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

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Were Defeated b Douglas in Playoff Game Junior Joe Babinski dribbled the ball past a Sunnyside cager as he attempted to drive in for a layup. The Titans defeated the Devils in a double overtime. Palo Verde saw a nine point half Time lead diminish in The fourth quarter as Salpointe upset The Titans 49-47. The Lancer victory came when a field goal was made iust as the final buzzer sounded. The Titans were plagued by a large number of fouls Throughout The game. Joe Babinski scored 19 points. Two overtimes were necessary before The Titans defeated Sunnyside 74-66. ln The first overtime both Teams scored four points. In The second one, a three-point play by center Gerry Brooks put The Titans ahead for good, 67-66. Dan Crobbe had 18 points for Palo Verde. Doug Rhodus scored four straight points in The final minute of play as The Titans defeated Catalina 46-42. Although ahead in The Third period, a hectic fourth quarter had The Teams ex- changing The lead until Rhodus scored. Rhodus led all scorers with 12 points. In Their second meeting of The season, Pueblo defeated The Titans 59-56 aT The Warrior's gym. Pueblo forced The Titans into many mistakes by using a full court press and a Tough zone defense. Dan Crobbe led Palo Verde with 19 points and teammate Joe Babinski had 9. Dan Crobbe led a second half rally as The Titans came from a 35-29 deficit To defeat Salpointe 67-62. The victory avenged Palo Verde's only league loss and clinched The AA-Southern B League Title. Joe Babinski led Titan scoring with 24 points, while Grobbe added 18. Douglas built up a 39-32 halftime lead and Then went on To defeat Palo Verde 77-65. The Titans pulled to within one point in The Third quarter, but six straight points for Douglas put Them in The lead to stay. Joe Babinski led Titan scorers with 17 points while Dan Crobbe had 14. ln the fast-moving game against Tucson High, center Gerry Brooks and an op- ponent fell as they tried to reach the ball. Spills were frequent in the game

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Titans Won Division Race With I3-9 Records Junior Joe Babinski attempted lo make G T2-f00f Rincon Rangers. Getting into position for a possible iump shot in the first basketball contest with the rebgund were Jim Werner and Steve Gunning. Palo Verde took a 14-11 lead the first quarter and went on to defeat Amphi 5O-43. The Titans built up a lead of 19 points and were not threatened until the Panthers pulled within three points with a minute left. A last second free throw in- sured the victory. Gerry Brooks led the Titans with 16 points. ln their second meeting ofthe season, the Titans fell to Rin- con 68-59. With Joe Babinski scoring 19 points and Gerry Brooks controlling the inside, Palo Verde took a 31-28 halftime lead, but in the fourth quarter, the Rangers began using a full court press which enabled them to win the game. Palo Verde opened the Southern Division by defeating con- ference foe Sunnyside. The Titans built a lead of as many as 20 points in the third quarter then coasted to a 63-53 victory. Doug Rhodus scored 19 points to lead the Titans who led by 10 at halftime. Joe Babinski scored 13 and Gerry Brooks 11. Tucson High, led by Ken Ball's 20 points, scored a come- from-behind victory for the second time of the season as they defeated the Titans, 54-52. Joe Babinski was the leading scorer of the game with a total of 22 points. Gerry Brooks was sec- ond for Palo Verde with 10 points. Joe Babinski came within two points of breaking Palo Verde's individual game scoring record as his 31 points led the Titans past Catalina 66-53. Babinski scored 15 points in the second quarter and picked up 11 more in the second half before he fouled out in the fourth quarter. As the ball bounced off the rim, Joe Babinski and Gerry Brooks battled a Panther for the rebound. Doug Rhodus shot a 15-foot iumpshot in the Sunnyside game as Art Allen watched. Successful outside shooting contributed to many Titan victories.

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JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM1FR0NT ROW: Mgr. Chuck Simmons, John Hurley, Jack Theuret, Carl Lopez, Curt Cannon, Keith Ridgeway, Mgr. Junior Varsity Took F Bob Gutierrez. BACK ROW: Paul Newton, Dan Ferguson, Jon Findley, Rick Heinz, Sam Young, Peter Manns, Barry Schur, Bob Kingston. irst City Championship lt's pretty hard not to have a good season with the caliber of players on this year's iunior varsity basketball team, com- mented Coach Boyd Meyer. Placing first in 4AA Conference, the iunior varsity won i5 out of i6 games. Among the teams defeated were Catalina, Salpointe, Pueblo, Tucson and Sunny- side. Keith Ridgway was top scorer with an average of 15. Barry Schur and Danny Ferguson were next with 12. Rick Heinz led in rebounds with an average of ll per game. This was the iunior varsity's best season yet. J. V. coach Boyd Meyer and his team discussed the strategy they would use during the game. The Titans hoped to improve over last year's record. Rick Heinz out-iumped the Ranger center to tip the ball to his teammates dur- ing the December game in which the iunior varsity was victorious over Rincon.