Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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—— A TEAM Cooley Wooden Emerson Newman Sicbc Goodridqc Gazarian Anderson Merrill B TEAM Top Row Schneringer Smith Becker Knecht Silva Bottom Row Benedict Clester Newman Merrill Perry Emerson C TEAM Top Row Williams Smith Hopkins Simmons Seipert Boles Haas Bottom Row Coach Frost Vernon Vierra Jarrard Durkee Tipton Maroney D TEAM Boles West Johnson Hibbs Falletti Durkee

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FOOTBALL Forty-three husky hard-hitting pigskin packers turned out to try for a position on the 1938 football team. This was the largest turnout in the history of Westwood High School and gave Coach Maxey a big headache trying to pick out a first eleven. At the end of the season the Lumberjacks had made a name for themselves as you can see by reading the following news accounts of the 38 Grid season results: Chico, Calif., Sept. 24.—Westwood's untried grid machine rolled down from the mountains today and rang up a 12-6 victory over the Chico B's. Dunsmuir, Calif., Oct. I.—The hard playing Lumberjacks from Westwood held the Dunsmuir Tigers to a 12-12 tie today, despite the loss of Johnson, Knecht and D. Gian- nini through injuries received in the Chico game. Westwood, Calif., Oct. 8.—The Braves from Alturas struck a heavy blow when they beat the Lumberjacks 13-7 on the Westwood gridiron today. Goodridge, halfback, scored Westwood's only touchdown on a trick reverse. He ran seventy yards to score. Westwood, Calif., Oct. 14.—The Lumberjack reserves met the Grizzly reserves on the home field this afternoon and fought a scoreless game. Alturas, Calif., Oct. 22.—Westwood pounded out a hard fought victory over the Braves here today. The score was, Lumberjacks, 6: Modoc. 0. The only touchdown came when K. Merrill intercepted a pass and ran ninety-seven yards behind interference to win the first league game of the year. Susanville, Calif., Oct. 24.—Today the Westwood reserves smeared the Lassen reserves on the Lassen gridiron, winning a I 3-0 victory. Westwood, Calif., Oct. 29.—The Lumberjack Alumni played the high school this morning at 10 o'clock and won 6-0. It rained. Orland, Calif., Nov. 4.—The Westwood-Orland night game which was to be played here tonight is to be cancelled because of rain. Susanville, Calif., Nov. II.—Westwood's big upset came today when the Lassen grid machine crashed through to score 20 points to Westwood's 7. Jackson made West- wood's only score. Playing for the last time against their bitterest rivals were the following seniors: K. Goodridge and Ed Gazarian, halfbacks: Jackson, quarter: Doering and Johnson, ends: and Prusia and Moe, tackles. Others who played and will have their chance for revenge next year are: Wilkie, fullback: Benedict, quarter: Knecht and Silva, halfs; B. and D. Giannini, ends: Wilson, Creighton, tackles: Chatoian and Emerson, guards: Merrill or B. Emerson, center. Others who went out for the first time this year may somewhat change this line-up. 21

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BASKETBALL The A team started the season with a mental handicap. It was thought that they didn't have much on the ball, but as the season progressed it was easy to see that the team was one of the best in the school. Taking Greenville in the first two games of the year showed that perhaps the A's might have a chance at the cup. They defeated Alturas and the A. F. of L. teams. In eleven games the A team was beaten in only three, Red Bluff and Lassen being the only schools to do it. The A s lose Gazarian, Siebe, Sim- mons, and Goodridge, but their positions will be well filled next year. Winning nine of the eleven tilts, the B team proved that it was right at the top when it comes to basketball. The only two games they lost were to Lassen, which were both very close contests. The first game score was Westwood, 12; Lassen, 17; the sec- ond was Westwood, 17; Lassen, 19. As these games were league games, it thereby gave the Lassen B's the league championship. The B team will only lose four players— Merrill, Neal, Becker and Perry, whose places will be aptly filled by the flashes from the C Team. Winning the only championship of the school, the C's showed that they were the best team in W. H. S. Having such dead-eyes as Tipton, Durkee, Jarrard, Maroney and Vernon, the C's couldn't lose. Reaching their defensive peak in the last game with Lassen, which won them the championship, showed that they were not merely an offen- sive ball club. The C's won the first game very easily. The second game was the thriller of the evening. It was won by Lassen in an overtime period, I 1-9. The third game was tied twice in the last minute of the fourth quarter, but the C's turned on the heat and won 10-8. Although the D team didn't win any games, they were in there fighting all of the time. The D's played five games, two each with Greenville and Susanville, and one with the eighth grade. The seventh and eighth grades didn't start their season until after Christmas, but when they did it showed that future teams will be very good. The seventh and eighth grade seconds won their only game with Susanville, 27-4. The seventh and eighth grade firsts lost because of the superior height of their opponents, the scores being seventh, 9; Susanville Grammar School, 31. Against the Lassen D team the eighth grade won 14-11. 23