Generals rout Alpaugh 24-8 to reach 3-3
Shafter Generals hammered Alpaugh 24 to 8 in a non league game led by Vaughn Taylor 3-4 with a homer and John Armendarz 2-2 while Roy Flores earned the win. The Generals broke open with a six run fourth inning as 16 batters came to the plate. Alpaugh pitcher Burns took the loss. The Wasco trip awaits Friday in SSL action.
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Shafter Generals
Alpaugh
Generals
Alpaugh Varsity
Roy Flores
Vaughn Taylor
Bennie West
John Armendarz
and _ Mitchell
Warneke
Burns
Wasco
Tigers
North High Wins Track Meet Dominates Three‑Way Meet
North High A and B squads swept a three‑way track meet at North against Shafter and Wasco. Jesse Bradford led with three firsts including 180 low hurdles in 19.3 and 100 in 9.9, also winning the pole vault at 9 ft 11 in. Wasco earned a single victory as Shafter took second and third overall.
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North
Shafter
Wasco
Jesse
Bumper
Bradford
Colonels Rally Past Alpaugh For Second Straight Win
The Shafter Colonels erased a 10-6 deficit, scoring four runs in the sixth and six in the seventh to defeat Alpaugh 16-10 Tuesday. Windy Cates and Victor Smith led the offense with multiple hits and a three run homer by Cates. Heck earned the win.
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Shafter Colonels
Alpaugh
Colonels
Shafter
Windy Cates
Victor Smith
Cates
Smith
Adyle Barham
Mike King
Windell Hicks
Kermit Prickett
Heck
Class C Meet Highlights and upcoming Wasco Relays
Shafter placed second in the class C meet. Saturday the class A B and C teams compete in the 20 30 relays at Wasco.
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Shafter
Wasco
Generals Beat Corcoran To Start Off Baseball League
The Shafter Panthers defeated Corcoran 7 to 5 to open the league schedule. Benny West pitched a complete game with one earned run allowed, while Gene Lytle hit a tying homer and Richard Warneke drove in the decisive four runs in the sixth.
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Generals
Corcoran
Shafter
Corcoran Panthers
Gaye Pare
Benny West
Panthers
Gene “Lightbulb” Lytle
West
Richard Warneke
Bob Murphy
Panther
Brad McFadden
Warneke
Lytle
al Gover
Tox
James
Lawson West Taylor Mitchell
Tidwell
Armendariz Gladden Jones
Thayer Stiger
James Jeffries Bynum Cooper McFadden Rojas Keyes Miller Murphy
Colonels Edge Corcoran 6-5 In Sequoia B League Thriller
Shafter defeats Corcoran 6-5 after a late rally in the South Sequoia League game. Adyle Barham started for Shafter with five innings, Barham and King combining for the win. Dow homered for Corcoran, while Shafter tallied on three singles and two stolen bases in the sixth.
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Colonels
Jv's
Corcoran
S. Homerun
Adyle Barham
Dow
A. Shafter
Powerful Shafter High Swim Team Faces Tough Season
Shafter High opens with a non league meet against Delano at Rio Bravo pool showing strength early. Standouts include Jim Nix Glen Sain Gervis Robey Jerry Heiser and Bonner Beel with a relay team set for March 23 at Bakersfield College pool. Sophomore Loyd Nanney will defend diving honors. Girls stars include Verna Peters Susie Mullins Carol Witcher and Allene Anderson.
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Shafter
Delano
Rio Bravo
B” Valey
Jim Nixon
Glen Sa
Gervis Robey
Jerry Heiser
Bonner Beel
Bakersfield College
Loyd Nanney
Verna Peters
Susie Mullins
Carol Witcher
Allene Anderson
Bakersfield
Santa Maria
Coalinga
Kingsburg
Lemoore
Auditorium dedication set for April in Shafter
The auditorium dedication is tentatively scheduled for April 15 and may host public events. It will likely stage one or two student assemblies before the ceremony. The district conference of the California Scholastic federation is planned for April 10 with about 400 students from 23 schools expected to attend. Sam Becker, chamber president, reveals his role as a judge in the county Mrs. America contest.
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Johnson
California Scholastic _federation
Shafter
Sam Becker
Chamber
Sam
California talk on state laws pension at Veterans Memorial Hall
Speaker to discuss California legislation budget and pension problems at 1 30 p m March 26 at the Veterans Memorial hall Chief Joseph Red Horse Fresno representing the California Welfare society will lecture The talk aims at those over 60 years old The California Welfare society says it is not connected with the Cal welfare institute or social welfare.
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California
Joseph Red Horse
Fresno
California Welfare Society
Veterans Memorial Hall
Calif Institute of Social Wefare
Man Charged After Striking Officer at Minter Field Bar
Dean Morris Unruh, 28, of Oildale, was to be arraigned in Shafter court for allegedly hitting a reserve deputy sheriff last weekend at the Minter Field bar. He faces charges of drunkenness disturbing the peace resisting arrest and striking the officer Don Lockler.
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Dean Morris Unruh
Oildale
Shafter Judicial Court
Minter Field
Unruh
Don. Lockler
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