Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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M 1 Baseball — J.V.: standing: Arnie Maynes. Ricardo Ballinas, Eddie Michalik. Kelly Ganna- way. Ernie Holguin, Mike Jaime. Kneeling: Alfred Quinlero. Cecil Smith, Billy Almanza. Arthur Arrey. Kevin Zachck. Jimmy Sayre. Mar- tin Perales, Kevin Hanna. Sitting: Johnny Riv- era, Keith Krejci, Joey Renteria. John Chacon, Chava Montes, Lenny Cowles and Delbert Riv- era. 2. After defeating Tularosa, J.V. baseball players congratulate each other. 3. J.V. coach Mike Jaime looks on as J.V. players practice. 4. Arnie Maynes heads for home to score a run in a game against Tularosa. 5. Alfred Quintero winds up to pitch to a Silver opponent. 6. Paul Sanchez, baseball manager, feeds balls to the pitching machine.

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Viramontes ' baseballers end with 18-4 record I 1. Salvador Gutierrez, mosi valuable player, practices batting in the student lounge. 2. Alex Almanza heads home to score another run for Deming. 3. Varsity baseball players gather around Coach Viramontes to learn about the practice session that day. 4. Jesus Montes con- nects with the ball in a game behind the audito- rium. 5. Mike Branco gets ready to swing at the ball as Salvador Gutierrez is prepared to run home.

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Herrera, Klement, Ortiz qualify for state meet A year after Deming won the State Championship in the AAA division, only two golfers qualified for the State Golf Tourney. Deming also sent one girl to state to play in the girls division. The trio that qualified for state were Debbie Klement, Mike Herrera, and James Ortiz. The state championship tourney was held in Albuquerque at two locations, Los Altos and Ladera, where Debbie placed fourth out of 47 girls; Mike placed fifth and James placed seventh out of 33 boys. Both Debbie and Mike made the All-Slate team. The season started off well for the DHS golfers. At the Socorro Invitational, they finished third which was relatively good due to the inexperience of the team which consisted of two seniors, a junior, a sopho- more, a freshman, and two eighth graders. Next the Cats placed fifth at their own invi- tational, but received a disappointing elev- enth place at the Dona Ana Classic Tour- ney. The golfers then placed seventh at the Gadsden Invite and sixth at Hot Springs. Only at the Ruidoso Invitational and the Mayfield Invitational did DHS compete in the AAA division. At other tournaments competition was mixed. At Ruidoso, the Cats took fourth and at Mayfield, second. The Cats pressed on toward the end of their season, taking second at the Silver-Cobre Invitational and fifth at the Las Cruces Invite. In the district tourney, Deming placed second. Medalist in the district was DHS ' s Mike Herrera. Mike and James Ortiz were the only golfers from DHS to make the All- District team. As their season came to an end, the Wild- cat golf team had chalked up three second places, one third, a fourth, two fifth-place titles, a sixth, a seventh, and an eleventh place. Coach Klement said, In spite of the inadequate experience of the team, they did an excellent job. I was proud of all of them. 1. The DHS 1980-81 golf team includes: standing: Michael Herrera, Brent Jackson, Coach Bill Klement, Glen Ellis, and James Ortiz. Kneeling: David Ortiz. Debbie Klement, and Mike Johnson. 2. Mike Herrera waits for his turn on the green of hole number three. 3. Mike Johnson. David Ortiz, and Coach Klement look on dunng the Demmg Invitational. 112