West Valley High School - Wimoah Yearbook (Yakima, WA)

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JF' Football nspirational and Captain Awards Lonnie Stull, a future West Point stu- dent, was the winner of the Captain award and the Inspirational award for the football season of 1956-57. Nominat- ed and voted to receive this award by his fellow teammates, Lonnie was selected for his special inspiration to the team. his leadership, and the way he played. He brought a great honor to West Valley by being chosen for the All-Con- ference Football team in the position of guard. As captain of the team, he guided the Rams through their second season. Lon- nie has been playing football for two years and proved very successful on the field this year. askethall nspirational and Captain wards B Basketball's honorary Captain award for 1956-57 went to Ray Esparza Cleftj. Ray, a natural in basketball leadership, excelled in coolness under fire. He was the leader in assists as well as an excel- lent floor player and defensive rear. Basketball's Inspirational award went to Charley Tabert Crightj. Charley, though injured during the summer, showed dauntless courage on the court and proved an inspiration to his team- mates, giving them a real lift. He led the way to West Valley's first varsity win by outstanding rebounding. a

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Q Q Q Art Hutton, Head Coach Chuck Millard, Assistant Coach First row, left to right: George Velikanje, Fred Houck, Roy Campbell, Bob Jones, Fred Briggs, Bob Friesen, Sandy McPherson, Bob Walker, Jack Enbom, Ron Herrell, Al Woods, Dick Birkby. Second row: Lonnie Stull, Larry Jones, Ron Brown, john Eu- teneier, Miles Barber, Dale Berg, Ron Maulding, Bill Maggard, Lauren Williers, Ray Goode, Jim Velikanje. Third row: Bob Heironimus, John Gavin, Paul Morton, Andy Hess, Craig Hotchkiss, Bill Smith, Larry Wllite, Jack Buchanan, ,lim Gavin, Eric Jenkins. 86 Trac With nine returning lettermen, the West Valley track team, coached by Arthur Hutton and assisted by Chuck Millard, anticipates a successful season. The first track meet was at West Valley with our team placing third. Our freshmen and sophomores made us proud by de- feating the freshmen and sophorriores of Highland High. At the time of publication, the track team had several meets scheduled for participation. The future meets are: April 12, ,c ,Naches, West Valley and Selah April 26 ,.,,, , C ,,,c , Moxee and West Valley May 4,. ,,,., , . West Valley Invitational May ll ..... C... N orthern Division Sub-district May 18 .....,..s,.....,,. Yakima Valley District Meet May 22 ,,,,.. ., ,. , ,, , Highland Relays May 24. ....... .....,.. P reliminaries of State Meet May 2S., ..,, .... , .... . H State Meet Finals w Q John Manning, Leroy Poulson, Bob Torson, managers. S ., nm A limi M-HL fe' , V. 'K' A

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