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The Brownsville Herald from Brownsville, Texas • Page 12

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11-Valley Teams Boast Talent Four Falcons Selected On Top Two Teams; Eagles Place Three; Ho unds, Tarpons One rat nowmvou! JCTAU dnny, HM-FAGX IM LKONia riAHZA I.os Kresitos HKCTOH CC'EVAS I.os 1'rosnos GUS Los Krcsnos LAN' CHESHIRE Los Fresnos i want lo inform the public iat AHTllUIl W. PIGOTT, OST No. 2035, of the Vctcr- ins of i Wars of rownsvllle Is In no way con- iccted sponsoring a i LIFE OF CHRIST" lo he hown at the Brownsville Ugh School on December 6, 1966. Any donations or tiling llckels Is done iy an outside organization. AMADOR PAREDES VFW POST 2035 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS TED K1KKCONNK1.

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Come in and try a Ronson And remember, it it doesn't sbava you as ctoso as a jade; you get your money hack! A $19.95 value a a i a belter Bv RICK Sports Klrcctor Valley Freedom Newspapers These are hecllc days, as you well know. The world is saddled with a sudden death playoff In Viet Nam and some stealthy nlgrt games In Berlin and the cost of living has gone up .15 cenls a case. As il this ain't enough for us pnr mortals, comes now Iho 1966 Freedom Newspaper All- Valley football selections. Next comes a bunch or Irate mammas and poppas who are ready lo punch four sporlswriters on Ihe beak for Ignoring their lltlle crnrHIa He wan a second team All-Valley delensive back a year ago and wilh 11 puss interceptions this autumn might have again made first team defense, had he not been even more successful as an offensive star. SIMS SCORED six touchdown kicked 18 extra points, iiecause his passing was so sharp, he was voted in at quarterback over Ilarlingen's 202 pound fullback-lype quarterback, Phlt- Danaher.

You couldn't leave Danaher oul of all All Valley backfleld this year, Ihoiigh, so halfback lie scored len touchdowns, two extra points. four. Two fullbacks were --San Isldro's Carlos Lopez, the Valley scoring leader with I i points; and Raymondville's Joe Lopez, another Junior who scored so polnls this season. Ilnlfuackr, McAlks's Hector (iircla, a workhorse hall carrier who also mnde second team a year ago; ford's Amado scored and Santa Hosa's Juan who scorwl m. The i i specialist i S.IA Matins Gai7.a, smallest man on any of Ihe teams al 12fi pounds, but a big polal pro-, among lite 52 players is second' ducer with his right foot 16 extra points and two field goals.

team linebacker Armando Mo-; ran of lirownsville SI. KNDS ARK llarllnjjcn's a coach Henry Uribe could- 1 my Carlisle and I.os 1 sa )' enough good things Junior Hector Cuevas. Tackles 01 Moran had 17 unassisted are Harllngen's DavUI Moore. a David tioza and Sha-l ryland's Tommy Sosctice Die Olll(lr linebackers are llarlln- Darrell Karhart who aver- The (i halfback Is Mis- Well suh, yon can't please versatile Larry Caltlwcll, them all, as Sally Hand used opened the campaign al to preach. i quarterback then switched to -Nevertheless, the casual Fri- lailback by Eagle coach I Guards arc I.a Kerb's Tommy llorlcn and nio llondo'n Reynaldo The center is I.os Krcsnos junior Gus SKCON1) DEFENSIVE TEAM TIIK ONI.V sophomore named First Team Offense day night Valley fouilialt stadi- Caldwell was the Val- largest player on any lhc, a li cii 13 a game, Browns- ville's J.andy liamirez, McAl- Icn's Bruce bamron, I.

a Joya's Homer Chapa. TIIU ends arc Wcslaco 1 Danny Itcyna anil Lyforrt's I The tackles are liar 1 llngen's Joe (ioruales, McAl- i len's Palomln and Krowns- ville's J. I). Jtoil.ncrs. The lacklcs are liar- I linger! jiinltn- Roland Santhez, I Wcslacn junior Ilobert Solclher, 'and seniors Hobby Mild of Mer- cedss ami liiilK-rl Latar of Rio I I I I I I I um visitor, with no family lies i i i was vai- ev's 2 ton scorer with 102 all ached In Ihi.s halfback or that points, lackle, might have a rather dif- Harllngcn's Wall Hidings ficull time finding fault with was an pick as the first seterlions.

team kicking specialist. Itld- KIT-TWO from; Ings scored live touchdowns, Valley schools are on the 19fi6 hut his kicking really raised All-Valley teams-- seniors, 13; Vnllev fans' eyebrows. He had juniors and one sophomore. 12 e.x'lni point kicks, and four Coaches strewn across field goals on distances of -12, Valley can be pardoned lor .14, 25 and 2-1 yards. He also dreaming about bossing a 52- player sciuad with Ihe tremen- had a In a pre-sea- scrimmage at Donna.

dous talents of the four 10GB All llaymondviUb's Rav Soils, a Valley platoons first and sec- onil offensive and defensive units. There are running backs who can catch a rabbi 1 In a 40-yard dash. There arc fullbacks who could convert an alligator Into a suitcase. There arc linemen who look like they might Just love dining on live And there are defensive beasts who upon provocation can ram their heads through a courthouse wall. The balloting was close and argiimenlive at many positions, of course, and none more so than for the Valley Coach of the Year.

This honor went lo Luke Thomas, who led Raymond- vine's Rearkats to their first district (I6-3A) championship since 1938. Luke won a split decision, pdpinp mil his former boss at second a end last year moved up lo first team, 'and has another season to play. San- la Kosa's David Vasquez, who caught four TO passes and three two-pointers, was the other end. Port Isabel's Ted Kirkconnctl, a junior and a second team defensive man last year, joins Donna's Payne on the first team. A pair of ISO pounders-- Ilar- lingcn's Wade Goad and Mission's Mike nirdwell who doubled as a kicker wilh 13 extra polnls and a field goal arc the guards.

Brownsville's Mike Hale is the center. FIRST DEFENSIVE TEAM THERE'S GOOD size and mobility on the first defensive team where three schools San Benito, Haymondvllle and Pharr- San Alamo each land- nil nlavpnj 1'OS. KICKECH Q-ILUK HALKIiACK HALFBACK FUI.LIIACK EM) END TACK Mi TACKLE A (illARI) CENTER PLAVEIt a i Hidings Terry Sims Phil a a Larry Caldwell Alfredo Lugo Hay Soils David Preston Payne 'IVd Klrkcimnrll Wade (load Mike BlrchieLI Hale First Team POS. END TACKLE TACKLE T.ll 1,11 Lit LI) HACK HACK BACK PLAVEK Claude McMlllon Alan Cheshire Art (tobies Alan Spcncc Uruce Bob Macmanus Adan Covoccvkli itlchard Dcnfoo Garj Stoul Davit) Longorla Kloyd Richardson SCHOOL WGT. Harllngcn 188 Raymomlvlllc 157 llarllngen 202 Mission 187 Donna 184 Raymonilvlltc 162 Santa llosa 167 Donna 230 Port Isabel 212 Mission 190 llarllnjH-n 190 Brownsville 185 Defense SCHOOL WGT.

San Ilcnllo 205 I.os Krcsaos 185 I'-SJ-A 1M Raymondvillc 112 San Benllo 175 Raymondvillc 1(3 Weslacn 155 172 Edlnhtirg 179 16(1 Donna CLASS Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Junior Senior Senior Junior Senior Senior Senior CLASS i Senior Senior Junior Senior Senior Senior Senior Junior Senior Senior llarlingen, Carl Spooneniore; The ends are San Bcnilo's and Weslcao's J. D. Cenlilli. srOONH.MOHl-: WAS given support for coaching his Cardinals to a splendid 8-2 record, the first winning season at Har- tingen since 1959. Centilll was applauded for bringing Wcslacn 'back from a gimpy 0-9-1 record In 1965 to a 6-4 showing this an- Marking ballots for the A Valley team were Boll Lapham, editor of the Brownsville' i Herald; Terry llolman, sports editor of the Valley Evening Monitor a McAllen: Johnston of Ihe Valley Morning Star In llarlingen; and Rick Pezdirlz, sports director of Hie three Valley Freedom Newspapers.

Let's review the teams: FIRST OFFENSIVE TEAM IMAGINE IF you will an nut- I i that averages 39.6 points a game, with its backs working behind a line that averages 191 pounds per Mocker. Claude McMlllon, a tough 205- pound junior, and Alan Cheshire of Los Krcsnos. Raymondvillc junior Alan Spence and PS.IA! KI senior Art Robles are the 1 Second Team Offense tackles. Linebackers are San llenllo's Bruce Finch, (laymomlville's Bo Macmanus, Wcslaco's Alan Covacevlch and PSJA's Richard Dcnlio, a superb player for eoach Charlie Williams' Bears. The defensiixs backs are lidin- burg junior (lary Stout; seniors David Longoria of Edcouch-Elsa and Floyd Richardson of Donna.

SI-X'OND OFFENSIVE TEAM IF THE FIRST offensive (earn looked explosive, the No. 2 team has even more impressive statistics. It would average a frightful 48.8 points a game according to an average of player; END point totals. The quarterback is Los Kres- nos junior who ((-HACK HALFBACK HALFBACK HALFBACK FULLBACK FULLBACK END END TACKI.I: TACKLE TACKLE GUARD CUARD CENTER I'LAYiill Mafias Leonel Hector Carcla Amado a Lopez Carlos Lopez Joe Lopez Jimmy Carlisle Hector Cuevas David Monre David Tommy Sosebco Tommy Hnrleii Reynaldo Zuiilga r.on/ale/ SC1IODI. P-SJ-A Los Fresnos McAllen Lyford Santa Rosa San Isklro Raymondvllle Harllngcn Los Frrsnns llarlingen Mercedes SharvlanH La Ferla Rio Hondo I.os 1VGT.

CLASS 128 1611 1M 171) ITS 195 1(8 300 1GD 190 2 OS 240 175 285 ISO Junior Junior) Senior! Senior Senior; Junior Senior! Junior' Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior! Junior! Second Team Defense Eight of the first team offen- passed for 15 TD's and ran for sive players got into Ihe scor- ing set for their respective schools this season, and more a a few times, of course. Five players found a place on last year's All Valley teams and two of arc first team repeaters on the offensive unit Irolh from Donna. There's fullback Alfredo Lugo, a four lime all district performer and a second team all- staler last year. Lugo's four- year scoring total at Donna was 302 points. His rushing yardage was a whopping 4,710 yards or 6..1 per carry.

The other repealer Is Donna tackle Preston Payne, a 230- pound giant who Is already hearing from college recruiters. The quarterback is liaymond- ville's slick little Terry Sim. 1 TACKI.K TACKLE TACKLE PLAYKR Israel Danny Rcyna Gonzalcs Joe Palomln J. I). Darrell ICarhart Land.y Ramirez llnicc Damron Homer Chapa Armando Moran itoland Hobby til Id Robert Solelher Robert Labar SCHOOL L.Vtnrd Wcslaco llarllngcn McAllen Brownsville Harllngen Brownsville McAllen La Joya St.

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