Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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ROAD TO GIF ROUGH Thirty-three Varsity players on this squad found everything around was NEW . First of all. Coach Rick Dischinger was selected to replace retiring Coach Sam Pecchia; Dischinger recruited two new assistant coaches, Dave Murtaugh and Rick Carr, with only Coach Dick Gibson returning from the previous year. Second, the offensive and defensive training that for three years had been drilled into the team was replaced by the Stack-I while the defense alternated from a 5-3 to a 6-2 formation. Third, lifting weights everyday be- fore going out onto the field, a discipline never de- manded of any previous team in the school ' s short his- tory, became a routine part of their daily practices. The weight lifting, according to Dischinger, is why Colton always physically mauled each opponent starting about the fourth game into the season. These NEWS were the Arlington method to win, and the team pulled out some very close games in their favor .