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

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► RACING IN ACTION- Senior Buster Nietzke finally gets ahead as he fights for con- trol against a Mission Viejo opponent. The team tied Mission. ▼ KEEPING ALERT AT THE GOAL - Goalie David Kusmier stays alerts and keeps a rolling ball from going m the net VAI cv OPP 3 San Clemente 1 Mission Viejo 1 El Toro 1 Irvine 1 Dana Hills 2 San Clemente Mission Viejo 2 El Toro 2 2 Irvine 3 Dana Hills 2 A VARSITY SOCCER — Top row 7 3 Coach Ha rry Hut hes on, Steve DeLau ra, Mike Norris, Buster Nietzke, Jeff 1 igalow, Ch, s Scanian CI. Mor tgomer , Coach Ron Wiilm s Second row: Charlie Luhnow, Chr s Harbecke, Billy Curr ming, Chad Stith Du ane Mortenson, Dhiren Banker, David Kusmier. Front ow: leff Gro ss, Alfons DCutierre , Sean V ilki nson.TonyBlate Randall Cordo- ba Not Pictured: Eric

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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

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T A ONE MAN CRUISE- Senior Eric Kruse has the ball all to himself as he races across the field. he team had more time, hey could have pulled to- gether and done better, said Coach Ron Wilims about the boys ' Varsity soccer ' s disappointing sea- son. With Jeff Bigalow playing sweeper, and Buster Nietzke in the center- half position, the team had a fairly good chance of making it In the league, but unfortunately, they just occm itrnhh 1hoag c ieaioft weren ' t able to get the ball In the goal box. They had a good chance to make It, but they just couldn ' t get it together, added Coach Wilims. Although they lost to Dana Hills, Coach Wilims felt they outplayed them 100%, but they got two goals In past us. They ended the season with an 8-9-5 record. It was seldom when every player performed up to his potential at the same time. But when they finally did. It was too late. If we had time to play five more games, we could have probably won four out of the five games, Coach Wilims said. Although It was a talented team, something was missing and we just wouldn ' t click, observed junior Jeff Gross who ' ll be returning to next year ' s varsity team. Next year should be a good race, he added. Despite finishing with a losing re- cord. Coach Ron Wilims sounded optimistic about next year ' s team. Next season ' s players are younger, hopefully better, but for sure, they ' ll be ready for opening day! ■ A PERFECT KICK— Senior Jeff Bigalow fires a sure-shot. Although the team had good op- portunities to make goals, those chances were missed. THE AGONY OF DEFEAT — Senior Steve DeLaura walks off the field dejectedly after a loss. The team suffered many losses during the season. A VARSITY SOCCER VARSITY SOCC Boys Varsity Soccer 141