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

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Although Jacinto llll was roughed up on this play, he recovered and picked up yardage for the Grizzly Cubs. Charles Aragon - f Most Valuable Player Lawrence Chiles Manuel Salazar Outstanding Tackler Outstanding Lineman Bill Jacinto Manuel Reyes Outstanding BGCl4 Outstanding Blocker -141-

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First row: Coach Wright, Larry Gilstrap, Bill Jacinto, Ray Hill, Ron Quitoriano, Louis Colombini, Loren Pi- mentel, Bob Amaro, Richard Bybee, Manuel Reyes, Gilbert Marquez, Adam Real, Charles Aragon, Ronnie Luna, Terry Naffziger, Lupe Padilla, Lawrence Chiles, Second row: Coach Keosheyan, J. Jerkovich, G. Christian, D. Gomez, F. Hatcher, Roger Luna, Bud Hotzakorgian, G. Zarasua, S. Oda, J. Simonian, J. Sala- zar, T. Price, H. Ruiz, R. Kezirian, S. Hurst, D. Zarasua, M. Salazar, C. Henerson, Third row: M. Koligian, E. Salsedo, D. Dauer, S. oods, P. Kalpakoff, L. Sabroe, R. Burton, K. Gallman, J. Fernandez, J. Rebens- dorf, F. Gastren, C. ' iam, L. Pearson, J. Baca, l. Raymundo, Coach Wright. MQ, unior Varsity Places 2nd N. S. L. Coach Warren Coach Keosheyan Coach Wfgghf The Central Junior Varsity, after two bad seasons, finally fought their way out of the cellar of the N. S. L. to nearly win the champ- ionship. They started the season off looking like a championship team, winning every game they played except against Dos Palos l26-l3l, the league champion this year. The Cubs started their winning streak against Ca- ruthers, beat them T9-6, then the Cubs played their rival school, Kerman, and walked over them with ease, T9-O. Orosi then came to Central looking for a victory and left with a big defeat, 20-0. San Joaquin Memorial, also a rival school was mercy of the Cubs -140- T2-O. El Capitan a new comer in the N. S. L. put on a good fight for a newcomer in the N. S. L. but not good enough for the high riding Cubs. l33-20l. Then came the day the J. V. players will never forget, winning that game would have given the Cubs the Champ- ionship. 26-13. Then came the last game of the season, the Cubs found that they were tied with Vifashington Union for second place. The Cubs after getting over their first defeat of the season, came back to give Washington a big defeat. That victory gave the Cubs sec- ond place inthe N. S. L.

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Varsity, first row: Larry Rich, Jerry Springs, Ray Bay, Charles Craig, Ken Schmidt, second row: Ronnie Flickenger, Charles Clay, Manuel Di- Santiago, Don Klein, Alex Montanez, third row: Tom Bamping, Ralph Salazar, Martin Buchanan, Mike Bottasso, Doug Evans. 1959-60 Season Central Opponents 57 ...... Chowchilla .... .. 53 ...... S..l. Memorial .... 59 ...... Dos Palos.. .. 54 .. . .Washington .,. 39 ...... El Capitan .. .. . 64 ...... Chowchilla .... .. 40 ...... S. J. Memorial.. .. 55 ...... Dos Palos...... 60 ...... Washington... 5l ...... El Capitan .. . 5 Best Season in Three for Cagers With new head coach Felix Wilkerson, the Central Grizzlies got oft on the right toot in the North Sequoia League title race when they dropped the Chowchilla Redskins, 57-40, on December ll in the Central gymnasium. This was the league opener. For four quarters, the Central Grizzlies and the San Joaquin Memorial Panthers fought before a iam packed crowd in the Memorial , gym on Dec. l8, but when it was over, our Grizzlies had fallen one point short and lost 54-53. The CUHS five then traveled into Red- skin land, Jan. 29, to win over Chowchilla High, 64-55, in a NSL game. Now the Griz- zlies, in a three-way, second place tie, gave champion Washington Union a scare before they were nipped, 64-60. Coach Felix Wilkerson's Grizzlies finished third in league play with a 6-4 record, the best in three years. - 142 - Evans iumps high in Riverdale game.