Tranquillity High School - Tule Yearbook (Tranquillity, CA)

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l.-Guard John Strange. 2.-Guard Bill Braun. 3.-Forward Eddie Anderson. 4.-Varsity captain Benny Oller. 5.-Forward David Selzer. c'A', Hoopsters Capture Tranquillity Hoop Tourney Varsity basketeers started the l955-56 basketball campaign in great the Tranquillity Basketball Tournament. as they won their first six games in a row. ln this win streak they It was a different story for the rest of the season as the locals compiled record in league play to finish in seventh place. yid Scl- Benny Oller shoots a iump shot over a defend- ing Coalinga player. Cox, Manager Eddie Prutchltt. SECOND ROW: Gene Humphrey, Eddlc Anderson, James Lf-on Hawkrns Stranae. BASKETBALL SQUAD - BACK ROW: Coach Norman Schode, Bob Huey, Benny Ollcr, Da Pickens,

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,I . 1 we Kewl' JUNIOR VARSITY - BIACK ROW, Marshall Machado, John Maxwell, Ruben Harris, Bill Smith, Jimmy Phillips, Bert Rowe, Jerry Hansen, Epirnc- nio Morales, Vincent Yanez. FRONT ROW. Jer'y Mayfield, Pete Flores, Ronnie Butts, Richard White, Don Kittrell, Bobby Breese, Bob Evans, Tony Wilson, Ronnie Perlnoni. in Tie for 2nd Place Four seniors - Oller, halfback Johnny Ayerza, lineman Jim Markus, and Butch Arcelus were outstainding on both offense and defense tor the varsity gridders throughout the season. Ayerza received the most valuable player award while Oller and Markus were chosen co-captains forthe year. VARSITY SCORES TUHS TUHS TUHS TUHS TUHS TUHS TUHS . Coalinga 26 . Fresno JV's I9 . Riverdale 6 . Parlier 7 . Laton 6 . Caruthers 6 . Sierra 27 Composed mainly of players with no experience junior varsity gridders went winless throughout the season. Every time the JV's would put on a touchdown drive a bad break would set them back. Some of these JV's will no doubt be playing on the varsity next year. Center Right - Defensive action against Laton shows Jim Markus, 27, and Joel Alexander tackling ball carrier. Other Tigers pictured are Eddie Anderson, 22, Benny Oller, 39, Howard Cox, 28, Frank Reyna, far left, and Gene Humphrey, far right. Lower Left - End Butch Arcelus latches on to pass from quarterback Benny Oller as Laton player attempts a neck tackle. Lower Center - Caruthers ball carrier fumbles as Howard Cox tackles him. Tiger John Strange 34, is in the background and an unidentified Tranquillity player lies on the ground. Lower Right - Junior varsity action as Jessie Magana zeros in on a Sierra ball carrier. Player in the background is Jim Phillips. ,gpm-al Kg 'MLW ge . Qs!

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