Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Aller compleling a successlul praclice season, lhe Lowell lighl- weighl cagers opened lheir league compelilion by delealing Mission, 34 lo I7. In The game wilh Balboa lhe Cards encounlered greal diffi- cullyin gaining a I3 lo I I decision. A lavored Commerce live proved loo much lor lhe Lowell aggrega- lion, winning, 22 lo I6. Galileo was held lo Iwo liield goals in a game which lound Lowell on The long end ol a 20 lo 9 score. Sl. lgnalius was overwhelmed, 20 lo I I, while lhe Poly skirmish pro- duced a I7 lo 8 viclory lor lhe Red and While. By delealing Sa- cred I-learl, 33 lo 22, The Cards cinched second place honors be- hind lhe undelealed Commerce live. The lirsl slring consisled ol John lgnollo and Bob I-Iarris, forwards: Diclc Shrieve, cenlerg and Jerry Grillin, Andy Moore, and Fred Wheeler, allernaling al 'rhe guard posilions. Diclc Shrieve was re- warded lor his very consislenl' and ever-dependable game by being named lirsl slring cenler on The ohlicial all-cily lighlweighl leam. JOHN IGNOFFO .SL GROSS PAUL LE BARON I 5 isdn HAUELER CENT BROWN

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DOUG MAA' T T S DAVE 'KOBLICK ART GOLDSTETN -HAiL'ii2dBLLERf7, T .sei-in sums, 6 Tom FRANUSTCH NOTCH L LBTLL LEE .Mm i ,Visa RAY COATS DONT RURNESS' 'J '66 A LZ, ' wmzneu seam immsv wow 4 were Younm In The sixTh game of The season, Lowell meT iTs arch-rival, The Then- undeTeaTed Poly guinTeT. Lowell enTered This game Taced wiTh The necessiTy oT deTeaTing her oppo- nenT if she enTerTained any hopes Tor The championship. Backed To The uTmosT by The sTudenT body and TaculTy, The Cardinals found The range, and aTTer a close TirsT halT, walked away wiTh a glorious 22 To I7 vicTory. Troppman and Guinee, Lowell sTars, were Torced Trom The game on personal Touls, buf Kobliclc, Egan, and De Bisschop proved able subsTiTuTes. Lowell now Taced a second ne- cessiTy, ThaT oT deTeaTing a sevenTh opponenT, The TighTing Irish oT Sa- cred I-iearT. An inspired Irish Team gave Lowell supporTers many un- easy momenTs in an engagemenT ThaT Tound The Cardinals, aTTer Trailing, 8 To 7, aT halT, coming Trom behind To score a 22 To I2 vic- Tory. Tony Franusich scored eleven poinTs Tor The Red and WhiTe sguad. ATTer This vicTory, which showed ThaT The Lowell Team was now a smooTh-TuncTioning uniT, hopes Tor a championship ran high.

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BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS The vicTory over Sacred I-learT placed Lowell in a Tie wi+h Poly, Thus making a playoTT imperaTive. The playoTT consisTed oT a Two-ouT-OT-Three game series, wiTh The league encounTer counTing as one oT The games of The series. Because oT This, Lowell enTered The playoTT one up on iTs rivals. The ParroTs, playing superbly, bounced back in The running by deTeaTing The Indians, 26 To I9, in The second game. In The Third and deciding conTesT a long Tield goal by Franusich puT The Cards in TronT in The opening minuTes oT play, and Trom here unTil The halT The Cards held a Two-poinT advanTage, The score aT The inTermission being 9 To 7. As The second halT began The Cardinal Torwards sTarTed breaking pasT The Poly deTense, wiTh The resulT ThaT Lowell Tound herself seven poinTs ahead aT The beginning oT The TourTh guarTer. The Indians held Their lead, and as The Tinal gun sounded iT signal- ized The TirsT maior baskeTbaII championship in Three years ThaT was acquired by a Lowell Team. The Tinal score read: Lowell 2I, Poly I2. I-Iaving safely secured The ciTy TiTle, The Cards iourneyed To Reno, Nevada, where They encounTered The Nevada STaTe Prep champions, Sparks Union I-Iigh, a Team which had hereToTore won ThirTy-nine successive games. Lowell Took an early lead, holding iT unTiI halT Time, when The score was I4 To 7. Shor+ly aTTer The second halT began The Lowell Team lapsed and losT The lead, only To regain iT early in The TourTh guarTer. The Cards held The upper hand unTil The end of The game, winning 24 To 2 I . ParTicular menTion should be made oT Carl Troppman, Lowell cenTer, who was named The ouTsTanding player oT The Prep League. He won a place on The TirsT sTring of every all-ciTy Team published, and led The league in individual scoring. Too much crediT cannoT be besTowed upon Coach NeTl. I-Iis Tine Training plus The splendid spiriT and dogged deTerminaTion oT The Team were leading TacTors in bringing The A. A. A. TiTIe back To Lowell. THE ROAD TO A CHAMPIONSHIP Lowell OpponenTs . . Mission . . 24 25 23 . . Balboa . . I8 26 . . Commerce . . 28 4I . . Galileo . . I3 32 . . ST. IgnaTius . . I I 22 . . . Poly . . . I7 22 . Sacred I-IearT . I2 I9 . . . Poly . . . 26 ,zu . . .Poly. . . I2 23I- I6I 56