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

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■ FASHIONS FOR THE 90 ' S - Nikki Halver- son models for the camera as she shows off her unique attire. ■ FOOTBALL BOOKWORMS? — Against common belief, sophomore football players Rob Villanueva, Scott Newell, Matt Call, and Jeff Jones take time out from football to study. Sophomores 291

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cP !r a o Whoever coined the phrase caught between a rock and a hard place must have been thinking of sopho- mores. To many sophomores, their second year in high school could be best described as hell with home- work. Everything desirable is just outside their grasp. Dri- ver ' s licenses, elective classes, and school days of only five periods are all somewhere over the horizon. Need a ride and can ' t drive? Ask a friend, right? Wrong. Sorry, Jennifer, but it ' s like I already have sixteen people riding with me, so I guess you can ' t go. Luv ya! Looking forward to a jello class? Dream on. I ' m sorry, says the guidance tech, but in order for you to graduate before you ' re eligible for social security you ' ll have to take biology, geometry, world history, Spanish II, English II, and P.E. Oh, and if you want to get into a good college, you better be involved in something extra-curricular! No problem. Besides, if you get too busy, you can always cut back on time-wasting activities — like sleeping, or eating, or breathing. But there are some highlights to the sophomore year. You ' ve finally figured out that the F-wing isn ' t some Air Force fighter jet, that if you kick a locker just right it doesn ' t matter if you forget what the combina- tion is, and that if you get in the attendance line at precisely 7:45 you can finish all your homework before you get to the window and not get a tardy. Besides, look on the bright side — if you survive, you become a junior and get all kinds of privileges. You might even get lucky and get to be on the yearbook staff! 290 Sophomores

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Chrislophr Adams Gregory Afghani Lisa Alexander Claudia Amarill Jenine Amash Julie Amen Carey Anderso Heather Andre Angela Arias Steven August Jesos Aveiar Jennifer Avery Charity Babcock Jeffrey Baker Alison Bane Matthew Banis Staci Barry Curtis Barton Amy Basham Annette Bayhi Caroline Bayles Devon Beach Chris Becker oplumcm C xU CmMii: Llh iUc pm ut a pod Take six different people, from differ- ent backgrounds, stick them together, and tell them they not only have to work together but they have to agree on just about everything, and your chances of success are slim, right? Sorry. Not if you ' re talking about the sophomore class council. We ' re getting along good and our personalities are the same, said Erica Gale. We ' re doing a lot better than last year. Lara Custis echoed Gale ' s feeling about their freshman year, This year is more organized than last year. We have the same ideas so it ' s easy to agree. The sophomore council ' s ability to work together was especially evident when it came to constructing this year ' s homecoming float. They built a merry- go-round to match the circus theme se- lected by the ASB council. And even though they came in third in the class competition, they still felt successful. We were gypped by the seniors, la- mented Brian teasingly, But we know who really was better. And while Brian felt the float was won- derful, Julie Mai chided that it was done in spite of him .at least a little. Brian was two hours late for the float, she said with a smile. Oh yeah, Brian replied, I was get- ting wood at seven o ' clock in the morn- ing while you guys were still sleeping. But don ' t let a little bit of verbal repar- tee let you think that the leaders of the sophomore class have any bad feelings about putting the float together. Their experience was nothing if not fun. And messy. We got in a paint fight and we smeared paint all over each other, laughed Mai. All in all, it seems that a paint fight is the closest thing to a fued you ' d ever see from the sophomore council. And they all agreed, as usual. We ' re one big hap- py family! they said. A President Brian Malone, Vice President Julie Mai, Secretary Renee Harris, Representative Rob Villanueva, Treasurer Lara Custis, and Re- presentative Erica Gale. 292 Sophomores