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

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Cougars Fall to Spartans S Thu low 1221 looks unbel e ngly as Fred OlmsTed 161 prepares for The basket CHULA VISTA 54 ESCONDIDO 35 Followung The SparTans loss To El COIOD Chula VrsTa ouT husTled The hlghly raTed Cougars by hlTTlng The Twine 16 of 38 from The Tloor and 22 of 29 from The free Throw lune as compared wTTh 14 of 52 and 7 of 15 for The Cougars Fred OlrnsTed KelTh Hawkins and Gary Meg gelrn paced The blue w1Th 17 15 and 12 respecTlvely The SparTans were held scoreless The TnrsT Tnve munuTes of The Thrrd sTanza buT Tnnlshed wnth e:ghT pounTs for The peruod whsle Escondido was held To a slngle Tally from The Tloor WnTh Escondudos scorer STeve Thurlow held To 9 markers The Chula VxsTans rambled To Thexr TvrsT league vlcTory 54 35 CHULA VISTA 57 EL CAJON 60 GeTTlng hoT In The final sTanza by ouT scormg The Braves 20 13 wasnT enough as The SparTans suffered Therr TuTTh cage loss Gary Meggelun and KenTh Hawlans paced The blue by droppmg Through some elghTeen and Ten polnTs respecTlve ly Chula VlsTa was held To eleven pomTs boTh The second and Thlrd periods via El CGIODS full court press IT was Three grTT shofs ln The closing seconds by L Hancock whnch puT The game on :ce for The Braves wlTh The score 60 57 BRA VES ix 0- ,-4-Y if After an El Colon ebound The Bra e clurckly sTeps our of bounds El CGIOH works hard screen ng for Howard Hemp hall s 1171 Two polnter rn The clos ng mmuTes on The 57 60 conresf

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Spartans Drop Sweetwater A Red Devl las trouble gett ng h mself untangled from the mass Spartans n the 54 29 Chula V sta S eetwater t lt CHULA VISTA 50 MT MIGUEL 48 The Chula Vistans cinched third place under Helix and Hilltop by their 50 48 triumph over the Matadors the first game and first victory in the new gym With the lead switching throughout the contest wasnt wrapped up until Gary Meggelins bucket in the final thirty seconds Gary Meggelin and Mike Mc Combs both made the double digits with fifteen and thirteen points respec tively This was the fifth league victory against three losses for the Spartans Chula Vista traveled to Escondido the next week to open the second round of league play CHULA VISTA 54-SWEETWATER 29 Following a 6-5 first period score, the Spartans stayed on top of a I9-II halftime tally, Gary Meggelin doing the honors with ten points. Howard Hemphill cleaning the boards and Fred Olmsted, Don Howes, and Keith Hawkins burning the nets pulled the locals to a 35-I6 edge by the end of the third period. Then the Spartan mentor put Mike Collins to work hitting ten markers in the final stanza to wrap up the contest 54-29. CHULA VISTA 58 SWEETVVATER 40 The Red Devils surprised all by coming up on the long end of a I6 5 first period score but the Spar tans gaining momentum took over and soon pushed through some twenty points for a 26 25 lead The second half Keith Hawkins was unleashed o the unsuspecting Sweeties Added to his three first half points Hawkins pumped through some nineteen Tallies These plus Gary Meggelins fourteen markers totaled to give Chula Vista their sixth league victory ,se-rar. d emoh ll I Gary Meggel n and The Ma adors successfully get oft anothe sto? du ng the f st game in the new Chula Vigrg Ma ado fglt to the ebound n the frst C ua gymnas ufn V s a Mt M guel game .. . . . ' . I . I I n . I i t I i i A i - ' - . I w I . . . . , I - . I - x f' ,Z My . ,. ,.. 'A '15,- , :gp-04' M if an I M 1' I! J' ,fs 6, l it J C I v NLM ,IP is 5' A ' I 'S , w ' ,Y Howar H V i l.7l, I , a t r 1 ri r ' ' c r i t r r I i h l A i , . I t - , I .

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The Undefeatable -Defeated Spartan Keith Hawkins scoops in two points in the 55-46 Helix upset. Jim lBonesl Bowers puts in two points for the Highlanders in Chula Vista-Helix contest. CHULA VISTA 26-HELIX 49 Spartan Coach Stewart, employing strat- egy in the Helix clash, but not getting the necessary breaks, found the High- landers outclassing the Chula Vistans, Held to five tallies the first period and eleven the next, Helix stagnated to a new low ebb, this pattern was con- sistent though, as the Stewart-men were buckled to only one marker the first half. After the hometowners slowed play for two periods, Helix decided to stall a third. When both teams opened up for the first time in the final quarter, the Spartans came only a tally shy of the Highlanders. Gary Meggelin and Fred Olmsted were high scorers for the Chula Vistans, potting eight and seven points respectively. CHULA VISTA 55-HELIX 46 Unusual is the word which best de- scribes both Chula Vista-Helix games. Undefeated previously in league play the over-confient Highlanders were set back 55-46, only twice coming close, but not close enough to outscore the Spartans. Junior Howard Hemphill paced the blue with sixteen first half points while Keith Hawkins l5'l l l was busy out rebound- ing both Clay Raaka l6'6 l and George Mackey l6'6 l. Gary Meggelin, Don Howes, and Fred Olmsted collected twelve, ten, and seven points respec- tively, plus five fouls apiece. This was the boost necessary for the Spartans to again put themselves in the winning column, although it unfortun- ately came a little late in the season. The Kiwanis Tournament proved to be a bit of a disappointment to the Spartans as they lost the Consolation Champion- ship game to Escondido by the narrow margin of two points. Chula Vista, in league play, had previously dumped the Cougars 54-35. Up to this point, in the Kiwanis Tournament, the Spartans had rolled to victory over Mt. Miguel 47-20 and Clairmont 44-33. ln the Chino Tournament the Spartans found themselves a little more success- ful by capping the Consolation Champ- ionship with victories over Montclair, Chino, and Temple City by margins of 49-37, 36-35, and 50-40 respectively. We are reminded of this year's victories as well as defeats by the Chino Consola- tion Championship trophy, this is some- what typical of this season's basketball - either late or just behind.