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

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4 mon Of QuAge Season highlighted by victory over Norco. Personal performances and team spirit keep team together. Bleeeep!! Sounded the referee ' s whistle. That ' s the forths foul number 5. One more and you ' re out of the game! Watch the outside man yells the coach, and the crowd roars as Arlington scored once again. Does this sound familiar to you? Well, if you were a basketball play- er or fan, it should. The bas- ketball team had a season to be proud of. Not so much for the number of wins they had, but for the personal performances and the team spirit. Long hours of practice helped the Lions with the physical aspect of the game. J.V. basketball coach Will Ja- cobsmeyer commented, They could be Arlingtons best team in several years. We have some talented play- ers and we work very hard in practice. When we learn to apply ourselves mentally, and transfer our practice ef- forts to our games, we could be very, very good. The coaching staff played a big part in the teams season, but had to face continuing conflicts and trying times. Coach John Corona ex- plained, This varsity club had set itself apart from a lot of other teams despite that we were constantly faced with adverse and difficult sit- uations. They always gave it their best shot and stayed together. It was a pleasure for me to work with this grO U P . by Frank Shelton ™5 ,: ■ ON A TIME OUT, Coach Corona advises the J.V. team. Coaching tips helped the players. ■ THE J.V. BENCH watches as the game goes on. The coaches often rotated the starters in and out to let everyone play. BASKETBALL IC

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■ GOING FOR TWO POINTS, Jimmy Sands takes a jump shot. Jimmy, a junior, transferee! to Arlington from the east before the season began. t - VARSITY BASKETBALL Front row: Mark Ryneal. Jimmy Sands. Pat Fagan, Chuck Green. Doug Fairchild. and Dana Quintana: Back row: Coach John Corona. Jonnell Mosley. Mike Walters. Rick Schulte. Mark Pratt. Shawn Gibbons, and Karey Brandt. yjf I I, ' I VH . ' «iii - JO H f ' I JV BASKETBALL Front row: Ray Tnplett. Todd Thompson. Joe Ramos. Yvette Cid, Bobby Woods. Peter StoffeH. and Dave Roberts; 2nd row: Ken Cox. Andy Lynch. Jon Caber j, Chance Vincent, Mike Lehman. Mike Johnson, Randy Darden. Kevin Leedy. and Billy Wafford: Back row: Ray Lancaster, Larry Solberg, Mike Bella. Coach Todd Vollker. Cojch Jay VanMeter. Coach Will Jacobsmeyer. Alan Poe. Ervis Charles, and Richard Lugo J(Ut Tie. Facd AHS Var. vs Opponent AHS JV. Opponent 61 Chino 72 52 Cajon 38 51 Rubidoux 75 38 Moreno Valley 67 51 Palmdale 84 48 Corona 45 61 Workman 77 52 Chino 33 51 Perns 67 52 Rubidoux 50 5? La Sierra 60 42 Rubidoux 43 64 Hemet 66 42 La Sierra 39 46 Perns 63 41 Elsinore 55 53 Palm Springs 69 47 Hemet 32 50 North 83 29 Perris 55 47 Ramona 6-1 32 Palm Springs 53 61 Corona 67 44 North 46 55 Hemet 49 56 Ramona 27 .3.3 Norco 58 55 Corona 63 39 Perris 76 57 Hemet 58 42 Palm Springs 49 43 Norco 45 62 North 112 34 Palm Springs 50 54 Norco 49 46 North 67 40 Ramona 67 51 Norco 32 62 Corona 60 54 Ramona 38 56 Coron.3 55 io2y SPORTS

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Ptopm MetHbi MltuM Finding the Necessary Mental Set Is Crucial. Practice Alone Does Not Make Perfect. During a basketball game, spectators often do not stop and think about what goes on before the game. The basketball team practices and practices; always for that big coming-up game. When it came to game time, nervousness hits the play- ers. Everything they have practiced has to come to- gether now. Nervousness affects all the players differently. For some it was worse than oth- ers. I got especially ner- vous before home games. At home, people from our school are watching us play. They expect performance, and we have to give it to them, commented junior, Mike Waiters. To help get over this nervousness the players have a quiet time to find themselves and de- cide how they were going to play. Then Coach Corona re- views the basics, making sure that everyone knows what they are supposed to do. Finally, everyone warms up before the game to get comfortable. I think it ' s a good system. Warming-up before the games helps me a lot, it gives me more self confidence, stated Jonnell Mosley. In the end there was nothing to completely kill off ner- vousness. Nervousness is a part of the game. It ' s actu- ally good to be a little wor- ried; if we were not nervous, we wouldn ' t care about the game, added senior. Rick Schulte. ■ LISTENING TO THE PRE-GAME TALK. Pat Fagan and Chuck Green concentrate on Coach John Coro- na ' s words. Coache ' s pep talks could give players the mental edge on the court. ■ PREPARING FOR THE GAME, Mike Walters, Doug Fairchild, Coach Larry Pim, and Mr. Jeff Silver wait in the locker room. Positive mental at- titudes were the goals for many players. i SPORTS