San Francisco Balboa High School
Galleon F1959 S1960
| It was worth the waiting— all 27 years of it! A high school team that could beat colleges, a fullback who scored, and three all-city players were the ingredients that led Balboa's soccer team to their first varsity championship, in the school's 27 year history of competition. |
MEET THE CHAMPS—Twenty-seven years of waiting came
to an end this year when this group of Buc soccermen won Bal's first soccer
crown. Front Row—(left to
right)—Gene Huber (coach), Tony Guides, Doug Burke, Charles Price*, Bob Stetz,
Joe Rohrwild, Gil Jiminez, Al Korbus* (capt), John Tuccori, Lee Wurten-berg, Joe
Barbara, Bill Gomez, Ed Nevius (asst. coach).
Back Row—(left to right)—Ken
Zandona, Carl Eby, Jack Parker, Don Navach, Andres Nabong, Larry Bolick, Ben
Antczak, Gary DeLong*, Hector Zaidivar, Al Lappen, Ed Huber, Terry Baldwin*.
*ALL CITY.
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| The nearest Bal had come to a soccer crown before was in 1932 when the Orange and Blue won the 120 pound soccer championship. Coach Ed Huber's team was undefeated in league and play-off play. They finished the year with a 5-0-2 record. In the semi-finals, they beat St. Ignatius, 3-0, and in the championship game the Buccaneers overpowered their perennial rivals, Mission, 4-2. Balboa's offense was led by center-forward Al Korbus. He scored 19 goals in league and play-off games for a better than two goals per game average. Al scored at least one goal in every one of Bal's games. The Hubermen's offense scored 32 goals in league and play-off games for a 3.55 goals per game average. Their opponents were held to eight goals for an 0.88. There were three all-city men on the squad this year. They were center-forward Al Korbus, fullback Charlie Price, and right wing Terry Baldwin. One rarity this year occurred when fullback Charlie Price kicked a -65 yard field goal, comparable in baseball to an outfielder making an unassisted triple play! Among Bal's fallen pre-season foes were Santa Clara's varsity, and the *J.V.'s from the University of California, U.S.F. and Stanford. Coach Ed Huber doesn't see a future quite as bright as this year, but he predicts a play-off berth in 1960. With only two returning first stringers, championship prospects are dim, but if coaching talent accounts for anything, don't count the Cayuga lads out of the running when it comes to successfully defending their crown. Mr. Huber attributes this year's success to the boys' experience in junior high, as most of them came from the same school (Denman), plus the experience of playing with the Teutonia A.C. in the Saturday League. |
