Victoria High School - Stingaree Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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Texans Drop Stingsg Force Play-off +'Kl'h This one is good for two points as Charlie Heger towers over the defenders to drop it in. Needing only this game to wrap up undisputed first place for the North Zone, the Stingarees were dumped by the Ray High School Texans, 49-41. Victoria looked far below the team that outclassed Ray only two weeks before in Victoria. The home team Texans could do no wrong, as they hit from the outside to shatter the Stings' zone defense. Ray's Henry Palacious stuffed in 21 points to lead all scorers. Victoria, it seemed, could do no right. Missing shots from all over the court, the Stingarees barely managed to stay within striking distance of the home team. Chet Cook managed a meager two points. High scorers were Charlie Heger, who popped in 12 points, and guard Fred Weitzel, who flipped in 11 points. Joel Stephens Coach Cook gives last minute instructions to his Stingarees as they go out for the last quarter. jerry Finke

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Moses Paces Stings b Bucs C3522 U 3 YOIf'RE NOT GOING TO IVIAKE IT THIS TIME, says Buc number 50 as he blocks Charlie Hegefs shot, Paced by the brilliant playing of guard Mike Moses, the Stingarees cinched a tie for the champion- ship of the North Zone of district MAAAA. Victorizfs big guns, Fred Weitzel and Chet Cook, were silenced by the Miller defense to set the stage for Moses, who pumped in 19 big points as the Stingrirees dropped Miller, 51-48. The Stings led most of the game, but late in the third quarter, Miller shot ahead 40-37. With Moses and Fidel Padilla sinking buckets, the Stings went ahead to stay. Following Moses in the scoring were Fidel Padilla with 12, and Charles Heger with 9 points. Dennis Leitn .590 if-Z T5 Chet Cook seems to be holding the ball out for anyone to grab, but this accounted for two Sting points. Pat Gilbert 222

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Stingarees Topple Tigers in Play-off Game E .Y,P'l, Victoria's big number 44, Chet Cook, leaps over the opposition to hit for the basket. Playing without the help of its leading scorer in district, Fred XXVeitzel, the Victoria Stingarees smashed the Carroll Tigers two games in a row, 54-50 and 42-30 to advance to the Zone play-off with Edinburg of the South Zone district 14AAAA. Mike Moses, who came out of nowhere late in the season, paced the Stings in both games. In the first game in Corpus, Moses sank 19 points for the Stingaree cause. And in the final encounter, Moses flipped in 18 points for a two game total of 37 points. Trailing the Tigers 36-35 in the final period of the first game, Victoria rolled up 19 points to Carroll's 14 points. After scoring seven straight points, Victoria never lost the lead again. REACH FOR THE SKY. CHARLIE! Charlie Heger seems Fred Weitzel attentively looks on as Fidel Padilla to be Sky-iligh 215 he pulls in tl1iS I'CiDOu1'1ci. hifg from the free-throw line, 224