Paradise Valley High School - Trojan Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Frosh, JV practice hard to perfect skills The freshman pitching line up was fairly strong this past season because of pitchers Travis Shafer, Brian Foley, and Brian Jones, said Coach Robinson. At the beginning of the season the freshmen went over the fundamentals of hitting, fielding, throwing and proper posi- tioning in the field. Our toughest opponents were Thunderbird and Agua Fria, stated coach Robinson. This year all the players had a chance to play but, not in every game. The freshman goals were to have a successful season by learning the fundamentals of baseball and enjoy- ing themselves. - rrtrrt rrr JV Baseball: top row: Tim Statezny, Elesio Ruiz, Ruddy Brent, Shawn Collins, .Ieff Zeien, Scott Molnar, Mark McFarlan, Steve Ashworth, Scott Feherman. Bottom Row: Martin Chrisbakcer, Todd Obert, Mike Esmay, Matt Storms, Louie Valensuela, Doug Schwartz, Lauen Worthington, Pete Demichele, Vince Bingaman. 5 2 , E F 5 5 1 s Freshman Baseball- Top Row: Andy Grubenoff, Brian James, Bob Breedlove, Mike Gavin, Brian Foley, Tra- vis Shafer, not pictured Ernie Valenzuela. Bottom Row: Steve Mazzacone, Mark Marsillo, Tim Esmay, Gary Callahan, Randy Molinski, Todd McGowan, Tom Hariey.

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Practice makes perfect for ba eball players v... W. .,,......... 7.1.1. vi... ,. -,. M... , . Y 7 V ...-.,,, ...,,. Y?-'01 r 1x1-Q-1 xx?-7 K mia 'fl' v-r l Mij- .?iJ gf id 1-iw gg Au-L' ft. af M Practicing three hours a day. five to six days a week is what it takes to become a varsity baseball play er. Practice and patience are needed for someone to develop mental as well as physical skills. Most of the infield players are trained for specific posi- tions and rarely' interchange but the outfield is fairly' flexi- ble. The team did lose many valuable and expenenced play ers to graduating seniors but that just made room for newer players to gain experience. A team needs to be balanced both offensiyely and defensiyelyf' said Coach Roy Muller. But any team is going to be stronger in one way' or the otherfi he added. lt all comes down to practice. '-all , ,V Vx . l M A '. ' -0' . J r Q' aj rf .WH swff' a ,J I , , ai .. -lfltitfffgrigtjgt etf 'i m fg : D 'f i ,' if .f 'Z' V - fp,'f,twr ',,'.t ., - ,' fa , ,f V ft: Wfr . 't21 4i-Q? 'uffftr we Q ft ft . My gp-was all . J H ff 3 4' J ' fi... ' Y , K .:m,,'...r,4a .i'W . . . ,, A,., s . . , fwa..-. l.s, 'V L. at 3 X l...e.. ,U,.N,,..sa,....A,. , ,,. ,6,,w,k w.T g, ' w., , ,..,.,.,,,,,,.,,,T, , K, ,,,.,,,,,.,,., , K, ,, K ,ww Y, . V . L- s fs I Varsity Baseball: Row l: Mike Marsillo. Mike Druken. Curtis Horger. Tod Solomon. Scott Chrishacher. Dan Hughes. Brian Peter. Mark Spendley. Kenny Goodwin, Ed Jennings. Ted Randall. Row 2: Brian Yavrek - manager. Jeff Peel. Joe Faraci. Joe Gayin. James Ford. Brian Stephens. Rob Hiler. Rob Heam. Jeff King. Bill Hertzog. Dave Hirsh. manager - James Knight.

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To improve ourselves, work hard, have fun and win were the goals of the JV baseball team, according to Coach Kibler. The toughest opponents of the season were Apollo, Greenway and Moon Valley. The JV team had seven returning lettermeng pitcher and outfielder Jeff Zeieng second baseman and shortstop Pete DeMicheleg out- fielder Tim Stalsneyg shortstop Eliseo Ruez, outfielder Louie Valen- zuelag and infielder Doug Swartz. Hard work and practice paid off for the players who earned the right to play during the season. I. Sophomore Scott Molnar prepares to catch a ground ball during practice. 2. Soph- omores, Lauren Worthington and Scott Molnar perfect their batting at practice. 3 Todd Obert. sophomore, throws to pick a runner off at third base. 3