Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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1. Charlene Bowman gets ready to return the ball in the match held during the Cobre Invitational in Bayard. 2. Linda Cole swings at the oncoming ball during a Deming match. 3. The girls ' tennis team includes: standing: Coach Dick Pool. Deb- bie Newman. Becky Brown. Can Hams. Linda Cole. Susan Sayre. Manager. Kneeling: Mary Graves. Anne Knoop. Charlene Bowman, and Kathv Taylor. 115

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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.

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In his first year as boys ' tennis coach, Pool In his first year as DHS boys ' tennis coach. Dick Pool led his varsity netters to a 2-2 district record in dual matches. Senior Jimmy Leupold held the number one position in singles, and in doubles it was Juniors Coy Speer and Billy Chaires. Eighth grader Tony Cle- mente held the fourth position while Juniors James Benzie and Cliff Heller held positions five and six. In district play the Wildcats came out on top. In boys ' singles, Leupold defeated three opponents to capture the district title. In boys ' doubles, Speer and Chaires also took the champion- ship. All three boys then traveled to Albuquerque to compete in the State tournament. At State play in singles competition, Leupold defeated Mark Salazar of Raton in the quarter finals, but lost in the semi-finals to Ben Sparkman of NMMI. He lost to Garon Fulgenzie of Las Vegas Robertson to place fourth in the state. Speer and Chaires lost in the quarter finals to a team from Sante Fe but gained experience that will be valu- able for next year ' s competition. j B W ' ■i H 3 11 ■ H b---- - -•— ■ Imm rrnr ' ::::: i I 1. Standing; Jimmy Leupold, Billy Chaires, Dick Pool, Coy Speer, James Benzie. Kneeling: James Teran, Tony Clemente, Cliff Heller. 2. Jimmy Leupold shakes hands with an opponent after a match. 116 t-n