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

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CO CO CD 74 Girls ' Basketball I GIRLS ' VARSITY BASKETBALL FRONT ROW: Carie Qulntana, Pita Lopez, and Coach James Laudermilk , Maria Otjen, Kim Gina Rodriguez ROW 2 Debbie Canterbury, Su- Langston, Shelley Anderson. Kim Seabrook, and san McHale. and Maggie Lacambra, TOP ROW Virginia Schulte,

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Positive Attitude Aids JV It was halftime and Arlington JV was 12 points behina. Moreno Valley knew Arlington was playing the game with- out two of their starters. The Lions, however, were just warming up. When the buzzer sounded signaling the sec- ond half, Arlington got the ball and there was no stopping them. The final score was Arlington 73-69. Accoraing to Coach John Corona, We won because of our unique to- getherness and courage. We prac- ticed hard, worked together, and were very supportive of each other. Practice was a ritual that lasted three hours a day, which included defensive slides, scrimmages, fast feet drills, dash-ana-dive drills, and running sui- cides. Mike Keyes stated, We ' d practiced a lot and if we messed up, it just made us hustle. The players also took pride in themselves and in the team, and that ' s important. v. JV Basketball 73

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. Free throws can make or break a team, here Visa Boatman attempts to add one point to the scoreboard 4 Displaying the skills of an acrobat, varsity play- er Shelly Anderson juggles the ball into Arling- ton ' s possession «Pita Lopez drives to the board with this well- planned shot » You can ' t make them all, demonstrates Lisa Williams as she gets her lay-up blocked by a Ramona player GIRLS ' JV BASKETBALL FRONT ROW: Andrea Barber, Susie Guzman, Pat- ty Campbell, and Lisa Williams. TOP ROW Visa Boatman. Lee Anne Cochran, Pam Alexander, Cecelia Hernandez, and Nancy Brown Girls ' Shoot for the Stors They are hard working and they all have basketball in their hearts, boast- ed Coach James Laudermilk about the girls ' varsity basketball team. He kept the team busy after school with two- hour practices every day, making them run, run, run. Even though the work was tough, senior varsity member Kim Langston complimented the coach. He is a good and talented coach and knows the game. Although the majority of the team was short in stature, they set their sights high with a goal of at least sec- ond place in the Ivy League. We need leadership in order to achieve these goals, stated Pita Lopez, soph- omore. She felt with the right kind of peer leadership even a first place could be attainable. The nine-member junior varsity team, coached by Rose Fedenuik, shared the gym and buses with the varsity team to away games. JV team stated, Sometimes we ' ll even prac- tice together. Coach Fedenuik wasn ' t sure what kind of season JV would have at first, but after taking first place at the He- met Tournament she exclaimed, They have played outstanding ball and encouraged each other! Those wins left her optimistic about the team season. 75 Girls ' Basketball