Uvalde High School - Coyote Yearbook (Uvalde, TX)

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Opposite page: Qtopl: Slugging a grounder to right field, Floy Navarro enabled Uvalde to defeat Laredo United during the Uvalde tournament. Bottom: Warming up for the upcoming inning is Johnny Vasquez. Top: Discussing strategy during the first Kerrville match are Mario Navarro and Milt Wiebush. Left: Breaking for their first game of the season, Junior Varsity Coach Greg Griffin gives the team members the final pep talk.

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The year of the 'razzle dazzle' Coyotes The Coyotes wound up with a 15-10 season record and a District 13-AAA co-championship, but not before enduring a razzle-dazzle season, one which had good hitting and poor hitting, good pitching and poor pitching, and good defense and poor defense. On a cold, windy day at Fort Duncan Park in Eagle Pass, Coach Jerry Lee's MEAN SIXTEEN MACHINE won a 6-1 decision over the Eagles. Three days later at Tom Bond Field, it was a complete turn around, as costly fielding errors resulted in the Eagles handing the Pack a 4-3 loss. During the Uvalde Tournament, fielding miscues plagued the Coyotes, and the Hondo Owls and the Medina Valley Panthers pounded the Pack in the first two games. Vying for seventh place in their annual home tournament, the Coyotes edged Laredo United Longhorns, 3-2. With a 2-4 record, the Pack entered the Eagle Pass Tournament as the defending champions. Winning their first two games, the Coyotes lost the championship game to the Del Fiio Fiams, 5-O. According to first year mentor, Coach Lee, the high point of the season was our performance in the Eagle Pass Tournament and the Medina Valley game following that tournament. l believe our performance at that time set the tone for the rest of the season. Certainly his sentiments were correct, for the Coyotes continued game after game to score come-from-behind victories. The round-ballers entered District 13-AAA West Zone competition with a 5-5 season mark. In the zone opener against the Pleasanton Eagles, the Coyotes were down 4-O in the seventh inning before they scored five times to take a 5-4 victory. The Pack then edged the Southwest Dragons 2-1, and won a 7-2 decision over the Fredericksburg Billies on a cold, damp, foggy afternoon at Fredericksburg. One of the big games of the first half season came when the Coyotes downed the Tivy Antlers in the Hill Country 1-0. The Pack then dropped a surprising 5-1 decision to the South San West Campus Cougars at San Antonio. The Coyotes also came from behind to win a 12-9 victory over Carrizo Springs. By virtue of Southwest's upset over South San West that same afternoon, the Pack claimed the first half season title. The Coyotes won their next three games and faced Tivy for a showdown rematch. Led by the pitching of Troy Marburger, the Antlers handed the Pack a 3-1 defeat. In the zone playoffs, the Pack decimated the Antlers 5-O in the first best two-of-three games. The reverse happened, however, when Tivy came to Tom Bond Field. Scoring nine runs in the first inning and one in the second, the Antlers had the game called in their favor during the fifth inning. ln the final, deciding game played at Medina Valley, Tivy again defeated the Coyotes by virtue of a homerun with bases loaded. 172 Varsity Baseball

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