Tucumcari High School - Yucca Yearbook (Tucumcari, NM)

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TRACK 880 yd. Relay Team Discus 880 yd. Relay Team consisting of Roy Kleindolph, Joe Paulson warming up for the discus throw Charlie Richards, Bobby Adcock, and Rex Smith, not in picture. Hurdles Royce Mitchell, on the left, and Charlie Richards on the right, skim over the low hurdles. Shot Put Shot Put l idk! l Joe Paulson, on the left, and Lon Cottingham, on the right, put the shot for the Rattlers weight men.

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RATTLER TRACKSTERS '58 BACK ROW, left to right: Claude Garmon, Bobby Adcock, Joe Paulson, Lon Cotting- ham, Leighton O'Quienn, and Coach Wise. FRONT ROW, left to right: Manager, Bill Shay, Roy Kleindolph, Royce Mitchell, Dick Benson, Charles Richards, and Jimmy Lumpee. Rex Smith and Bobby Teakell not in picture. 1958 TRACK SCHEDULE DATE MEET PLACE March 22 XIT Relays Dalhart, Texas March 29 Dual Meet Fort Sumner April 5 Capital City Relays Santa Fe April 16 Clayton Relays Clayton April 18 Meadows Relays Fort Sumner April 26 District Meet Las Vegas May 2-3 State Meet Albuquerque The season opener was at the XIT relays in Dalhart, Texas, on March 22. The Rattler thinclads placed fifth with 13 points. Adcock placed first in the discus throw. Charles Richards placed first in the high jump and Rex Smith tied for second. The 440 yd. relay team placed fourth. The Rattlers then journeyed to Fort Sumner for a three way meet. Tucumcari took second honors. April 5, the Rattlers went to Capital City relays where they tied for eighth place with 9 points. Richards placed second in the high jump. Joe Paulson placed third, and Bobby Adcock placed fourth in the discus throw. The Rattlers ran away with the Clayton relays with 107 points. That same week the Rattlers placed third in the Meadows relays. The Rattlers took the District 2A with '70 points. Santa Fe was second with 56 points and Las Vegas was third with 54 112 points. Richards broke the school high jump record with aleapof 6' 3 1!4 and he was high point man of the meet. The six men who qualified for the State Track Meet were Bobby Adcock, Charlie Richards, Rex Smith, Roy Kleindolph, Joe Paulson, and Lon Cottingham.

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1958 BASEBALL TEAM BACK ROW, left to right: Manuel Garcia, Ted Valverde, Coach Hart, Dale Gares A. W. Hancock, Levi Montano, and Harold Partin. FRONT ROW, left to right Mike Ready, Rex Smith, Sammy Kent, Glen Gares, O. J. Hart, Paul Lindsey, and Johnny Dickinson. The Rattler baseball squad came through in their usual winning manner this year. They passed through the season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses. The pitchers, who were able to compile this fine record, were Sammy Kent and Titi Montano. The team, under the able coaching of Bob Hart, moved steadily toward the coveted trip to the state championship playoffs. In the final game before the playoffs, the Rattlers were defeated by East Las Vegas 5 to 3. Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers Rattlers J? RATTLERS 7 11 17 3 7 3 9 9 3 5 6 . 3 X N 1 , 10 X A 3' f ,N , A - ,I OPPONENTS San Jon San Jon Causey Causey Floyd Floyd Clayton Clayton Las Vegas Raton Raton West Las Vegas S-1 if ' Q? 41