Northside High School - Horn Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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lsreal Harrrs frrst year letter man and forward rn hrs frrst year ofvarsrty ball add ed humor and fun as well as good ball handlrng to the team For Northslde Cogers Wayne Butch Bacon second year letterman and forward was the top defense man on the team and fought hard for those all rm portant rebounds He was seen ly mg on hrs back on the floor many trmesdurrng the season due to hrs matter what the score Brll Coleman frrst year letterman and for ward who played hrs frrst year of varsrty basketball thrs year has a remarkable fast eye whrch he puts to work fakrng out hrs opponents Clarence Kohlleppel second year letterman and center was absent part of the season due to a very serrous rllness but he always played a very sprrrted fame Pat Olfers frrst year letterman efforts I0 get Thai rebound U0 guard andhonorable mentron All Drstrrct playedhrs frrstyear of varsrty basketball thrs season He earned hrs letter wrth the help of hrs amazrng abrlrty to hrt from o ut Norwrr1Schrmcek guard playrng hrs frrst year of varsrty ball was always full of spurt and hustle Wayne Benke one year letterman and center who was absent part of the season due to other drffrcultres frnrshed up the Season ln g0Od fashron d as I .- H , , , X I - - ' ' I 1 . . r I I I . o 1 1 I I I . . , s , 1 I . I I I .

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Kerth Mason four year letterman co captarn All Dlstrtct and guard handles a basketball wrth the ease and grace ofa professronal Ma son who has won All D1str1ct two years rs a dead eye rn hrs shootrng and second only to Steubmg rn pornts scored per game Kerths drrve hustle and perfect co ordrnatron make hrm one of the team s most valuable players Hord work pays off Garnet Steubtng thud year letterman co captarn All Drstrrct All Crty and center rs a wrzard on the gym floor Start mg three years ago wrth no prevtous ex perrence Garnet has won All Dtstrrct ev ery year as well as copptng All Crty honors last year Besrdes betng hrgh potnt on the drstrrct Gamers accomplrshmenrs speak for themselves Ronald De Sha fxrst year letterman and center earned hrs frrst letter through much hard prac ttce as a senror member of the team Don Steubrng, ftrst year letterman and forward, came up from last year's 'B' team and proved hrs Charles Utz frrst year letterman and center was only able to play half of the season due to a mrx up tn school semesters Charlle was an able sprr tted team worker and had the brg Job of guardtng B1llBrown durrng the frrst Devrne game abrlrty to make the varstty squad Crarg Mason second year letterman All Drs trrct second team and guard ISHCXIYCBI s most promrsrng player and the onlyJun1or on the team to gam All Dtstrtct honors Thts boy who never gets perturbed or upset was one of the leadmg defen stve men on the back boards ' - . I - . I ! - ' I , - team, Steubing was the top scorer in the I - . .- I I , 7 . , . -

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gg' ,g fn, , ' 'H :'9 K, V 'Z 3 ,::'- . 'QL' , 6 ' ' I 'f I' S ffffrta if 'A ,d,,i y , . K . ,graft V I 31 62 63 Northside Northside Northside Northside Northside Northside Northside Garnet Steubing Keith Mason Craig Mason Pat Olfers Wayne Bacon Clarence Kohlleppel Isreal Harris Don Steubing Charles Utz B111 Coleman Coach Mel Barborak is shown here during one of his rare peaceful moments on the bench The team must have been winning by a big score DISTRICT SCORES Devine San Felipe Sam Houston Crystal City Devine San Felipe Sam Houston PERSONAL SCORE AVERAGES Barborak molds wmmng team In September 1955 a man came to Northside with only one thing in mind I0 bulld fr0m praCt1Ca11y nothmg practice at Woodlawn every day This was a hard task for he had to furnish the transportation every day In his first year Mr Barborak won more basketball games w1th his team than had ever been won before in Northside s history The Rams ran a close second to Boerne in district play In his second year the team moved up to class AA and agarn through the coaching of this man Northside won more than 60010 of its games This was especially good since 70010 of the games were with larger schools In the past year the Rams have won more than 60W'a of their games the Consolation Trophy in the Devine Tournament and placed second in district In the past two years only one thing has kept North side from winning district the extremely tall team from Devine Northside nearly defeated this team this year by using an unorthodox defense engineered by Coach Barborak In the past three years Coach Barborak has had five All District players and an All City player The Rams owe a lot to this man who has made Northside known for its basketball teams 66 . 67 . S . 4,7 . K - y ' 54 ' 5 Q ' r - ' 49 ' 18 ' 12 4 2 ' 2 ' 1 1 - 1 O I awinning basketball team. Working without a gym at school in which to practice, he made it possible for his team to