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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1980
Page
6
The Shafter Generals defeated Garces 20 to 12 securing at least a tie for the Sequoia League Championship. Wasco Week events at Shafter High include blue and gold day activities leading to Friday night game and rally.
In a tense South Sequoia League battle, Shafter General offense broke through Garces defense with a late third quarter pass to Marcus Jiminez on the third play from scrimmage. Garces eventual 13 to 0 lead vanished as Shafter rallied to take a 13-12 edge before Garces sealed a 13-0 finish.
Shafter High won the boys team title at the South Area cross country championships held at Cal State Bakersfield on Friday November 14. Freshmen David Escobar finished fourth and Anastacio Torres 29th, with other top finishers Jerry Keeley ninth and Gabriel Espinosa 15th. Stacy Carroll led the Shafter girls with 17th, qualifying for the valley meet. The top five teams and top 25 individuals advanced to the valley championships on November 19. Mt. Whitney, Lemoore, Redwood, Reedley, and Sanger will join coming from the Central area.
In the five to seven year group the Gladden Gators tied Shafter-Wasco Auto 1-1, Elks Club tied Grady's One Stop 0-0, and Frank Russell tied American Legion 2-2. The eight to ten group saw Kloeppel Pump 3-0 Shafter Marine, Bartel Farms 4-0 Don Wingtate, and Shafter Concrete and Pipe 3-0 Walker Construction. In eleven to thirteen the Al Neeley beat Terigiani Farms 2-1 and Ladies Auxiliary American Legion crushed Lions Club 11-1.
Smiths Smashers face Patterson Pulverizers in the annual Powder Puff football game on Thursday November 20 at 6 00 p m at Shafter High School stadium. Tickets cost 75 cents with a student body card and 1 00 without. Coached by Bob Smith and Jerry Patterson the feminine teams will kick off a Bon Fire and Snake Dance before Wasco game. Open to the public.
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