Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Cagers Cpened Season With Close Victory rf' .,f' , V, VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM-FRONT ROW: Bill Steel, Art Allen, Jim Franklin, Dave Droegemeier, Jeff King, Ed Argraves, Joe Babinski. BACK ROW: Mgr. Opening the basketball season, the Titans defeated Sal- pointe 49-48. The lead exchanged hands throughout the game and was tied with two minutes left. A free throw by Art Allen and baskets by Jim Franklin and Dan Johnson gave the Titans a five point lead which the Lancers were unable to overcome. Falling short by two points in the last minute, Palo Verde lost to Tucson High, 52-50. Behind 50-41 with 2:26 remaining to play, the Titans poured in nine points to the Badger's two. Ron Payne was high Titan scorer with 10 points. is . . be ,ff Jerry Mathews, Doug Rhodus, Dan Johnson, Rick Roll, Gerry Brooks, Tim Ryan, Ron Payne, Mgr. Bruce Nelson. Trailing throughout the game, the Titans fell to the Pueblo Warriors, 52-40. Pueblo opened with a 23-8 lead in the first quarter. The Titans brought up the score to 25-24 at the half. After the first half, Pueblo maintained a lead of 12 points. Jim Franklin scored 12 points for Palo Verde. ln the fourth basketball game of the AA-4 conference sea- son, the Titans were defeated by the Sunnyside Blue Devils. Art Allen led the game by scoring more points than any other player on the court. He tallied 15 points. A iumpball was called as Titan Ron Payne attempted to retrieve the ball from the hands of a Badger in the varsity basketball battle against Tucson. As Gerry Brooks shot for a basket during the varsity basketball game against Sunnyside, Jim Franklin watched under the basket for a possible rebound.

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Although they were ahead 30-27 at the end of the first half, the Titans lost the basketball game to- Douglas, 64-57. During the first half, the cagers maintained up to an 8-point lead. Titans Ron Payne and Dan Johnson were the leaders point- wise. Payne scored 18 points and Johnson 11 points. After taking a 4-O lead in the first minutes of playing time, the Titans lost to the Rincon Rangers, 66-37. The efforts of Rick Roll and Gerry Brooks held the Rangers back for the first few minutes. Junior Art Allen led the scoring with 10 points. Playing one of their best basketball games so far in the season, the Titans lost to Amphi, 46-40. Numerous fouls in the second half by Palo Verde provided the margin in scoring that the Panthers needed to win. Ron Payne scored high with 11 points. Art Allen was a close second with 10 points. Good shooting in the first quarter of the game with Catalina gave the Titans a temporary lead, but they were defeated, 51-35. Cold shooting in the second quarter eliminated the Titan's 11-10 first quarter lead. Rick Roll scored 9 points. Trailing by 13 points, Palo Verde fell to the South Mountain Rebels 58-45. The Rebels opened an eight point lead and gradually widened the gap to 21 points. The Titans closed the game with eight consecutive points. Sophomore JV's Joe Babinski and Jim Werner played their first varsity game. Fighting a close game, the Titans lost to Pueblo, 44-40. Two field goals by Ron Payne and one by Joe Babinski gave the Titans a temporary lead. Rick Roll and Dan Johnson led the Palo Verde defense. Payne led the scoring with 13 points. Varsity basketball player Dan Johnson shot for a basket as his opponents at- tempted to stop him during the January 10 game against the Catalina Troians. Junior Doug Rhodus addded two more points to the score board at the South Mountain basketball game. Despite his efforts, the Titans were defeated. Varsity Titan Art Allen dribbled the ball towards Palo Verde's basket ln the Pueblo game. A Warrior tried to overtake Allen as he neared the basket.