Desert Shadows Middle School - Oasis Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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Eighth Grade Baseball 2 5 Front row - Kris Apsley, Tim Huff, Drew Taylor, Matt Figueroa, Augie Bolton, Billy Brysacz, Brian Stone, Row 2 - Coach Mike Skinner, David Hicks, B. -I. Stanley, Chris Snuffer, Craig Lindley, justin Schilf, Matt Regan, Jayson Durocherg Not pictured - Cody McKay. . F l f- W ' ' l . The eighth grade baseball team ar et amngammmpay was expected to do great this year. Most of last year's first place team kids returned to tryouts. The coaches were proud of the turnout at tryouts and said, We had a dif- ficult time choosing the players. The 1987 team had a successful season last year and this year's team was hoping to do just as well. As 'W r always, the DSMS sluggers per- formed well. It was a job well done Left- Fig returning from the field. f . VER., -,N .MAL fr '- Wk' WV ,, .. w f K , V M i- --W M575 WW. .. , V y ai .. ,H .aa ,. W 'ffm W!fU4 W by the coaches and players ' 1 .KY .g g g s t - . .. t -......... . H .Q . AJ A A A V g .WW gg , at . ' i... . , t ettretrr i n ---- as X... ta f .. A .t.. ,,.. .W,,,WW Lkkkk V K - -K I rjg, .gs , . .... .5 . r1l,, . .ug srr- H . L ' A ' if Mm Left- A.D.'s perfect throw Chad ar tryouts, s 5 . - .. - Q.. V -. .. - Y.. - 2 t vs- 4-4 ,.. ,. fs . V: T.. .. 84 Above- Augie Bolton ready with a smile t... .ts

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The girls' seventh and eighth grade track teams each had a Seventh and eighth grade boys' track had a hard time in the wonderful year in both dual meet conferences and state competition, but they had great team spirit, always trying finals. Each won the state championship. Coach Marvin to be number one. Coach Charlson and Coach Hawbaker Sacks and Coach Nancy Deonise were proud of them. had great faith and were proud of them. Individual compe- Keep up the good work, said Coach Sacks. tition helps promote a feeling of self worth. Our Coaches helped to encourage each individual. Cross Countr Q Front Row - josh Hartley, Sheri Stockhaus, Samantha Simkins, Wendy Lopez, Rachelle Sinks, Ryan Snepg Row 2 - Ben Rebeske, Stephen Ward, Bob Loughridge, Paul Yarger, Coach Marvin Sacks, Eric Christensen, Owen Comstock, Brian Bereit, Nathan Yarrow. Cross country had a hard year, but Coach Sacks is very proud of the effort they put out and he said, Next year is our year. We had a tough time coming up with people but Coach Sacks made it work. He emphasized team spirit. Comraderie was evident throughout the season. Indi- vidual growth was seen as each team member tried to improve over his pre- vious time. 'I'hey're off!

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Seventh Grade Baseball .,,, Front row - Brent Baker, Charles Kingsbaker, Bryan Yochum, Major Kindsfater, Travis Hyslop, Row 2 - Mike Speciale, Matt Wood, Charles Creightonjeff Forbes, Chris Mikosz,josh Arnold, Christian Deutsch, Coach Davidjarvisg Not pictured - Stephen Ward, Paul Thon,justin Dickson, Andrew Krebs. The coach for the seventh grade baseball team was David Jarvis. He said that he had a difficult time selecting the team because so many talented seventh graders tried out. With all this enthusiasm it's no wonder that Desert Shadows always has outstanding baseball teams. K' ' -A-Q ,, is i , tx X , . -r The Gangs all here V' 15 V Charles waits for a throw M2-ni Pre-game pep talk