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

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Tigers falter early in divisional tourney The Tigers ended an exciting winning sea- son in Nogales when they lost to Douglas by a score of 61-60 in second round divisionals. The final score tells the story of the whole game as the gap never went higher than eight points, with the score being tied at 30 during halftime. The Tigers did well in conference play, as they defeated Flowing Wells, San Manuel and Safford twice. Although they dropped both contests with Canyon Del Oro, they did split meetings with Nogales, Douglas and Globe. Marana finished in a tie for third with Douglas in the AA South finishing with a 9-5 conference record and a 13-6 overall record. James Taylor, who led the Tigers in scor- ing, was named to the first team all-confer- ence squad. Making the second team was Le- roy Berry. Honorable mention went to Billy Combs, Danny Harry and Fleet Phillips. 1. Coach Acker explains calmly what has to be done. 2. Carl Lee demonstrates excellent shooting form. 3. Fleet Phillips hits for two. 4. Members of the varsity basket- ball team are CFirst Rowb scorekeeper Freeman Leaming, Bobby Gromley, Danny Harry, Carl Lee, Billy Combs and manager Tony Castillo. CSecond Rowb Coach Joe Acker, Mark Thorsrud, James Taylor, Leroy Berry, Fleet Phil- lips, Daven Oswalt and Steve Price. Danny Harry wins a jump ball while James, Fleet and Leroy look on. 6. Billy Combs demonstrates his passing talent. 7. Leroy Berry skies high to gain Tiger possession of the ball. 8. James Taylor puts the moves on two Apaches. 110 Varsity Basketball

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ough competitors trouble female cagers Final scores were not always a good mea- sure of the quality of basketball played by the varsity girls this year. Following two days of tough games they came out second to a powerful Caballero team at the Flowing Wells Christmas tournament. Early confer- ence games ended in close, heart-breaking defeats including one to Flowing Wells, a po- tential state champion, by a one point differ- ence. Another game to Canyon del Oro also brought a one-point loss with unending hus- tle. Honor came at the season's close when leading vorer Kim Dobbie was named to Class ..,+ South All-Conference second team. Small, hut quick, describes the girls' junior varsity cagers, under Coach Antonik. The girls spent long hours developing fundamen- tal skills in preparation for future basketball seasons. 1. Varsity girls' basketball players are CFirst Rowj Char- lene Loustanau, Kim Dobbie, Annette Willoughby, Sta- cey Brown and Lupe Ramirez CSecond Rowj Barbie White, Debbie Leslie, Brenda Samuelson, Dolores Schall, Carol Ward and Coach Dyer. 2. Junior varsity girls basketball members are CFirst Rowj Debbie Mitch- ell, Sheri Eshpeter and Penny Anders QSecond Rowj Sheryl Ward, Gladys Greib, Dale Somerville, June Co- penhaver, Dee Ann Darby, Sandra Perez and Ms. An- tonik. 3. Annette Willoughby concentrates as she shoots a free throw. Girls' Basketball 109

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