Chula Vista High School - Scroll Yearbook (Chula Vista, CA)

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Jim Scarboro is brought to the ground by a Matador as he attempts to run for a touchdown. CHULA VISTA 20 - MT. MIGUEL 33 As predicted earlier, the game between Chula Vista and Mt. Miguel proved to be a close battle until the closing period. At the beginning ot the third quarter both teams were matched touchdown tor touchdown. Meggelin and Lind combined for two of the touchdowns and Hewitt ran over tor the third. Mount Miguel was one point behind at the close ofthe third period. Attempts to stop the Matadors were futile as they tallied two more touchdowns during the fourth quarter, leaving Chula Vista onthe short end of a 33-20 score.

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CHULA VISTA I2 - HELIX I4 This, the first league game of the season, proved to be an exciting one from beginning to end. First quarter saw Ron Post scramble over the goal line for a Chula Vista touch- down, but the extra point was missed. The second and third periods brought Helix into the lead when they scored two touchdowns, plus conversions. Until the last I5 seconds of the fourth quarter the Spartans went without success in gaining on their opponents. It was then that Phil Lind went over on a touchdown pass from Hewitt. When the gun ended the contest with Chu-Hi three points from vic- tory the reverberations of Spartan spirit and a well-fought game lin- gered in the Helix stadium. CHULA VISTA 20 - EL CAJON 7 REJOICING was heard through the stands of Chula Vista as the Spar- tans handed defeat to the El Colon Braves at Gillespie Field. It was not until the fourth quarter that the Spartans caught fire, took the lead, and won. Play was sparked by the running of Herb Evans who highlighted the game by intercepting an El Caion pass and carrying it seventy-five yards for a touchdown. The first triumph of the season for the Spartans sent Chula Vista fans home knowing the ioy of success. Charles Karcher and Ron Post cooperate to down an opponent as Mike Kelly rushes in to assist. Fred Olmsted leaps for the ball as an assortment of Braves race in to drag him down

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l-IOIVIECOIVIING 'Ts Chula Vista's blocking enables the Spartans to carry the ball an additional seven yards to the Devil twenty-eight yard line. CHULA VISTA l3 GROSSMONT l4 Conversions again displayed their importance in football, when Grossmont and Chula Vista clashed on the gridiron. The first quarter saw Grossmont score their first touchdown. During the second period Grossmont tallied again, but missed the conversion. Displaying a newly installed pass play, the combination of Olmsted, Virchis, Lind, and Mesker set up Chula Vista's first touchdown which was carried over by Bill Mayer. Chula Vista alone scored in the fourth quarter, but the deciding point in the form of a conversion was missed. As the game ended, Grossmonfs victory CRIES echoed through the night air and mingled with the disappointment of a Spartan loss by a single point, 14 to l3. Jim Scarboro carries the ball while Gary Hewitt is on the A Foothiller goes down at the hands of a Spartan.