Central High School - El Centro Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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Salazar: Outstanding Play Dennis Meisner Martin Buchanan Robert Simonian Eight Players Honored Outstanding Player Salazar GRIZZLY ofthe Week is an award given to the outstanding player of a particular game. Players receiving this honor received small trophies with their name andthe name ot the school we played. Grizzly of the Week award winners this year were Dennis Meis- ner, Martin Buchanan, Robert Simonian, Phil Alderson, Charles Craig, Ralph Salazar, AI- tred Prudhume and Doug Evans. Ralph Salazar was voted outstanding player for the second time in two years. He received this award in his sophomore year for outstanding play at quarterback position. This year, he received it for doing an excel- lent iob at fullback. Charles Craig was voted most improved back and co-captain for his fine handling of the team at his quarterback position. His final season at Central was marked by pin-point passing and fine running. Ralph Salazar was the other co-captain. -138-

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Varsity squad. Front row, from left: Alex Prudhume, John Bruton, Bill Redfearn, Ed Crouch, Ray Gullet, Martin Hart, George Norman, Alex Montanez, Byron Huntington, Charles Clay, Jim Vtfebb, Alfred Prud- hume, Charles Craig, Al D'Avila, second row: Manager Lester Hamm, Larry Wright, Leonard Hoskins, Den- nis Meisner, Lee Cunningham, Don Hamm, Douglas Evans, John Allison, Dick Price, Merle Discoe, Fred Colombini, Ernie Smithy, Robert Simonian, Peter Snyder, Managers Carl Henderson, Lynn Moyers, third row: Coach Suge Carter, Phil Alderson, Harold Carter, Manuel DiSantiago, Mike Bottasso, Don Dauer, Bill Car- rasco, Ralph Hood, John Rocha, Yancy Harmon, Martin Buchanan, Ralph Salazar, Adam Rocha, Jerry Rad- ford, Sal Montano and Coach Bob Porter, Carter and Gitizzlies Start off With a Bang! SPORTS at Central begin, naturally enough, at the gym, from there they expand to the football field, the baseball diamond, the basketball court, the track and the tennis courts. The center of all sports activity is head coach and physical education director, Suge Carter. Helping him along are coaches Bob Porter, Dick Keosheyan, Felix Wilkerson, Frank Warren and J. W. Wright. Coach Car- ter, a graduate of Fresno State College and an ex-Edison High athlete, is now completing his freshman year as head ofthe Central P. Ed. department. Coach Carter and his- Grizzly eleven started the football season off with a great, big bang! First, they beat Caruthers High, 13-0, in a non-league game on September 25. On October 2, the following weekend, we met our first defeat at the hands of arch-rival Kerman, 21-12. The Grizzlies then rolled over Orosi High, 16-14, in the last non-league game, on October 16. Coach Suge Carter Central started the North Sequoia League off with a loss to San Joaquin Me- morial, 32-6, on October 23, then made a fast recovery by tearing up the new El Cap- itan High os Merced, 19-6, on October 29. Making it two victories in a row, the Griz- L zlies clobbered Chow- chilla High on Novem- ber 6, 34-18. Along came the Dos Palos Broncos to give us our second defeat in league play. 1 That defeat placed Cen- I L tral and the Washington Panthers in a tie for third place. Central in- i 4 vaded Washington in Easton on November 20, for the final game of the season, which we won, 25-O. Central finished in third place. i

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Craig improved Back ik 1 ff Phil Alderson Alfred Prudhume DOUQ Evans Charles Craig gets away from his pursuers to score poinls for Central in an early season game, -139- As Grizzly-of-Week Improved Back Craig