Falfurrias High School - El Azahar Yearbook (Falfurrias, TX)

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Jersey Football Schedule For 1970-71 Season OPPONENT Robstown Gregory-Portland Bishop George West Hebbronville Raymondville Rio Grande Donna Mercedes Edcouch-Elsa Won 3, Lost 7, Tied 0 THEM 8 40 O 46 21 24 13 13 25 21 Jerseys Drop Three Games Falfurrias dropped a t r io of games to three non-district teams, two of them pre-season picks for state contention. jerseys dropped the first game to Gregory-Portland Wildcats by a score of 40-0. The Wildcats were led by All-State candidate, Marty Akins. Gregory-Portland went on to reach the 18-3A State Foot- ball semifinals. The next loss came at the hands of the George West Longhorns. jerseys fell 42-14 to a strong team. Again an All-State candidate led the way for the victors: he was Cliff Hoskins, a running back. George West also advanced up the line to a bi-district berth. The third loss came at the hands of a close neighbor and rival. Heb- bronville Longhorns fielded a dis- trict champion team this year: they downed the jerseys by a score of 21-8. 44 '

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Coach Solis ls Well Informed Coach J o h n Solis has been coaching the Falfurrias Jerseys for five years and has been head coach for two years. Coach Solis also teaches History. He has been coach- ing thirteen yearsg in Robstown one year, -Iemez Springs, New Mex- ico one year, La joya one year, and Falfurrias five years. Coach Solis stated that coaching in Roy, New Mexico, and Falfurrias, were his highlights in his coaching career. Hector QPipoj A. Garcia is talking to the coaches in the press box. Coach Solis addresses the student body at a pep rally. Expressing his desires to win the next game. Veteran Coach Likes His Job Coach Reymundo Gonzalez was really like a newcomer to our school. He has only coached here for a total of two years. Before coming to coach at our school, he coached for a tenure of one year at Edinburg, Texas. He held the position of assistant football coach and assistant track coach. In his two years of coaching at our school, he helped coach a State championship cross country team and a District and Regional Champs teams in track. He felt that being able to be part of these two teams was one of the really important things to him during his coaching career. Coach Gonzales was assistant football coach for the 1970-1 971 season

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Jerseys Lose To Raymondville Surprised, the Jerseys lost their first district game to the Raymond- ville Bearkats. After starting out to be one of those nights for the Fightin' Jerseys, as the final score turned out to be 24-14. At the half, the Jerseys led 14-6, but the Bearkats came on strong after the half to take the lead and win the game. Daniel Dal Bosque is shown here making one of his great touchdowns. White seems to be the color as stopped after bursting through the Daniel Del Bosque, 32, is being defensive. DD V i 1 N i Daniel Del Bosque, 32 is heading off a gain. Will he make that touchdown?