Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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's ...auf Season Captain FRANKIE CARDINALLI Left to right: F. Cardinalli, .l. Lucido. J. Funkner. D. Pearson, L. Aldridge, K. Joe Lucido 1151 scrambles for a loose ball in the Clayton Valley game. Varsity Stuns Truly the Comeback team of l959. Coach Bob Thoma- son's varsity squad put on a show that stunned all schools and fans of Contra Costa basketball. Winning all their seven non-league games. the Pirates rolled over such touted teams as San Lorenzo. Gridley. Sacred Heart of Fan Francisco. and others. Going into league action. the Pirates lost two heartbreaking games to Pacifiea and Clayton Valley. Then they started to roll. Xu opponent f-ould stop them. The Pirates ended the regular season in first plaee winning eight and losing tw: games. l'or the first time Itt fnfntra Hosta ltlslott a playoff was held for tht- 1-hampton-hip, The playoffs proxed to lw ev-itingz. with Pittsburg and llialtlo drawing: eaeh

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VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY-TOP ROW. lcft to right: Coach Kring, Don Chatnzan, lim Funkner and David Tirey. BOTTOM ROW: Anthony Contreras. Steve Sanfilippo, Dave Cadena, and Ron Lozano Cross Country Joins Pirate Sports Cross-country was added to the Pittsburg high sports program this year. This is a running sport although it differs from track a great deal. Cross-country is not a spectators' sport because the boys run on almost anything and everything, such as logs and hills, and their efforts are not obvious. The course varies. Sometimes the harriers run 2.1 miles and 1.7 miles. Their home course was the city golf course. Ray Kring introduced the sport in his first year at Pittsburg as coach. The cross-country team, according to Coach Kring, had a very successful season. JAYVEE CROSS COUNTRY-TOP ROW. left to right: Barry Kellogg, Lynn Nikkel, Ray Edison, Jeff Leonard, Mike Dealey. Tom Riso. MIDDLE ROW: Sam Erwin, ,lim Jennings, Ralph Johnson, Houston johnson, Anthony Valenzuela, Simone Billeci. BOTTOM ROW: Dene Birchfield, Jan Van Westrop, Carl Younger, Stanley Mellor, and Larry Webb. 6- IRVINE SKEOCH Manager 5 87

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Gila X 4 A PNP' Nb ,L . ,J .Q si f. ., - an L. Lea, I. Lea, S. Hammett, W. Mickey, and Coach Bob Thomason. ans in Comeback other and Clayton Valley drawing Antioch. Only the top four teams of regular seasons play were eligible. Pittsburg and Clayton Valley emerged victorious and won a chance to play each other for the championship. The Pirates, with a brilliant second-half comeback, beat the tough Eagles and won the championship. For the third year in a row the Pirates were invited to the Gridley toumament and accepted the invitation. The Pirates placed two players on the first string All-Contra Costa Division Basketball team. They were Lionel Aldridge and Frank Cardinalli. Charles Lea was nominated for second-string honors. Ivy Lea and Willie Mickey won honorable mention. Lionel bound Most Valuable Player LIONEL ALDRIDCE Aldridge 1457 jumps up for a re in the Clayton Valley game. x W ,XX X