Alcala 1972

Kathy Santana, MECHA's Homecoming Queen candidate, was chosen by the associated students of the university to reign as 1971 Homecoming Queen. Her coronation at the Homecoming Dance in Hilton Inn was the climax of the university's phantasmagorical week of Homecoming. A week later the Toreros played Loyola in Los Angeles, aday blessed with sun and breezes. The game was close. Guerra was leading the offense, and Bill Yavorsky and Ray Ramsey were leading the defense. The lead changed hands. The lead changed hands again. Behind 21-23 deep into the fourth quarter, the Toreros began to rip and carve yardage. With only the smallest of Homecoming's magic—snakebite remedy—the Toreros would win the last game of the season and earn a .500 record. This was not to be. A - -puted call stopped the drive and the Torero season ended with melancholy in the fine blue air. The sun set soon afterwards.

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