Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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86 EL ARCI-IIVERO Slllllllillgf Callaway 1Capit.l, Truog. Jensen, Nieolaus, Lepipo, Mr. Lamb. Kneeling: Myrin, Washburn, N. Chiekering. Rhodes. TENNIS LED by Captain Gallaway and Coach Lamb, Thacher has enjoyed another year of successful tennis Q8-3 recordj as the varsity chalked up its thir- teenth successive Tri-Valley League Championship and went to the semi-finals of the C. I. F. On March 10 Thacher opened the season with a close 4-3 win over Ventura. With the score tied 3-3, the second doubles team of Myrin and Rhodes fought back to take two sets after losing the first, thus clinching the victory for Thacher. Following the Ventura match, on March 20 the jun- ior Varsity travelled to Moorpark to beat their Varsity. The next day the netters met a strong Harvard team on our home courts. The deciding match lasted three sets. Thacher lost 7-5 in the third, giving Harvard a 4-3 victory. On April 8 Gallaway's seven easily defeated Villanova 7-0. Three days later, the team travelled south for a match with Webb. With the score tied 2-2, Rhodes-Leppo coined a doubles victory to gain the decisive point. Thacher next hosted an experienced Santa Barbara squad. Two of the singles matches went three sets, but the Ojains won them both, making the final score S-2. On April 17, a varsity composed of Middle and Lower Schoolers travelled

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EL ARCHIVERO 85 The inexperienced nine lost the opener to O.V.S., 6-4. After having had no practice for the previous three weeks, they met Laguna Blanca and triumphed 10-8, with Russ Weitzel on the mound. In a return game, the men from the white lagoon retaliated with a decisive 16-S victory. Behind the steady pitching of Skip Porter, the third team lost its final game to O.V.S., 2-1. The line-up was: Pitchers: Weitzel, Porter, Infielders: R. Greene, Kerr. Stewart, Wood, Ignong Outfielders: M. Greene, Christensen, McReynolds, Subs: Kendrick, Storke, Work, and Ward.

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EL ARCI-IIVERO 87 to Santa Clara. It was encouraging to see that much of the School's strength lies in the lower two classes, for the team won 6-1. Two more victories were in store for Thacher on April 21 and 22 as the racquet squad defeated Nord- hoff and Cate, both by scores of 7-0. At this point the season was pleasantly interrupted by the Ojai Tennis Tournament. The School's two singles entries, Rob Gallaway and Brooke Hal- sey, lost in the first round. In the doubles, John Truog and Windy Nicolaus survived the initial contest only to lose in the second. Josh Jensen and Tad Washburn proved more successful as they upset the second seeded doubles team in the fifteen-and-undersg however, they lost in the semi-finals. Two days after the Ojai Tournament, Thacher met Ventura in a re- match. This time the score was reversed as Ventura took over, 4-3. On May S, Thacher downed W. S. Hart S-2 in the Hrst athletic encounter between the two schools. The regular season ended as a combined Junior Varsity team defeated Santa Ynez, S-2. In the Tri-Valley League Tournament which fol- lowed, all the finalists were from Thacher. Gallaway won the singles title by defeating Leppog while Truog and Nicolaus in the doubles beat N. Chick- ering and Washburn. On May 22, the Cowboys travelled to Hart for their first match in the C. I. F. playoffs. The team played well and won 19-9, as Gallaway took his four singles matches, and Rhodes and N. Chickering did likewise in the doubles. The following Tuesday Thacher met Harvard in the semi-finals. It was a close contest all the way, and with one set to be played Harvard led 14-13. About 100 spectators watched Nicolaus battle Harvard s No. 2 player, Priceman, in the deciding set. Nicolaus went down fighting but lost 7-5. Harvard eked out a victory, IS-13. In the finals of the 72 entry School Tournament, Nicolaus beat Truog.