The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 20, 1974 Page: 4 of 28
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TAFT TRIBUNE, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1974
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All Three Tafl
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Junior High Lads
Travel For First
Basketball Action
The lif t football season in
Tafl came lo.i close last week,
with all three local teams slill
active losing their (males
Gregory -I'ori land was the
victor m all three contests The
Wildcats tromped the crippled
Greyhounds f»2 o the <i P
junior varsity heat Tafl l.’i 7 hi
a close one. and the freshmen
took the Pups ta o
The Wildcats, the only team
in the county still in action,
pocs to t Jon mi Friday for a hi
district panic with Donna
Hounds Fire First Shot In Basketball
Wars Here Friday vs. Refugio Bobcats
FINAL
DISTRICT STANDINGS
Out Uuon
Taft Junior High's 7th and
nth grade basketball squads hit
'he road for their season
opener Monday, then wont
play again until after the
Thanksgiving holidays
Their first home appearance
will Is1 December 5 when West
Osn pays a visit A week after
Hu' they travel to Calallen
then come home again
December 16 against Flour
Bluff
All game days will have a
double header, with the 7th
graders playing at 5:30 and the
bigger lads in a game im
mediately after the first one
Randall Koonee will once
again coach the 7th grade
Mutts Ed Jones starts another
year with the 8th graders
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Bishop
Sinton
Calallen
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9-0
8-1
6-3
5-4
5-4
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West Oso 4-5
Rockport 2-7
Taft 1-8
Flour B. 0-9
W l. Pit Op.
9-1 320 128
9-1 301 78
7-3 180 142
5- 5 191 177
6- 4 266 185
6-4 258 98
5-5 165 174
2 8 114 321
2 8 106 241
0-10 30 355
Friday is opening night for
ihe defending Iti Disti let
champion Tati Greyhounds as
'hey take on old nemises
Refugio m Taft
For Taft it will be an op
porturnty to get sonic measure
of revenge for last vear The
Robea's who had a H O record
until they lust two games in the
Slate Tournament, beat Taft
foul limes all close games all
low scoring and all derided in
the last couple of minutes
Sinre the Greyhounds lost
mly eight game- last veer,
while winning 23. it is easy to
see the effect (tie Refugio
games had on the Hound
season record 27 1 looks a lot
better than 2;n.
I he other Hound losses were
to lioi kport in pre season,
Ninion in district play Bishop
in a non zone game and to
Gonzales in the regional finals
Gonzales went on to win ihe
sta'e AAA championship
II is nol the same Taft team
this year, though
Only Varizant Driver is hack
from the starting five and he
will need help from returning
lel'erineii Motile Floerke and
Kenny Hotrler
Fight play ers Wes Ritchie
Hill Millet Russell Riddle.
Garv Box Johnny Blair,
George Gonzales Luis
Villalobos and Jimmy
Morgan ire up Imm last
car's junior varsity squad
Then is also a transfer
student on 'lie varsity squad
Senior Greg Moure, who
lettered at Kureka Kansas
High School last year has
moved to Tafl with his family
lbs laiher is employed by San
I'a’ricioCnunty and working m
Sinton hut the family lives
here
Greyhound coach Roy
S'eg.ill t.irlmg his I9lh veal
here is wondering about fm
ding some height to go with
1 friver’s ti l Fast y ear he had
Mark Montgomery, who was
about ti' :F and John
Josserand and Leonard Hutto
each about t. 2".
Montgomery who was all
district Iasi veai is attending
Texas Lmvcrsily Josserand .s
going to Southwestern anti
Hullo is >IP a' V.gn land the
vear 'hough and Ihe rebounds
must come from somewhere
else
Box and Gonzales, each 6' I
were regulars on the junior
varsity last season, and might
help Ritchie is about the same
height and T b>crk<. Blair
Morgan, and Riddle are an
Inch shorter
in IHT.i 74 Stegall UM'd a
double |h>st offense, with three
guards used with Driver and
Montgomery Tins tune around
he might change, depending on
whn' combination ot players he
uses as his starting lineup
Miller a .p to guard was
'he leading seorei tor the
junior varsity last year with 12
points per game lie was Ihe
only JV with an average m
double figures according to.J\
( aach Bill Hill
Villalobos is i a Moore
stands alxiut < 1! and Hot
zler is an inch shorter
Six seniors Villalobos.
Moore Driver Morgan
Floerke. and Rotzler and
minors Ritchie Miller Kiddle,
Gox Blau and Gonzales make
up In squad prov iding a good
Mend o| i xpet ten* e
Alter Friday • game wuh
Refugio. Tulo.so Midway
i nines io tow n Tuesdav then
■(.ere will be break for
Thank ,giv mg
night
X'wanij tL,
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I allow mg hat the Mathis
I'jra es v isit Taft ori Deeemlier
'he Hounds hit he road the
The tumor V8rs
and ‘
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Kiwams tixirney 1
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BLOCKING SPECIALISTS Instead of choosing one or two indivodats as his outstanding
players in the previous week's football game. Junior Varsity Coach Bill Hill nominated his
interior offensive line From left to right are tackle Ricky Guerrero, guard David Rosatei
center Arturo Aguirre, guard Joe Morales, and tackle Kelly Lockard Taft beat the Bishop
JV's 33 0.
CRIPPLFS STAR Brian Bartos and Roger MutcM* u
players Freshman Coach Fd Burge calls his Cripples**,,,
turned from the injured list, were ’he detenu*
ecently when the Pups lost an so deckar i,
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standouts
HOUND SENIORS Six seniors will be on the Talt Greyhound squad when they open Friday
at home From left to riqht are Luis Villalobos, Greq Moore Vanzant Driver Jimmy
Morgan. Monte Floerke and Kenny Rotzter
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WINNING TEAM of the ith grade intramural basketball championships were, from left to
right, Otila Carvajai, Rosie Villarreal, Norma Martinez, captain Gayla Driver. Norma
Morales, Cindy Hinojosa, and Mitzie Murray,
GREYHOUND JUNIORS Six juniors will take Ihe ffoor Friday mqht when Tati opens
against the Retugio Bobcats From left to right are Wes Ritchie, Bill Miller Russel! Riddle
Gary Box, Johnny Blair and George Goniales
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Taft Highs gtr! basket-
bailers with one game under
'heir Ijelts open their home
season tomorrow mghc with a
pair of games with Banqueie
There will be rwo games,
with the Junior Varsity, or B
team opening at 8 p m .
followed by the varsity squad
Coai h Mary Curry starting
her seventh season here, has a
i t gtri team, headed by
returning ail-district forward
Terri Marsh, a senior
Marsh will be joined ai the
starting forward positions by
'wo of the other four forwards
Karen Hill a junior, Dina
K rum now a junior. Myra
Alvarado a senior, or junior
Roy Sene McEJwee
Guards on the Ladvhound
team are seniors Sue Duprie,
Ester Garcia Lillian Odie,
Linda Richter. Helen Medina,
and Terry Duicher. and juniors
Oralia Acosta and Dianne
f futif
Miss Curry coached the girls
to a tell record last. year, good
enough for a Up for second
place in the northern r.wp in
District IS-3A
The Taft girls have another
practice reason Tuesday
against 'he always tough In-
carnate Word Academy
Angeis The game will be
played in Corpus Christi
Following tl.e Thanksgiving
holiday the Taftiies return
home for game against the
Ingleside Fiilie:-. on December
3
Kadi 'inn the girts play.
'here .vtli tie an earlier contest
be'wet n the junior varsity
".''ti - starting at 6 p rri
Members of the B team
quad are forwards Lou
Driver Palsy Lopez, Lisa
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Francis, Otis L. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 20, 1974, newspaper, November 20, 1974; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749819/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.