Bishop Amat High School - Tusitala Yearbook (La Puente, CA)

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Freshman Stacie McNair runs to intercept the ball about to be taken by an opponent. Rapid and efficient action was needed to keep the opposing team from scoring. Meeting head on with an opposing player, fresh- man Shelli Valasquez tries her best to block the play. In close games the fight for the ball was intense, intercepting the ball from an opponent, fresh- man Nicole Gomez blocks a play. Moves like these were spontaneous and took much skill. Rushing after the ball, freshman Kendra Melen- dez fights to keep the ball in play. Players were challenged to keep control of the ball. 244 Sports

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Www K ' . K W Htl i L K f ceiving a pass from a teammate, junior Cindy ff takes control. Staying one step ahead of the ponent was a key factor in the game of soccer. Junior Ryan Pascal attempts to gain control of the ball from an opposing player. Quick, decisive action had to be taken at all times. Anopponent tries to steal the ball from junior Ryan Pascal but is unsuccessful. Ryan was hon- ored with the title of being on First Team in the League. Freshman Adriana Uranga races ahead of oppo- nents while taking control of the ball. As the only freshman on the varsity team, Adrian helped to lead the team to victory. 4 Ng K , X, J V. V Attempting to score, junior Michelle Verti shoots for a goal. Michelle contributed her strength and skill to the winning season. Girlsf Varsity Soccer 243

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l.V. Challenges IVlet With Success Sometimes we played a great game and we knew it . . . even when we lost. Kelly Andres In only it's second season, the Girls Junior Varsity Soccer team overcame the many chal- lenges of being a relatively new team. With only one year of ex- perience, these girls pulled to- gether and were able to prevail against teams which had more experience. Although some games were lost, the girls knew they had played a good season and were proud of that fact. As a feeder for the varsity team, they produced some up- coming young talent who were to hopefully be profitable to the following season's varsity team. Most teammates agreed that they would definitely go out for the team the following season because of their quest for com- petition which they found only in the sport of soccer. Competi- tion was a key aspect in every game, and tension rose to it's height in every player. When asked how she felt before each match, freshman Kendra Me- lendez stated, It's a nervous feeling, but I go in with the con- fidence that we'll win because no matter how I feel, I owe it to the coach, the team, and myself to play my best. The biggest challenge for the team was to give 100 percent when playing an opponent who was favored to win, but the girls always went out with the state of mind that they could win, and even if they lost, it was understood that the other team had faced stiff competition by competing against them. For a majority of the mem- bers, soccer was not a new sport. Many had played for five to seven years before becoming a part of the sports program. The girls agreed that the differ- ence between recreational and high school soccer was the in- tense concentration put into each game and the amount of rivalry between teams from other schools. Freshman De- lores Martinez expressed, On a school team I try harder to win because I'm playing not only for a team, but for the whole student body. In a season of gaining new skills and tactics, the team was able to make the second year of girls junior varsity soccer a suc- cess. rig! Mi, A-W-Wx Girls lunior Varsity Soccer Wilson Arcadia Walnut 'Bishop Montgomery 'Mater Dei Wilson Don Lugo Alta Loma Chaffey won lost won lost I lost won Won lost lost Overall record: 4 wins 5 losses A' Indicates Angelus League Front row: Nicole Apodoca, Michelle Ng, Stacie McNair, Kelly Andres. Sec- ond row: Delores Martinez, Nicole Martinez, Natalie Figueroa, Athena Aceves, Shelli Valasquez. Third row: Leia Castaneda, Nicole Gomez, Mary Pat Szalonek, Janine Bavuso, Kendra Meleridez, Coach Velia Martinez. Girls lunior Varsity Soccer 245