Santiago High School - El Caballero Yearbook (Garden Grove, CA)

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Thanks to a well-balanced football team led by quarterback Tod Friend, Santiago rolled over its league opponents with little difficulty to capture the Crestview League Champion- ship. According to Coach Avery, the Santiago team started the season with its most inexperi- enced team and its most challenging schedule. This challenging combination, which could have resulted in a disasterous season, was ac- cepted by Santiago players, who put forth the effort to win Santiago the Crestview League Championship and its first trip to C.I.F. play- offs. Santiago started the season with a close loss to Compton, 7-6. The next two losses to Bay League champions, Hawthorne, and powerful Sunset League co-champions, Santa Ana Val- Fast-moving Tod Friend outdistances his pursuer. ley, proved to be the turning point for Santi- ago, for the next pre-league game ended in a 7-7 tie with Norwalk. Coach Tom Avery changed from the Slot-T formation to the Syracuse T in mid-season-a gamble that paid off Well. In league play, Santiago had little trouble in beating Sunny Hills, Magnolia, La Habra, Tus- tin, and Rancho Alamitos. For this, Coach Tom Avery was selected league Coach of the Year, and Tod Friend was named Player of the Year. Santiago had seven Cavaliers named to All League I-Ionors. In the C.I.F. playoffs against Fullerton, San- tiago lost a hard-fought battle against the de- termined Indians. The final score was 21-6. This game ended Santiago's most successful season in its young history. Santiago again carries the ball as opponents futilely try to down player

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Varsity Football Team Captures Crestview League Championship! VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM-Bottom Row: D. Cantrell, D. Durnell, Girard, T. Friend, B. Hallgarth, I. Nauta, S. Lentz, C. Meecham, F. Gilmore. Serond Row: S. Bell, G. Jarrett, J. Hyatt, G. Goss, C. Wilson, D. Fergsonz M. Yuasa, M. Gomez, Wolf. Third Row: B. Fonsech, M. Derrick,xD. McMains, W. Martin J. Rice, G. Osumi, R. Winklepleck,'D. Mi ls. Fourth Row: M. jentz, G. Lee, M. Anderson, R. Matsuda, J. Bechtholdt, B. Sloan, P. O'Brian,!M. Elder. Lan Row: Coach Buonacore, Coach Gillaspie, Coach Avery Coach Gordon. 1 x Wir FR' Coach Tom Avery Coach Tom Coach Vince Coach Stan Gordon Captain Tod Friend Captain Marv Coarh of the Year Gillaspie Buonacore Player of the Year Derrick 108

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VARSITY FOQTBALL SCQRES Santiago School Opponent 6 Compton f 7 0 Hawthorne ff 14 6 Santa Ana Valley if 46 7 Norwalk ff 7 20 Sunny Hills 19 19 Magnolia 10 34 La Habra 6 12 Tustin 0 20 Rancho Alamitos 13 6 Fullerton CC. I. FJ 21 if signifies non-league game RIGHT: All Cavaliers are in sympathy when a player is injured. Number 86 looks on as a Santiago player is cared for. LEFT: Tim Wolfe, 25, and Bob Glass, 65, bring down the opponents' ball carrier.