Lassen Union High School - Rays Yearbook (Susanville, CA)

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Team FRONT ROW lLeft to Right, Harvey Armstrong Prank Del Carlo Ierry Edgecomb Tommy McMurphy Ierry Wilkerson BACK ROW Mr Bowman Coach Iay Talbot Ph11Bertanzon1 George Morelmi Ierry North B111 Burr Ronme Bradbury QC 77 xi he 'ww ' K , ' ks k . x lf - sb Aff W' ' : ' , . , . - : , 1 , ' '. ' , . ' , ' -

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LASSEN DOWNS CHESTER The Chester Volcanoes trled to blow up Lassen s w1nn1ng streak 1n the Feather R1ver League but they fa1led Lassen s score was 48 to Chester s 44 Thxs was the f1nal score of the frrst meet1ng of these two schools thls year Gary Wxlson led the Lassen scorrng at the end of the f1rst half w1th 8 po1nts but he was fouled out In the second half before he could get any more polnts Rlch V1al played an excellent game He stole the ball qu1te regularly and was t1ed w1th Trent Alllson and Brent Iohnson for top scor1ng honors w1th LO pomts Lassen made 9 more held goals than Chester but Chester caught up w1th us by maklng 22 free throws to our 10 PLAYER F TS Wlnchell Waltz Iohnson Bronson W1lson All1son Pr1est Hrcks Doyle V1al Peterson TOTAL LASSEN FINALLY DOES IT For the f1rst t1me 1n f1ve years the Lassen A team beat Herlong The score was 43 39 Brent Iohnson was h1gh scorer for Lassen w1th 12 polnts Gary WIISOH had 8 Rlch V1al and 11m Bronson each had 7 pomts 11m really played a good game and showed us that he has what lt takes PLAYER F S Wmchell Waltz Abernathy Johnson Bronson W1lson All1son Pr1e st Hlcks Doyle V1a1 Peterson German TOTAL B TEAM EDGED OUT BY TIGERS Black Frlday An appropr1ate name for Fnday 23rd of Ianuary On thrs fate ful day the Portola T1gers beat the Lassen GYIZZILQS In a close and exc1t1ng game by a score of 4l 35 H1gh DOLHL man for Lassen was Al Honea w1th ll pornts Also scor1ng for Lassen was McFarland w1th 7 Douglas and Sanchez w1th 6 each Cook w1th 4 and Packwood w1th l Lassen made 9 of ll free shots for 81 9! Portola made L5 of 25 for 60! Although Lassen had a better free throw percentage Portola gOt more pomts on free throws than Lassen OVERTLME GIVES LASSEN WIN OVER PORTOLA The score was tled 48 48 at the end of regulat1on play but Lassen out scored Portola 6 2 ln the 3 mlnute overtlme to w1n 54 50 Ioe Vlhnchell led Lassen w1th 15 pomts and R.1ch1e Vlal had L3 Gary Wllson had The game was close all of the way Although Lassen had a 6 polnt lead w1th four m1nutes to go Portola caught up w1th us to t1e the score PLAYER F PTS Wlnchell Waltz Abernathy Johnson Bronson A1l1son W1ls on Pr1e st H1cks Peterson V1al German Hart TOTAL GRIZZLIES SINK VIKINGS On january 17 the Lassen B team journeyed to Herlong to wallop the Herlong Lassen swamped the V1k1ngs w1th a score of 56 32 In thls excrtmg and cl1 macuc game the B team Just romped all over the poor v1k1ngs One reason for Lassen s succes s came from the fact that Lassen brought along a root1ng sect1on that was just about as blg as that of Herlong Herlong be1ng out played and out yelled just couldn't stop the frred up Lassen squad Havlng In Jured h1s ankle ln the f1rst half Douglas had to s1t out for awh1le He was soon back In the game agaln and helped h1s teammates w1n by scorlng IO po1nts Also scor1ng for Lassenwere Cordoba and Iohnson Wlth l po1nt each Honea and Shepherd w1th 2 po1nts each and Sanchez w1th 8 porrats Hero for the evenlng was h1gh po1nt man Leonard Cook who scored 18 po1nts for Lassen Lassen made L6 out of 28 free shots for 57 lf Herlong made 4 out of 9 shots for 45 X LASSEN WINS AGAIN OVER WESTWOOD Lassen stomped Westwood 64 20 1n what d1d not even look llke a league game but more l1ke a practlce for the whole Lassen team Coach McCaughey gave all of h1s play ers a chance to play and they all scored for h1m If the coach nad not had mercy on Westwood there 15 no tell1ng how h1gh the score would have been Trenton All1son was hlgh scorer w1th 12 polnts Whlle Bob Abernathy had LO and R1ch Vlal had 9 Lassen remamed IH flrst place rn the C1355 A DIVISION of the Feather R1ver League PLAYER PTS Wrnchell Waltz Abernathy Johnson Bronson Wllson Alllson Pr1est HLCKS Peterson Vlal German Hart TOTAL BENCH WARMERS You s1t tnere helpless pray1ng for Just one thrng A chance The score IS t1ed 56 even and your team LS 1n possess1on of the ball w1th 30 seconds to play The crowd 1S crazy and your team 1S LH the c1rcle and the clock lS runnlng out and the cheerleaders are g o1ng out of thelr m1nds But there s noth1ng ln the world you can do about rt All you can do 1S s1t there where you are helpless Because you re only a re serve a thrrd strrnger a stand by A bench warmer You can SLI and watch yes b ut that 1S all Ronnle Dav1d and Ken Berry know th1s hopeless feehng They re tall and well coord1nated but nerther of them has been able to crack the l1ne up th1s season They're bench warmers Thls You know what 1t's gorng to be llke You re go1ng to s1t there and Walt The game LS someth1ng 'way off 1n a dlfferent world but you st1ll know what they should have done on that last play what YOU would do on the play com1ng up Everyth1ng that happens on the court happens to you too The try for a pornt The long pass to that man ln the open Pass' Pass the ball' You're on your feet In a frenzy of excxtement A basket' You ve done 1t' Yes your team and you' Even here on the bench you re a part of the team And yet when lt s over when 1t's done you feel well how can you explaln It 'P Alone Somehow you feel alone In a way the bench warmer can be as unportant to the game of basketball as the star He shows up for practrce and really g1ves the star a work out He s there to su1t up and get ready and lf a m1racle occurs go 1n and play h1s heart out when lt counts on Fr1day mght He knows the same exc1tement and sense of del1r1ous accompllshment when h1s team has won as does the guy who played the full game and made the w1nn1ng basket He feels the same despondency when hrs team yes HIS team has lost as does the fellow who mlssed an easy shot or fumbled a play He feels the same love for the game the 1nexpl1cable devot1on as does the star who gets all the cred1t and all the newspaper space No he may not play much He may not break any records He may not be too well coordmated Maybe he doesn t even belong 1n a umform But there's one th1 g about h1m He s out there to try to glve lt a chance And that's really about as much as you could ask of any man Pc. 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