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

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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

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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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ri.V H l.in CH: Shone l)i on gives Mr 1ikc Malhwig. i.impus supcrMsor, a scick on her w.i lo class. Accordmi; li Dixon. Matlnvig was rricndly and fun lo be around, because ■ ' he acts like one of the students. musiaaaA