Aragon High School - El Tesoro Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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On The Ball COURTLY GESTURES Whizzz Another winning shot sounded across the court. The Boys Varsity Tennis team demonstrated poise and skill as they won match after match. With mounting confidence, the team climbed, step by step, up the PAL ladder. The team's own carefully con- structed ladder proved to be a Demonstrating the new sport of ballet- tennis, Charlie Crause practices his moves. VARSITY BOYS' TENNIS: FRONT ROW: Yusuke Higashi, Boyd Kiefus, Robert Fontanosa, Ken Kredil, John Hen- drickson, BACK ROW: Todd Goodwin, Mike Jurgensen, Greg Gilbert, Ronnie Berkowitz, Garry Haslam, Charlie Grouse, Larry Nelson, Rick Kung. Mike Jurgenson shows how to get just the right edge on the ball. 78fVarsity Tennis valuable asset and gave the team an excellent balance. To create the ladder, the team members played against each other and the result was perfectly placed singles players and doubles teams. An afternoon walk past the ten- nis courts provided a view of the hard-working team members un- der the instruction of Coach Gene Gordon. Often players stayed as late as 5:00 PM, practicing serves, volleys, and ground strokes. The team was strong in both singles and doubles and indicated a high standing in the PAL's. Con- tributions from the entire team made the difference.

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I 1 A Dip In The Pool SINK OR SWIM I-Iow many people enjoy getting up at 5 a.m.? And how many few- er would do this to plunge them- selves into a pool of ice-cold wa- ter? As Spartan as this seems, it is precisely what the Frosh-Soph Swim Team did much of the sea- son. Whether they enjoyed it or not, their willingness showed the level of dedication among the teammates. Swimming in the rain was not uncommon either, but this too was part of the training of an athlete. Under the coaching of Mr. Guy Oling, whom most swimmers sim- ply called Guy , the Frosh-Soph Boys drilled on everything from freestyle to butterfly, paying atten- tion to such seemingly minute de- tails as turns, that unquestionably prepared them for their future years on the Aragon team. Aragon Dons practicing their starts for an upcoming meet. FROSH-SOPH BOYS, SWIMMING: FRONT ROW: Vikash Kataruga, Eric Cardona, Seth Brown, Eddie Goldkuhl, Mike Cirrani, Mike Holmlandg BACK ROW: Coach Guy Oling, Mike Yeager, David Bartfeld, Dave Burland. Frosh-Soph Boys, Swimming 77

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Army, Navy, Air Force,-Tennis? BATTLE CRIES It wasn't just a sport, it was an adventure. The members of Aragon's boys' frosh-soph tennis team trekked to the courts every weekday to un- dergo grueling training. There they learned the skills that separated the men from the boys. Artillery in hand, these brave athletes served, returned, and volleyed until only one man was left standing. Only the finest and the fittest won the honor of representing Aragon in the regional tournaments. The adventure would begin every- day after school and end somewhere around sixteen-hundred hours. Lead- ing the troops was Mr. Gordong the athletes' best friend and worst en- emy. Under his command was ap- proximately a dirty dozen of Aragon's most talented young tennis players. In the army of underclassmen, the sophomore veterans outnumbered their freshmen plebs by five to two. The lucky seven that fought in the regionals brought home many victo- ries and made Aragon proud. Armed with new-found confidence and success, the athletes settled back for some well deserved R8LR. They had been through it all, try-outs, train- ing, and the glory of victory. They had started off small, now these ath- letes could very well be future lead- ers. At Aragon, these frosh-soph boys' tennis players became all that they could be. FROSI-I-SOPH BOYS' TENNIS: FRONT ROW: Kevin Vasquez, Noa Blechman, Derrick Haslam, Adam Traubman, Lee Whitsite, Kosuke Hashimoto, Kevin Ser- geeff, Clay Tingley, Calvin Tug BACK ROW: Derrick Taller, Raymond Lee, Jeff Saunders, Derek Burrill, Matt Segall, Ste- ven Tingley, Fernando Carpentar, Matt Jones, Marc Bernstein, Amish Desai, Bill Morris. For some reason I think there are one too many people on this court. Varsity player John Hendrikson shows his magnificent form. Frosh-Soph Tennis 79