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

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Getting It Together This year the team was well- rounded. Everyone who was on the court could shoot and knew the important fundamen- tals of basketball, said senior, June Andrews. The girl's varsity basketball team played by the coach's phi- losophy, which was together- ness. They are really playing like a team this year, and are doing very well, said Coach Seaman. The team did do well this year. It was because of long and hard practices. Practice would begin with five to ten warm-up laps. Then it was on to the funda- mentals. First they went through shooting drills. After that, they ran through plays that they used in a game. To finish up, they ran another five to ten sets of running drills which they called suicides and agonies , or four to five cool-off laps depending on the day or how the practice went. All that is needed is one-hun- dred per cent effort. If you give your all, then you get success within yourself and the team. Games and practice take pa- tience, endurance, hard work, and a winning attitude, said senior, Kathy Weathers. What makes basketball fun? The girls have many answers. They make friends during the season, they compete against other schools, and represent the school itself. It's a fast paced game, and most of all, it offers the thrill of winning. Front row: Wendy CHoiser, Andrea Evans, June An- drews. Perclini Koria. Second row: Andrcia Willis, Kim Lester. Kristy Sturdcvant, Sandy McEvoy. Back row: Kathy Weathers. Jane Buckmcicr, Kcbra Denke. Senior, Jane Buckmeier prepares to steal the ball (ton her opponent. Senior, Kim Lester drives in the key for two. 74 Athletics

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Dust It Good hiring a tournament in Carlsbad, junior. James Welch rides his opponent. ophmore, Kevin Partin goes for takedown against the opposing wrestler in a tournament. The Varsity Wrestling team this year was led by three coaches. They were coach Richard Crieghter, coach Harold Mum- ford, and coach Vince Ambro- sio. All three coaches felt the team had high potential and encouraged the members greatly. The athletes in the varsity level are divided into as many as thir- teen classes. The wrestler's weight determines the class the athlete competes in. At times an athlete has to lose pounds to wrestle in his own class. That means fasting and flushing out fluids to attain the correct weight, by means of dressing heavily and doing excersise to reduce his weight to the exact wieght or lower. Each weight class consits of only one member. In the case that there are two members of the same weight, they wrestle previous to the match to deter- mine who will wrestle varsity and who will go J.V. This is bet- ter known as a match-off. The team this year consisted mainly of seniors. This encour- aged the seniors to share their experience with the younger athletes, giving them an advan- tage. The work-outs for the team were difficult. The weekly work-outs lasted 2 1 2 hours with an occasional 2 hour Sat- urday morning work-out. This hard work had an impact on the team, who did nothing but be the best they could. Fresh- men, Luis Chavez commented, Being on the team may have been tough, but I saw it as fun and exciting. It's a challenging sport. Athletics 73

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Senior, Wendy Choiser prepares to shoot for a basket, avoiding her opponent. After intercepting a pass, senior, Kathy Weathers slows her pace down to shoot. With quick reaction, senior, Kim Lester is in the air first to tip the ball to her teamates. Girl's Varsity Basketball 75