Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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JUNIOR VARSITY WATERPOLO - Top row: Coach Jim Lyie, Greg Skeen, Jennifer Saporito, James Clyne, Chris Glenzer, Cormne Com- fort, Dan Sutton, Coach Don Cholodenko. Front row: Mike Colon- ese, Mark Walsh, Allan Snodgrass. FROSH SOPH WATERPOLO - Top row: Coach )im LyIe, lames Bacre Jeff Maxfield, Dan Hancock, Stod Buckley, Jared Nelson, Alex Lesser, Ste fHinton, Keiichro Koyama, Coach Don Cholodenko. Front row: Matt Sau Jason Bennett, Con Vallens, Damon Snell, John Brand 4: Bedlu g UiA odik ad IcUjcUy bult ' Mi if a great varsity team XI wasn ' t enough, water- f polo was able to assem- ble a fantastic 20-2 frosh soph team, and a 16-7 junior varsity team. Under the guidance of Coach Jim LyIe, both teams took second in league (4-1), and won at least one tournament. Junior varsity highlighted its season with a champion- ship victory in the Los Alami- tos JV tournament. Allan Snodgrass claimed, Yeah, it was great winning the tour- nament. But I was really stoked when we beat Mis- sion, making it a sweep. Since the JV team is the last to play, it ' s up to them to make or break the sweep. Coach LyIe sympathized with JV ' s playing last, I ad- mire the spirit of the JV play- ers, who did a great job de- spite getting the cold shoul- der and being overlooked. The frosh soph team highlighted its season with championships in two tour- naments despite some early difficulty. Coach LyIe claimed, They played terri- ble the first game, so I was looking toward a long sea- son. They just couldn ' t play as a team. After losing to University High 5-2, frosh soph went 20-1, losing only to El Toro, by one goal, in overtime. I learned my lesson! I ' m never gonna underestimate a team again, LyIe said. A PLAYING CATCH - Junior James Clyne passes around in an attempt for an open shot. If you can ' t score through speed and power, try finess and confusion VATERPOLO WATERPOLO WATERP( Frosh Soph-JV Waterpolo 133

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► HEADS UP — Junior Mark Walsh takes an outside shot against El Tore. Despite Mark ' s goal, JV was defeated 5-2. ► DON ' T MESS - Soph, goalie Jared Nelson demonstrates his intensity, as he towers above ev- eryone. ▼ EAT YELLOW RUBBER! - Soph- omore Keiichro Koyama plays games with San Clemente. Keiich- ro ' s goal helped the Cougars defeat the Tritons 6-2.

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3nd Hm i %a cJwJtMj rhis time, the well wasn ' t dry. The Cougars had reached the semifinals of CIF five times in the past seven years, and the finals twice, but had always come up short. This season, the Cougars completed a clean sweep of championships, in- cluding an undefeated league season and the CIF 5-A title. With a number one ranking in preseason, the Cougars entered their first game with confidence. We thought we were the team to beat, and got kind of lax, said cen- ter Bret Hurney. The coach would get mad, but we didn ' t care. Three games into the season, they were 1-2, and wondering what had gone wrong. The pressure of being number one might have been too much at first, said Coach Mark Thorton. We came back down to reality after our first loss. The Cougars regrouped, did some soul-searching, and the season took off. After the loss to number one ranked Saddleback in the Or- ange Tournament, they won fifteen straight, culminating in the romp against Irvine in the championship final, 76-49. We weren ' t overconfident going into the game, but we knew we were the better team, said forward Andy Bosma. The Cougars certainly proved that, outscoring the Vaqueros 14-1 in the first 4:30 of the second quarter, and never allowing the lead to dip below twenty in the second half. This is one of the best teams in Capo history, maybe even 1, said Coach Thorton. If the measure of greatness is the CIF championship, this squad has it all wrapped up. A IN TOTAL CONTROL - Forward Scott McCorkle goes up for a reverse slam. McCor- kle led the Cougars with a 25 point average. VARSITY BASKETBALL VAh 134 Boys Varsity Basketball