Tehachapi High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Tehachapi, CA)

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FOOTBAISL Coach - G. H. OFFERMAN Captain ----- JOE ERREA Ends ZIP CASTILLO, ERNEST CAPDEVILLE, FRANCIS WILSON Tackles BOB MCDANIEL, DONALD GRIFFIN, MARTIN ERRECART Guards STEVE VALDEZ, LYLE JACOBS, GEORGE BRONSON HARRY BEAUFORD. Center JOE ERREA. Right Half-WOODROW FARRAR, ALBERT BERNARD Quarterback-BILL DOWNS. Left Half-JOSE N AREZ. Full Back-LOUIS BEAUFORD, JESUS GARCIA. Tehachapi ...,..,.,.......I... Tehachapi ....... ......... Tehachapi ..,.... .......,. Tehachapi ....... ......... Tehachapi ........ ......... 'lehachapi ....... .,....... Tehachapi .,..... ......... Tehachapi ....... ......... Tehachapi ........ ......... Tehachapi .....,. ......... Tehachapi ........ ........, Game Scores Shafter .... Lancaster Bishop ...... Lone Pine Bakersfield Shafter .... Delano ....,. Lancaster McFarland Lone Pine McFarland FORTY SEVEN

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FQQLFQMJL' This was Tehachapi's first year in football. We might also mention that we enjoyed the distinction of being the smallest High School in the state playing football. At the start of our season we had to finish oi our field and order all equipment. As a result we were three weeks late in swinging into our real practice. Fourteen boys turned out at first and Coach Offerman started out on a tough assignment. Only one man had ever played before, and most of the boys were rather light, although willing. After but one week's practice, we tackled Shafter in the first football game ever played in Tehachapi. It was a battle from start to finish, but they had too many subs for our boys and we lost, 34-0. The boys showed a great improvement in their next game, with Lan- caster, holding them, 21 to 7. They scored all their points in the first half, and after listening to the coach during the half we went out to show 'em. The result was an 0 for Lancaster and 7 for us. Our second game with Lancaster was a toss up with Tehachapi losing after a bitter fight all the way. Downs and Narez made runs of 43 and 38 yards respectively, while McDaniel and Errea in the line began to show some real ability. Our team which averaged but 129 pounds, next journeyed to Bishop where we were to tangle with their Lightweights. Instead we played their Heavyweights and although we came out on the short end of the score, we showed those big fellows what the word fight meant. Later in the season when we learned what it was all about, we were able to make all our games close. Perhaps the best one of all was the 13 to 7 battle with Lone Pine. The game was 7 to 7 until but 60 seconds were left to play. With the combination of a bad decision and what we call breaks of the game. they pushed over the winning touchdown. In this game we were without the help of Bob McDaniel, our outstanding lineman throughout the season, and we surely missed Bob's ability to open holes for our off tackle plays. Joe Errea and Martin Errecart in the line were right on the job however, smashing their way through, time after time, to nail runners behind the line of scrimmage. Louie Beauford clicked in this game and was good for a number of yards. On a spectacular run off right end Downs tore off 63- yards before he was finally downed by a frantic Lone Pine tackler. Following this, a double reverse with N arez carrying the ball, was good for 14 yards. On the next play Downs went for 9 yards and a touchdown, after which he carried the ball over for the extra point. McFarland found out that it took more than weight to play football when they la ed with us We held our heavyweight opponents to a 6-0 score. Valdez as running P Y - guard stood out in this game, with Bernard and Farrar doing some nice ball carrying in the backfield. Prospects for next year are brighter, for nine lettermen are returning, and our school is getting larger. Instead of fourteen, the Coach will have at least twenty-five men to pick a team from, and we are already set for a good season. With such men as McDaniel, Errecart, Narez, Errea and Valdez to build a team around, next year is bound to be a banner one. We lose Downs, Farrar and Castillo, but the boys are going' to make up for their loss with plenty of fight. FORTY-SIX

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B BASKETBALL - Although this was the first season of basketball ever played at Te- hachapi High School, a remarkable success was enjoyed. We finished up by winning five out of ten games played, a very creditable showing considering the fact that we were a green team, and that all of our op- ponents were experienced men. Our first game with the local athletic club composed of experienced basketballers, proved a real upset to the athletics, who expected to win by a large margin. They were defeated 11 to 6 in a fast, close guarding game. Woody Farrar, our flashy center, featured with long shots from the center of the floor. Perhaps the most exciting game of the season was at Lone Pine, where we took them for a 10 to 9 win after two extra sessions. It was a close game and had the crowd on its feet from start to finish. Zip Cas? tillo proved a hero when, in regular movie style, he sunk a foul basket after the end of the second extra period. This broke the tie and gave the Lone' Pine followers a chance to rest their lungs, for our rooters did all the yell-A ing after that. In the second game with Lone Pine we defeated them again by one point in another thrilling game. Our first defeat came at the hands of the Associated Oil five from' Bakersfield, a team composed of ex--college stars, and although the second half was all in our favor, we were unable to reach the score they had rung' up in the first half. Both games with Lancaster were close, Lancaster winning on our' court, while we retaliated by nosing them out 21 to 20 on their grounds.. Shafter proved a tartar, but we gave them a close battle, especially in' the second game, holding them down to 8 points. At half time the scoref was 2 to 1 in our favor. Zip Castillo was our most consistent player, accounting for a good share of the points. Close behind him were Jose Narez and Woodrow Farrar, who both have had a good eye for the basket. Joe Errea and Bob- McDaniel, a standing and running guard, respectively, accounted for the- close games by their fine defensive work. Martin Errecart was late in starting but came around fast at the end. FORTIY-EIGHT