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

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SEASON RECORD CUBBERLY OPPONENT 64 . . . Bellarmine . , 33 49 . . . Sequoia , . . 64 80 . . . Woodside . . 33 '59 . . . Carlmont . . 45 62 . . . MenlofAth. . 51 67 . . . Mills .... . 42 Senior Broad Jumper - Claude Brazell Y Don Castle puts the sh Front Row: T. Bott, D. Gambino, B. Linder, j, Lange, B. Coniglio, N. Mz1cKaye, P. Stofle, B. Templeton G. MCKelvey, R. Tani, B. Hicks, Ninnis. Back Row: Asst. Coach Ron Skillicorn, lvlgr. C. Taylor, C Lemon, D. Steinke, D. Bowen, D, Fowle, lVlcLenegan, F. Manning, R. Horton, F. Cannon, R. Bains, Coach Pete Ida. Q Don Bowen leads hig against Woodside, 4' H Track The finest B track squad in the schools history made a name for itself during the season. Sophomore hurdler and discus thrower Don Bowen, hroadfjumper, shotfputter Dean Gambino and sprinters Greg ot against Carlmont. li hurdle race he won McKelvey, Dale Steinke and Gil Moore were responsible for the team's 4fl record compiled hy midfseason. Several varsity competitors eligible to compete in the B classification events made the transition at the seasons end in hope of winning medals at the league and North Coast Section Finals.

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Varsity Track Track season began officially in February with the Third Annual Cubberley Marathon which was run through neighboring streets. junior distance star, Ernie Long, won the event and shattered the school record in the time of 8 556. An excellent battle down to the wire between Jacques Calma and Buddy Washer resulted in a tie for sec' ond place between the pair. SEASON RECORD OPPONENT 54 CUBBERLY Bellarmine . 59.. . .. Sequoia . . . 39 Woodside . . 10 Carlmont . . 58 Mills .... . 29 62 . . MenlofAtherton . . 51 Marathon winner Ernie Long 1 ., ,. , , Qihi,,, :Q 'H-. 132 B I W' W' ' . H ., .V , Front Row: Turner, D. Castle, N. Schlosser, T. Hall, B. Asch, C. Brazcll, F. Benjamin, R. Geyer, P. Stofle, B. Linder, E. Long, L. Giles. Second Row: Klooster, B. Ballard, B. Bickenbach, E. Gilliam, Balboni, B. Washer, S. Greving, S. Fields, D. Collins, T. McDougal, A, Sira, Coach Pete Ida, Back Row: Asst. Coach Ron Skillicorn, D. Martin, B. Gregg, Matrisciano, L. Ginzton, L. Anderson, D. Washer, R. Kunselman, D. Clay, V. Goin, W. Hans, R. Borthwick, P. Habley, H. Brown, Calma. Outstanding track marks came soon for the top spikcrs on the Cougar track team. junior highfjumper Henry Brown clears the bar at Sf7 in the Sophomores Mike Hunt and Rich Geyer set the early pace for Carlmont meet. the team. Hunt's times were ZOIOZYZ in the 880 and 20.1 in the low hurdles. Speed specialist Geyer had run the 'l2Ofyard dash in 7.2.2 and the 440fyard dash in 51.8. Adding to these were junior Fred Benjamin's 'MQW effort in the broad jump and 10.1 clocking in the 100fyard dash. Don Castle gained many points in the weight events, shot and discus. Early in the season, Don had rewritten two school records pushing the iron ball 53 feet, 6M inches, and whirling the iron disc 147.8 feet. Adding depth in the sprints were juniors Bruce Asch and Tom Hall. The team had won three dual meets and one triangle meet. Adding to the strength of the team were distance men Ernie Long, Leonard Anderson, John Matrisciano, Wendell Hans, and Buzz Linder. Bob Ballard, Ray Kunselman and Henry Brown had manf aged to clear 5f10 in the high jump by midfseason. Cubberley sent entries to the day-long El Cerrito and Stanford relays during April weekends.

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at .f 'f ,. :.V WW' ' Front Row: B. Mclver, B. Mitchell, R. Gale, B. Bellandi, B. Pletsch, W. Miller, D. McQuery. Second Row: E. Millan, T. Steers, G. Kraft, S. Kucera, J. Seckler, .I Kunselman, B, Grant. Back Row: Coach George Hurley, J. Mason, -I. McWilliam, D. Creager, L. Atteberry, T. Hodge, T. Morin, K. Weber, Asst. Coach Larry Peterson. Varsity aseball Cuhherley's 1960 varsity hasehallers got off tova promising start with victories in four out of six nonfleague contests. They won over Sunnyvale f6f3j, Capuchino fl2f3Q, Tennyson of Hayward 1761, and jefferson f6f4j, and lost only to Fremont in the opener and to San Mateo hy scores of 4f3 and 6f3, respectively. Coach George Hurley's club had hut four upperclassmen on its roster nf catcher Jim Seckler, outfielder jim Mcwilliam, and first hasemen Boh Lucas and Clay Whitehead. The Cougar roster is sprinkled with eight memhers of a successful Palo Alto Bahe Ruth allfstar outfit that reached the national finals of the Babe Ruth League Wcmrld Series tournament. Junior mcmhers were Kent Weher, an inf fielder, letterman pitcher Bruce Bellandi, catcher Buddy Mitchell, and outfielder Odis Hamilton. Sophomore memhers were infielders Ray Gale and Bill Pletsch, pitcher Wayne Miller, and outfielder Norm Bjork. The hitting and the leadership of Seckler, the hitting of letterman flyfchascr Ernie Millan and Weher, and the pitching of Bellandi and Miller highlighted the nonfleague games. Cuhherley's haseball future appears hright with seven out of the nine starters returning for another year of diamond combat in Cougar flannels. SEASQN RECORD CUBBFRLY OPPONENT Fremont. . . 4 Sunnyvale . . 3 Capuchino . 3 San Mateo . . 6 Tennyson . 3 Jefferson . . 4 Mills . . 1 junior Hurler, Bruce Bellandi Senior Catcher, jim Seckler