Colton Union High School - Crimson and Gold Yearbook (Colton, CA)

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« ■hm roam takes third place Satisfaction despite many bad attitudes U ( ' (iui dll right I gu( ss, but we should ha t ' tJone belter. exclaimed Kdv Martinez, second year varsity runner Wost of the team members agreed Martinez also stated, A little more than half the team would show up tor [practice most of the time, Many tunes the runners woulcJ walk through their practice insteacJ of run- ning. This, the coaches claim, was b( ( ause the runners lost interest in the sport itself. Some of the team members had a bad attitude towards ( ross-country and they showed it on the trd( k by n(jt tompeling to the best of Iheir ability. arsity c ross-rountry ' s hopes lor a iirst pld( e team were shdtt« red in the beginning (jt the year t)e( ause J.V. ancJ Varsity squads were combined; oach« ' s had no alternative in run- ning sophomore ' s and freshmen dgdinsi the opposing tedins whi h v ere ( omprised of juniors and sen- iors Uppercldssmen were scarce on the varsity squad. Coach Lord claimed thai his squad lacked the experience and dedica- tion of previous Colton c ross-c cjuntry teams. Coac h Miller explained thai the team couldn ' t have done tieller because the Jackets did not have ade- quate training, which other league teams had. Miller stated that the team ditJ supnsingly well despite the circumstances involved, he was satis- fied with the teams performance even though they lackecJ devotion. — Raul Yzaguirre )r.

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1. Pacing themselves during a meet arc Curt Cos(5er, Allen Reyes, and John Talolla. 2. Placing in a meet is varsity run- ner Allen Keyes during competition against Poly. 3. Coaches Lord and Miller look on as senior Alan Reyes completes the race 4. Gliding to the finish is )ohn Talolla. 5. Colton runners IJanny Macias, Kenny Brown, and l)dv( .Ayala begin cross-counlry race againsl Rubidoux on Collons field. 6. Sophomore, legman David Ayala paces himself as he tries tor a victory during a Rubidoux meet. Varsity and J.V. Cross- country Team: Reben Acevedo, Libradci Arellano, Ken Brown, Art Campa, Rick Chavez, Craig Cosper, Curt Cospcr, Syl- vester Holguin, Ray Martinez, Alfanso Olivarez, )oe Olivarez, Ernie Pasillas, Rob- ert Perez, and )ohn Tafolla. l!lW«A -ti«« Mltt W5W»SX« Colton 20 39 22 44 26 50 Colton 27 37 22 50 17 50 Varsity San Bernardino Ramona North Poly Palm Springs Rubidoux Arlington Norco I.V. San Bernardino Ramona North Poly Palm Springs Rubidoux Arlington Norro Opponent 39 50 30 19 M 15 31 15 Opponetii «) 50 34 24 ii 15 50 15 N I

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1. Kara Whiting watches as Belinda Hei nandez sets up the ball 2. Hitting a tough liall back to North is Debbie lohnson 3. Smashing the ball back to North is Del)- l)ie lohnson. 4. Practicing her serves Ix ' lore game against North is Roxanne Berch 5. Debbie Johnson puts a big Unnph into her spike. vvvm«i0MntniuB AT;tcunatnK itstHMU«aBan«