Canyon Springs High School - Open With Care Yearbook (Moreno Valley, CA)

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x-Dodger helps team to impressive season ••T am glad to have been a Apart of the freshman baseball team, Mike Hastin said. Baseball is a great sport, and I ' ve came to enjoy it more through my membership on the team. Our best game was against Moreno Valley, Mr. Mike Mathwig, the team ' s coach and a former Los Angeles Dodger (see page 96), recalled. The score was 4-1. Everything seem- ed to fall into place; everybody was very heads up. By the numbers, the team had a successful season, win- ning 13 games and losing six. Team members, however, said there were some frustrating times, too. Losing some of their best players to the JV level was hard on the team. We played very well together, for a team that rarely knew who would be playing in the game. Chris Groty said. Most of the time we played well together as a team, Hastin agreed, but sometimes we didn ' t work well together. The most valuable player was Joseph Avillar. The many facets of his game helped us a lot, Mathwig said. He pitched, played infield, played outfield, and hit well. The Coach ' s Award was given to Hastin. He did the little things, Mathwig said. When I needed somebody, he was always there. He was really an all-around big help to me. The Most Improved Player award went to Ruben Romo. I thought at the beginning of the year we ' d have to cut him, Mathwig said. He improved 150% over the year and became one of our starting out- fielders. 9 ■■■ ' -■ C ' Q% fift. . FRESHMAN BASEBALL. FRONT ROW: Adam Cash. Chris Groly. Sergio Hueria, Ruben Romo. Mike Hastin BACK ROW: Coach Mathwig, Dallas Williams. Joseph Avillar, Ian Ward. Sean Granillo. Kendall Jones. Mike Christian. Brett O ' Dea, Manager Vincent Gordon. 88J Freshman Baseball

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' . etermination and skill create winning season A special victory for the boys ' track team was the soph-frosh championship at the Sunkist League meet. The team finished with 202 points. The girls ' season started slow- ly, because the majority of girls had never run track. Although it was not destined to stay that way, the girls ' morale slumped early in the season. It was a lot of work trying to keep their spirits up, Russell said. They got down easily. As the season progressed though, things began to change. Both individual performances and team morale improved. I liked watching times im- prove, he said. The kids were becoming better athletes and doing things they never thought they could do. Spade was one of many girls who achieved their goals. Though her goal was to improve her running time, the goal for most was to win medals. The first medals were brought home by Anita Dawson, Nicole Dixon, Crystal Health, and Nikki Horton. Their performance at the Palm Springs Relays earn- ed them each a third place medal for the 440 meter relay. Two athletes won spots in the CIF Finals: Nikki Horton was to compete in the 100 and 200 meter dash, and Becky Darby qualified in the long jump. IT ' S OVER the pole for Nathan Fisher, TRIPLE JUMPER Nathan Fisher hits his second stride, in the city meet at Riverside City College HIGH JUMPER Greg Zomalt qualifies for the final round at the city meet. Track (cont ' d) 881

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HEAD COACH Mike Mathwig; his experience helped the team to a 13-6 season. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Joseph Avillar was given the honor because of his variety of skills. SAFELY HOME: Joseph Avillar is hit in by a fellow team member. POP UP: Both catcher and Anthony Burger watch the ball fly high in the sky FRESHMAN BASEBALL CSHS OPP 9 Bloomington 7 13 Coachella 6 4 Chino 11 6 Chino 7 7 Etiwanda 12 9 Coachella 7 Notre Dame 1 11 North 6 11 Kolb 5 10 Kolb 11 9 Moreno Valley 6 4 Riverside Poly 8 4 Bloomington 5 4 Moreno Valley 1 8 Arlington 5 Boys Republic 2 11 North 10 10 Boys Republic 7 8 Ramona 7 WON 13. LOST 6 AVOIDING THE TAG. Ruben Romo slides in safe- ly to first base. Freshman Baseball 88K