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

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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.

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Girls spring in to action The Girls' Varsity Basketball Team played a lot of close games. Their first game was against Mari- copa in which the girls won 5l-l 5. In the second game against Ray they were to experience their first loss with a score of 37-27. In the following game against Xavier the team experienced another 37-27 victory. Later that week Maricopa was again whipped by AJ, with the girls winning by 5l-27. The Gilbert Tigers coached by their former coach, Jim Pastor had the pleasure of their own defeat of 42-39. The team was given the road to conference when the girls played a close game with the Coolidge Bears 42-44. They were to experience the sec- ond loss of the season when they played the Phoenix Indian Bra- vettes. The score was 65-43. In the game with Eloy two Prospectors Licia Graffa and Patti Peck fouled out of the game, but that didn't stop them since they whipped past Eloy with a 46-37 victory. The next game was with Coolidge in which the girls lost with a score of 56-44. The Aio Raiderettes lost their game to AJ with only 5 personal fouls, 35-45. AJ again defeated the Bravettes and went on to the Ray lnvitationals. Ray defeated the girls and later the girls were defeated again by Sahurita. The next game the Prospectors encoun- tered was with Eloy, another vic- tory of 53-27. The last two games of the season were aggressive even though the Prospectors lost both of them. The first loss was to the Ger- ard Redcoats and the second to the Xavier Savers. 40 ' TOP LEFT - Grab that ball!Jump- ing for the ball in the game against Maricopa on Dec. 6 is Joy Hays as Karen Price, and April Graffa look on. CENTER LEFT - Hey! l'm inno- cent! Going up with the ball is Frosh Joy Hays, and looking on are Senior Joan Burnap and Frosh Lau- rie Karkos against Maricopa. BOT- TOM LEFT - Look! One finger! Shooting the ball for a possible two points is Soph. Karen Price. Look- ing on is Frosh Roxanne Ritter against Maricopa. CENTER RIGHT - Freshman Laurie Krkos tries to hang onto the ball as two Maricopa girls try to steal it. RIGHT - Shoot- ing for what could be an extra two points is Senior Tracy Tomazin. BOTTOM RIGHT - Fighting for possession of the ball is Freshman Patty Peck, Senior Darlene Lipovic, and two Maricopa girls. CENTER - Senior Debbie Carr is right in the middle of a mass iumble of arms.