Marana High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Marana, AZ)

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Cubs earn break-even record in building year l F F f I lei 1 fx' , .1 'HL' r , .,,. h... ' Q 'bfi ,r N Marana's junior varsity football team who could only be described as super- spirited, turned a previous two-year mark of 3-12 into a 5-5 break-even sea- son. According to Coach Ludeke, this group, with the returning varsity play- ers, has the potential to capture the AA crown next year. They knocked off sev- eral powerhouse teams, including Can- yon Del Oro, Douglas, Flowing Wells and Nogales. 1. Members of the junior varsity football team are tFirst Rowj Fred Rivera, Vince Fujita, Dane Smith, JohnTwarog, Rick Shrieve, Mark Metlin, Tim Meron, Gary McGinnis, Mike Bolazak, Ray Compos and Greg Gladden, CSecond Rowj Rudy Diaz, Stan Hunt, Randy White, Mike Mitchell, Tim Roscow, Phillip Hernadez, Greg Bolazak, Brad Dewey, Dave McMillian and Jessie Diaz. CThird Rowj Ron Tarkington, Richard Nolen, Joe Saenz, Ronnie Worthy, Martin Honea, Clay Parsons, John Mendoza, Steve Watson, Mike Franco, Mark Robinson and Aurilo Aranda. CFourth Rowj Tom Kleinschmidt, Lalo Bustamante, Steve Somerville, Bill Murray, Joe Kuydendall Steve Young, Gary Ward and Joe Romero. Coaches are Paul Schmidt and Bill Ludeke. 2. Steve Somer- ville, shows why he was voted most valuable player. 102 Football

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ough conference, injuries force 2-7 season A tough season's beginning faced coaches Paul Graham and Larry Casoni's Tigers as two of Marana's first three opponents were the final contenders for the state Class AA crown. The Tigers dropped their first three games against Gilbert, Eloy, and CDO before upsetting the Flowing Wells Caballeros at their homecoming by a spectacular 31-19. The next games against Douglas and Safford ended in Tiger defeats. The Tigers found themselves another homecoming to upset by beating Globe 20-12. The final two games, in- cluding Marana's own homecoming, resulted in losses. Injuries forced two players, Bill Post and Wayne Jackson, to miss most of the season. Sidelined for several games were Jim Somerville, Eddie Payne, Fernie Lopez, Art Rodri- guez and Larry Walker. By the Tigers' final game, quarter- back Craig Bratton and several others were out for the season, leaving a varsity squad of 18 and a number of junior varsity players to face San Maneul. Though team efforts were often futile, individual perfor- mances were recognized by the Class AA South conference. Named to the first team defense and the second team offensive units was Carl Lee. Second team players were Dan Ramsey and Art Rodriguez. Earning honorable mention were Craig Bratton, Troy Denton, Avery White, Bruce Darby and Russell Barker. 1. Varsity football team members are CFirst Rowj Craig Bratton, Art Rodri- guez, Mike Green, Avery White, Larry Walker, Jim Somerville and Mitchel Anders. CSecond Rowj Wayne Jackson, Ray Bonesberger, Danny Harry, Carl Lee, Russell Barker, Dan Ramsey, Tom Henson, Tim Grenfell, Troy Denton, Karl Andersen, Eddie Payne, lvan Grenfell, Bruce Darby and Sam Soria. 2. Dan Ramsey hangs on to a touch catch against Flowing Wells. 3. Two Safford opponents wait for Avery White around the right side. 4. Danny Harry avoids a tackle for valuable yardage against Gilbert. 5. Bruce Darby breaks a tackle for extra yardage against Safford. 6. After playing both offense and defense, Craig Bratton takes a water break. 7. Carl Lee hurdles over Russell Barker to gain enough yardage for a Tiger first down against Safford. 9 - Pr. . h 2i fg'i JW 1' 'kv' Li . 5 X Football 101

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Kittens' talents begin to develop The Marana Kittens ended up with a 3-6 season. Even though the re- cord didn't end up very well, they had a lot of spirit. Due to their aver- age size in comparison to the other freshmen in cnference, they had to fight hard and they never gave up. Under coaches Chris March and Danny Catt, the Kittens depended upon their small but tough line, and the running ability of Gene Lemme, who was named outstanding of the team's members at the awards ban- quet. The outstanding lineman was Phillip Young. 1. Gene Lemme attempts a tackle on a Doug- las Bulldog. 2. Gene Lemme shows his run- ning talents. 3. Members of the freshmen football team are CFirst Rowj George Farcia, Hughes Kuykendall, Zack Kazal, Ignacio Ra- mirez, Phillip Young, Chip Garret, Ernie Bar- reda and William Fujita. QSecond Rowj David Covey, Craig Pankin, Larry Thorne, Albert Avennitte, Nick Douguet, Brett Cale, Richard Romero and David Anway. fThird Rowj Rich- ard Garrison, Jerry Lewis, Cliff Amous, Jerran Harry, Chris Davis, Stuart Sanders, Bobby So- koloski and Tracy Boruh. QFourth Rowj Coach Catt, John Gartland, Gene Lemme, Jim Leal, Danny Ledlow, David Webb, Lee Gromley, Rober Villa and Coach March. Football 103