Victoria High School - Stingaree Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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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

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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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Stings Take North Zone Title Clejata if to HEY, LOOK AT ME, FELLOWS, shouts Chet Cook as he goes up high for a bucket. Needing only one victory to win the North Zone title, Victoria's talented Stingarees smashed the Carroll Tigers, 42-30. Carroll led at the end of the first two quarters by two and one points. But the halftime talk must have done something for the Stingarees, as they came back fired up to shoot way into the lead. The Stings scored five straight points in the opening of the third quarter. Then they slowly increased this margin. The Stingarees' new wonder, Mike Moses, led the game in scoring with 18 big points on five field goals and eight of ten free tosses. Chester Cook was runner-up for the Stings with ll points. Between the two of them, they scored prac- tically three fourths of the Stingarees' 42 points. Defensive play highlighted the game. Victoria's tightly knit zone defense limited Carroll to a mere 50 points in the game, and to only 11 points in the entire second half. Of course, Victoria managed but 42 points, but this was more than enough to swamp the Tigers. fi 7, x . X .11 f U 0 M. Fred Weitzel leaps high for the ball in a jump ball situation. COME ON, BUDDY, LEAVE ME ALONE, murmurs Charlie Heger as a Tiger gets in his way. 225