Deer Valley High School - Soaring Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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Getting ready to fire one past home plate is junior Mark Padelford. Backing up Brian Hunt, senior, during their opening game is Brent Smith, senior. Running off the field to join team- mates between innings is senior Jason Hammond. ig, .ifzffsfggfsffigt ,rzzfgg 14 , 4,.,,s,,,,, ., 5

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4 N9 ell it's spring, it's getting hotter, and tans are getting darker. What's the first spring sport you think of? Baseball of course. Varsity baseball, once again under the direction of P.E. teacher Mike Cornish, be- ginning the season quite high in the pre- season rankings, set out to improve their record. During the past four years, the Varsity team has had a 15-win record. Cornish's plans at the beginning of the season were to better that record by five. Twenty wins. Cornish also wants the team to be a team to reckon with in the playoffs. Returning players include Sigurd Proud- fit, catcher, Gary McCarthy, first base, Matt Witkowski, shortstop, Clay Klavitter, third base, Jason Hammond center field, Brent Smith, right field, and pitchers Andy Mcll- veen and Mark Finney. The team also has some good players that have risen from the freshmen and junior varsity teams. Cornish has plans for the playoffs, this year, and in future years. Before the season opener, Cornish expected Shadow Moun- tain to be the team's toughest opponent in conference play, because of their strong program. Cornish believes the team is able to hit the ball well and defensively, the team is better than average. He believes that these traits, along with the good attitudes of the players will make the Skyhawks the team to beat. Losing quite a few seniors last year, the team needed to redistribute it's players. Without Rob Ferguson and Nick Portnova, last season's star pitchers, the team was in need of pitchers. Andy Mcllveen and Mark Finney were happy to oblige. With such a strong program, the Sky- hawks will be the team to beat in future seasons. 1 P Varsity Baseball 4 -L L p g Sehedufe i 31 4188 SAHUARO HOME 4116188 SHADOW MOUNTAIN HOME 3110188 APOLLO HOME 4119188 THUNDERBIRD AWAY 3115188 MOON VALLEY AWAY 4121188 BROPHY HOME 3116188 ST. MARY'S HOME 4123188 HORIZON HOME 3122188 SHADOW MOUNTAIN AWAY 4126188 GREENWAY AWAY I 3124188 THUNDERBIRD HOME 4128188 TOLLESON HOME 41 7188 BROPHY AWAY 4130188 APOLLO AWAY 41 9188 HORIZON AWAY 51 3188 MOON VALLEY HOME 4112188 GREENWAY HOME 51 5188 ST. MARY'S AWAY 4114188 TOLLESON AWAY I 'M mf V VARSITY BASEBALL. FRONT ROW: Jason Shepherd, Gary McCarthy, Matt Warren, Mark Padelford, Larry Vanquathem, Brian Hunt, Andy Mcllveen, Noah Peery. BACK ROW' Coach I Cornish, Coach Sweeney, Brent Smith, Jason Hammond, Clay Klavitter, Matt Witkowski, Mike Rensmeyer, Kevin Manny, Mike Rensmeyer, Jeff Ruby, Roger Palomares, Coach Eubanks. - i Lug... . Sliding into third during the Saguaro game is senior, Clay Klavitter Warming up before the game is junior,

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