pickart. Tucson's Coach-of-the-Year Bill Kemmeries was born in Naples, Italy, where his father was stationed with the Foreign Service. He lived in Nogales, Arizona, for nine years and then moved to Tucson in 1944. While play- ing basketball for Tucson High, Mr. Kemmeries was named All-State Captain. At the University of Arizona he made- All-Border Conference ancl gained hongrqble mention in the All-American rankings. While gf C,H,S, he h.as produced some of the best teams and most out- standing players in the State.

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44 we 54. va, -Lsw. K Jw, . A wah J l lzf Q l Mllw 1 ' XlQHllM'fi N X110 Rtklllldf' dyt. of v 9 4152.2 D ,ss ff Z 1.1 E jg Q ry 4 l lk X 2 A ' O 7 l 9 ll i 'v-dun: .M,,'F? '- f-les...-.-- -....., '... ' iff fs-sc ,fart JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD-Front Row: Ken Fox, Jon Holstrom, John Webb, Jay Johnson, Bob Krulish, Marc Stumpf, Tom Wilson, Rick Grenell, Dick Chapel . . . Back Row: Steve Owens, Don Gabriel, Warren Phelan, Bob Donald, John Raab, Joe Breck, Coach Galen Kintner. . Vis Snare Citq Crowng Dost 13-3 Record Rebounding in action against Salpointe are Harold Barr U91 and Bob Krulish f20J. Season Catalina Opponent Dec. 3 58 Salpointe 39 Dec. 9 44 Pueblo 41 Dec. 10 55 Carl Hayden 35 Dec. 16 48 Tucson 49 Jan. 6 50 Amphi 34 Jan. 7 58 South Mountain 51 Jan. 10 52 Sunnyside 46 Jan. 13 33 Rincon 30 Record Catalina Opponent Jan, 20 50 Salpointe 31 Jan. 27 70 Pueblo 44 Feb. 3 39 Tucson 31 Feb. 4 35 sf. Mary's 64 Feb. 10 43 Amphi 42 Feb. 17 42 Rincon 35 Feb. 18 44 Phoenix Union 45 Led by high scoring center Bob Krulish, the 1961 Cata- lina Junior Varsity basketball team copped the city Junior Varsity championship with a 10--1 record, and in addition, posted a 13-3 seasonal mark. The only blot on the Junior Troian's city record 'was a thrilling 48-49 overtime loss to Tucson High. The Blue-and-White squad evened the score however, by dumping the Junior Badgers 39-31 in their second meeting. This game marked the first Junior Varsity basketball victory over T.H.S. Coached by Galen Kintner, the Jr. Troians made up for a 7-8 season as Freshmen by taking wins over every city school, including two wins over arch-rival Rincon, which avenged two losses to the Rangers as freshmen. Coach Galen Kintner ' .f,f,. vii Fa I ' Q -f