Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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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.

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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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IEI 1 1 151:1 1 171 ■s. ■- 31 Robert Sorem Captain B BASKETBALL Coach Mathews started his boys out at an early date, as the other Pirate mentors did this year. After a few practice tilts the baby hoopsters were raring to go. Conseqeuntly with all the typical Pirate fighting spirit the boys ran up a team from Santa Paula, a school that always turns out fighting teams. However, nothing could down Mathews ' men. and the midget hoopsters emerged with a 20 to 16 victory. The contest was a hard fought one and was won with a great deal of trouble. Upon the event of a return match with the Saints, the Pirate boys turned out another victory, this time collecting 24 points to 18 for the Glen City team. The Lancaster desert team, not having a squad organized so early in the league season, forfeited to the Ventura gang. Thus the Pirates had an additional week of practice in which to learn difficult and intricate plays. Later in the season however, the lightweights of the two schools tangled, and Mathews and his scrappy gang emerged victorious 23 to 12. The Pirates had their system down too well for the desert boys. The trio of Lang, Sorem, and Swope were at their best. much t(. ' the disgust of Coach Bishop and his Lancaster lads. The Pirate mentor gave practically all of his men a chance to strut their stuff in this game. The Santa Barbara Vaquero outfit was the next team to suffer defeat at the hands of the Pirate babes. The Ventura lads put it over them to the tune of 2 v to 24. Santa Barbara was not satisfied with the results of the first game however, and when the whistle ended the return match, the Channel City lads were leading 18 to 10. The Dons were too well versed upon the Pirates ' offense, for the first game gave them an opportunity to study Mathews ' style. 1 he Fillmore Indians were too much for the baby Buccaneers, cleaning up b) j 24 to 13 score. The Pirates couldn ' t get their fas t offense to break right, .and their defense was none too good. The fact that the Fillmore squad was ;r:cr was proved when the Pirates tackled them a second time, only to lose Ids