Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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' f rr.wwtW! ' Hi 1 . Brent Jackson watches the ball after he putts. 2. Mike Herrera practices putting while a photographer takes his picture. 3. Glenn Ellis gets ready to putt on the third green. 4. Coach Bill Klement helps Debbie Klcmenl with her swing during practice at the Rio Mimbres Country Club Golf Course. 5. James Ortiz moves to tee off at another hole during the Deming Invitational. 113

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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

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Graves receives fourth place at state tourney The Deming girls tennis team coached by Dick Pool was undefeated in dual matches 4-0-1. There were 14 girls on the squad, six with varsity posi- tions and eight on the junior varsity. The hour-and-a-half practice sessions each school da , coupled with the expe- rience of the girls on the squad, helped to give them their undefeated season. Mary Graves was the top singles player, and the top doubles team was made up of Charlene Bowman and Linda Cole who ordinarily defeated their opponents during the year. Deming tied with Silver for 1st in district. Top girls ' doubles team of Bowman and Cole was upset by Silver ' s number two team in the semi-finals and were eliminated from the state tourney. Graves won first in district singles and went on to state to place fourth. At an end-of-the-year banquet at K- Bobs, the Optimist Club, represented by Tony Sayre, awarded Bowman a trophy for being the most valuable player and Cole was named most improved player. Coach Pool said, The team was very young and with a lot of work could develop into a very strong team for the next few years. They also were a pleas- ure to work with. Wf i , 1. Charlene Bowman watches as Linda Cole gets ready to return the ball during their match agamst Silver. Bowman and Cole won 6-2, 7-6. 2. Mary Graves prepares to serve the ball in a match in Deming. 114 1.