Rincon High School - Rawhide Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Having meT and losT To Tucson High once earlier in The season minus The Badger's sTar Ray Kosanke, The Rangers knew They were up againsT a brick vvall vviTh The big 6' TO ballplayer back in The game. UndeTeaTed Tucson, who vvenT on To become boTh ciTy and sTaTe champs, ran over The Rincon roundballers 51-73. The six TeeT Ten inches of SalpoinTe's Dave Mills proved Too much height Tor The Rangers in Their second game vviTh The Lancers. Having overcome This handicap in The TirsT meeTing, Rincon had an OTT-nighT in The second, slipping behind in The Third ciuarfer. The game ended 5l-58 in The Lancers' Tavor. l l T The Rangers sTruggle To snag The rebound. T The Rangers rebounded back from a Three-game losing ,Treak in Their meeTing with Phoenix ST. Mary's. Through- auT The game The Rangers kepT a reigning hand, and closed he score wifh an eighT-poinT lead, 53-45. Facing Pueblo Tor The second Time This season, The Pur- T Jle and WhiTes aTTempTed To overThrow The Warriors, buT l l were again meT wiTh Pueblo's speed and drive, which losT 'he game for The Rangers. The final ouTcome was 48-53. l Mills fouls Vail while aTTempTing To block his shoT. Kellogg sinks anoTher accuraTe lump shoT Trom ouTgide

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The Ranger quintet closes in on the Panther with the ball. Bouncing back from a tvvo-game loosing streak, the The Rangers suffered their second loss of the sea- l son to the Warriors of Pueblo. With the score fairly l even throughout the game, the Warriors finally gained l and held the lead which vvon the game 38-Al. Again tasting discouraging defeat, our hardwood boysl fought desperately, trying to break the Amphi vvinningl streak. The battle between the Rangers and the Panthers' kept the crowd sitting on the edges of the bleachers until the final buzzer sounded. The effect of this tense meeting vvas in Amphi's favor 35-Al. Purple and Whites clobbered Carl Hayden. The Falcons kept the score close throughout the game, but couldn't atch up to the Ran . ' - - . C 4 gers The final score 46 42 Armstrong hovers over the ball. Beat Catalina! vvas the cry heard throughout the packed gym. And the famous Rincon five were out to do just this. Jackson, Armstrong, Kellogg, Vail and Dickerson proved too much for the hopeful Trojans, and Catalina's strong attempt was With a 6-3 record, Rincon met Phoenix Central. Though the Rangers kept in the game the vvhole vvay, the Bobcats came out Coach King gives the squad a pep-talk in time-out. The Victors. The Score was 52-61. squelched by the Rangers 5l-47.i

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Boosting The Ranger slate To eight wins was The Camel- back-Rincon game. The game was hard-fought, with The score jumping back and forth from one Team To The other. BUT The outcome was in favor of The big Purple - 58-55. Following up The Camelback victory, The Rincon round- ballers made up for a previous early-season loss To The Panthers. With The scoring of Kellogg and Jackson, The Rangers grabbed The Amphi game with a final score of 61-52. Nile Vail gets ready To grab The hoped-for rebound. Pace and Dickerson reach for The Trojan roundball. Rincon's final loss of The season was handed by Wash- ington High School. When Washington cuT loose in The sec- ond half, our chances To catch up became slim, and The game was Taken by Them 51-61. The last game of The season brought The Rangers face To face with Their EasTside rivals, The Catalina Trojans, for The second Tirne. Having been previously defeated by us, The Trojans were ouT for blood. In a fast-moving game, Trojan Clive Seal paced Catalina, while Jackson and Kellogg led The Rangers. When The final buzzer sounded, Rincon held the game 50-43, winding up a 1O-8 season. i l l Armstrong hesiTaTes before passing To an unguarded teammate. 196