West Junior High School - Focus Yearbook (Nampa, ID)

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FOOTBALL On October 21, 1971, West's 9th and 8th grade football teams won all of their games. The 9th grade heavy weight team swept past Ontario beating the Tigers 20-0. This is the heavyweights' first win of the season. The lightweights rolled past Ontario by a victory of 52-14. - This made it the sixth consecutive win for them. The undefeated and unscored upon 8th grade heavyweight team beat Caldwell by a score of 24-O. The heaveyweights' record is 5-0-1. The lightweights crept past the Caldwell Cubs, beating them 6-0. The lightweights are 4-1-1. All-in-all, West has had a very good football season and now all eyes are looking towards basketball. . 5 E lil Sth Grade Football Team 6-0-1 We st 6 West 60 West 58 West 24 West O West 28 West 26 E Meridian 0 Caldwell O Central 0 Boise East 0 FOOTBALL AWARDS October 29, 1971, the 9th grade football teams voted for the outstanding players of the 1971 football season. Rocke Acree of the heavyweights received the most votes for the Most Valuable Player award. Rocke played halfback at the beginning of the season and finished up playing quarterback. Acree Meridian O Caldwell 0 Central 0 scored nine touchdowns, leading his team in the touchdown depart- ment. Rocke played quarterback for the first time in the Ontario game. jimmy Valles of the lightweights, got the honors for Most Valu- able Player on the lightweight team. jimmy played halfback on offense. He was second highest on his team in touchdowns, with Here are the other awards that the players voted on: For the heavy weights: 1. Paul Bently-Best Offensive lineman 2. Rocke Acree-Best Offensive back 3. Cory Rust-Best Defensive lineman 4. Cory Rust-Best Defensive back 5. Cory Rust-Most Inspirational 6. Conn Bunn-Most Improved For the lightweights: 1. Brian Plppitt-Best Offensive lineman 2. Mitch Garmendia-Best Offensive back 4. Billy Romero-Best Defensive back 5. Mitch Garmendia-Most Inspirational 6. Rick Wakefield-Most Improved nine. Mitch Garmendia had the most touchdowns scoring ten times.

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Basketball 71 - 72 8thG West West West West West West West West West West We st West West West Won 10 - Lost 4 BASKETB LL 49 Caldwell 36 35 Emmett 37 49 Mt. Home 39 47 Ontario 35 52 Emmett 21 48 Caldwell 23 46 Mt. Home 45 40 Meridian 43 29 Central 27 40 Meridian 41 65 Caldwell 20 37 Mt. Home SO 42 Ontario 36 45 Central 33 West's 9th grade A squad finished the season with a 9 and 7 record this year. The team started out by losing their first game but then coming back to win 6 in a row. The scores of the games were as follows: West 36 Caldwell West 51 Emmett West 63 Mt. Home West 79 Ontario West 71 Emmett West 57 Caldwell West 73 Vallivue West 31 Central West 40 Meridian West 44 Caldwell West 37 Mt. Home West 43 Ontario West 35 Central Tournament fat Centralj West 44 Hillside West 56 Ontario West 59 Emmett 44 40 43 6 3 50 56 20 37 47 40 40 57 45 52 47 49 39