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wf{AT wAS TftE LARGEST SCNOOL fN TNE CIFFSS IN DECEWER" tr937?

PHOENIX UNIoN I$GILS pf{O 0{AMZONA

{rI4& stadents fukreost i,000 rseo{e ffhsrc the vcext fqrgest fuieh school irc $FSS\

PNOE-NNX UNION ff{GH SCHOOL FOOTEA[,{, Football Stadium in the lg30's

1930 lootball schedule fbr Phoenix Union High School indicating opponents

from four other sfates that they played:

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A 4ATCHEU rgaiurr ilire of tLtj strorgcst lllgil iV,[. eshq.1 srid tearn"' tlu'oughout the Southwc'st inc)nding Tiiao', A-t'izona, Cirlifornia, and Neu'

Mexico, the Coyotes sclredule

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Phoenix Union High School, in Arizona, was avery large school who had difficulty in finding suitable opponents to play in the state of Arizona. They began playing Califomia schools with the creation of the CIF and even challenged for the Southwest Football Championship in 1920 when they ventured to the city of Long Beach to play the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits. Although the outcome was a disaster (lost 102 to 0), they continued to play California schools whenever they could. The following is found in the CIFSS Council minutes of April 10,1937: "Moved by Mr. Burnight, seconded by Mr. Hayshurst that the State Council be asked to make Phoenix Fligh School and Tuscon High School associate members of the C.I.F., Southem Section for the year 1937 -1938. Carried."

The advantage of being an associate member was that they could play California schools without any special permission and they had all the privileges of regular membership without being placed in any specific league (they were considered to be free-lance). It was a rule at that time too that no athletic competition of any kind be allowed between CIF and nonCIF schools. The State Federated Council allowed Phoenix Union High School to have associate membership as long as they limited their competition to Arizona and Southern California.

From the CIFSS Council "Monthly Bulletin" of December,1937, is gleaned the following: "Phoenix with an enrollment of 4142 is our largest member. Big Pine with 20 is our smallest. Alhambra with 3167 has the largest enrollrrent cf any or our Southem Califomia schools."

Phoenix was active in their membership as noted in the December, 1938, CIFSS "Monthly Bulletin :" "The Phoenix High School requested that it be allowed to conduct an intra-mural football tournarnent after December I among boys who had not been on the squad during the season. .. the request was not allowed."

Free-lance schools of l94l included Phoenix, Tuscon and Yuma High Schools all of Aizona. Las Vegas High School also asked for associate

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.ffi' ffiffi] membership. Later Glendale, Arizona High School, Mesa and North Phoenix were added to the list.

March, 1952. "Monthly Bulletin"

TUCSON ANNOUNCES V/ITHDRAWAL FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP For several years the C.I.F., Southern Section has made possible an Associate Membership for high schools in Arizona and Nevada, to permit tho.se schools to competâ&#x201A;Ź with our southern

California schools. One of the factors which

brought about this relationship was the relatively few high schools of comparative size in our neighbor states which made athletic scheduling problems. Associate Membershio in the C.LF. made it possibie for the Arizona and Nevada sci,ools

ro round ous their

schedules.

Trt.son, Arizona HS, Mr. Andy Tolson, Prin-

cipal, has recently wirhdrawn from

Associate

Membership, giving rwo main reasons for its action. ( I ) Tucson 6nds the expense of rravel-

ing to California or bringing California teams to Tucson a licle too heavy to bear. (2) Recent growth in Arizona has brought about an in-

crease in the number of larger schools rn that state, and hence Tucson 6nds r greater opporcuniry for scheduling much closer to home. Mr. Tolson states in his letter: "Be assured

that our relationships with you. organization have b.en of th. best and we hare enjoyed "lways our competition with southern California schools."

October. 1957, "Monthly Bulletin"

c TV/O ARIZONA SCHOOLS DROP CIF ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

lVord was received during the summer that both North Phoenix HS and Phoenix HS had found it necessary to drop their associatg mem-

bership in the SS of the CIF. They regretted very much this action, but cransportation costs involved in long trips had risen g.eatly, and rvith the rapid gtowth of populations around the Phoenix area it is now oossible for these schools to complete their athleric schedules rvith high schools in their own srate.

Our member schools are reminded that beof this .sction it is not now possible to

cause

schedule athletic contesrs with these .chools unless p.ior permission is obtained, not only from the CIF, SS, but from the Arizona Interscholasric Athletic Association. Our association with

both of chese 6ne Phoenix schools has been most satisfactory, and although we regret the termination of this very pleasant relationship we wish them both rvell in the years ahead..

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PHOENIX-O, LONG BEACH-IO2 The largest crowd ever assembled fot a orep school game in the \X/est witnessed the great Long Beach eleven win the championship ^f .southwestern LJnited States by defeating thc Phoenix Union High School squad by the largest score ever made by a local team-102-0' It was a grand and glorious finish to the local gridiron season. Aver 12,000 spectators viewed this contest. Although the seating capacity of the stands is stightly gteater than half that number, the crowd poured in until there was a mass of jostling humanity encircIing. the field and tugging at the ropes impatiently. fnterest in the garne ran high because of its intersectional flavor, Never had a scholastic gridiron clash of such importancc been conducted on a southern field" Furthermore, the game furnished the final kickoff of. the season which had excelled any of previous Years, :nd in the unusually huge crowd were marry whose desire to be'"in" ,- t the final whistle overshadowed their interest in the teams. The game itself .was as one-sided as the score inCicates, yet tl"re crowd seemed to enjoy it. Phoenix was outclassed in evety 1:ay, Everything worked against the Arizonans. End runs, off-tackle smashes. forward passes, trick plays, all were used to roll up the total of I02 points. If any one player stood out above the rest it was Phil Tiernan, Long Beach phantom-like halfback. Tiernan, along with Dolley' Evans, Morris, Rich and Willet, brought his career at Long Beach to a glorious finish in tfus end-season gama He caused repeated exclamations from the stands by his sensational open-field work and brilliant end rtrns. Nothing could stop him-at Ieast nothing the Phoenicians could do. The most remarkable and successful season Long Beach has ever enioyed closed with this gamq and the most brilliant of all Long Beach gridiron machines passed down into history" It was an all-star squad and the 1919-1920 Long B:ach High School eleven will alwavs be remembered as the bunch that would not accept def.eat,

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PHODNIX,0; LONG BEACI{'

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hed been over ior ^F1'trR football practice of a l..tf V a month, through the efforts a alrr'rni High Phocnix ;o,r',;irree of

,u"r---..hctluled w-itl-Lo:g U"^,1 l:9: [o deterrnrne School, champior:s of Cali{ornia' SouthwesL rhe J* ftiglt .cltool charlpiorrship.of contest Playco mc'rrorable that of The , esults I0 i;;'L.t; Beach on the afteruoon of Januaryand Arizona ihr'oughout .ttfi too wcll kno*n "t. 3re sevcril Sorthenr Califolnia. Although thete ofiereo team the sincc things that could be said, none rctu-rfl' thelr uporr rrcithcr alibi llor excu'se whole talc the so hisrory, this in grverr be urll o[ this stot'yrtlay be iu,t,,tt"<f up rn t)re hcading all Oa"enix High is coucctned' that is

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