Trona High School - Telescope Yearbook (Trona, CA)

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spans? , in Trona Tornadoes. Bottom row, left to right: Frank Picon, David Roadruck, Deril Schmitt, Dickie John, Stan Filler, Kim Wallace, Roy Hackman, Managers George Sherman and Jack Russell. Second row: Eddie Walsh, Ernesto Dominguez, Allen Hartley, Gerald Butler, Jerry Meehan, Scot Wallace, Al Adams, Manuel Picon, Joel Stevens, Manager Jon Schultz. Third row: Coach Dick Wilkinson, Ronnie Baxter, Larry Burke, Raul Quezada, Jerrell Glenn, Lyman Gilliland, Don Roadruck, Chris Petersen, Coaches Joe Hunter and Dick Rasines. Tow Row: Bob Rascoe, Jim Dillon, Bob Keyser, Wes Plambeck, Gene Myers, Richard Orr, Don Brooks, Lynn Bell, Bruce Bernhardi. Not pictured, Coach Don Davis. SEASON RECORD Twin Pines Carpinteria iiVictor Valley ikMojave Tehachapi fBa.rstow fLone Pine fBishop iiBurroughs Needles 'League games Won-7 Lost-3 Tied-0 Trona Opponents 6 0 0 26 31 19 34 14 20 19 6 50 31 13 20 34 18 14 32 6 ?a4z'eal Something new has been added! Due to the hard work of the Quarterback Club, Griffith Field was equipped with lights, making it possible to have night football games. Record crowds, averaging 750 per- sons per game, attended throughout the season. The season got off to a good start with Trona defeating Twin Pines. Staunch de- fenses by the two lines held the game scoreless through the third quarter. Final score, after a fourth quarter touchdown: Trona 6, Twin Pines 0. The next week saw the Tornadoes trav- eling 230 miles to Carpinteria. This was expected to be one of the tougher games of the season, and it was. The Tornadoes were outweighed but not outplayed-both teams playing hard till the final gun. No breaks for Trona that night, with more than our share of fumbles and injuries. Final score: Carpinteria 26, Trona 0. At the end of the season Carpinteria had won first place in their league. The first league game found us hosting unbeaten Victor Valley. What a game!

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iop len: Largest football team in the history of Trona High School warms up on Griffith Field prior to the Homecoming game with Needles. Top right: What goes on here? Looks like Bishop's quarterback is getting away from Wallace Butler :nd Brooks. The Tornadoes had a large following at this game even though it was a 168-mile trip froni ome. Bottom left: Scatback Kim Wallace is brought down by three Needles Mustangs while Petersen tries to assist him in making yardage. Bottom right: What faces! Quezada breaks away from Needles on a outback, heading for the end zone. 7 -5 fecafwi, There were 800 spectators cheering the Tornadoes to a victory of 31-19. Receiving the opening kickoff on their own 32 yard line, Trona went all the Way in 8 plays for the first tally. The entire game was played at that tempo. The visiting Jackrabbits ap- peared stunned. Apparenly they had taken too seriously those wonderful write-ups in the San Bernandino Sun. The night game with Mojave was played at Edwards Air Force Base. This was their first year in the Desert-Inyo League. The rooters who were lucky enough to find the field saw the Tornadoes win 34-14. Tehachapi came to Trona for our third annual Dad's Day game. The half found the score 20-0, Trona's favor, but the War- riors came back fighting, and the final score was Trona 20, Tehachapi 19. We played Barstow. Score: 50-6. Barstow lucked out. The next week Trona played at Lone Pine. Lone Pine was apparently fired up and determined to redeem themselves after a loss the week before. The Torna- da D7-f does were overconfident. At the end of the third quarter Trona was trailing 12-13. Then they began to play ball, things began to click, and the Tornadoes racked up 19 points in the fourth quarter to win 31-13. A 168-mile trip to Bishop ended in a much disputed game, with Bishop winning 34-20. A complaint was filed before the game began because their referees were not qualified. During the half the Bishop coach gave the Trona coach a copy of our plays which one of our local fans had sent him. Trona turned the tables on Burroughs by ruining their Homecoming weekend and evened the score from the year before when they ruined ours by defeating us in the last few minutes of play. The half time saw the Tornadoes in a 12-0 lead. During the fourth quarter Burroughs took the lead by scoring 14 points. Since time was running out, it looked like a victory was in the bag for them. A well-timed long pass by the Tornadoes sailed right through the arms of two Burroughs players and spoiled