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

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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.

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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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