Eldorado High School - El Aguila Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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irls Soccer Ranked State Champs v l., F EK Jeff Collins Ken Zimmerman F,i1..,..f x. .. op photo: Clayton Brown, Third swimmer in tate. Bottom photo: Charlie Dotson. Top wrestler State. The Girls Eagle Soccer All-Staters included! First Teamx ' Brigitte Sparlin, Laura Vogel. Karen Caldwell and Beth Hin- 'L kle. Second Team: Cherly Guenther, Amy Taylor and Amy y W Baver. Honorable Mentions: Becky Wright. Micki Cline and -T Stephanie Talpas. Pat Coulie Eagles Sported Gold The Eldorado Athletics Program was highly commended for its excellence in sports. Girls Varsity Soccer exemplified this pursuit of greatness. In addition to taking the state title, many girls received individual honors. Some were named APS- Godfathers Athletes of the Week: Laura Vogel for September 25. Amy Taylor for October 30 and Karen Caldwell for October 9 and November I3. A record number made the All-State Team. Brigitte Sparlin, Laura Vogel, Karen Caldwell and Beth Hinkle played on the first team. The second team contained Cheryl Guenther, Amy Taylor and Annie Bauer. Becky Wright, Micki Cline and Stephanie Talpas held honorable mentions. Obviously, the Eagle soccer program triumphed. Three mem- bers ofthe Boys Varsity Soccer Team obtained honorable All-State mentions also. They were Jeff Collins. Ken Zimmerman and Pat Coulie. Yet soccer was not the only game to sport state champ status. For the second year, sophomore Charlie Dotson wrestled his way to be state champ in the I I2 weight level wrestling. He was also city champion. Marc Davy placed as state runner up. City runners up were Marc Davy, Kyle Metz. and Rob Smith. Swimmer, Clayton Brown, emerged third in the state meet. Conse- quently, Eldorado was well represented in the sports arena. 43

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Eldorado had many outstanding athletes this year. The girls basketball team broke their old record of seventy victories. and USA Today put Eldorado Girls Basketball into their national ratings. Eldorado also had many superior individual athletes. Alison Kleven was all-state, all-district and all-city for the volleyball team. Teri Florence received an honorable mention for all-state and made all-district and all-city. She was also featured in USA Today as one of the two top athletes in New Mexico. Pat French and Jerome Gomez were selected for all-state first team in football. Carolyn Gallagher qualified for all-state, all-district and all-city in cross country track. In addition, Carmen Richardson and Deedee Bazan were all-district and all-city for the cross country team. Tom Eckert made all-state for the boys cross country team and placed 20th out of 70 runners in the state meet. Eldorado was lucky to have such great athletes. Athletes Showed Their Best Teri Florence and Alison Kleven Girls Varsity Basketball Team Tom Eckert Pat French Jerome Gomez R 4 5 Q! 1 9' , 1 'i - '25 ' ' - j a,l X J a ' A 3 tiwx f htbk Y If J I , li 3 KK! 'T' V U A ' 19 lg T is K1 F ve ig .. ' 'T ' Caroline Gallagher Carmen Richarson Deedee Bazan Cross Country Track Team

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Forty Eldorado students have been recognized as some of the finest student musicians in New Mexico. These students were chosen at special auditions by a team of University professors to participate in the All- State Music Festival. The festival consists of three main sections: Band, Symphony Orchestra and Cho- rus. Only the top percentage of musicians from each high school in the state were chosen, Eldorado was fortunate to have been represented in each of these Eagle Harmon All State Orchestra also includedt Sumiko Corley. Tammy Sauressig. Robert Hohlfelder and Bob Carlton. A Y The All State Band included: Front Row: Kelly Long. Teri Burch, Margaret Martinez and Erin Nicolls. Middle Row! Russ Parker. Heidi Wengert, Larisa Pedroncelli, Chan- dra Bennett, Tammy Robertson. LeeAnn Young and Jim Williams. Top Row: Scott Thompson, Shelle VanEtten. Tanya Rivers, Edie Hamilton, Debra Williams and Eric Hammer. 44 The All State Band included: Front Row: Mark Candelaria, Mark Williams Thad Porcl Hal Richardson. Jason Owen, Robin Davis and Matt Armstrong Front Row: White. Kim Struve, Nyleen Troxel. Tony Navarrette. Kim Cole and Scott ,JUNIP The All State Orchestra members were: Front Row: Valerie Mora and Hae Jung Top Row: Chris Gassler, Trent Whiteside, John Kim and Tim Demmre .. gf, L P' 51 l lair