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

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► JUMP FOR IT! — Senior Tom Chen smash- es a serve at his opponent. The varsity tennis team was 3-2 going into league this year. ▼ WATCH HER FLY - Senior Trent Olson the tennis ball into warp speed. VARSITY TENNIS VARSITY TENNIJl 164 Boys Varsity Tennis

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' ▼ IT ' S GONNA BREAK - Freshman Mike ' Whitney maneuvers his body to make it over the pole. Ijm ith determination in their 1 1 minds and strength in their W W muscles, the Frosh Soph and Junior Varsity boys track teams had incredible success throughout the year. Due to many hours of practice and team unity, the League cham- pionships were, without a doubt, within their grasp. I think we ' re really good because of all the time we spend thinking, training, and being champions, re- marked sophomore Nick Verna about the powerful team that was successful from the first meet on. With words of encouragement from team members and coaches, the Cougar runners dashed for the best and nothing less. We have a good team that ' s strong in all areas. We ' ll probably come in first, stated Brad Chester, a sophomore who seemed confident about the team ' s goals and accomplishments. Coach Tom White also had confi- dence in his runners and their dedi- cation to the team as a whole. Don ' t do it for yourself, do it for the team! was his motto. FROSH SOPH-JV TRACK FIELD - M X ZT lohn-Eric Bolger Aaron Dele e, Keith Adier, Don aid Duckwortfi, Chris Baker, Raul a M reus Jenkins, Ber nard Chanma licah Wifey, J , Michae kins Mike Kinney, Fifth r ow: David cCor mack Ryan Toomey, S eff Lederg erber. Lawrence R varro. Fourth rov in Mathews, Toan ' rinh Third row: Mike Whitney, Chris Runnells, Tim (Vallace, Tone V lenkins Brad Che ter, Shawn Restante , Miguel lardine. olomon. Second row: Scott Flet her, Sean Rough, Ch IS Broberg, NJirk V erna. Bryan Arn ett, Se nRueter,Da id Krupp Front David KooDman, S eve Ford, Stephcr hos er, Todd Sullivar , Sean Atchis Pena, Geoffrey Tavares. ▲ STRIDING AROUND THE BEND - Sopho- more Todd SuNivan keeps up his pace in or- der to beat the Mission Viejo Diablos. The boys ran extremely well in the first meet of the year. rACK FIELD TRACK FIELD TR Boys Frosh Soph-JV Track Field 163

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▼ PURE CONCENTRATION — Junior Vernon MacKenzie concentrates on his opponent ' s ' upcoming serve. Concentration was one of the many skills involved in tennis. ▲GIVING IT YOUR ALL — Senior Nima Talebi puts all his strength in to serving the tennis ball to his opponent. During practice, each player started off with three warm-up sets. TcmmU itkuggS to mikjb iKit gem kouth Coast is the toughest league from top to bottom. We ' re competing against the best, commented Rob Schmitz. The players have to play the best they can. Against such stiff competition, the Varsity tennis team was picked to come in last in the league. But Schmitz intended on changing that. Schmitz runs a strict discipline program. The team has to be on time and at every practice, period. They start their practice with three sets each player. Schmitz says this will keep them in good shape. Besides sets, they also have other warm-up drills. Tom Chen explains, We have to do push ups. And we do a variety of drills to practice consistency of all the shots in tennis, practice strategy and maybe play some sets to practice competition. But with all this hard work there has to be a positive out- come. Schmitz says, Tennis is a lifetime sport. It ' s a sport you can play for the rest of your life. Hopefully the play- ers will build their character in the process. But this discipline has to be taught at a young age. And this year ' s tennis team is young and inexperi- enced. I expect a learning and pro- gressing year, said Schmitz. Inspite of their inexperience, overall, Schmitz has a high expectation for the tennis team, if not for this sea- son, then for the next few years as they mature. ARSITY TENNIS VARSITY TENNIS Boys Varsity Tennis 165