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

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low start overcome by practice, spirit •YOU ' RE OUT! Lady Cougar catcher Rita Perez handles a pop fly against Fontana. The season started slowly for the first freshman girls ' soft- ball team. Because few players were experienced, team members said, performances were poor, and morale at first was low. Let ' s face it, pitcher Christine O ' Brien said, we stunk in our first games. Few could blame her for feel- ing that way: the team lost a 37-0 decision to Glendora in its very first game. The first victory, over Elsinore, came in the team ' s sixth game. As the season continued though, and the girls practiced together, they improved their performances on the field and their team spirit. After many of the daily practices were over, a few of the girls stayed later to get in some extra practice. The freshman team was headed by coach Tim East. It was his first year coaching girls Softball, but he planned to coach the sport again. Softball had not been East ' s first choice for a coaching posi- tion. He had coached boys ' baseball before coming to Canyon Springs, and he had hoped for a coaching spot on a Canyon Springs baseball team. After learning that all the posi- tions were filled. East accepted a role as a softball coach. 1 had a lot of fun, East said, and I think the girls did, too. The team finished with a record of 8-10-1. FRESHMAN SOFTBALL CSHS GPP {) Glendora 37 11 Bloomington 16 10 Palm Springs 27 i:; I ' l Fontana Bloomington Elsinore 14 15 10 4 Sequoia 17 5 1 Rubidoux Alder 25 8 14 Hemet 14 11 Alder 8 14 1 Palm Springs Fontana 4 11 10 Glendora 20 8 Sequoia 4 15 Rubidoux 14 17 Alder 14 7 Bloomington 4 7 Hemet 4 WON 8 , LOST 10, TIED 1 GONE: You can almost hear the crack of the ba as Jennifer Landtiser smashes a hit against Fontan. The Cougars came up short. Ill 88P Freshman Softball

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ONE two. . three for Annette y tartup season leaves room for improvement This year improved us and prepared us for next year when we play varsity sports, stated Audra Wenke, student manager of the JV Softball team. The season started off slow- ly, Mr. Jack Fogarty, the coach, said, but then we won three or four games by more than ten runs. According to Fogarty, the coach, said, but then we won three or four games by more than ten runs. According to Fogarty, the girls on the team worked hard, prac- ticed every day for about two hours, and played challenging games. Some found the schedule just too demanding. Many games were scheduled too close together, which caused met to miss quite a few afternoon classes, explained Wendy Hilbert, who left the team in midseason. I was just too ex- hausted to do homework. Because of academic pressures for personal reasons, several other girls were unable to finish out the season. The player shortage resulted in a great deal of movement by players between the JV and freshmean teams. The coaches juggled rosters on an almoast dai- ly basis, being careful to play all the scheduled games without putting any one player in too many of them. The team finished the season with six wins and ten losses. One of the wins was over Moreno Valley, by a 15-8 score. Pitcher Christine O ' Brien prais- ed the team ' s infield play. Fogarty said that much of the team ' s success was due to the strongest players, pitcher-3rd baseman Jennifer Landtiser, cat- cher Rita Perez, and short stop Sheryl Jenkins. ■«i«HHiHJrikSHlik . JV SOFTBALL. FRONT ROW: Christine OBrien. Hollv Reese, Shannon Bojorquez, Sheryl Jenkins. Natasha Corbett. SECOND ROW: Annette Hapeman, Kim Childs. Yaritza Morales, Myrh Lee Sana BACK ROW: Coach Fogarty. Linda Villareal, Gina Dates, Nancy Nunez, Rita Perez. Andrea Cas tie. Jennifer Landtiser, Coach East. Manager Audra Wenke JV SOFTBALL CSHS OPP, 5 Eisenhower n 15 Moreno Valley 8 34 Serrano 14 2 Chino 18 5 Hemet 16 5 Etiwanda 15 1 Chino 17 La Sierra 12 25 Bloomington 20 6 Palm Desert 16 7 Palm Desert 9 11 Beaumont 14 16 La Sierra 5 16 Serrano 5 2 Palm Desert 9 4 Palm Desert 15 7 Bloomington WON 6, LOST 11 4 JV Softball 880

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JUMP: Colette Trujillo jumps to make a catch at second PITCHER Christine O ' Brien completes a pitch to a JV player in a mixed-team scrimmage. AWAITING THE PITCH IS sophomore Softball player Nan- .V Nunez, HEV, BATTER BATTER : Sophomore April Ste vens Starts her swing during a scrimmage. Freshman Softball 89