Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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Javiei Ullej as nil). me, Ills IS hope 10 siaii andwt itliliiiii. peed 01 nejame oagkom i iaime, Ike kids us year. 1. Felipe Ramos (34) cracks back as Ernest Wil- son gains a first down. 2. Brad Smith doing the announcing at a JV football game. 3. Obie Means (44) looks down field as Edward Flores (24) pas- ses. 4. Demings ' Jeff Honeycutt (83), Jerry Anderson (40), Angel Perez (51), Alfred Quintero (21), and Allen Fields (32). all prepare to drop the Bulldogs for a loss. 91

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New coaches lead JV ' s to 3-4 season. Behind the thrill of competition and the determination to win. junior varsity sports are designed to prepare the par- ticipants for varsity action the follow- ing year. According to JV Football Coach Mike Jaime, that was accom- plished with the 1980-81 Wildcat JV team. We had some good players, and I think they learned quite a bit, said Jaime. We had a lot of inexperienced sophomores, but we taught them the basics. Helping coach the JV gridders was first-year, non-faculty coach Vince Almanza, one of two DHS football coaches recruited from outside the school system. The JV ' Cats had a rather disap- pointing season with a 1-4 district record and a 2-5 slate overall. The ' Cats bounced back from a 30-12 loss in the season opener to down the Morenci Wildcats, 14-3. Following were losses to T or C, Gadsden and Las Cruces, 27- 12, 32-0 and 47-12. Having only two district contests left, the JV gridders fell to rival Silver City, 28-8, and in their final game of the year downed the Cobre Indians, 14-6. The Cobre game was our best of the year, said Jaime. We played the Cobre varsity minus about six seniors, and we beat them. Our varsity lost to them just a few days later. Leading the J V gridders at the quar- terback position were Juniors Billy Chaires and Edward Floras. Junior Alex Almanza also saw some action as quarterback. Scorers for the JV ' s included Juniors Felipe Ramos, Obie Means, Flores, Almanza, and Jeff Honeycutt and sophomore Javier Ramos. Ernest Wilson and Allen Fields also saw a lot of action as run- ning backs. Though, according to Jaime, his team was inexperienced, there is hope for future years. We had to start almost from the beginning, and we really had a lot of problems with fum- bles. We didn ' t have great speed or size, either, but the kids got some game experience and improved throughout this year. Next year, ended Jaime, the varsity should be strong if the kids didn ' t get too discouraged this year. They learned and got their experience the hard way, but it should really help out if they stick with it next year. Deming 14 Tularosa 37 Deming 14 Morenci 3 Deming 12 TorC 27 Deming Gadsden 32 Deming 12 Las Cruces 47 Deming 8 Silver City 28 Deming 14 Cobre 6 1. The Deming Wildcat JV football team: bottom row: Angel Perez, Henry Pacheco. Alfred Qumtero. Javier Ramos. Henry Baca, Paul San- chez, Adan Jeraz. Joey Flores. Second Row: Albert Ferguson, Jerry Anderson, Mike Leyba, Roy Rios, Vernon McGee. Tommy Esparza, Allen Fields. Obie Means. Third row: Coach Vince Almanza. Ralph Luna. Mike Pena. Oza Marshall, Alex Almanza, Terry Andrews. Val Holguin, Coach Mike Jaime. Fourth row: Ernest Wilson, Billy Chaires, Paul Baca, George Wertz, Tony Holguin, Jesus Montes. Aaron Mayfield. and Johnny Baeza. 2. Coach Vince Almanza has a sideline conference with Felipe Ramos as Coach Mike Jaime talks with Johnny Baeza and other JV players. I 90

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Frosh have 3-4 season under Foley, Torres. The freshman football team had many new faces. Among the new faces were the faces of two new coaches, DHS Choir Director Ed Foley and David Torres, salesman for Orowheat who took over the job of Dick Pool and Mike Jaime who coached freshmen the previous year. The first game was Sep- tember 6 against Hatch Junior Varsity and the Frosh lost 22-8. In the second game Deming came out ahead against Snell 14-6. Eddie Smylie scored Deming ' s first touch- down on a three-yard run in the first quarter. The second touchdown for Deming came on a five-yard run late in the third quarter by Bobby Cobarrubia. The Cats found La Plata tough compe- tition and fell 6-36. The Cats then went on to take on Hot Springs and lost 14- 16. The Frosh took Snell on again and came out ahead 45-0. Bobby Cobarru- bia led the team with three touch- downs, while Mark Meyer had two, and Kelly Gannaway and Brent Jack- son each had one. In their second time to meet La Plata, the DHS team won 20-18. The last game of the season was against Alameda and DHS lost 22-0. Of the 3-4 record, tight end Brent Jack- son said, It was an overall good sea- son but wait till next year. Score Box Deming 8 Hatch 22 Deming 14 Snell 6 Deming 6 LaPlata 36 Deming 14 Hot Springs 16 Deming 45 Snell Deming 20 LaPlata 18 Deming Alameda 22 1. The Deming freshman football team: bottom row: Arthur Arrey, Kevin Taylor, Kerry Taylor, Ruben Olivas. Manuel Holguin, Jose Ballinas, David Gray, Delbert Rivera. Second row: Mike Orquiz, Johnny Borrego, Gary Baca, Jason Loya, Eddie Smiley, Cecil Smith, Frankie Rivera, Phil- lip Monson. Third row: Coach Ed Foley, Bobby Cobarrubia, Mark Meyer, Kelly Gannaway, Brent Jackson, Mike Thurston, Mike Giron. Eric Duncan. Caoch David Torres. 2. 40 Bobby Cobarrubia outruns T or C for a long kick off return. 92