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

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GOING FOR THE GOAL — — soccer. Chuck was also a col Varsity player, Chuck Hopkins, lege prep student who was in starts his move against three de- volved in several clubs and ac fenders. In addition to playing tivities. 0 4 ' S CC l Won 11, Lost 11, Tied 6 Varsity Hemet 1 0 1 2 Perris 3 1 1 4 Palm Springs 0 3 0 3 North 0 1 2 2 Norco 2 0 2 2 Ramona 3 1 1 forfeit Corona 2 7 1 3 Hemet 2 0 VARSITY SOCCER Front row: Jason Stickley, Stan Kelley, Mike Johnson, Jack Neill, and Steve Carlson; second row: Holger Moller, Moe Hammer, Mark Gomez and Chuck Hopkins; back row: Ro- berto Chavez, Alex Figueroa, Ignacio Herrera, Tommy Dixon, and Enoch Wogu. J.V. SOCCER Front row: Fred Avila, Shawn Wolf, Sonethong Douangsa vanh, Mark Knight, Jason Miller, Brian Hubbs, and Greg Byers; second row: Jeff Gutterud, Alejandro Mirales, Ben Reyes, Juan Pesgueda, and John Kush; back row: Jimmy Runyan, Bill Edgar, Rennik Soholt, Terry Dzvonick, Sean Wall and Joe Allotta. ON THE RUN CONTACT! Senior Holger Moller quickly moves the ball down field. Holger, an exchange student from Germany, made the varsi- ty squad. Steve Carlson maintains control despite the efforts of a Perris player. The varsity went on to 194 • SPORTS

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Winning Season Posted Team Breaks Losing Streak With 12 Victories What a way to keep their heads above water! Hard- rk, practice and dedication did have their pay-offs, e Fillipelli stated, I think the water polo team has ne pretty well this year, because we were more mpetitive than in the past. The team was awarded nsolation champions at the Fontana Tournament ,d took fourth place at the Ramona Tournament later the season. Lion pride once again proved to be of rigid endur- ce. Team captain, James Reyes, demonstrated his ills and potential with a total of 102 goals scored oughout the season. The two main reasons the im improved so greatly are attitude and teamsman- ip. This years team learned to play together as a it. Their attitudes were positive and their expecta- I think that we need to become a little more aggressive stated Ethan Lema, varsity player. tions were that of a winning team. The players sup- ported each other in the games, through positive talk, sharing the ball in passing around and helping each other on defense. In addition to regularly scheduled games, the team participated in a summer league and a game against the AHS football team, the score was water polo ten, and football eight. Although the eight points of the football team was given to them. Like the game against the football squad, the water polo team scored other impressive league wins. They finished the season with their best record ever: 12 wins. Cathy Garcia GET OFF MY BACK! Tony Reindl is pressured reaches for the ball. Many players found themselves trapped between the opponents and the ball. WATEfePOLO • 193

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Four Varsity Starters Return ' Class Act ' Earns Fourth Place In League Seven of last years eleven varsity starters graduat- V. Still, the team won five games and earned fourth ■ace in the league. It wasn ' t quite good enough to ake CIF, but, after all, it was a building year, i Although J.V. and varsity team members agreed |at their seasons didn ' t look the best on paper, most layers did have at least one memorable game. Ignacio hrrera remembered, During the second game with flbrth, I played all of the overtime for the first time in |y life. Chuck Hopkins continued, Our final game B|ainst Corona was my most memorable, because it las my last game in an Arlington uniform after four l;ars of successful varsity comp etition. I ' In addition to standout games, humorous events fsre also fondly remembered. ... when we played jjir fourth game, the field we played on was muddy, (weryone was slipping and we finished up all dirty Arlington is a class act and we related well to the other schools, commented Chuck Hopkins, varsity player. with mud, reminisced Alejandio Mirales. Another incident occured at the Corona game. Ignacio said, I was trying to get the ball away, and when I did, one of our players came over to help me. We both fell on the ground and the other guy picked the ball and went to our goal. I felt so silly! Not all the times were good. Alejandro Morales thought about the embarrassing 5 to loss on their home field against Corona. The coaches helped to get them over the rough spots though. Alejandro stated, We did better when we tried to get along with the coach and obeyed him. There was no arguing that tempers did flare on the field, but after the game, everyone shook hands and were friends again. P . - Rjyi Player Juan Pesqueda moves the ball closer to the goal. Juan played right wing on the junior varsity team. ON THE NEXT POSSESSION Coach John Hoyer shares his game strategy with Bill Ed gan, a J.V. team member. Coach Hoyer has lead the soc cer team for several years. BOYS ' SOCCER • 195