Irvington High School - Saga Yearbook (Fremont, CA)

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The Irvington Vikings hobbled into one of their most important games of the season. They were battling Lick for third place in the league. The Viks went onto the field with most of the first string handicapped by injuries and held together by tape. The Viks held Lick to a 0-0 tie in the first quarter, but a rash of passes in the second quarter gave Lick four quick T.D’s. The Comets were playing excellent football and caused the Viks to get off a bad punt which was car¬ ried back 25 yards by Rodriguez for the Comet score. Then the passing started and Lick scored three more quickies within five minutes. The Vikings came back determined and held Lick scoreless in the second half. The game ended with Lick 27 Irvington 0. Irvington’s Varsity gridders hustled onto Wash¬ ington’s field for the biggest game of the season. The Viks were once again the underdog, but they surprised many people, especially the Huskies. Irvington kicked off to Washington and from that time on it was one of the cleanest and hardest fought games of the season for both clubs. Neither team scored in the first quarter. Washington scored on a pass over the middle to Max Cowan for the first T.D. of the game in the second quarter. Irvington came marching back in the next series to go 78 yards for the Viking score. Bob John¬ son and Dave Wolf smith sparked the drive by running around both sides with power and speed. Dave scored the T.D. by blasting up the middle. Jim White kicked the all important extra point that won the game. The final score was 7 to 6. Viking Tacklers Fred Ivey, Rod Fontes (in front of ball carrier), Bob Welch and Russ Pennelly stop Pioneer’s Scarpace behind the line of scrimmage for a one yard loss. The Mustangs managed to beat the Vikings, but only after a 3 1 2 hour battle that went into the twilight period of the day. Viking half-back Dave Wolf smith once again gave his usual performance by picking up 130 yards for the losers, but there was some consolation, in that Dave’s teammates helped him to become the leading rusher in the state. The Vikings put together a good offensive drive in the second half, but could not penetrate the Mustangs defense. The game ended with Pioneer on top, 13 to 0.

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TOP ROW: Head Coach, Ed King, Dean Rash, Sandy Harward, Robert Rios, Bob Phippen, Dan Ross, Hector Mata, Rich Lock- wood, Ken Hays, Ray Edwards, Wayne Corrie, Steve Pintek, Bill Rood, Denny Garcia, Brent Brown, Kent Paxton. MIDDLE ROW: Barney Bragg, Rick Confer, Rudy Racca, Larry Nakanishi, Irvington’s Vee-Bees were composed mainly of Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. The Viking light¬ weights, like the Varsity, started practice September first and practiced for four weeks before their first game with Hill. They also worked out for the summer months and lifted weights in order to get in shape for their first season. The Vee-Bees lost their first game to The Hill Thirties but refused to stop trying. With determina- Dick Barham, Dan Kettering, Eric Jorgensen, Jim Woodard, Bob Williams, Ken Parrish, Bob Strong, Danny Martinez, Jim Dvorak, Jim Bass. BOTTOM ROW: Bob Tirney, Randy Hinson, Rick Wallace, Rick White, Tony Costello, Danny Villa, Ron Dilbeck, Dave Andrade, Bob Erwin, Darrell McDonald. ©f 1961 tion to win, they set out for the Willow Glen Thirties and after an impressive three quarters and a fast moving fourth quarter, the Vee-Bees managed to score in the last few seconds to win 7 to 6. These lightweights should prove very valuable to next year’s Varsity and to the teams of the future. The teams finished the season with a two win, four loss, and two tie record. Their biggest victory came over Wash¬ ington in the big game”, 13-0. Head Coach, Ed King; Assistant, Bob Tierney. TEAM RECORD Irvington 0 Andrew Hill 34 Irvington 7 Willow Glen 6 Irvington 0 Logan 7 Irvington 13 San Jose 26 Irvington 6 Samuel Ayer 7 Irvington 7 Lincoln 7 Irvington Irvington 13 Washington vs Lick No 0 Game Irvington 0 Pioneer 0