James Madison High School - Prospectus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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 Another Winning Year The girls on the Junior Varsity Basketball Team practiced for from two to three hours a day and sometimes on weekends. Coach Betty Bennett said “most of the girls had just learned how to play organized ball. The coaches yelled and screamed a good deal and were strict at times, but the team members agreed that when the coaches are strict it encourages them to try harder. Most of the team members enjoyed prac- tices because they were fun and taught them many new things about the game. “Most of all, said junior, Jessica Powell, “the practices get us prepared for the games. Some of the skills that are needed to be a good basketball player are hand-eye coordina- tion, agility, and ball control. A number of girls play this sport because they liked to meet other people and get involved in the competition. They also liked to learn more about the sport. The team's goal was to make the C.I.F. play-offs and win them. One more personal goal of some of the members was to work and practice hard for The Varsity team next year. Jessica Powell has plenty of rtx m to set up for this shot. T.J., (Tamara Johnson.) always stays one step ahead of the defense. Deanna Berry struggles to get tin: ball away from the defense. Front row: Juni Gambito. Shannon Rice, Jessica Powell, Jody Pid- gcon. Second row: Larice Wilson. Christina Dawson. Tamara John- son, Nicole Turman. Liz Victorio. Back row: Lisa Nielson. Jill Weeks. Deanna Berry. Jana Puppc. Girls J.V. Basketball 49

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Sucked Into The Action The Junior Varsity Wrestlers made a hardworking team this year. Every day they met at the beginning of sixth period to practice. But before practice began, they had to warm up for an hour. Warm- ups consisted of sprinting inside the wrestling room, jogging, doing jumping jacks and some up-downs. New moves were then taught and practiced. This schedule was followed from 1:15 to 4:00 ev- ery day. The workout that the wrestlers had to go through ev- ery day was so tough and de- manding that many people dropped out of wrestling be- cause of it. Dustin Powell, the team captain, commented on the grueling practices: The coaches work everybody really hard. That's why I think we're going to go far this year. The day before a meet, the wrestlers usually have some- thing called a wrestle off . It's kind of like a tryout, determin- ing who will be wrestling for Varsity and who will be wres- tling for J.V. the next day. Ev- erybody can tryout and the two best people in each weight class will wrestle in the meet. Sophomore, Quyen Nguyen, an avid fan of wrestling, com- mented, It's so easy to get sucked into the action at the meets. Sometimes you find yourself cheering for people you don't even know. Slimy the Sting (Jesse Sartuchc) concentrates on holding his opponent in a cradle position. Front row: Jon Stoven, Jim Murphy. Second row: Joe Mahittiponge, Paul Schell. Jesse Sartuche, Kenny La- vergne. Back row: Coach Crider. Phil Dunteman. Steve Mulligan. Christy Serritelia. Alexia Stulz, Dustin Powell. Andy Martens. Coach Vince. Hulk Hogan (Paul Schell) struggles to get out of a bear-hug. 48 J.V. Wrestling

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Striving For Success It was a great season, Said coach McDonald. All of the team had potential, some members more than others of course. The attittude of the team was good. It wasn't very often that a player got out of hand. The team practiced ever- yday for approximately two hours, but there was always something to improve, such as shooting, rebounding, and team work. Consisting of ju- niors, sophmores and fresh- men, the team was tough on defense and offense, unlike last year's team which was basically a strong defense. Basketball is an extremely de- manding sport, as the team members discovered. Basket- ball requires natural talent, en- durance, strength, and concen- tration, all at the same time. If the team lacked intensity at any time during the game it was possible the game could have been lost. The success of the team was based on the ability to play together which required hard work. Doc, (junior, Donny Atchinson) scores another two points for the Hawks. Sophomore. Montie Bohannon dodges the defense and gets it in there for an easy two points. Kirk Cumming gets a big lift for this t-off. front row. Kirk Cumming. Montie Bohannon. Eric Vandemark, Eshan Nasery, Raymond Spriggs. Back row: Mike Dodd. Jeff Farmer. Frank Moore. Richard Cole, Donny Atchinson. Giris Mckenna, John Mckenna, Jeff Woods. Gabriel Roberts. Kirk Banister. 50 Boys J.V. Basketball