Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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jumpin junior How many juniors does it take to fill up a basketball team? More than peo- ple ever realized. The team excelled with only two seniors. lf you look at the season compared to last year's it wasn't so great but by itself it could be said they had a good year. Since most of the team were juniors that could be expected. Ml think we did really well considering that almost everybody on the team were juniors. l think we will do really well next year, said starting varsity center Mark Ferguson. We really had a good group of people this year. and l enjoyed working with them, said Coach Ziegenfuss. The starting five are usually looked upon as the cream of the crop but this year the players ran very close in talent and skill, lt was difficult deciding who put in. The starting five and the men on the bench were very close in talent. This kept the team close in many games. ll hey have a love for it. This year's starting five are very close in talent. l think they had an OK seaa son. Next year they'll be good, said Bill Bender. 'AS-ince we had such a good .. kc.--an MMR S --. Starting the game, Randy Hennis gets the tip off while fellow teammates watch. Pivoting away from the Mira Mesa defense, Michael Brown searches for another Patriot. CFOI3 of great players this year we asked coach Ziegenfuss what he thought made a good player? Phys, ical characteristics, speed, agility and most important. a love for the game. And did the players on the team have this? They most certainly did. i l PH Opponent 49 Madison 59 58 Kearny 46 55 Mira Mesa 63 63 Morse 64 56 Mira Mesa 64 59 Madison 50 61 Morse 79 Kearny FINAL Q! Q w- Q Q Shooting the ball back up for a rebound, Mi- chael Brown excells as the number one forward. Varsity Basketball 101 .QW ,F

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A Tall Tale Going up for a layup, Center Mark Ferguson scores two points against archrivals Morse. I use my weight l23Ol and my height t6'7'l7 constructively to gain the advantage. said Mark Ferguson start- ing Varsity center. Ferguson has been playing organized basketball since 6th grade when he played in a recreation league. He also played for Pershing Ju- nior High School and in 10th grade was J.V. center and was Varsity center in 11th. 'Ive always played center, I love the contact and competitiveness under the boards. said Mark. Mark is the leading scorer on the team, I get the ball more than the average center. The plays our team ran left me open for many shots. Even though Mark has been playing basketball for many years he still gets nervous before a game. I try to focus my nervousness into better play. 700 Athletics ,writ . 121, r n

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Softball Si i'We are just one big happy family. And a happy family they were. When you walked past the J.V. field, sounds of laughter could be heard from behind the Patriot smiles. HWe're all good friends. This team has no enemiesf, ll G are just one bis happy family. said Julie Brucker. They had fun, but when it was time to get down to busi- ness and work, work they did. Since Mr. Shaffer taught classes until 2:00, the team would warm up and run bat- ting practice until he came down. The highlight of the season, aside from tying for lst in league play, they took 2nd at the El Cap Invitational Tournament featuring the county's top JV. teams, This year's softball team was po- tentially one of the finest J,V. teams that we've had in several yearsf, said Coach Don Shaffer. The team consist- ed mostly of sophomores with a couple of juniors. Led by the pitching talent of Galyn Nutter, the defensive ability of Debbie Young, and catching by Missy Carter, the team succeeded in a win- ning season. Aided by the offensive punch of Julie Brucker, they had an average game score of 10-2. ln years to come, the J.V. team will continue it's dominance of softball playing on the Varsity level. i'We work well as a team. Most of us have played together throughout bobby sox, The team thinks that with more practice and a few more years, they could be future CIF champs. PH. Opponent 1 Madison 2 4 Kearny 1 10 Mira Mesa 1 21 Morse 0 4 Madison 2 17 Kearny 0 5 Mira Mesa 0 16 Morse 7 7 FINAL 1 102 Athletics New to the game is catcher Missy Carter. This is her first year of playing softball. it's a switch from baseball.