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

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Members of the junior varsity team are lFirst rowl Casandra Burns, Bobbi Koelin, Tirgi Felix and Kelly Leland. lSecond rowl Mary Capara, Claudia Garcia, Pam Kunckel, Natasha Turra, Stacy odawasser, Lori Martin, Brooke Alexander, Nickie Minton and Barb Mattson, Stacy Sodawasser and Dawn Muncie listen carefully to Coach Ludeke. Wendy Schaefer gets ready to pass the ball. Members of the fr shmen team are Camy Singleton, Connie Belmonte, Dawn Muncie, Bonnie Neely, Vicki Ramon and Mary agmaier. 161

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Girls Basketball breaks for State's Top Girls' basketball started the season off with a bang! They got ahead of other teams bee cause of their basketball class, taught by Mr. Dyer who also coaches the girls' varsity team. Mr. Dyer felt that having the class gave the team the opportunity to be 2573 better than their opponents. Marana is the only school in Southern Arizona to have a basketball class, so they have a jump on the other team. Mr. Dyer felt that the season would start off slow, but due to talent, they had a good chance of being successful, According to Mr. Dyer, the 1986-87 girls' basketball team was better than last year's team. He also felt that this year the girls would rank higher in state. Mr. Dyerls goal for the team was for the team to make it to state and win! Bonnie Neely blocks Barb Mattson during a scrim- mage, The varsity players are lFirst rowi Martha Flores, Natsue Sato and Sandy Ellison. lSecond rowi Tina Brewer Kim Walden, Sarah Dixon, Libby Hickman, Donna Coy, Melissa Rende and Wendy Schaefer, Melissa Rende sets up a shot, using full concentration, BASKETB LL Sarah Dixon makes a shot in practice

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Baseball Coach aims for State Playoffs ul - - im .-. - . I ,r ll Five overall returning players, including two starters from the previous season, assist- ed Coach Hummel in his first year coaching varsity baseball at MHS. In the recent past, Hummel has worked with several of these players in Little League, at Marana Junior High and coached last year's freshman team. This added to the relationship of the team as a whole. Striving to reach State playoffs, Coach Hummel said, If hard work pays off, the team should have a successful year. The junior varsity and freshman baseball teams had new coaches this year. With this, they worked hard with new hope to achieve winning seasons. The varsity baseball players are lFirst rowi Mike Gauthier, Mike O'Riley, Jeff Kellman, Derek Vivian, Gregg Hansen, Nick Morelos, Jon Bohm and Jeff Darling. lSecond rowi Coach Hummel, Oscar Corral, lsidro Valencia, Tony Figueroa, Ricardo Llamas, Richard McKinley, David Scherzinger, Willie Young, Todd Miros, Jeff Kuhl, Kenny Thompson and Richard Johnson. Senior Richard McKinley, a returning lettermen, warms up his pitching arm during after school practice. Junior Nick Morelos, first year varsity member, pulls back for the pitch. BASEBALL