Wickenburg High School - Wrangler Yearbook (Wickenburg, AZ)

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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

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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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Potential, improvement, keys to teams' success Coach Moellenberndt. I also wanted to prepare them for playing basketball at varsity point of the season. Under level. The freshmen team had a bad start, losing their first two games of the season. But afterward they won four straight, and were 6-3 at midseason. The freshmen team had goals similar to those of the JV. First year Coach Joe Bennett wanted The Junior Varsity basketball team showed a great deal of improvement at the halfway Coach Scott Moellenberndt, the 1V's win-loss record improved tremendously over their win- loss record as freshmen. As freshmen they were 1-9 at the midpoint of the season. But after hard work, a team basketball camp, and an effective run and gun offense, the JV proved six games better the freshmen to improve their with a 7-3 record at midseason. basic skills and fundamentals so One of the goals I set for the they can play at JV level and JV was to improve their win- eventually at varsity level. loss record of last year, said THREE , F, , . ,ol , K V ,inn -n Q '1, 1 1 Q ,' 'f 1 Q K 4 v ... ,4..,,--C.. .:-- D is ir' 4--f ......g. .F 4' v 9 ' ' C --C, ,S-L mp., . lr-' FOUR Basketball 89