South Grand Prairie High School - Signal Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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The key to baseball is getting into the 6 of it! Led by dominate senior players, the team grew to be one of the better teams in the district. They worked hard everyday during prac- tice and when practice was over you could find a lot of them in the batting cages or on the field practicing more SWINGIIYG . . , Giving his all, Gibby Cantu sends the ball outfield. lphoto by Me- lanie Thronel ground play. If we keep working hard in practice,- it should pay off and we could win the district crown, quoted Doug Messina. I feel we have as good a shot as anybody because we have most of our starters back and the new guys are able to play where needed, so we should be pretty strong, quoted Travis Page. The first scrimmage was held February 13th. For our first showing the team looked well when play- ing in regular positions. We didn't do to well when l tried people in positions they were not used to. But we did win, so our hitting was good,'f stated Coach Garner. ' t Q' . St be x ff fi' A-at-as WAY TO GO . . . As Keith Allen crosses home plate, his teammates line up for the traditional congratulatory lives. Iphoto by Bryan Nix! l1ERE'S THE BALL BACK . . . John Smrcina attempts to stop an advancing player by throwing to second. lphoto by Bryan Nixl BASEBALL 1

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1 . 5 1 r 1- e , ' Q x I ' 'CZ 7, 7 'Qi affix' ' 'X H f- V Q ff LN, 4 , J, X,? Nfl, s 'fs' N 'i -1 Q , - x -. .K ww, . ww 1. Mr Mei, 1 Aves I-I 1 , if ' 1 f -X -7 sidelines What is your favorite team? The Iowa Hawkeyes because that's where l'm from. Sean Rubino g' A ,, Denver Broncos-I ,Q 4. ' 2 like John Elway. ' e' Karen Jones YI l The Warrior's Soccer Team because we've won more games than any other team. Manuel Martinez Chicago because they're exciting and the games are daz- zling. Sherronda Williams H15 DSI swmamo A WA Y . . . Clean-up batter Mark Donato hits the ball to outfield to bring in base mn- ners. lphoto by Melanie Throne! SPORTS 'I

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Whether you're in the dugout or at bat, you must stay under pressure. Batting was the key to success with the underclass- men baseball teams. The Ju- nior Varsity had a lot of re- turning experienced players. All they had to do was ad- just to a new coach, Coach Trammell. g'Yea, I can't 1 SPORTS wait, we have almost all of our starters back from last year so we should do pretty good, quoted Kevin Allen. The freshman team, led also by a new coach,Coach Murphy, had one of the big- the school's history. The team was made up of a lot of talented guys who had a lot of experience in city league play. HERE 'S THE PITCH , . , Bill Schafer puts power behind his G.. iw - .1 4' ,. ,Eze-, gest turnouts for the team in fhmlv aS, e Wanns UP' fP 0'0 by Kevm Bnlesl l SAFE . . . HERE'S MY ADVICE .. . L Third baseman Aaron Veach misses the ball, while J.D. Coach Murphy gives Kevin Howe s me Rivera looks on, giving Nimitz a good position to score. about his game. lphoto by Kevin lirilesj lphoto by Melanie Thronel l