Mountain View High School - La Vista Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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tion, the Girls' Swim team captu place in Divisionals in 1982 ani place last year. The essential element to succ ple. Over the years there have be ous students who have gone mile and achieved honors for tl and their school. Among these ei students are Nathan Sheets whoi many areas and became a Natil Finalist in 1983. Gymnast Tina T an All-State athlete in 1979, '8C earning the title of All-American in 1980-81. Camille Harris cheere to an All-State title in 1981, '82 becoming an All-American Chee 1983. Senior Jon Baker has been . State Golf Champion, 1981, '82 considered the Best Junior Gol world. ln 1977-78 Elmer Heap w State Basketball player, Rod Br among the first football players ored with an All-State title, and. became an All-State Golfer. Tw: Rusty Rosenberger and Andy Joh tured All-State Cross Country title Jim Lefebvre was an All-State V 1981. Last year senior John Ha selected as one of two Arizona ra tives to Boys' Nation in Washing! and Paul Kasprzyk was an All-Stat aloner. ln addition, Jeff Lloyd wa: as part of the All-American Hig Band and Heidi Hage was proclz International Twirler of the year. Coach Dave Sonius described as, the nearest approximation tial. ln the past, this potential tapped and has brought success tain View's activities, sports, an- but we are leading this winning tr 1984. New Heights of Potential Tapped Leading a Winning Tradition rom the clay we opened, the youth have taken a lot of pride in being Mountain View students, said Principal James Curlett thinking back to eight years ago when Mountain View was on double sessions with Mesa High School. During that year Mountain View students had prac- tically nothing to call their own. They learned in borrowed buildings, the football team practiced on an elementary school field, and the basketball team even had to wear Poston Junior High School's uniforms for their first few games. This great adver- sity, said Mr. Curlett, made Mountain View successful. Everyone thought that we would be as good a school as Mesa High or Westwood in eight to ten years, but we nev- er accepted that. We proved that we were going to be winners. Participating in activities has always been a popular tradition. Assemblies are one of the highlights of the year when Stu- dent Council, Pep Club, Pommies, Cheer- leaders, and Toro Band show off the results of hours of rehearsal and preparation. There's never a dull moment as the crowd's spirit is taken to new heights during class competition and the performances of spe- cial groups. ln 1981-82, Encore Strings brought down the roof with their rendition of The Charlie Daniels Band's, The Devil Went Down to Georgia. Also, in 1983 Mag- ic Charlie amazed students with his miracu- lous feats of basketball wizardry. Every year students look forward to the evenings when they can put on the ritz and trip the light fantastic at the Homecoming, Prom, Co-Ed, and Sadie Hawkin's dances. The ambience of Paris was in the air mak- ing last year's Homecoming Dance a night to remember. Creating Homecoming floats also lends to the winning spirit as students spend weeks building floats in anticipation of their completion for the Homecoming ceremonies. The epitome of our winning tradition is evident in the tremendous sup- port given our sports teams. lt is not un- common for the Mountain View bleachers to be twice as full as their opponents', even when we are the visitors. Raw talent molded into a skillful team by dedicated coaches has fostered many victo- ries for our athletic teams. For instance, the Varsity Football team has won 84 percent of its games. The team has competed in the playoffs four times, capturing the State Championship in 1978. Many titles have been earned by the Boys' Golf team includ- ing third place in State in 1980 and second place in State in 1981. Our Cross Country team ran up a string of victories in city meets and placed third in 1983. ln both 1978 and 1981 the Boys' Varsity Basketball team dribbled their way into the State tour- nament to finish among the top twelve teams. Wrestling to the top in 1980, the varsity team placed fourth in State. The Boys' Swim team went undefeated in dual meets last year and earned fourth place in Divisionals. The Gymnastics team also placed fourth in Divisionals in 1981. Girls' Track raced an undefeated season in 1982 and was State Runner-up in 1980. ln addi-