Cobre High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Bayard, NM)

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1971 Junior Varsity Places Third In 3A District Pete Salcido, Jerry Jameson, and Larry Sifuentes go for the game at the District Tournament held at Deming High School. during The junior varsity squad included Chris Moreland, Gilbert Ortiz, Eric Lemke, Robbie Pedroza, Ruben Facio, George Duarte, Ralph Delgado, Ar- mando Rodriguez, Gerry Jameson, Hector Ramirez, Wayne Hoeye, John Gibson, Albert Chavira, Pete Salcido, and Mike Acosta. Managers for the team were George Cook, Bobby Perez and Ricky Reiss. The team was coached by Mr. Hector Madrid. They placed third in the district. SCORES COBRE OPPONENT 52 45 Cliff Lydio Patterson 39 65 50 Socorro 37 60 Mayfield 74 39 55 72 Cathedral Deming Lordsburg 53 80 46 43 Gadsden 46 43 Hot Springs 46 43 Silver City 32 49 Lordsburg 45 46 41 41 31 Tularosa Silver City Las Cruces Gadsden 43 32 52 36 43 Cliff DISTRICT TOURNAMENT 51 61 Tularosa 37 52 Deming 53 60 Silver City 43 Mr. Hector Madrid at Cobre for his first year, coached the junior varsity basketball team. The squad had a 8-12 overall season record for a successful year. The team trav- eled to Deming for the district tournament. For the first game Cobre played Tularosa being victorious with a mark of 61-37, still placing the Indians in the race for first place. Their chances were altered when the Deming Wildcats edged the team by a score of 52-53. The team played Silver for the final round and come out in third place with on easy score of 43-60.

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Matmen Win District; DeBusk Heavyweight Champ Cobre ' s matmen ended this year ' s season with an 8-3 record. There were fifty Cobre athletes out for wrestling which accounted for the impressive season. In two invita- tional tournaments they successfully defended their 3-AAA wrestling crown for the third consecutive year and placed fourth in state. With fifteen returning lettermen, next year could prove to be another successful year. Those gaining recognition were Danny DeBusk in the heavyweight division. He blazed through the season with only one defeat, and was crowned as a state champion. Tom Chavez, 145 pound division settled for second place at state. Others placing in the state tournament were Jack Smith 155 pounds, third; Brad Niblett 126 pounds, and Rene Garcia 1 25 pounds, for fourth place. Jack Smith, a junior, and a new member of the wrestling team, impressed all spectators as he went through Cobre ' s fastest pin which came in seconds. He lost two matches this year, one at district and one at state Varsity Wrestling Scores Cobre 17 38 Andress El Paso Bowie El Paso Opponent 27 15 45 El Paso High School 9 34 Gadsden 18 37 Silver 9 11 Mayfield Las Cruces 34 29 Gadsden 21 44 Silver 8 21 Alamgordo 25 28 Deming 14 37 Deming 15 Danny DeBusk placed first at state, in the heav Mght di Cobre ' s wrestlers who participated in the 1971 state tournament held in Belen February 25 and 26 ore Bock Row: Dt DeBusk, Jim Bassett, Jack Smith, Tom Chavez; Front Row: Ernie Kirker Rene Garcia, Danny Sandoval, Brad Niblett, Theodore Martinez.