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TUHS has been developed over the decades, with the additions of an athletic field for football and track, a gymnasium, auditorium, science building, cafeteria and domestic science buildings. The stadium was renamed as the Marion Martin
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rivalry intensified over the next 30 years. Traditionally the Taft-Bakerfield game was the last game of the season and would draw crowds upwards of 7,000 for games played in Taft. It was rare for Taft to win, but in 1928 Taft defeated
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1008:"The Taft Newsletter"
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