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

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► FOOLED YA — Forward Tom Airey eludes Irvine defenders and gets off the pass. Airey led the freshmen team with a 20 point average. ▲ GET OUT OE MY WAY - Guard Alex Sha- hidi drives past an Irvine defender. The sophomores defeated the Vaqueros 47 to 35 BASKETBALL BASKETBALL BASKIl 138 Boys Frosh Soph Basketball

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JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL - Top Row: Dave Kellenbereer, Troy Plewe, Jim Dingus, Mike Dunn Jeff Resales, Eric Cruenewald, Brian Bock, Danny Still, Jose Salvatierra, Jeff O ' Donald, Harvey Aguilar, Tony Solliday. Front row: Matt Call, Steve Rodgers, Assistant Coach Charles Lockard, Coach Dan Am I Bothering You? Rvan, Ray Raparelli, Mike Clark ▼ LEADING THE FAST BREAK — Point guard Matt Call pushes the ball up the court. JV eag a cou£ dikaff v, tehomd Ht etd 14-10 V Basketball: 14-10 f overall, 5-5 in league. sj Not bad, right? Well, not according to Capo ' s lofty athletic standards. You play to win, said As- sistant Coach Charles Lock- ard, and when you don ' t, it doesn ' t really matter how well or hard you played. With two sophomores and a freshman in the starting line-up, the team had little experience in playing to- gether before the season be- gan. At first it was really diffi- cult adjusting — I had to play with and against bigger and stronger guys then I was used to, said freshman for- ward Jeff Rosales. I didn ' t know how the guys were going to feel to- wards me, added sopho- more forward Jose Salva- tierra. Inexperience was a key to the team ' s so-so season, and so was the flu bug. We had guys out all the time, and we never had the same line-up, said Coach Dan Ryan. Despite the obstacles and problems, the Cougars did put together a respectable season, highlighted by the Marina tournament cham- pionship and a 69-62 victory over always tough Mater Dei. It was the best game we played all year, and I guess it took a lot out of us because it was downhill after that, said junior guard Mike Clark. The season hit rock-bot- tom in a heart-breaking, come-from-ahead loss to El Toro, 84-68, in the second- to-last week of the season. We were up by 19 in the first quarter, and at half-time we were down by two — they just kept bombing the three-pointers, said junior forward Danny Still. But the team managed to regroup and win the last two games against Irvine and Dana Hills. It was good that we end- ed the season on a high note, said Coach Ryan. [BALL BASKETBALL BASKETBALl Boys JV Basketball 137

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FRESHMEN BASKETBALL - - Top row : Mark Jaronczyk, Jackie Con- ner , Brian Epp, John Leviste , Matt Har ison, eremy Garrett, Steve Ransom, Aa ron Rhoades, Scott Pat- | ton Shaw 1 Boland, Erik isher. 1 Front row: Dave West, Tim Lyons, Coach Gary Wysocky, Jeff Farenga, | Jim Zanott Not pictured Tom Aire y and Marcus Jenkins. SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL - Top row: Mike Dunn, Jamon Nester, Jonathan Petke, Craig Bruschke, Matt Banis, Scott Anderson, Brian Godshaw, Brett McCorkle, Zac Kis- singer, Jason Perry, Shawn Douglas, Tom Masaki, Kevin Gomez. Front row: Cade Caspar, Alex Shahidi, Coach Tom Ressler, David Lockard, Erik Richards. opkomtm ((jocpilm tah (f cM, fnjoili itcMd by 1h dodo rake five mediocre freshmen basketball players, toss in a summer ' s hard work, and what do you have? A brilliant sopho- more team that numbers among its accomplishments an undefeated league season (10-0), three tourna- ment championships, and an over all record of 22-2. None of my starters were good enough to be starters as freshmen, said Coach Tom Ressler. They ' ve come a long way. Led by forward Brett McCorkle and point guard Erik Richards, the team ' s successful season was only blemished by two tough losses to Mater Dei. Our goal was to go undefeated all season, but Mater Dei took care of that, said Richards. Despite falling short of their lofty goal, the sophomores accomplished far more than everyone thought they were capable of — that is, ev- eryone except themselves. We weren ' t really expected to do that well, said center Zac Kissinger, but we had a great season. Speaking of exceeding expecta- tions, the freshmen team surprised a few people by finishing 7-3 in league and 16-8 overall. The Cougars might have even won league if the clock had cooperated in the next-to-last game of the season against Irvine. Capo was ahead by eight points in the closing minutes of the game when the clock stopped running while play continued. Everyone was pointing at the clock because, it hadn ' t moved for at least a minute, said guard Aaron Rhoades. By the time the game was over, Irvine had prevailed, 42-40, dashing the Cougars ' hope of tying for the league title. Despite the near-miss, the freshmen team had a solid sea- son, beating rivals El Toro (57-42) and Mission Viejo (67-55), and winning the Dana Hills tournament. It was a good season, said for- ward Brian Epp. I had fun. BALL BASKETBALL BASKETBALL Frosh Soph Basketball 139