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

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.IV Basketball improves in strength The J.V. basketball team had a good season. With two new coaches, the team struggled at first but with excellent dedication from all the team members, the season proved to be far more suc- cessful than their five and seven league record would suggest, said Coach Mike Mozell. Led by dedicated young men, the team did well. Sophomores Mike McClaskey, Brian Stromb- lad, Craig Brown and Robbie Dag- gett moved up to a very successful varsity team for divisional play- offs. They with Junior Mike Korn and Sophomore Jeff Sounart and Mark Azbill contributed to defeat- ing the league's top teams several times and held opponents quite of- ten to fewer than 50 points. This was mostly because of ag- gressive defense. Coach Mike Mo- zell was assisted by Mr. Bill Holm- gaard. Top Row: Coach Mozell, Brian Stromblad, Mike McClaskey, Chris Zollinger, Mike Korn, Randy Norton, Brian Kiefling. Jason Sauer, Craig Brown and Coach Holmgaard. Bottom Row: Stephen Pond, Brian Cummins. Jeff Sounart, Rob Daggett, Mark Azbill and Sandy Rogoff, guna- t + ' M-We- r ' 'M A. .,., Darryl Van Alstine jumps for the basketball. H T iiiill T D6 Scott Sabo shoots a freethrow as PV cheers.

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During a brief timeout, Coach Farrell plans their strategy. Ron DaLessio heads down court after Prescott steals the ball. Jeff Lime, senior, shoots a free throw against Washington. The Varsity Basketball team was ranked second in Skyline B league and their final record was 9-3. lt was a successful season be- cause the players overall played up to or above their capabilities, said Coach Bill Farrell. This success was led by seniors Carmine Lombardi, Tim O'Connor, and Jeff Lime. There was a record set by Jeff Lime, senior co-captain, which set the shooting percentage from the field, and the team record was set against Cortez, allowing them 28 points. All of their hard work paid off because some of the players re- ceived honors. Jeff Lime and Tim O'Connor were voted All-League second team and Ron DaLessio, Angelo Accomazzo and Darryl Van Alstine were voted All-League Hon- orable Mention. The Varsity Basketball team played some very close games. When they played Prescott, they beat them by two points twice, beat Greenway by one point once in overtime and the other in double overtime, and beat Thunderbird by one point. This year's basketball team played better during the latter half of league play and last year's team played better earlier in the year because this year's team is youn- ger, said Coach Farrell. I25

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Freshmen played determined season 'WW ,'. ' i ':','ffq7Q', A T -- Angelo Accomazzo, junior, shoots a freethrow against the Washington Rams. Top Row: Mr. Wyck Chew. Gary Frankly, David Schrack, Lee Lipe, Rod Kruger, Rush Noble, Mike Neal. Ernie Salazar, Rick Frost, Pat Phillips, Marc Johnston. Doug Handlong and Mr, Ed Obert. Bottom Row: Jim Bass, Mario Cafarelli, Jerod Zollinger, Todd Grza- bak, Danny Vovjack, Mike Massino and Steve Peck. Ron DaLessio tries to penetrate the defense against Washington. The Freshman Basketball team had a very exciting year. Though their record was 2-I4, they were a very determined team. Coach Farrell has created a pro- gram which encourages the devel- opment of sound fundamental bas- ketball. The freshman coaches stick with that philosophy to de- velop young men who can then play ball on the JV and Varsity level. As coaches, we wanted to stress improvement, discipline and hard work. But we also stressed the importance of having fun play- ing ball as freshmen, said Fresh- man Coach Wyck Chew. We had kids playing who had never touched a basketball when they came out at the start. We worked on fundamentals the entire season and they came around LOOOZ. Our two wins at the end of the season were more than we counted on, said Coach Chew. D7