Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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A Second-Year School With A Top Ten Team To the surprise of the public and many local high school teams, this years basketball team chalked up impressive early victories and ranked as high as third place in the Captain's Poll of the Salt Lake Tri- bune. Most of the varsity team members were seniors, and the ex- perience of playing last year proved to be a great help. , Having six out of seven teams rat- ed in the top ten, Region Two proved to be the toughest league in the state, and many important games were played that deter- mined the rankings of the teams. The team started region play with a surprising win over Orem on Orem's home court. The next game was played at home and over 2000 fans came to watch Alta make a come- back to win Brighton. The team lost an extremely close and disappoint- ing game to third- ranked Bingham. Traveling to Hillcrest, the team played the number-one ranked Hus- kies and lost again by a close mar- gin. The team was coached by Carl Ingersoll. new head coach. Many team members expressed that his expertise was much of their winning margin this year. Coach Ingersoll ini- tiated scouting reports, which helped the team prepare for on- coming games. Ken Black was the coach of the junior varsity team, Dave McConnell coached the sophomores and Mitch Lunak coached the freshmen. The junior varsity team worked es- pecially hard in practice as they would play against the varsity. The sophomore and freshmen teams showed that they would be tough competition in the next few years, the sophomores had an excellent season winning most of their games. The winning tradition got more community and students involved and excited about basketball teams. (Everyone loves a winner). Coach Ingersoll questions refs coll VARSITY—Bow 1: Brett Otsen, Brooks Clark. Brad Hansen managers; Row 2: Craig Haslip. Matt Ferre. Glen Wal- beck. Gary Haslip. Troy Bucy. Gordy Cdmpbell, Hal Halladay, Row 3: Carl Ingersoll-hood coach, Ken Black - coach, Wayne Wagner. Carlson Bou- dreaux. Blake Fitzgerald. Dave Mills. Fabian Cordone. Pat Day. Row 4: Alan Walbeck. Brad Sanders. Brian McPhail. Randy Christensen. David McConnel- coach, Mitch Lunak-coach J , l-'l rfUl iwres' 1 «feli 98 Basketball

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Boys Play In The Spring Portners brush up on doubles ploy. The girls tennis team practiced every weekday after school from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The first region match was held on Sept. 5, the last match was played October 4. with Regional finals held Oct. 8. and 9. Team members all worked on strengthening their serves, vollies. net plays, doubles, backhands, and forehands. From Regional competi- tion Carolyn McDonald qualified for State. Although the teams put in many hours of practicing, it was not all work There were a lot of fun times too. A banquet and a mountain hike were held in May for all tennis play- ers. The second week of March the boys tennis team was selected. This year even with a cold mountain Spring breeze, and a lot of snow, the team had to spend most of their time practicing outside. They worked on single set matches, and drills. The team practiced every night from 2:00 until 4:30 p.m. Seven varsity players (two seniors, one ju- nior. two sophomores, and two freshmen) and 7 J.V. players made up the teams. Gary Yamishiro coached the team this year, with the teams sported up in new warm- ups Row 1: Rick Lewis. Mark Franks. Shawn Day. Rob Hodson. Mark Rake. Doug Ovord. Chuck Myers, and Clark Ashby Row 2: Todd McNulty. Phillip Kim. Miles Hutchinson. Tony Cannon. Dale Kimball. Eric Singleton, and Steve Cutler Tennis 97

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Gary Hasfcp zooms past defender Over 2000 fans watch opening Brighton tipoff Basketball 99