Apache Junction High School - Prospector Yearbook (Apache Junction, AZ)

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S WCC up 16-3 The JV Basketball Team finished their season with a 16-3 record, O- 1 in conference. Even though the Prospectors lost their first game to Gilbert, 37-43, they gained confidence and won the next eight games with Bour- gade ltwicel, Gerard, Gilbert, Ray ltwicei, and Mingus ltwicel. Their winning streak was broken by Coolidge, where the Prospectors lost, 33-61. The JV Team then won the next seven games with Aio ltwicel, Phoenix Indian ltwicel, Eloy ltwicei, Parker, and Coolidge. The last game of the season, against Parker, was won by the Prospectors with a score of 75-48. Jeff Mason, coach of the JV Bas- ketball Team, said, Potentially, we have a very good team, only if we play as well as we are capable of playing. He feels Ray, Bourgade, and Mingus were the best games this season, with the second quarter against Mingus being the best quarter he's had on the JV Team. Mental mistakes have hurt them tre- mendously, with the poorest played game being against Coolidge. We did not execute any phase of the game correctly, Coach Mason said. The JV Team has had some prob- lems with iniuries with Larry Karkos, Charlie Hunt, and Glenn Beaumont, all with ankle iniuries. Hustle and good field shooting are the top strengths of the team with lead scorers being Tim Holder, 13.3, Larry Karkos, 12.3, and Den- nis Doerfler, 10.1. TOP LEFT - Tim Holder, soph., playing against Gilbert Tigers in 54-47 win for the Prospectors. TOP RIGHT - Playing an interesting game is Soph. Dennis Doerfler with an average of 10.1 points a game. BOTTOM LEFT - Reaching high to capture the ball is Soph. Tim Holder, coached by Jeff Mason. BOT- TOM CENTER - Sophs. Danny Fulcher and Tim Holder strain to get the ball to finish the season with a 16-3 record. BOTTOM RIGHT - Junior Larry Karkos does not take any iive from the Gilbert Tigers as he keeps his 12.3 point aver- age.

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F rash cagers dunk teams The Freshman Basketball team worked well together this season with fair ball handling. The strong points on the team were fast breaks, speed, and defense, said their coach. Chris Beatty, coach of the Fresh- man Basketball Team, said the tough teams played were Coolidge and Parker. He said he likes his team to play man-to-man. The Freshman Basketball Teams' leading scorer was David Grabner. The best offensive player was David Santistevan, and the best defensive player was Alan Rey- nolds. Most valuable player was David Santistevan. The problem, which has been faced on the team, is the loss of their high scorer, David Grabner, to an iniury. Freshman players, who worked hard on the team were: David San- tisteven, GF, Chuck Celis, G, Mike Euliss, G, Ron Bennett, F, Steve McDonald, FC, Paul Gruner, F, Alan Reynolds, FC, Jeff Bracken, G, David Tomazin, FC, Johnny Ells, GF, and Rene Huerta, G, con- cluded Coach Beatty. CENTER -- David Grabner 43242 takes a short iump shot in a one-point victory over Gilbert. Johnny Ells bottom left is in the rebound position. CENTER RIGHT - Ron Bennett 320 and Alan Reynolds 49523 scramble after the ball.with Tiger oppo- nent. Johnny Ells is also in the action as the Freshmen won by a close margin of 37-36. BOTTOM RIGHT - David Santistevan if I2 flies in for a layup as Steve McDonald moves in on the action as the' Freshmen suffered a defeat by 54-33 to Mingus. TOP LEFT -- David Santistevan ir12 leaps for the hoop in the opening game of the season with Gilbert as the Freshmen held on to win by l. BOTTOM LEFT - Steve McDonald 340 goes back up with a rebound in Gilbert game. TOP RIGHT - Going in for the layup is David Santistevan between the basket and a Gilbert defender. Final score was 56-37.