Cate School - Mesan Yearbook (Carpinteria, CA)

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Back row Mr Kimball Fairchild Keenan Taylor Tyler Hodsoll Ellis Koehler Brxler Wood Strachwrtz Ford Coach DAlton Front row Arens Clifford Sesnon Rohrs Sperry Moseley Waller Young Olney D Brown Waudg? The Varsity football squad of 1954 had a fair season as this was the second year of eleven man football on the Mesa with most of the team having little or no experience Captain Bob Fairchild who was at first a guard was moved into the backfield slot vacated by Doug Brown who was injured midway in the season and led the team with much spirit and drive The club depended greatly on unior ack Wood and Senior Doug Moseley as much yardage was gained this season by Woods passes to George Ellis CED Bob Koehler QED and jim Bixler QRHQ john Arens Dave Young and Ken Waller were also targets The line with Frank Keenan QLTJ Cheever Tyler QCD Peter Ruch QLGQ Frank Hodsoll QRGQ and Hugh Strachwitz CRTQ was aided by alter nating starter Dick Ford A great disadvantage faced by the 54 squad was the lack of backing on the bench from the point of view of manpower. Coach D Alton frequently didn t have the manpower to replace injured players. Many of the starting eleven would play an entire game with no substitutions. The season opened with a spirited hard won victory over Simi. The second game saw Cate defeated at the hands of Santa Ynez High School. The Blue team led at half time 7-6, but was unable to curtail a fast Pirate attack in the second half. In the third game, the first contest on the Mesa this year, Villanova, the runner-up in the Tri-Valley League came from Ojai and trounced the Blue eleven. The Villanova T ' attack was too power- ful and the Blue team could not seem to roll. The fourth contest, on Visitor s Day, saw a new Cate team. Angry after two straight defeats, the team drove against Black-Foxe ,Military Institute, and won 20-7. The follow- ing games against Webb and Santa Clara were not good. The Blue Team played their best game of the year against Webb, but couldn't pull it out of the fire. Webb had a very good team, powerful and polished. Santa Clara defeated the Blue Team the follow- ing game at Oxnard with only six of the starting eleven on the field because of injuries. Coach' D'Alton molded a fine team from a small bench and much credit must also be given to the assistant coach, Mr. Kimball, who worked hard with the team also.