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

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179 SPORTS

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Tearing Into Five-four-three-Timeout! All sports in the school tore up the competition, both in actions and attitudes. As always, Ar- lington stood out among the crowd on the fields and off, for example in: WATER POLO-The sweat doesn ' t show but the pain is still there. Junior player Ethan Lema described it as, Playing soccer but having to swim in- stead of run and it ' s much harder. Because of all the dedication to the sport, the players had to spend much of their extra time getting ahead of classes so not to get behind. CROSS-COUNTRY-Thts was one sport that most athe- lets felt helped them the most in keeping in shape and in con- dition for sports later in the year. This team is the begin- ning of a strong girls team. We have a lot of promise, and it ' s really exciting. Next year we ' ll be even better, exclaimed Mewa Danh, junior. VOLLEYBALL-Many quick drills in a short time served to improve the performance of the volleyball team. In order to make these drills work, the girls had to perform them with- out letting the ball hit the ground. When we had to pass the ball and set it for shots, we had to keep the ball from hit- ting the ground, if it did, we had to run the track, explained sophomore Michelle Gainer. FOOTBALL-The team pol- ished the season by defeating all cross-town rivals by con- vincing scores. Beating Poly was great as a season opener, but when we beat Ramona, it was the highlight of the season because North wasn ' t going to be able to contend with us and they didn ' t, confessed senior Larry Jared. Winning was noth- ing compared to the hard work in practice and in the class- room. Coaches, players and specta- tors alike all demonstrated en- thusiastic golden pride in all seasons. by Duslin Fitch T. Mark Wensel practices jfe ball early in the season., Mark was on the team last season when they went to the CIF finals at Dodger Stadium.

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Winning Wasn ' t Everything The Difference Between Saying And Believing It While the tennis team didn ' t literally begin each match by spouting the adage, It ' s not whether you win or lose, it ' s how you play the game, it seemed to be the underlying theme to their season. Everybody knew everyone else, so we were always very support- ive of each other. Our coach (Mr. Alan Smith) was ready to help us. He was really cheerful, telling us to have fun! proclaimed Stephanie Mchorter. Have fun was exactly what the team did. Maureen Thurman shared, I played doubles once. When we were losing, we started singing Bad and we actually started winning and having fun although the other team thought we were crazy. With the spirit of fun and five wins to their credit the team reminised about the season. Some remembered One game we tried to get our assistant coach, Elliot Lee, to dress up like a girl, because we were playing against the number one team, Corona, laughed player, Stephanie McWhorter. the away game against Palm Springs at the beginning of the season because of the long bus ride. Others remembered the home match against Perris when they played in the rain. But, still the light side dominat- ed the negatives of the season. Maureen continued, My most memorable meet was at Norco, because I felt lousy after I lost my three matches. Then I found out the other team baked cookies for us and it made me happier. Even with the companionship and fun, the team didn ' t posted a winning season on the record books, but as Sophomore Brenda Lowry explained, I feel the season was good enough, because we had fun. But next year I ' m sure we ' ll be much better. AWAITING THE SMASH Sophomore Carrie Humphreys looks skyward in anticipation of the lob. A careful placed smash could win the point. ON THE RUN Summer Johnson races to meet the ball with her backhand. Summer, a junior, has been a member of the team for two years. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL With her racket in position, Julie Rinewalt prepares to nail her oppo- nent with a forehand return. Julie, along with other team members, practice even after the season end- ed to prepare for next year