Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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GYMNASTIC Gymnasts expectee to place high in citj l TO P LEFT: Pulling himself over the bar, Chris Orcutt attempts to do a giant. l TO P RIGHT: Ben Garcia practices his dismounts from the side-horse duringa practice meet. l BOTTOM RIGHT: Robert Patze moves up into a handstand, strainingto hold it on the rings. I BOTTOM LEFT: Ben Garcia spreads into the splits while preparing his floor excercise routine. l BELOW: Holding his handstand, Ben Garcia pauses before performing a series of stunts from his floor excercise routine. gf A i f Jassseqtaaswtmwm fx L 2 5 Q ' MX xv- at ,O Log-,N , :W - X . . at '1 ' - ' ' - -A r-re -.11'r:gfY-Effzs , If cf ,rl ffiffi' L L ii :N4s,.1.'s.1,gz.ig:Sk-r. if-'iff igiiirfiiiim QQLXQ If S , V a 144 S PORTS I

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tate bound, practice in new pool We have a lot of depth this year, a trait we haven't had in the past, said swim coach Richard Cooper. We have a good chance for and state ti- tles. This year the swimmers will practice in the new Eastern Hills pool which Mr. Cooper helped design, the concentration being on speed and practibility. The team also got new starting blocks as a result of a cake sale which almost cleared one hun- dreddollars. Sprinters on the team will include Kent Markle and John Chambers in the 50 freestyle with John Marsalla and Steve Rutter in the 100 freestyle. The 100 backstroke and breaststroke swimmers are Dee Crawford, Paul Bow- den, Jim Kelton and Jim Lenhart. The team finished off with distance swim- mers Bill Ullery, Doug Northway, and Steve Garrigan. Divers for Sahuaro were Greg Pacheco and Bill Emrie. The JV team consists of members of the varsity who fail to qualify for a varsity meet. A unique quality about Sahuaro's JV is that it was coached by distance swimmer Bill Ullery, They will face the same schedule as varsity. S PORTS 143

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i ' K1 I 5 ,...,.,... ,.,,. . . .. M cgi . ' : ' ' RAS! J' ii' :sl ' '- ff IS llglgliif Eff. 'WI 15' r. , 'l . F .- , :Q f A .www-W :: i i N Mr. Steve Doty replaced Jett Bennon as the new gymnastics coach. He had been a nationally ranked gymnast while he was at the U. of A. ' Ben Garcia, Jeff Noland, and Steve An- derson formed the nucleus of the team, which was mainly underclassmen. Garcia and Noland were considered all- around men for the team. Specialists. such as Sheldon Clark, Robert Patze, and Steve Rueter were expected to pro- vide high scores in their competition. The ring team, the strongest in the city, is perfecting routines that have some very 'difficult maneuvers. Such routines are back uprise, hand stands, shoot hand stands, and double back off, explained varsity gymnast Steve Anderson. Ben Garcia, the number one man on the team, was in top contention for the city title as all-around champion. He also was predicted to take high ratings on the side horse, parallel bars, and the still rings. S PORTS 145