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

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Zi' T W--fs l'U M FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM-FRONT ROW: Steve Maish, Pat Daniels, Steve Boothe, Bill Dwiggins, John Williams, Bill Baechler. BACK ROW: Acree Shreve, rs f as f! . 555 - t , ,.,. ,. A fs is f i l llll c , .ll. B it S BABAA bw ' 1 :Wm , ' wr 0215? f 4 eg pmqm V5 Y .. i 5,1 Jeff Willer, Barry Simpson, Joe Cima, Dale Fuchs, Mike Boone, Gilbert Huerta, Mike Olbin, Steve Cooper. Several outstanding individual performances sparked the Frosh team, as they compiled their season record of 9-lO. Bill Baechler established a new school scoring record with 275 points for the year and Bill Dwiggins set the single game re- bounding record with 22. Other outstanding performances were made by John Williams, Steve Boothe and Steve Maish. Among the season's highlights were a victory over a strong Douglas squad and three consecutive wins over Alhambra, Sunnyside and Salpointe at the close of the season. Palo Verde's Frosh was second in its league with a conference record of 6-2. In a freshman basketball game played in Palo Verde's gym, Bill Dwiggins at- tempted to score for the Titan cagers. The Freshman beat Rincon in the game. 3 E eggggggg W Junior Varsity Coach Freshman Coach Boyd Meyer Lou Hopkins Bill Dwiggins drove in for a lay up in a Freshman basketball game against Rincon. Palo Verde won the Freshman, J.V. and Varsity games that night.

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Baseball- I 969 Baseball Team Had Cutstanding Returning Pitchers Several returning Varsity baseball let- termen contributed to the team's overall strength. Returning pitchers were Andy Hassler and Mike Bingham. Backing up These players were Don Fehr, Fred Free and Marc Richardson. Steve Smith was the only returning catcher. Dan Couturier also filled this position. lnfielders were returning letter- men Tim Murphy at first base, second baseman Jack Gardner and short stop Tim Walsh. Juniors Marty Reid, Tom Paul and Rene Ruiz also played infield. Outfielders were Keith Ridgeway, Todd Simmons and Gary Perkins. Other members who played outfield on the team were Steve Knox and Pat Hubbell. Coach Wing felt the team was bol- stered by the members of last year's JV squad. COACH James Wing VARSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE March 4 Pueblo March 11 Tucson March 14 Amphi March 21 Rincon March 22 Douglas March 25 Rincon March 28 Amphi March 29 Central April 1 Tucson April 3 Pueblo April 8 Sahuaro April 1 1 Douglas April 12 North April 15 Catalina April 18 Sunnyside April 22 Salpointe April 25 Sahuaro