Dysart High School - El Demonio Yearbook (El Mirage, AZ)

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ALL THE RIGHT MOVES its a bird its a plane, no-its the fantastic Dysart Globtrot- tettes, making their comeback for the second year in a ro w. As they bounded down the court and sank the balk we remained spellbound with the skills they demonstrated and the excite- ment they stimulated Both teams were joined by new players, who practiced from 4 to 6 p. m. after school to help develop skills needed to compete out on the court Games took place on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 p. m. for J V, and 5:30 for varsity: give or take a lew minutes for overtime. Coaching the teams, was the Director of the Migrant Pro- gram--Mr. Ralph Navarre-who has had 7 years of coaching experience, and was a member of the AlA lArizona interscholas- tic Associatroni for 3 years. He stated that the team goals were working together and improving individual skills. To really check out the scene, we went to the courts and asked some of the players how they felt about the team. We have a lot of fun playing together. Theres a lot of crazy people playing so we ha ve a great time. exclaimed Diane Quintana and Dagmar Dahlke. lrma Mendoza also remarked We try hard to play as a team, and at the same time-have fun! Most of the girls played on both teams throughout the yeah switching off made it easier on them all As we came to the hnal seconds of the game, we could tell that the girls put forth a lot of effort and practice, because it showed in their moves, shots, and sportsmanship out on the court. Although on paper their scores werent the greatest in our eyes, we saw a truly winning season. onej ls this a new slam dance that you made up Lupe? asks Manuel two! lt seems like everytime I get the bait someone wants to take it away! complains Irma. three! The 1983-84 Girls J V Basketball Team: from left to right: top-Coach Navarre, Ann Vhlder, Diane Ouintana, Dagmar Dahlke, Colleen Dixon, Vicki Romero. Bottom-Monica Acosta, Sophia Alvarez, Jennifer Fitzgerald and Sophia Gonzales. four! While practicing a Russian jump, Dagmar accidently kicks teammate Jennifer, and knocks her out tiveb The 1983-84 Girls Varsity Basketball Team: Check 'em out from left to right: top-Coach Navarre, Lupe Flores, lrma Mendoza, Christine Qurntana, JoAnn Vega, lsabel Castro, Kathy Ellis, Jackie Dominguez. Bottoma Libby Lirnon, Diane Arias, and Mariuel Silva. sixj 0h Dagmar, this isn 't the time to do stretching exercises. sevenl Jackie bites her tongue in anticipation. eighth The opposing team takes a break to practice aerobics as we make a basket ninej Sophia looks for a way out before her opponent engulfs hen ten! What did you say? asks Sophia. elevenl 0.K., that didn 't work so switch to plan B , says coach Navarre. 47

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T' 1 sf? . .. L 1 ixi2gXXNi,5.ff,- V Q, 1 A s 31 WRESTLING WHA P-UP As the crowd roared the Dysart Demon wrestlers walked in with heads high and winning determination. ln great condition both mentally and physically, they knew victory was at hand 'ln the sport ot wrestling it takes a lot of discipline, a good attitude, determination, and hard work, said Ralph Castro. This season our team had 13 wrestlers. Coach Kitchen stated The ones lhad out were good hard workers. - Even though competition was on an individual basis they still had team work. They gave each other confidence. lf one lost as an individual they lifted his spirits and encouraged each other to do better next time. , ln this years individual and invitational meets they had lots of tough competition. ln the Dysart invitational there were 17 participating schools. We had 3 wrestlers who placed Placing 2nd at 112 was Rawh Castro, and at 1832 also 2nd was Benji Carrasco. Frank Garcia wrestled at 138 placing 4th, Mth fewer participants than in earlier seasons there was less opportunity to learn new techniques which are usualhf brought about by wrestling each other. Even though the team wasn 't HUGE they certainhf did pack in a tremendous amount of success. one! Coach !! ls this the way you roll-em? twol All bailed up. threej Hold on there . . . give me your other arm, says Ruben Valdivia. four! Benjie Carrasco gets another pin for the Demons. tive! Coach Kitchen and Mike Carbajai think to themselves, 'looks like another rough nght sixl Benjie makes wegrht. seven! 0h . . . Lookkl Franks on top! eight! Mike Carbajal says . . . Now whose got who? 49