Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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mdvar- iblenio Jpeises ' -: ' ii I. Varsity cheerleaders are: Cathy Rosas, head: Jaime Phillips. Mary Ruiz. Manna Marquez. and Kathy Knipps. 2. Here Cathy Rosas. Jaime Phillips, and Marina Marquez work on a breakthrough for a basketball game agamst the Hot Spnng Tigers. Making breakthroughs is one of the regular jobs of the DHS cheerleaders. 3. Freshman cheerleaders from top are: Felicia Valen- zuela, head: Lucille Chaires, and Sally Para. 4. Varsity cheerleaders present Coach Wilhs and Coach Smith a cake and cookies for the football players dunnga pep rally. 85

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Cheerleaders win awards at summer camp The ' 80- ' 81 varsity cheerleaders were Cathy Rosas, head; Mary Ruiz, Marina Marquez, Kathy Knipps, and Jaime Phillips. JV cheerleaders were Rachel Quarrell, head; Julie Caballero. Concha Olivas, Debra Saenz, and Eliz- abeth Baeza. Freshman cheerleaders were Felicia Valenzuela, head; Sally Parra, and Lucille Chaires. The varsity and JV cheerleaders attended the Northern Arizona Univer- sity ' s United Spirit Association ' s cheer- leaders camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the summer. Each squad won many ribbons and honors. They combined forces to take the Spirit Award and also received individual awards. The cheerleaders kept busy making posters for the walls and hanging up locker decorations. They held pep ral- lies to raise spirits and made break- throughs for the games. They practiced two hours every day after school. Var- sity practice began during sixth period. Activities included a JV-freshman pep rally scheduled in February, a clinic at Sunshine School and at the Junior high during the summer. The freshmen planned and prepared a cookout for the football team. The freshmen cheerleaders spon- sored a car wash, and the JV and var- sity cheerleaders sold glass tumblers to make money to pay for their expenses at summer camp. I. Rachel Quarrell, Debra Saenz. Julie Caballero, Liz Baeza. and Concha Oli- vas cheer during a basketball game. 2. Varsity. JV and freshman cheerleaders show the Wildcats a scene from the Cobre Indian ' s locker room dunng a skit at a pep rally. 3. Freshman Cheerleaders Sally Parra, Felicia Valenzuela. and Lucille Chaires smile as they do a cheer for the football players. .. -- »•« 84

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Inexperience, injuries give ' Cats 0-10 season. The football season got off to a bad start. Even before practice began $1,200 worth of equipment was stolen. But with the help of Cnme Stoppers and the Deming Headlight most of it was returned. About fifty boys showed up for prac- tice sessions in August to work out under Head Coach Sim Willis, Assist- ant Head Coach Rex Smith, along with Coaches Vince Almanza and Mike Jaime. Manager was Armando Reyes and Brad Smith was the trainer. The season opened in Shiprock, playing against the Chieftains, and Deming lost 14-26. The Wildcats only scores came on a 37-yard run by David Lara and a 45-yard run by Steve Shel- don. The ' Cats were shut out by NMMI 22-0. They were hampered by lack of blocking, and made only 19 yards rush- ing the whole game. The ' Cats were also hampered by the loss of Clarence Jackson with a broken leg and David Aranda with a broken collar bone. For the second time in a row, the ' Cats were bothered with fumbles, eight to be exact. The fumbles allowed Cathedral to win 14-0. The fourth loss of the season to Clint, Texas, 28 to 6 spoiled some of the Homecoming spirit, but not much. Silver then downed Deming 49-0, scoring 35 points in the first half, but Deming held Silver to 14 points in the second half. The ' Cats next fell to Tularosa 25-0. Tuly scored 21 of their 28 points in the first fifteen minutes of the game. Gadsden flattened Deming, a team which by now vi as plagued with inju- ries and inexperience, 35 to 0. Ruidoso, perhaps the best team in district 3A, got the best of Deming, and put them down 34-0. Deming ' s next opponent was the Cobre Indians. Both had 0-8 records when they went on the field. The Indi- ans scored first on a very impressive drive to make the score 7-0. The score remained 7-0 at half time. Cobre, which Deming beat last year 80-0, was out for revenge. After half time, Deming stormed on to the field and drove 80 yards for Deming ' s first score. The officials made a very contro- versial call and called the extra point no good, which made the score 7-6 in favor of Cobre. Deming was mad, got the ball back on a Cobre fumble and five plays later scored. Deming tried a two-point conversion and the players thought they had it, but the officials said no, so Deming led 12 to 7. Dem- ing, thinking they were going to win the game, held Cobre to fourth 12 on the 18 with 45 seconds left. Cobre, with a last burst of desperation, went for it all and came up with an 82-yard touch- down pass to make the score 13 to 12 in Cobre ' s favor. Deming in the last seconds tried to come back and went down the field 50 yards before the game was over. Coach Willis said, The game is never won until the last whistle blows. The ' Cats ended the season winless, but spirited, as they lost their last game of the season to Hot Springs, 47-9. Sen- ior tight end Mike Lively said, Lack of experience and numerous injuries hurt us, but overall it was a good season. Score Box Wildcats 14 Chieftains 30 Wildcats NMNI 22 Wildcats Cathedral 14 Wildcats 6 Chnt 28 Wildcats Silver 49 Wildcats Tularosa 25 Wildcats Gadsden 35 Wildcats Ruidoso 34 Wildcatsl2 Cobre 13 Wildcats 9 TorC 47 1. Coach Sim Willis explains that the harder we work the better we ' ll be. 86