Costa Mesa High School - Round Up Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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.lunior Varsity lor l977: Bottom: Diane Martin. Kim Johnson. Grace Fischer. .lane Kramer. Charminc Crokcr. Top Row: .lane Lire. Lisa Smith. Debbie Perry. Heidi Shcid. Kelsey Hill Caroline O'Ncztl Sarie Vicrbauglt. Mary Olson. singles aces Grace Fischer a X . . nior Netters Show ong League Potential balanced squad Most of the girls were shuf ls' Junior Varsity Tennis team for 1977 had a 1 i ' nd forth from J.V. to Varsity. nd Heidi Sheid, ooks very promising for next year's Varsity nd Fischer were the only consistent winners I I d t V rsit caliber ,les level, as they p aye up o a y e year. excellent spot on the J.V. team was the dou- of Kelsey Hill and Caroline O'Neal. They :feated going into their sixth league match Hills but finally succumbed in the last set. f girls, only Sophomores, show good poten- : next two years on the Varsity. otential Varsity players this past year were, zher, Sarie Fierbaugh and Charmine Croker. :e, along with the other J.V. members, make :leus for Varsity years to come. ruenthal, an accomplished doubles player, practices in- 'e a match. l ldan and Dori Alguire accept congratulations from the rey relays an awesome backhand to an unassuming op- SPORTS-77

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Girls Tennis Finish Very Successful Year The Girls' Varsity Tennis team for 1977 placed very well in South Coast League play. Led all year by Soph- omore Becky Barmore's consistent singles play, the Mustang girls finished with an 8-6 record and a third place standing in league. Barmore's domination of most of the other teamis first seeded singles girls was the strong point in Mesa's outstanding season, which was one of their best in the past five years. The doubles team of Sylvia Roldan and Dori Al- guire gave the Mesans much needed points in crucial matches. The highlight of both these girls' season was the doubles win over Corona del Mar's league cham- pion doubles team. Other exceptional players were Pam Wight, Naomi Gruenthal and Janet Korey. Wight and Gruenthal had their strong points for the netters, usually playing very exciting matches. I. Sylvia Roldan returns a volley with a strong backhand smash. 2. Becky Barmore serves to an opponent. 3. Grace Fischer makes a spectacular save. K ' Mix- Varsity Tennis for 1977: Sylvia Roldan, Becky Barmorc, Debby Getch Imct Koru Row 7 Maria Fiorida, Pam Wight, Lisa Lundelius, Maomi Gruenthal. Dori Alguric 76 SPORTS

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Boy's Cross Country Keeps Win Streak Alive Unmatched by local competition, Mesa's Varsity Cross Country dominated another season, another year, compiling a string of victories worthy of praise. Nine years and 71 straight dual meet victories make this the most successful sport on Mesa's campus. This year their accomplishments included: Orange County Champions, South Coast League Champions and an outstanding fifth place finish in Southern Section CIF. With only 48 points Mesa took the Kiwanis Invita- tional. One week later at Villa Park, in the Cross Coun- try Classic, Mesa received their second title of the year. At this unusual meet, there were seven separate Varsity races. All the first men from each school ran one race. The same went for all the second men in another race and so on. Joe Young placed second in his race, while John Gerhart also finished number two. Dave Sprague placed second in the Number Five Man race. Brian Overholt had a first, and Chris Tomlin took a third. The pride of this championship team was shown in their title as Orange County Championsf, Their total time for the UCI course came to 77:17. At this race Gerhart was named first man All Orange Countyf, Young who was first man as a freshman, sophomore and junior, received second. Mount SAC Invitational, the largest high school invi- tational in the United States, left the proud Mustangs attempting to pull together their broken team in the face of their steepest competition. With the absence of the third, fourth and sixth men, the Mustangs place a re- spectable fifth behind only five teams in our CIF. Coming down to their final and toughest dual meet of the year, Mesa had a nine year dual meet record on the line. On Corona's toughest course through the Back Bay, Young and Gerhart tied for first at 15:05. Corona run- ners took the next four places. Lucky for Mesa, the Next three places brought the needed points to enable Mesa to win, 27-28. At the League finals on the steep hills of Estancia High School, the team fell short of a meet victory but came away as League Champions. Gerhart finished the league undefeated, winning his finals race in 15:38. Young came in third at 15:50. For the league standings Mesa had fourteen points as did the Sea Kings. But, according to CIF rules, the winner of the dual meet takes the title. In the CIF Prelim race, Gerhart won with Young placing second. Overholt placed twenty-first with Kolar and Lara 30 and 38. With ninety-two points, they took a good third place. One week later, on the same Mount SAC course, the temperature rose to about 92 degrees. Ten teams compiled the 4-A CIF race. Gerhart finished seventh while Young followed, both ending with 15:59 total. Kolar was 33 at 17:01 and Tomlin 38 at 17:10. Schied came in 42 at 17:22. Total team points compiled to 128, fifth place in CIF finals. 1. Mesa's Varsity team showed up most opponents by heavy team running known as packing. 2. Joe Young battles for his second man title on the Orange County team. 3. John Gerhart dominated the Orange County Championships race where he was named First-Man All-County. 4. Dave Sprague placed second at the Villa Park Classic. 5. Chris Tomlin fights through the weeds at San Clemente.