Nordhoff High School - Topa Topa Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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Q PI If 4940! M Nordhoff's football team this year had its ups, and it had its downs. Under the able coaching of Mr. Mataisz, Mr. Gartrell, and Mr, Hardison, the Rangers had a 3-2-I record in league play and wound up in fourth place. The opening game of the season was one of the most action-packed in Nordhoffs football history. Santa Barbara Catholic got off to a fast start and ran up an early lead of I2-0. But just as fast the Rangers bounced back, and by half time the score was Nord- hoff 18, Santa Barbara 12. The Rangers really got going in the second half and went on to defeat the Cardinals 42-33. The next game was just the opposite as Nordhoff and Moorpark battled it out till the end for a 6-6 tie, which put them in a tie for second place. Each team scored one touchdown, just missed another, and had its important extra point blocked, which could have meant victory for either team. The next week however the Rangers met a determined team from Carpinteria and went down to defeat 12-6. Carpinteria continued its winning ways and went on to win its ninth straight Tri-Valley league crown. The next week the Rangers got back at life in general with a 25-2 trounc- ing over Santa Clara. After the defeat by Saint Monicas, 26-0, the Rangers came back the following week to whitewash Simi to the tune of a 45-7 massacre. The final game of the season was a tough one to lose, as all Villanova games are fwhen we lose themj. The Wildcats got back the bucket which we had won the year before by whipping us 18-0. At the close of the season the team got together and selected jerry Fullerton and Bob Clausen as their captains with jerry Fullerton also getting the vote for most-valuable player. On December 4, the team journeyed to L.A. to watch a pro football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Baltimore Colts. I 'wifi

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Nordhof f Nordhof f Nordhof f Nordhof f Nordhof f Nordhof f Nordhof f SB Cath Moorpark Carpinteria S Clara Simi Villanova Opposition Www N01-dhoff ,,,,,..,.........,....,. 0 S. Monica CAPTAINS-Bob Clausen and jerry Fullerton. Front row: D. Byrne, P. Freeman, B. Brock, D. Weeks, B. Smith, D. Garst, J. Fullerton, H. Dolan N. Rich. Second row: A. Acosta, G. Guinn, M. Valley, R. Biggers, P. Bangs, D. Lowe, D. Cook N. Russel. Third row: S. Hunsaker, D. Pearson, F. Stevens, D. Perry, R. McBride, B. Clausen, R johnson, G. Byrne, D. Fitzgerald. Last row: Mr. Mataisz, P. Valley, C. Shields, H. Moore, R. Lang becker, R. Ward, Mr. Gartrell.

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