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

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lose Games, Non-League Wins Confirms Player ' s Assessment Of ' . . . Pretty Good! ' Competition! This was a very important part of the asketball season. The team participated at the Glen- ora Tournament against Etiwanda, where they howed their spirit and worked together as a team to ompete. Team member, Mike Walters, stated Well, ' s a little late now, but I think that we really only layed together and as a team once this year and that as against Etiwanda at the Glendora Tournament. ndividual commitment from the player was what riade them a team throughout the season. Continuing, Mke said, I just wanted to play as hard as I could! I hought that even though our record didn ' t show it, I till think, even now, that we were a pretty good earn. In addition to the dedication, spirit and commitment Despite the negativeness that surrounded the team, it would have been easy to quit, but I felt like we never did. John Corona, varsity coach. that our J.V. and varsity teams have always had, this year we had a junior varsity reserve team to show more of those qualities. The reserve team was started five years ago to give the freshman more of a chance to play. They play other reserve teams and J.V. teams also. Freshman, Julius Walter stated, Some of the J.V. teams were too big, so the extra players played us. This gave more freshman a chance to share in the Golden Pride and play basket- ball. Varsity member, Mark Wilson, stated, his personal goals, but they seem to reflect the team aspirations. Mark desired, To have a high point average, to be the best I could be, and to be among the best. by Cathy Garcia Richard Diamond Varsity members Mike Walters. Dana Quintana. and Mark Wil son prepare to grab the ball out of the air. Although the scores didn ' t show it. some players felt they still had a good season. Mike Walters and Mark Ryneal attempt to get the ball away from th? Norco player. Sports- manship and doit-togetherness were essential both on and off the court. BOYS BASKETBALL • 201

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Soy ' S d6et M JV players go against Palm Springs. Because the JV team was so large, a JV reserve team was formed to play other large JV teams. VARSITY BASKETBALL Front row: Mark Wilson, Ray Triplett. Dan Harris, Jon Colrero, Kevin Leedy, and Andy Lynch: back row: Coach John Corona, James Sands, Mike Walters, Ray Lancaster, Shawn Gibbons, Mark Ryneal, Doug Metzger, Dana Quintana, and Coach Steve Darden. JV BASKETBALL Front row: Mike Lehman, Bobby Wood, and Pete Stoffel; back row: Brandon Bickmore, Joe Ramos, James Connolly, Ben Chaives, Aaron Braunston, Mike Bolla, Eric Vreeman, Chance Vincent, and Coach Will Jacobsmeyer. JV RESERVE BASKETBALL Front row: Ted Hayes, Matt Walters, Chris Ranies, and Eugene Titus; second row: Jose Falcutad, Doug Osborn, Jim Wisslead, Cesar Chavez, Julius Walker, Willie Jones, Bobby Jones, Todd Thompson, and Coach Todd Volker. 200 • SPORTS

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Get Tough And Dirty Members Weren ' t Afraid To Be Aggressive Soccer, it was a kick that many girls enjoy! The soccer team may not have been number one, but were close to it in spirit and friendship. Just getting to play, setting goals for yourself and meeting them was fun, explained Stephanie Watson. There were many new people on t he team this year, so making new friends was easy. The older members are pretty nice I don ' t expect them to help me or for us to be best friends, but we are all good ones, explained Stephenie Blinco, a freshmen on the team. No matter what the circumstances were the team I thought it was fun being on the team this year I made a lot of new friends explained Angel Sommer, freshman. always managed to have fun. There were a few inside jokes among the team members that always make us laugh, and we have fun when ever we ' re together. explained Stephenee Murray. Soccer was a very ag- gressive sport. Girls from other teams are really tough so if you ' re afraid to get dirty or brake a nail you ' d probably never make a good player. Considering all the fun and new friends that were made the girls soccer season was great. by Lilia Lara Katie Allota takes the ball away from two opponents. Running fast was often an advantage to getting the ball. A TECHNIQUE PERFECTED. Sheri Backstrom slide tackles. Slide tackling was a hard technique to • learn, but very useful when done correctly iSfe @ r