Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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T VARSrTY WRESTUNG. Front row: Kevin James Dan Fluke. Marr Martinoski. Wiilivw Guidmo. Alex Siva. Bill Hailey, Brett Abboud: back row: Coacii Jack Coppes. Pate Poulis. Rick Chang. Gabe Martinez. Jeff Kurtz, Derek Jeffus, Phil AJanez. Paul Reutzel. Mark Hutchinson. Coach Jack Cooprider. ■ AFTER GAINING A REVERSAL. Dan Fliite is concentrating on a pin ' During the season Dan proudly came home from a to jmament wtth a fifth place rib- bon. J.V. Wrestling 9 wins 1 lass Upland 30 Diamond Bar 42 San Diams 30 Daimond Bar 32 Claremont 21 Diamond Bar 42 Azusa 11 Diamond Bar 48 Ganesha Diamond Bar 72 Chino 39 Diamond Bar 15 Webb 21 Diamond Bar 34 Montclair 24 Diamond Bar 54 Garey 9 Diamond Bar 54 Bonita Diamond Bar ■4 GIVING LAST MINUTE ADVICE. Jack Coppes looks on at a match. Coach Coppes has been coaching wrestling for many years and is respected by his team ■4 AFTER GAINING AN ESCAPE. Derek Jeffus is plan- ning hiS next move. Derek is on his second year of wres- tling and IS a very promising member. Wrestling Recreation 111

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PJNNiNq To Success A a they sat listening to Coach Coppes, the Diamond Bar High wrestlers got ready for their first meet. Sporting a team of 1 3 varsity and junior varsity members, the Brahma wrestling team was ready to fight. Charging out to the mats, the team had only one thing on their minds, pin, pin! During a meet against Upland, the varsity team got taken by a move called the cradle. Although the team was still raw around the edges, they pushed themselves at practices. They are inexperienced but worlcing hard, commented Coach Jack Coppes. It was true that even though the teams were made up of freshmen, sophomores, and ju- niors and they did not have the advantage of Wrestling is good exper- ience for all guys. It really helps in concentration. -Paul Reutzel, junior seniors, they were still doing well. I think the teams did better than everyone expected. I am proud to be a wrestler at Diamond Bar High, commented sophomore Dan Fluke. And they proved this by taking a win over their rivals, Ganesha, with a score of 72 to and 60 to 1 8. The DBMS wrestlers came home from a tour- nament with two first place ribbons by Gave Martinez and Paul Reutzel and other assorted ribbons. Because of the team being so young, they were gauged more towards the lower weight divisions. The main strategy of the team was to build up a lead with their most experienced players first. Since we only had five experienced players, we tried to build up points and hope that our opponents wouldn ' t catch up to us, commented varsity wrestler Derek Jeffus. But with everyone returning, we ' ll be really great next year. 7 VARSITY WRESTLING 5 wins 4 losses Diamond Bar 15 Upland 56 Diamond Bar 28 San Dimas 39 Diamond Bar 29 Claremont 47 Diamond Bar 40 Azusa 34 Diamond Bar 60 Ganesha 18 Diamond Bar 18 Webb 3 Diamond Bar 57 Chino 50 Diamond Bar 15 Montclair 57 Diamond Bar 42 Garey 36 Diamond Bar Bonita A JUNIOR VARSITY WRESTLING. Front row: Shawn Scott. Jeff Wilson, Mike Gennawey, Sean Gannon. Paul Alanez; sedond row: Paul Boultwood, James Tee, Steve Schuman, Joey Paterson, Anthony DeLeon, Mark Nappi. Ray Rodriquez. Paul Rojos. Todd Carcelli: back row: Coach Jack Cooprider, Scott Palmer, Chris Poulis, John Jacobi, Jeff Cabell, Adam DeLeon, Bill Warden. Jim Poulis. Coach Jack Coppes. 110 Recreation Wrestling

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VARsixy ShoTs At VicTORy As they sat listening to Coach Bill Murray ' s final words before the game, the Diamond Bar High Varsity Basketball team anxiously awaited their game. Although they were not as successful as they had hoped, they were still very positive of their scores overall. I felt the team did great, commented Coach Murray. In regard to win- ning and losing, I don ' t believe you could judge the team ' s success on that, I thought the team was successful. Success isn ' t measured by wins and losses, it ' s measured by how far you get. If you were to climb up a ladder, we went up the ladder further than anyone we played. replied Assistant Coach Nichols. In the beginning of the season many people thought that the league would be too ough for Diamond Bar High because of the nonexis- tence of seniors. But DBMS pulled through with an overall record of 2-1 8. Other coaches asid ' Diamond Bar is going to struggle and that DBHS should not be in the league comment- ed Coach Murray, but near the end of the season they were saying to me Murray, I don ' t want to play your team tonight because I ' m afraid you might beat us . Now that is crerfit to rtself. The stand-outs In the team received awards. They were Most Valuable; Bill Faulk- Our success cannot be judged by mere wins and losses. Success is more like a ladder. Coach Nichols ner. Best Defensive Player; Rodney Jones. Most Consistent; Scott Bales, Hustle and Ef- fort Award: Bill Beeman, and Coach ' s award; Mark Waltz. Even though these five received recognition for their success it would not have meant anything without the help of the entire team. The most talented team that the varsitv played has to be Garey. They were bigger faster, and more experienced. The guys had a good game with Garey because they had to push themselves so much, replied Murray, Our best games were against Ganesha. We had them on the tightrope up until the third quarter. The team started their pratices over the summer. They were inexperienced but willing to work hard. The kids worked so hard, commented Coach Murray, you could see so much improvement since the summer. To know that we. Coach Nichols and myself, had helped them was our reward. The future looks successful for DBHS. We still have a lot of work to do but if the kids are willing and I know that I am its just a matter of work and time. With junior varsity members moving up and all the varsity returning the future for our bas- ketball teams is looking good. ▲ Varsity Basketball. Craig Carr, Rick Isom, Rich Utamn, Mark Waltz, Bill Faulkner, Jeff Parker, Kurt King, Troy Rockwell, Scott Bales, Rodney Jones, Teftance Booker, Craig Paterra, Bill Beeman. From row; Coach Nichols, Coach Miin-ay, ▲ Making a run down court. Troy man maneuvered around the court to try for another two points. Troy Rockwell was known for his abilrty to make long distance shots.