Trona High School - Telescope Yearbook (Trona, CA)

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The largest A team ever to romp on the gym's hardwood: kneeling, left to right: Manuel Picon, Chris Petersen, Raul Quezada, Bruce Bernhardi. Standing: Erie Chandler, Jerry Meehan, Don Samuels, Gordon Farrah, Lynn Bell, Eddie Walsh, Harvey Crandall, Bob Keyser, Vernon Lewis, and Coach Dick Wilkinson. Mainly manned by juniors teight playersj, the A's also had three seniors. a freshman. and a sophomore. 66 99 Won 5 Lost 9 Forfeited 4 Trona Opponents Trona Opponents Burroughs 28 48 :3iBurroughs 41 42 Mojave :fiVietor Valley 39 Lone Pine Barstow ,,,,,, . 61 Burroughs . Big Pine , 27 Victor Valley Mojave ,, 31 Big Pine Bishop ,, forfeited Lone Pine B B :7iBarstow , forfeited Bishop Lone Pine .,,e forfeited Mojave :ffBurroughs , forfeited :iLeague G They're closing in, but Ruly Quezada is de- Center Eric Chandler outjumps the Big line termmed to keep the ball during the thriller center for the opening tip-off. Following up with Burroughs in which Trona was squeezed this initial advantage, the Tornadoes dominated out by one point. play throughout.

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rfb ecamwcvzk paid Off Although the A team did not get off to a winning start, they improved rapidly. Out of the games completed the team won five, winning the last two in a row-which has not happened in the last few years. And they lost another by only one point. As can be seen, their teamwork was begin- ning to show. Most of the players had not played together as A's before nor even on the same team. The first practice game was played at Burroughs with a score of 28-48. Bur- rough's favor. It might have been a closer game if the seniors had not been away for their ditch day. The next weekis game with Lone Pine was cancelled, but the A's won their first home game against Mojave, 49-38. The Lone Pine Tournament was held Jan. 8 and 9, just before the start of league play. Trona lost the first game to Lone Pine 38-53, and the second game to Bur- roughs, 35-60. Starting the season, the Uunusual wea- ther trip to Victorville on Jan. 12 will be long remembered. The score: Victorville 49, Trona 32. The bus left Vietorville around 10:30 p.m. and arrived in Trona at 6 a.m. The bus was snowbound for three hours while traffic ahead was unsnlarled. The next Saturday the team went to Big Pine and won 57-43. Some of their students gave the team a send-off by lining the street and hurling rocks and bottles at the bus. There was one direct hit which broke a window. Lone Pine was next on the agenda. The first half was close, but in the third quar- ter Trona goofed off and lost the game 51-32. The next day Bishop came to Trona. The Tornadoes held Bishop down the last half to a final score of 37-51, Bishop's favor. Mojave called again for a second defeat on the Trona court. Score: 42-35. The fol- lowing day Trona hosted Burroughs. The Tornado teamwork was in evidence, and real ball was played all four quarters. A last-second shot for Burroughs won them the game, 42-41. The next weekend was a dreary affair. Victor Valley took the game on Trona's court, 39-29, while the trip to Barstow pro- vided a 61-40 defeat. Big Pine came to Trona on Feb. 12 to lose 48-27. Every member of the Trona team got into the scoring column. The next day Trona went to Mojave to win what turned out to be the last game of the season. The score: Trona 39, Mojave 31. The unfortunate Fish Rock incident caused an early climax to the season. A rock was hurled through a window of the Big Pine bus, and a player was seriously injured. It is most unfortunate that this happened as Trona High had a good sports- manship record. It is something that the whole school will have to suffer for and live down. The remaining games were cancelled to show the seriousness of this act and to remind the students that it pays to think before acting impulsively. Watch out: collision! But Eric Chandler C0meS apart with his long legs Bruce Bern- A tisket, a tasket, who made as he puts the ball up for two hardi outdistances the Bur- this basket? Burroughs' player D0ihtS against the Vi0i0l' Valley roughs' man as he drives in for had the honor in spite of Bell Jackrabbits. the basket. and Keyser.

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5 77Zd44edZ 6 The B team got off to a good start by winning their first seven games. The first win was against Burroughs by a score of 47-35. Although the next game with Lone Pine was cancelled by them, in weekday games the B's played Randsburg twice and won both of them: 48-37 and 49-32. To finish December play, lVlojave's B's came to Trona to meet a 39-28 defeat. The B team brought glory to Trona High by taking the Lone Pine Tournament hands down. They played Bishop in the first game and won 63-40. The second game played the following day with Burroughs, was closer, but Trona was still the out- standing team. Score: 49-37. League play began with Victor Valley. Although nip and tuck all the way, the Tornadoes pulled ahead in the last few minutes to win, 40-36. The B's dropped off at Owens Valley to lose their first game of the season against an unclassified team, 57-35. Apparently they were getting overconfident and did not play their usual game of ball. The Jan. 22 game at Lone Pine was close all the way and was a very exciting game. Lone Pine edged the team out in the last seconds to win, 48-46. Bishop came to Trona the next day, and the Tornadoes got back into the winning column by dropping Bishop, 44-25. The next weekend Mojave came to Trona to lose 55-24, but the following day Burroughs beat the B's in a very close and thrilling game. Final score: 47-42. The next weekend Victor Valley trek- ked to Trona to lose 25-33, only to find the B's losing a 48-32 decision in Barstow the following afternoon. Owens Valley's unclassified team came to Trona, refused to tangle with the A s, and then were rudely upset by a deter- mined bunch of B's, 38-36. In closing, the B's beat Mojave on their home court in a very decisive win, 53-29, to end a highly successful season. This outstanding B team might have won the league championship if the season had been completed. Kneeling, left to right: Al Adams, Gary Casey, Frank Picon. Standing: Gerald Butler, Manager George Sherman, Harold Pierce, Kim Wallace, Donny Dansby, Stan Filler, Deril Schmitt, Bobby Jones, Allen Hartley, Ray Tansley, Jim Farrah, Coach Doug Ferman. Early in the season the B's took top honors at the Lone Pine Tournament. r- - x . x 'ii