Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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-J ' f= 1. The 1980 Deming Wildcat varsity football team: bottom row: Obie Means. Johnn Baeza. Clarence Jackson. Jerry Anderson. Adan Meraz. Charlie Zuniga. Javier Ramos. Mike Leyba. Paul Sanchez, Joey Flores. Henry Pacheco. Ramon Sanchez. Vicente Baeza. , rmando Reyes. Sec- ond row: George Iruin. Tony Almanza, Steve Sheldon. Roy Rios, Pat Maynes. Johnny Reyes. Felipe Ramos. Tommy Esparza. Billy Chaires. George Melendez. David . randa. Alex Almanza. Ramon Parra. Jim Savre. Brad Smith. Third row: Coach V ' mce .Almanza. Manny Lopez. Ramon Pacheco. Mike Lively. Oza Mar- shall. Silas Wilson. Tony Holguin. Rey Canton. David Lara. Mike Branco. Johnny Villegas. Edward Flores. V ' ince .Almanza. Coach Rex Smith. Fourth row: Coach Mike Jaime. Jesus Montes. Ernest Wilson. David ' illegas. Ray- mond Olivas. Ruben Torres. David Jackson. Jeff Honeycutt. Paul Baca. George Wertz. Kent Nun- ley. Robert Canton. .Aaron May field. Head Coach Sim Willis. 2. ' ince .Mmanza blocks as Steve Sheldon tries to pick up some yardage against the Shiprock Chieftains. 3. Claren ce Jackson, with a broken leg. is helped off ihe field during the first few minutes of the Deming — NMMl game. 4. Doc Snapp receives the first sea- son ticket from Coaches Sim Willis and Rex Smith. 87

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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

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EkiB — ' ■ rjK i 1. Raymond Parra, Ramon Pacheco, Edward Flores, George Wertz, Mike Lively, and Aaron Mayfield enjoy the hospitality of the Shiprock Chieftains after the game. 2. After a bad-start in practice. Coach Wil- lis decided to take the players back into the dressing room and start over again. A football and pads await the second start. 3. Henry Pacheco, Raymond Olivas and Ramon Pacheco listen as Coach Sim Willis explains the uses of the forearm. 4. Deming defense, lacking penetration, finds trouble stopping NMMI ' s offensive game. IMMI H llllilllll