Apollo High School - Olympus Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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 JEW SEASON WITH ANTICIPATION Apollo's Varsity Baseball team started their season with great hopes. Practices were long and strenuous un- der the direction of Coach O’Connor. Making the team for many of the players was a dream fulfilled. The mem- bers of the team worked hard to gain the stamina needed for making the team. The captain of the team was pitcher Dave Wag- ner and co-captain was short stop Dan O'Connor. Top players were Dave Wag- ner. Dan O’ Connor. Bruce Elliott, and Danny Carrasco. All players did good jobs and excelled in all areas of base- ball. Varsity Baseball: Row 1: Pat Scalf. 8rad Holstrum. Matt 8ragone. Andy Acedo. Mike Castro. Danny Carrasco. Chris Zink. Johnny Mert, Ty Bothwell. Row 2: Pat Vincent. Dave Wagner. Doug Richardson. Robert Rios. Darryl Galbraith. Glenn Flood. Bruce Elliott. Dan O’ Connor. Lance Mecham. Coach O’Connor. Left: Dan O'Connor takes a careful swing during a home game. Right: Third baseman Chris Zink throws the ball to the catcher for completion of a play. 157

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VARSITY BASEBALL LOOKED TO Left: In an early game of the season senio catcher Bruce Elliott and senior pitcher Dave Wagner discussed what hand signals to use. Above: Mike Castro, first baseman, throws the ball to the second baseman during a warm-up. Above: during one of their Saturday practices the players warm up for inter squad game. Right: Catcher Bruce Elliott prepared to catch a pitch from a pitcher. 156

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 J.V. GRAND SLAMS WITH SUCCESS J.V. Baseball: Row 1: Kenny Subia. Danny Palacios. Kevin Kelleher. Scott Tenbarge. Jack Samora. Steve Rameros. Mickey Wilson. Andy Turner. Row2: Coach Alonzo. Jim Meeks. Tuck Sing. Chris McMullen. Mike Scarbrough. Mark Williams. Todd Krauss. Frank Gallagher. T.J. Gallagher, Bruce Lagenhuizen. Kenny Subia. playing center field, throws the ball to first base to tag one of the opponents. Frank Gallagher makes a great effort of hitting the ball and making it go where he wants it to go. 158 During one of the many practice games. T.J. Gallagher tags Steve Rameros before reaching the first base bag.