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

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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.

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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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Frosh Cagers Ended Season With I4-4 Record FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM-FRONT ROW: Dave Coulurier, Jim Ferguson, Ralph Mallhews, Ric Ranne, Joe Ballard, Mike Polivchak, Bud Droegmeier, Roland Youngling, Troy Reimer, Barry Gerber. BACK ROW: Sieve Zienlarski, ieiniem. Junior Varsiiy Coach Freshman Coach Mike Gustafson, Dennis Thomas, Ralph Oli, Richard Ranger, Mark Hanshaw, George Whitaker, Scoll Rumel, Rob McCann, David Payne, Mark Olbin, Kevin Kelly. A 14-4 mark was posTed by The P.V. frosh baskeTbal1 Team as They deTeaTed everyone on Their schedule aT IeasT once. Mike Polivchak esTablished a new frosh scoring record aT 211 poinTs. OTher key performers were Bud Droegemeier, Roland Youngling, Joe Ballard, Troy Reimer, Ric Ranne, Ralph MaT- Thews and floor-leader Jim Ferguson. Season's highlighTs in- cluded a pair of hard-foughT vicTories over a sTrong Tucson High squad and a 59-44 Triumph over rival Rincon. Many of This year's Trosh are considered ouTsTanding candidaies for TuTure J.V. and varsiTy clubs. Roland Youngling l421 helped Buddy Droegemeier i501 as he scored for The Tilans in a frosh game which was played on Palo Verde's courfs. Boyd Meyer Lou Hopkins Frosh Tilan Scoll Rumel look a long shot al The basket in hopes lo bring Palo Verde's score up Iwo poinis during a game played in PV's gym.