Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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I El I. I I? 1: 1 1 171 51 The Pirate lads, primed for a League Championship, met the supposedly strong Santa Paula outfit in their new gym and defeated them by a tidy 34-15 score. Reed and Garcia played superb games, and were in a large way responsible for the victory. At a return game the Pirates again emerged victorious 28-13. The Ventura squad ' s next encounter was one with the Lancaster Desert Rats at Lancaster. Here the Ventura men poured it on and merged victorious by the large score of 48-11. The duo of Hall and Woolley stopped the field goals while they were in the contest. Hebel used all of his reserves in this game, but even liberal substitutions did not lower the score. It increased steadily. When the Desert Rats journeyed to Ventura they received another defeat, this time in a 35-22 game. Next came the Santa Barbara game, and what a track meet it was. The Buc- caneers walked all over the aqueros to the tune of 54-10. The Dons were com- plete]} outclassed by the championship Pirate outfit. The Santa Barbara squad took the defeat with a display of good sportsman- ship, however, and promised a better return match. The veracity of their state- ment was proven at a later date when the Channel City squad held the Pirates to only 28 tallies while they collected 16. The Fillmore quintet was the next to be given a severe drubbing by the Pirates, smarting under a 35-17 defeat. Coach Hebel ' s style of play was too hard for the Indians to fathom, and they couldn ' t sink their baskets when they had a chance. Garcia and company were hot and there was no stopping those lads when they were in such a condition. Fillmore lost nearly her whole first string by grad- uation, and with this condition in her ranks she faced the merciless onslaught of the Pirates to lose bv a 49-8 count. Junior College Basketball R. Perry, ( i. Taylor, H. Mitchell. 106

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I El 1 1 E 1:1 1 171 51 | l ( I KC 1 Cap! am 8 ERN0N 1 [EBEL Coih h A BASKETBALL Coach Vernon I ' .. Hebel and his 1931 gang of basketball players may be con- sidered one of the best hoop teams the Pirate institution has evei turned out. Hebel ' s squad went into the semi-finals of the Southern California championship playoff, a feal which very few Ventura teams have accomplished. Re-entering school with high hopes and intense spirit, the Pirates encountered the San Luis Obispo High outfit and trimmed them by a decisive 34-12 score. In the first half the Pirates couldn ' t break through the Tigers ' defense, only dropping 12 points through the hoop, while San Luis Obispo accounted for five. By the use of the pony team and other able reserves, Hebel ' s squad tallied 22 marks to seven for the opponents, making a total ol 54 for the Buccaneer-, to 12 for the Tigers. Baskei B l.l. I 1 M Top row. Coach Hebel, J. k mi. . Poplin, K. Nugent, R. Steele, R Orton, X. ( i i.i. (.hi;k, D. Burum, Manager Hurley. Second row. C. Woolley, 11. Reed, Capt. |. Garcia, V. Woolley, . Orm.

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I El I. -I E 1: 1 1 171 31 The Oxnard ellowjackets fell before a vicious onslaught to the turn- ol 4 ' . 1 5. In the return contest the Pirates again trounced the Yellowjackets, this time by a 34-13 affair. Willi the last hul League game .an of the way, Coach Hebe! and his men mined to the task of preparing for the Ojai game, Outdooi League champs. I pon meeting the Rangers, the Ventura lads proceeded to walk away with the game, this time by a score ol 4-9-20. The Moran game, which is still fresh in our minds, was anothei decided win for the scrappv plunder seekers. This game was perhaps the most thrilling as tar as the season had progressed. The Moran team took the lead and held it for a short period during the first quarter, but when the Buccaneers started clicking — well, the scire indicates the result. Ventura won. 42-25. This gave the Pirates then- third consecutive Tri-County Championship, and also gave them the right to enter the Southern California playoffs. Only eight teams were left undefeated in the Southern end ol the state after the first round of play. Chaffee. Long Beach, Woodrow Wilson, Whittier, Ingle- wood, Tustin, Coronado, Chino, and Ventura comprised the list i victorious outfits. Ventura drew Chaffee. The defending squad of ten men. namely. Captain Garcia and Steele, centers; Reed. V. Woolley, Burum, and Nugent, forwards; C. Wolley, Hall. Orm, and Arnett, guards, made the long trip to Ontario, turning homeward with a stinging 2s in 23 defeat. H. Reed, C. Hall, . Woolley, C. Woolley, |. ( Jarcia.