Sunnyvale High School - Sabre Yearbook (Sunnyvale, CA)

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R, Renteria, J. Blackburn, B. Beavers, J. Williamson, T. McGregor J Goin A Avxla R Zanetti S Peterson J. Sanchez, J. Herron, J. Palma, B. Nordberg, W. Wong, D McCawslind J Johnson B Sandigo econd Place Basketball Team The Sunnyvale High D basketball team, led by first stringers John Blackburn, Bill Nardberg, Jim Palma, Jim Herron, Jae San- chez, and Art Avila and aided by reserves Wallace Wong, Jim Johnson, Ricky Renteria, Ran Zanetti, Joe Goin, Bryan Beavers, Don McCausland, and Jim Williamson, compiled a l2 won 2 lost season record. The record indicates a successful season, al- though both losses were sullered in league competition and re- sulted ir' a seccrd place finish. Next year cs these bays move up to the C team there is pramase of another outstanding club to continue their 31 game win string. 5

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f V S. Gufferriz E. Martin D. Zucchi J. Hidalgo B. Meyer G. Schaffer J. Collins, mgr. E. Phillips T. Nunes L. Nix J. Ulate C. Rosa R. Martin, Mgr. R. Crawford G. Weispfenning J. Richards Championship Basketball Team Sunnyvale High Schools C team continued traditional winning ways with their second consecutive SCVAL championship, their first undefeated season, and extended their winning streak to 30 wins. At the beginning of the season things looked dark for the Jets, with only one man left from last year's squad. As the season progressed, however, the Jets molded into a team of which any school would be proud. The closest any team could get to the Jets was 35 to 34 by Menlo Atherton. Len Nix lead in scoring with a lO.4 point per game average. John Ulate was second with a 8.3 average. Offensively the Jets scored an average of 49.5 per game, while holding their oppo- nents to 26.8 points per game. The only loss under coach Tony Nunes came in the first game of the l956 season, lt was at the hands of Menlo Atherton, who beat them 45 to 38. Since then the Jets have won 30 straight, including two wins over that same Menlo Atherton team. This year the team seems to be even stronger than last year's squad, as was evident by the scores of the Ayer and Fremont games. The Jets won 52-l3 over Ayer and 68-3l over the crosstown rivals, the Fremont Indians. Nix, up from last year's D squad, and Ulate, a returnee from Nunes' championship team in '56, stand sixth and ninth in league scoring respectively. Along with Nix and Ulate in the first unit, there was John Richards, Lenny Zucchi, Clark Rosa, Stan Guit- terez, Bill Meyers, and Rich Crawford. Jim Collins was the team manager. 104

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34 Wrestlin ROW I: H. Cabezas, J. Hidalgo, L. Amaro, T. Alarcon, A. Gax- son, F. Hernandez. ROW 3: B. Beardon, J. Fankell, R. Chavez, iola, G. Yauo, R. Simmons. ROW 2: T. Peterson, J. Valleios, M. J. Williams, G. Wing, B. Gerbo, G. Hewitt, B. Charlesworth, E. Candeleria, C. Simpson, G. Macierez, L. Nix, J. Stouffer, D. Daw- Reno, Mr. Waxham. Emery Reno and Leo Amaro SCVAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONS The Jet grapplers won eight dual meets and last two during the year, climaxing the season by winning two of the twelve individual championships in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Tournament. Outstanding individuals were Emery Reno and Leo Amaro, who won the l65 and lO3 pound league championships respectively. Emery was a repeat winner, as he was last years l54 pound league cham- pion. Coach Frank Waxham did not anticipate a successful season, but due to the hard work of the wrestlers and their good spirit the team was successful in winning a maiority of its dual meets. Next year the team will have more experienced men from which to draw, with champion Leo Amaro, third place finisher Todd Peterson, and fourth place finisher Barry Kinney back to lead the team. Sen- iors Emery Reno and George Hewitt will be tough to replace, but some of the iuniors and sophomores, with the added year of ex- perience, should take up the slack and help lead the team to a better season than this past one.