Burbank High golfer has success in amateur tournaments: Next week,
Con O'Connor will begin his senior year at Burbank High.
The golfer will be hoping to build upon a successful summer for
his final year with the Bulldogs.
O'Connor is fresh off some fine finishes in Southern California
Professional Golfers' Assn.-sponsored events. In fact, he won two
tournaments last week.
He shot a 67 on Aug. 15 in a tournament in La Mirada to tie for
the championship in his age group.
O'Connor followed with a win Aug. 18 at the Cimarron Junior Golf
Championship in Cathedral City, where he turned in his best result of
the summer, a seven-under-par 64.
Monday and Tuesday he took part in the Metropolitan Junior Tour
Tournament of Champions at the Legends Course in Beaumont. He shot
rounds of 68 and 73 for a two-day total of 141, three-under-par for
the tournament. He finished tied for fifth.
O'Connor has been practicing on his home turf, De Bell Municipal
Golf Course, this week to get ready for his final tourney of the
summer.
He will play in the Foundation Desert Junior Tour Tournament of
Champions at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage on
Monday and Tuesday. He will tee off at 9:10 a.m.
Burroughs High to induct individuals into its Athletic Hall of
Fame: More than just a nonleague football game will take place Oct. 7
when Burroughs High hosts Crescenta Valley at Memorial Field.
At halftime of the contest, the school will induct three new
members into its Athletic Hall of Fame.
Former successful coaches Bob Dunivant and George Rosales will be
enshrined, along with an Indian player yet to be announced.
"We want to make this a regular thing," Burroughs Athletic
Director Marty Garrison said. "We plan to induct new players and
coaches on a regular basis and invite them back for games.
"We are hoping to make the event at the [Crescenta Valley] game a
big thing. Hopefully, we can get a lot of people out for that.
"We are also hoping to let the fans choose an All-Burroughs
football team. Maybe we'll have a page in our programs that people
can vote on the best Burroughs players of all time."
The new inductees will join an impressive group of individuals who
have been honored with Athletic Hall of Fame awards. Past inductees
include:
Don Hoster (football; 1950); Bob Lethridge (boys' basketball;
1951); Ron Morris (boys' track and field; 1953); Tom Shollin (boys'
basketball; 1955); Jerry Persinger (football; 1956); Bill Bloom
(boys' basketball; 1956); Jim Livesay (boys' basketball; 1957); Tom
