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

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mALL GROUP GROWS: Although the cross-country team started with few mem- bers, it grew quickly, bringing in new and enthusiastic run- ners. How would you feel if you came to your first practice and there was only six peo- ple there? The cross-coun- try team faced that situation at the beginning of their practice sessions. It was strange, because usually in the beginning of the season, there were numerous peo- ple there and later it would dwindle down, but I was con- fident that there was a team out there that would come around soon, explained Steve Roycroft. People were recruited from all groups, but usually through people who were on the team last year and coaches. Coach Jacobs- meyer encouraged me to join the team, so I did. It ' s a great way to keep in shape, shared Julia Wolfe. The coaches also had to change their strategies to keeping players interested and didn ' t worry so much about a high-placing team. Instead of running, some- times the team would play frisbee football or some- times flag football to build a strong running endurance. Jennifer Young confided, Sometimes I liked to play frisbee football, but running the course was also a good way to build my endurance. No matter what the odds were at the beginning of the season, the cross country team had overcome them and cleared the way for a top-running team in the near future. by Chhstal Mozer ■ FILLING IN ON LAST MINUTE DE TAILS, Coach Mike Oravets talks tc the girls varsity team. This was the first season that Mr. Oravets coached the cross-country team, but he knew some runners frorr coaching last year ' s long distance track team. ■ CATCHING THE DISC, Mike John- son plays frisbee before the meet begins. Frequently, the team brought frisbees and balls to have something to do before the meet began. CROSS-COUNTRY 85

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■ POINTING OUT A FACT, Kevin Merino helps Xavier Miranda with his physics assignment. Xavier had an assortment of medals from races over the past two years as Arlington ' s number one runner. ■ PUSHING UP THE HILL, Julia Wolfe and Jennifer Young run one of the many hills on Hemet ' s course. Julia and Jennifer were two of the new members that joined the team. %f it Christal Mozer BI H Juit Tie, facS GUYS VAR. GIRLS VAR. Palm Springs 16 41 41 16 Ramona 26 29 15 50 Corona 40 19 50 15 Perris 44 19 21 36 Hemet 49 16 43 18 Norco 44 19 50 15 North 35 23 15 50 ■ ■ 0 CROSS-COUNTRY Front row: Curtis Stanley, Robbie Davis, and Robert Wood: Second row: Xavier Mir- anda. Mike Bolia, Mark Kennedy. Kris Cassias, and Bekki O ' Conner; Third row: Coach Jimmy Winn. Tim Orozco, Mike Johnson, Julia Wolte. Wendy Schiffman and Coach Mike Oravets; Fourth row: Peter Lynaugh, Ervis Charles. Chung Ta, Andy Lynch, Jason Stickley, Scott Grenier. and Steve Roycroft: Fifth row: Rhonda Green. Jennifer Young, Melisa Chance, Tina Farris- Dana Stickley, and Alicia Zack. ■ STARTING AT THE GUN, the J.V. race begins. In the pre-lims. the runners line up at the start in a row of different teams, with the best runner first. V SPORTS

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■AIMING, Tony Reindl prepares to shoot to an available teammate. Tony lettered last year on the varsi- ty team as a freshman. ■ GIVING IT HIS ALL, Ryan Raven puts his muscle behind the thrown. Ryan was a first year member on the team. r ' jmsi ' . g!».?! -!l|y B ju r W£ — ™ facts: AHS: OPPONENT: | Varsity 14 Montclair 16 Varsity 18 Hemet 4 Varsity 6 Nogales 12 Varsity 3 San Gorgonio 21 Varsity 5 San Bernadino 23 Varsity I North 24 Varsity 8 Ramona 10 Varsity 5 Palm Springs 17 Varsity 9 Moreno Valley 12 Varsity 7 Indio 17 Ibhi hh t f t t 1 , % id WATER POLO Front rov : Scott Holdredge, Brian Downs, Ryan Raven, Steve Simms, James Reyes, Tim Harris, Dan Gray. Back row: Aaron Lema, Richard Simmons, Kelly Nabours, Tony Reindl, Joe Liddicote, Ethan Lema. SPORTS