Thomas helped the 1974 men’s cross-country team and the 1975 track and field team win state championships. He also won the 1975 World Junior Cross-Country title in Morocco.
McMurray was an outstanding middle distance runner for the Vaqueros in 1963 and 1964 and later coached the cross-country and track and field teams for almost 30 years until he retired in 2005. He helped coach four state championship teams and trained 13 individual state champions.
Wright is a former sports information director at Glendale college, and has worked for almost 30 years with the Seattle Seahawks in administration.
The 1959 men’s track and field team won the first state championship in school history and was coached by Ed Tucker, who was inducted into the hall of fame in 2003 as an outstanding coach.
The Homenetmen Glendale Ararat chapter will organize and host the second annual Glendale Friendship Games from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 13-14 at Glendale High, 1440 E. Broadway, Glendale.
All local schools and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to send their students, members or teams to participate in basketball, chess, volleyball, soccer, table tennis, swimming, basketball and tennis.
A closing ceremony and festival that will feature music, food and dancing will be held Oct. 14.
All registered participants will receive a T-shirt to wear during the games.
For more information, call (323) 256-2564 or visit the organization’s website at www.ararat.org.
A Santa Clarita Valley-based age group water polo club is seeking boys and girls between the ages of 11-13.
The club is run by Crescenta Valley High School girls’ Athletic Director Pete Loporchio.
For more information, contact Loporchio at coachloporchio@aol.com or visit the website www.scvwaterpolo.homestead.com.
