Wickenburg High School - Wrangler Yearbook (Wickenburg, AZ)

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Q ,MW-g. .- X. i t X, --of 'ing 'Ind' I enjoy playing basketball because ONE you work as a team as well as work on O your individual skills. It's a sport you r can play all your life. Vaf5ity Boys . -- Doug Deason m Basketball TWO Scoreboard Buckeye W A Palo Verde l- Salome VZ Bagdad Wrangler Classic Znd K O THREE Maricopa W Chinle W Needles L . . Payson W Bourgade W - j Buckeye L r Cactus Shadows W . 1 ,yi- FOUR Dysart A W A Santa Cruz l- Bourgade W -' Mingus L Parker L Valley Christian Parker FIVE Seligman Divisionals sv FIVE When the team needs a sure shot, they put the ball in the hands of sharpshooter Manuel Rea. The backboard and net are all Matt Loutzenheiser thinks about as he puts in a shot over a Palo Verde defender. A shot in the lane is an easy one for Britt Stevens and if it doesn't fall in, Ron Cospodarek will help him fight for the rebound. Free throws let Todd Unrau beat his man and get the offensive rebound. VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FRONT ROW: Manuel Rea. BACK: Coach Bill Moran, Todd Nelson, Todd Inrau, Ron Gospodarek, Mat Loutzenheiser, Brig Bennett, Curtis lversen, Doug Deason, Britt Stevens, Alex Macias, David Orona. Basketball 87

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-' ms ONE 86 Basketball TWO Despite hard work, injuries stall team's success The 1986-87 boys varsity basketball team started the season in high gear with a 12 point victory over highly rated Buckeye. The team played well and worked together through the McDonalds Wrangler Classic in which they took home the runner-up trophy and Britt Stevens was named to the all-tournament team. Said Coach Moran, Our only bad game before Christmas was against Bagdadp we lost because we did not work hard. After Christmas the team opened with two conference wins over Payson and Bourgade. The Buckeye Hawks then took revenge in a conference win over the varsity. The team continued to play well over the next couple of games, but when they went to Bourgade disaster struck. The varsity lost three players to injury. .s..,,, Todd Nelson and Alex Macias were lost for the season, Todd with a broken finger and Alex with a broken ankle. Leading scorer Britt Stevens was lost for a couple of games because of a pulled back muscle. Our injuries really hurt us, said Coach Moran. We were used to playing 11 or 12 players a game and then we could only play 8 or 9. They got tired after a couple quarters playing our running offense. Despite basketball powers Buckeye and Parker and a good Mingus team, we should be ready to play come divisionalsf' said Coach Moran toward the end of the season. We will be at full strength with the exception of Todd and Alex. Troy Thayer is helping us out and if he and the rest of the team work hard we should be able to get through the divisional tournament. FOUR THREE

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ONE J V BASKETBALL TEAM FRONT ROW Beau Billin slea, 3 8 SECOND ROW: Paul Relyea, Troy Thayer, Chris Pollay, Tom Carr, Alex Macias, Chris Nuss, jason Carter. BACK ROW: Joe Unrau, Greg Martin, Brook Garden, Dennis Miller, Daniel Olivas, Coach Scott Moellenberndt. TWO A quick jump surprising a Palo Verde defender sets Brook Garden up for a lay-up off the glass. THREE Before a game Troy Thayer puts on his game face and studies the other team, FOUR FRESHMEN BASKETBALL TEAM FRONT ROW: Coach Bennett. BACK: Phillip Wurth, Dane Clark, Shawn Miller, Mike Olivas, Rick Radavich, Mike Billingsley, Nathan Bennett, Maldo Rojas, Stephen Eselgroth, Jason Stoft, Chris Cox, Greg Welch. LV. Boy'S A t Basketball scoreboard sp Ewdghigaiiggj ,:,f ONE scoreboard Buckeye Palo Verde Salome Bagclad Grand Canyon Varsity Payson irffwi Buckeye Palo Verde Bagdad Grand Canyon junior Varsity Payson Eiiri Bourgade Buckeye Cactus Shadows Dysart Santa Cruz Bourgade Mingus Parker Valley Chrxstran Parker Sehgrnan Bourgade Buckeye Cactus Shadows Dysart Santa Cruz Bourgade Mmgus Parker Phoenix Christian Parker od 3 V 77 2-I Wg tlt, Ewiiii AE 88 Basketball TWO