Cubberley High School - Totem Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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9 'H 'lim McWilliam clutches ball as Paly man tackles. ,www si - -lay Warfcl moves against St. Francis as Weber follows to block. K ws. .L,. X, dk Q K A -K.. , , X V I . . -- Wise be it . .. , We o n Us i 1 N Z gil, K V . 1 gn L,.A is O i so 11f3ff..fw'M5n. .Mig Nw , .Qfigil ,, yi' Q MRL? Bruce Bellundi goes for touchdown :ms Benny Kwong of Paly follows. Chinin Tana drives for Hrst down in M-A game. is OOOOOOOOO I AllfS.P.A.L, back VARSITY FOOTBALL SEASON RECORD Mills ...,YA.,............ ,lefferson .,., St. Francis Ravenswood ,, Woodside ..... Carlmont ..... Sequoia .,,,... Palo Alto ,,.i,. MenlofAtherton ., Don Castle 13 O 7 O 0 12 13 13 14 72

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FOOTB LL Witli the schedule hecwrning progressively tougher, Cuhherley npened league play ticketed tn finish nn higher than fifth place. After heing held to six ptiints in the first halt' hy Ravenswnud, the rugged line play hy the Cougars wure down the Trojans and Cuhherley wasted tu a 2443 win, Coach Bnh jnnes, still unsure ul' the teani's ahility, watched his squad duplicate the firstfhalf perfnrmanee uf' the Ravenswnod game in the fulluwing game against Vxfoodside. Again the line came through in the secnnd half' and Cuhherley won 2447. Castle ran his total uf' tnuchdnwn passes to Ill hy cunipleting two fur seures to .Inn Mewillirtiii fur fl and two yards. In preparation for their impurtant game with Sequoia, the Cnugs defeated Carlninnt 1942. Castle fired touchdown passes uf' 19 yards tn lvlcvxfilliani and 22 yards tn Bruce Bellandi for the winning scores after Norm Sehlnsser had halted a Carlmont drive hy intercepting a Steve Hallgrinisun pass. Sclilnssens feat set up Cuhherley's first TD, a une yard run hy Chinin Tana. ,lust as it did last year, Cuhherley's WSU game with Sequnia decided the Snuth l,ClllllSkll.t Athletic League varsity funthall chainpiwn. SL'LlLlt1l.l'S single' wing attack innved alniwst xvitliuut hindrance tn win l3fll after the Chcrnltees scured un the ganie's third play lrnin scrinunage. The luss, higgest disappoint' ROSTER Front Row: B. Linder, Wzirfel, E. Millan K. Lus D. McQuery, A. Sira, B. Lucas. Second Row R Q Buckiuaster T. Thunxpsun, C. Stanton, K. Weber, R f Borthwick, B. Mitcliell. Thwd Row: D. Hughes L S. Headly, D. Wilscmri, D. Creager, D. Castle Lyons, B. Gray, Fourth Row: D. lvlartin, P. Huh ley, T. Hall, N. Schlosser, C. Tana, Gould, Blumenthal, Assistant coach Clarence Mirklcy Nut pictured are Assistant cuach jerry Hatha' way and Steve Cuhcnour. I s i--is t

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john Caruso brings down a jefferson man. 1959 Season fContinued from page 121D ment of the year for the team, meant the end of Cub' berley's two year grip on the league championship. The breaks were few for Cubberley. Many times the Cougars wound up in Sequoia territory unable to score. In a last ditch effort to avoid a shutout, QB Castle called the plays from a shortfpunt formation in the last quarter. He com' pleted six passes to jim Kennon but Sequoian Dick Tram- mell stilled the drive with a diving interception. To win the shoe trophy Cubberley rallied to beat Palo Alto in the annual Big Game that decided the city prep grid championship. Cubberley's first drive of the game produced a touchdown as Jay Warfel scored from one yard out. Palo Alto all but tied the game when Grant Bennion stepped off a 30 yard touchdown run and Chuck Lieb's usually accurate toe failed in a convertion attempt. Palo Alto struck for a TD early in the third quarter and the Cougars found themselves behind for only the second time of the season, l3f7. QB Castle passed three times for 70 yards to end Bruce Bellandi whose catch was good for a 30 yard touchdown to tie the score at 13-13. lntercepf tions set up the two winning touchdowns. Don Castle ran for both of these scores from one and 11 yards out. Winding up the surprisingly successful season, Cubf berley defeated MenlofAtherton. MfA struck fast and scored on a 39 yard pass in the first quarter. Cubberley tied the score moments later but MfA's Dick Burns quickf ened the game's pace with an 86 yard punt return for a touchdown. Castle's TD run was called back at the end of the Hrst half and the score remained 14f7 in favor of the Bears. Castle passed for two touchdowns in the game, one to Bellandi for 44 yards and another to Chinin Tana for 30 yards. The Bellandi catch put Cubberley ahead permanently but Tana's interception return for a TD iced the game. Named at the end of the season to the second team were Center Bud Mitchell and Tackle Ralph Wenzel. Tackle jim Gould earned an honorable mention. Castle led the team in total offense with 1,329 yards - S64 passing and 465 rushing. Tana led Cubberley rush' ers with 535 yards. McWilliam Hnished third in league pass receiving with 16 catches. Named to the Allflseague Hrst team were backs Don Castle and Chinin Tana and End Jim McWilliam. Inf cluded on the second team were Center Buddy Mitchell and Tackle Ralph Wenzel. Tackle Jim Gould received an lmm.,al.1., ..m.a+:n.. in Jay Warfel breaks loose against Sequoia 'Don Castle swivels past Paly. 1 Q . jimmy Kennon hits Paly ball, Bruce Bellandi funderneathj hits Paly man.