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

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s o 8 56 JV Football »Did Hemet ' s quarterback throw a short pass to Arlington ' s Zeke Aguilar? » Arlington ' s tight detense goes in for a sack in the game against Hemet.

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4 Coach Rick Dischmger confers with Kenny » Co-MVP ' s socialize during one of the fall pep Wagner during a time-out rallies Ivy League Acknowledges Two Superstars « Clutching the football tightly. Anthony Reyn- olds scrambles in an attempt to evade ap- proaching opponents win • ner (win er)-n. a person or thing that wins. This is the definition ac- cording to The Random House Dictio- nary, and Arlington had two on cam- pus: Anthony Reynolds, Most Valuable Player for offense; Kenny Wagner. Most Valuable Player for defense, both in the Ivy League. Having two MVP ' s from the same school was a rare and treasured accomplishment. Anthony played football all of his four high school years at Arlington and earned his honor by playing tailback. Kenny transferred to Arlington in his junior year where he played first-string quar- terback and defensive safety. Part of their personal success and the success of the whole team was attributed to the high enthusiasm and spirit of the supporters at the games. Reynolds stated. The crowd fires you up. You know you won ' t lose and you just think about winning. Wagner added, That beat of the band gets to you. The guys could feel the ex- citement of the crowd despite their intense concentration Despite their phenomenal accom- plishments, they retained respect for each other, the team, and Coach Dis- chinger. Kenny stated, Coach D ' s not like most coaches. He doesn ' t yell and relates well with us. Comradeship with each other was also very evident. Watergirl Michelle Casey commented, I think their friendship helps their performance. It ' s unusual when two team members who could be so highly competitive toss aside their egos for the benefit of the team. No wonder they both got MVP. Varsity Football 55

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JV Sets School Record with 20 Consecutive Shutout Quorters i . . .definitely C.I. F. champions when they ' re seniors, was what JV Coach Gary Rungo proclaimed about his Ivy League championship team. Coach Rungo added, The players had a good attitude and an intense desire to win the Ivy League championship. En- thusiastically, they accomplished their goal by winning the championship and setting a school record, twenty con- secutive shutout quarters in their five league games. Safety Richard Y ' Barra explained, The reason we were champions was because everyone would stick to- gether. During the team ' s two-to- three hour practices a week, they tried to eliminate mental mistakes that might have led to fumbles, intercep- tions, and bad snaps. One of Coach Rungo ' s famous philosophies was, No mental mistakes equals victory. How- ever, when a mistake was made, it didn ' t seem to shatter their confi- dence. John Buie joked, When we were beating a team really bad, ev- erything would work, even the wrong plays. Leaping high with outstretched arms. Jeft Wil- son nearly blocked the punt Mike Elsman demonstrates a superb snap to quarterback Joe Hobbs. FRONT ROW: David Rising, Eric Soholt. Mike Fal- setti. John Buie. Richard Ybarra. Ron Lawler. Mike Elsman. Jeff Wilson, and Brian Bare ROW 2: Terry Gluckman. Ken Banks, Joe Hobbs. Newton Kel- lam, Robert Diaz, Peter Garcia, and Kevin She- phard TOP ROW Donald Hughes. Rodney Jama- gin. Richard Hof. Jonathan Richardson. Jim Kel- lam. Steve Bottini, Ezekiel Aguilar. Coach Gary Rungo. and Coach Ed Blevms JV. Football 57