Nogales High School - Charter Yearbook (La Puente, CA)

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Coach And Captains LEFT TO RIGHT: Dan Carbajal, Coach Mr. Murray, Anthony Gomez, Joseph Gomez. Varsity In Action On March 7, 1969, the Nogales Varsity Basketfjall team closed out ita most successful basketball season. They lost to Beverly Hills School in the quarter finals of C. I. F. play. Prior to this action, they beat Antelope Valley 79-H9, and Hancho Alamitos 77-73 in C. I. F. play. The seventh ranked five among C. I. F. Triple-A schools finished the year with a 22-7 record. Rolling to a 10-2 league record, Murray ' s five also added tlie Nogales Christmas Tournament to tlieir coup stick early in the season. The Varsity was led by high-scoring senior guard, Dan Carbajal. Dan, who helped Nogales to its first Mout ' iew League basketlmll title, was named Player of tlie Year by the league coaches. He was also selected Most Valuable Player in the Nogales Christmas Tournament. During the season he became the highest scorer in the school ' s history. Mike Esquibel held down the other guard spot. He was the only junior on tlie starting quintc t. He was selected first team all league. Pairing with Carbajal they were the best guards in the Valley. Mike averaged 20 points per g ' ame in the C. I. F. playoffs. Dave Junkin started at the center position. He has out- standing jumping ability and was a very important clog in the Nogales attack. Junkin was selected Honorable Mention on the all league team. Flanking Junkin at the forward positions were the Gome brotliers. Joseph and Anthony did an outstanding job both offensively and defensively. Joseph broke tlie school record for rebounding. Joseph started for the Varsity for three years. He was selected on the all tournament team at tlie Nogales Christmas Tournament. He was selected Honorable Mention on the all league team. Anthony was selected on the AU- tournament teams at the Corona and Nogales Tournament. As a junior he was the most valuable player on last year ' s var- sity. The starting five was backed up by a sti-ong bunch. Mark Evans and Jim Smith added gi-eat depth in the front line. Both of them conti-ibuted greatly to the team success. Ed Esquibel and Robert Hertel gave tlie team good relief for tlie guards. Dave Murray added strength to the center position. Ron Reinhart and Jim Marsh rounded out the squad. Nogales achieved great success during the year and most of it was obtained by team play and great desire. 1

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Antliony Gomez Mark Evans i pfl- OS H Mi Eddie Esquibel rrrTFrrr : Dan Carbajal Dave Junkin James Smith Joseph Gomez ' V Mike Esquibel IT P Robert Hertel Ron Re in hart Jim Marsh % ' Dave Murray

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