Shafter Sweeps Sierra League Track Meet Across Divisions
Shafter high school swept the Sierra League track meet held at the Shafter oval. In varsity events the Generals scored 67 to 30 for McFarland, 19 for Maricopa, and 0 for Tehachapi. The B contest saw Shafter lead McFarland 47 to 42, with Tehachapi and Maricopa trailing. Shafter C squad totaled 49, Tehachapi 23, Maricopa 14, and McFarland 5. Bill Searcy set the lone league record with a 1:35.5 lap and 2 race, a potential for even better times. Tehachapi’s Anthony starred in the 100 and 200 yard dashes in the B events.
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Searcy
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Shafter Spikemen Third in Wasco Invitational Track Meet
Shafter Spikemen placed third in Wasco high school invitational, with Wasco first and Delano second. McFarland fourth and Maricopa fifth. Grumbles won pole vault and low hurdles, Hill edged Fletcher in the varsity 100 yard dash, Bender narrowly runner-up in the varsity mile.
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Tom Fletcher
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Shafter Eagles Triumph Over Bakersfield Wildcats 9 5
The Shafter Eagles beat the Bakersfield Wildcats 9 to 5 as Art Palomo pitched seven innings and Steve Rodriguez finished the eighth. The local team from the Mexican Colony improved to three wins in four starts and faces Wasco Bees next on Richland School diamond with no admission.
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Shafter High Awards Winter Letter Winners
Winter-season letter winners at Shafter High School were honored at a morning assembly. Nine basketball letters were awarded by Coach Lowell Todd for a second-place Sierra league finish. B team letters went to six players with manager Don Millard. Eight players earned letters from Coach Cecil Rhoads, with Don Wygle as manager. Inter-class trophies were awarded for A and B divisions, listing the second period A players and the fifth period B players.
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Lowell Todd
Bud Anderson
Don Long
Victor Bender
Harold Farr
J. C. Graves
Keet Duke
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Bob Peters
DeVaughn Cheatwood
Richard Fast
Dan Bledsoe
Jerry Jarrard
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Harold Rikard
Bob Grumbles
Weyland Davis
Don Millard
Cecil Rhoads
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Tom Kelly
Lowell Bergman
Bob Albright
Bob Jackson
Clive Hamlin
Alfred Paloma
Cy Pearce
Don Wygle
Bill Cotton
George Trout
Herbert Spitzer
Ross Smith
Geo. Bender
Bill Coodey
Ernest Jameson
Doyle Patrick
Richland Track Season Ends in Surprise Meet
Richland School closed its track season with a 40 to 45 loss to Shafter High. Vernon Edwards set a new Richland and meet record with 94 inches in pole vault, Frank Wells and Gene Thompson provided top marks in broad jump and discus, while Bobby Baze and Dick Fletcher earned second in sprints and high jump. Softball gains prominence as 38 teams begin tournament play and noon league practices loom.
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Frank Wells
Gene Thompson
Bobby Baze
Dick Fletcher
Luther Bagby
Paul Cato
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