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

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■ SERVING THE BALL - Eric Olson exempli- ▼ WATCHING THE COACH -Coach Ma- fies the over hand serve before a game. Vol- guire shows the Frosh Soph players how to ' leyball practice was for perfecting each play- reach for the ball in a game against Ocean er ' s techniques and skills. View. SPIKING THE BALL — Brett Myhren stretches his arm to smash the ball down onto the opponent ' s side. Junior Varsity had a strong offense. OLLEYBALL Boys Frosh Soph-JV Volleyball 151

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Pwctlm imu tb ' luel ipihu iet up lumu •nee pads, shorts, tee shirts, ■T volleyballs and a net. All part f of another day at volleyball practice. Practice begins, and Coach Maguire and Coach Hurlbut gather up their Frosh Soph and ]V teams, encouraging the players to work hard and to be aggressive. Practice was the time to perfect each player ' s skills and techniques for upcoming With a lot of practice the Frosh Soph team will be ready to take on many other teams without any prob- lems. Greg Morrow, who has shown his strength and ability in his posi- tion, and will be a great asset to JV and Varsity in the upcoming year. The Junior Varsity ' s defense has been successful because of their strong front line. Brett Myhren ' s ability to block shots and spike balls was a great asset to the team ' s de- fense as well as offense. Working to- gether, the setter, the bumper and the spiker completed the plays set by the coaches in order to win their games. VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL VOLLE 150 Boys Frosh Soph-JV Volleyball

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Ymitfd Ikaub wiHltkl a muj cliaplm on uJimUy f last year ' s baseball team would have been a book, it would have been called Great Expectations. The Cougars were defending CIF champs and were favored to repeat. They didn ' t. In fact, they didn ' t even make the playoffs. As a result, the ' 89 Cougars could be tagged with another novel nick- name — say. No Expectations. But in spite of the prognostications of early season doomsdayers, the Cougars found themselves stomping the vast majority of their pre-league foes on their way to an early mark of 7 and 3. If things keep up, this team could easily find itself in the hunt for a league crown. Winning the crown will be no easy task for the young Cougars, howev- er, no matter how well they perform before the league begins. The league has a lot of good quality play- ers, said Coach Bob Zamora, and they look good on paper. Hopefully, my guys can ' t read! ► GET A LEAD ON HIM — Junior Ian Levine returns safely to first base after a risky lead-off. ▼ STAND AND DELIVER - Senior Matt Luker, after completing warm-ups with the pitcher, makes a peg to second base. Even if the guys do read about the strength of the other teams, that doesn ' t necessarily spell disaster. There ' s not much pressure put on them because they ' re not ex- pected to do well, said Zamora. While the team may be lacking in expectations, it is not lacking in ex- perience. Most of the starters played on last year ' s JV team which finished 17-5. While they may not have had much time at the Varsity level, as senior Mike Mosebrook said, Our strongest asset is that the majority of the team has played together for two years and we know each other ' s strengths and weaknesses. As the league season dawned, it was the strengths that were the most evident. So who knows? When they write a book about the baseball team at the end of the playoffs, they may call it That Championship Season. ■ BUILT FOR SPEED - Senior pitcher Mike Mosebrook hurls the pitch toward the batter By the end of the pre-season, Mosebrook knotched 24 strike-outs and pos ted a mark ot 4 and 0. VARSITY BAS 152 Varsity Baseball