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

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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

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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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► RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BALL? - Junior Todd Price tries to get ahead of the ball, but apparently he ' s running in the wrong direction. ▼ BATTLING FOR CONTROL - lunior Shawn Wallace struggles as he fights to gain control of the ball. gMI 1 w -» ' lii|i 4js ..:,2f ' .--..- C.- jf-:: ▲ FIRING UP FOR A SHOT luni.i [J.irr Kemp does some fancy footwork as he pr pares to aim a sure-shot for the goal. j .V JUNIOR VARSITY — Top row: Coach Vincas Dovydaitis, Frank Marin, Cerrit Borg, Brent Call, David Treptow, Shawn Wallace, Donny Hicks, Chad Brown. Second row: Sergio Munoz, Jeff Bedar, Doug Frost, Raul Medina, Mike Cellini. Front row: Brandon Green, Darrel Kemp, Tra Costello, Todd Price, Jason juha, Jeff Underwood SOCCER SOCCER SOCCER SOCCEII 142 Boys ]V Frosh Soph Soccer