Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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 V'- v i I ,VHW Top Row: R. Emerson Benedict, Wooden, Giannini. D. Giannini, Jackson, Wilkie. Becker, Knecht, Merrill. Bottom Row: Haskell, Cooley, Merrill, Durkee, Boles, Tipton, Silva, Durkee, Vierra, B. Emerson, Goodridge, Chatoian. Top Row: Boles, Ott, Granrud. Benedict, Goodridge, Miller, Creighton, Becker, Bottom Row: C. Newman, Craig. Doering, Martinez. Boardman, R. Newman, Vierra. Top Row: Gazarian, Merrill, Brown, Simmons, Johnson, Perry. Lund. Bottom Row: Boshoff, Bergstrom, Wilcox, Miley, Ricks. 24

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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

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TRACK Westwood High's athletic year drew to a close with one of the best track teams in the history of the school, coached by Mr. Haskell. Among the outstanding distance men were: Goodridge, Emerson, and Becker, A's; Bob Emerson, Bill Durkee, B's. Outstanding in the sprints and field events were: Jackson, Benedict, Wilkie, and Chatoian, A's: Harry Knecht, Silva and Merrill, B's. Kay Goodridge, Henry Jackson, and Harry Benedict competed in the N.S.C.I.F. Cal Frosh Meet at Berkeley. In the dual meet with Redding, Westwood A's lost 66 to 45, and the B's won 56 to 55. Other meets included: Susanville Invitational, April 22; Preliminary C.I.F., in Quincy April 29: Gridley N.C.H.S.A.L., May 13: Sacramento semifinals, May 20: State meet, Los Angeles, May 27. BASEBALL The baseball team this year showed a flash and zip which held the spectators' interest throughout every game. Although handicapped by lack of pitchers, the W.H.S. team showed surprising strength in actual competition. Returning from last year's squad were: Goodridge, Doering and Becker, outfielders; Clayton Newman, Miller, Benedict, Stoll, and Prusia, infielders. Newcomers included: Martinez, Boardman, Craig. Boles, Vierra, Creighton, Ott, and Granrud. Included in the schedule were two games with Lassen High, two with Lassen J. C., one with Los Molinos, and Reno High School. TENNIS Tennis entered the list of interschool sports this year for the second time, and Oscar Johnson, Bill Simmons, Joe Perry, Bob Neal, Francis Brown, ranking Lumberjack net men, and Lorraine Miley, Mary Wilcox, Marilyn Bergstrom, Betty Pinkham, and Betty Ricks, outstanding girl players, showed that Westwood can have a good team. The boys met the Lassen team twice, winning one match and losing one. The boys sub-league finals were played here on the rebuilt courts, May I 3. This was made possible through the efforts of Coach Lund, B. Simmons, O. Johnson, E. Gazarian, and F. Brown. 25