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

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Reaching for thr jump ball. BUI Faulkner started the game with a success. BH received the most vakabte piay- er award. Vars ity Basketbal Varsity Faculty 72 Diamond Bar 69 North Monterey 59 Diamond Bar 57 Edgewood 40 Diamond Bar 68 Rowland 79 Diamona Bar 58 Damien 71 Diamond Bar 33 Ganesha 72 Diamond Bar 50 Atla Loma 80 Diamond Bar 67 Sonera 71 Diamond Bar 30 Mission Viego 67 Diamond Bar 53 Wontciair 59 Diamond Bar 65 Ganesha 78 Diamond Bar 39 Chino 63 Diamond Bar 60 Ontario 68 Diamond Bar 66 Garey 72 Diamond Bar 59 Bonita 61 Diamond Bar 44 Montclair 64 Diamond Bar 41 Chino 56 Diamond Bar 45 Ganesha 79 Diamond Bar 69 Ontario 54 Diamond Bar 49 Garey 77 Diamond Bar 55 Bontia 63 Diamond Bar 53 ▲ Making a long distance shot, Mark tned for another two points. Mark. VVartz ateo recsrv«d the Coacn s AA=rc A Giving last minute boosts of confidence. Coach Muray gathered his team together before the game, Mt. Murray has been coacnmg basketball for ttie last 20 years. Varsity Basketball Recreation I 1 3

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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.

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A Freshman Basketball. Rich Gomeztrejo, Said Jaridly, John Davis, Mike Mayo, Larry Vladic, Mike Oku, Rich Ortiz, Curt Ledesma, Keith Edwards, David SavK, Scott Steele, Dean Dullude, Troy Porter, Dave Winters, Front row: Brian Vital, Jim Earickson, Coach Nichols, Paul Morelend, Babak Assadi. A Shooting for two points. Mike Oku aims for the basket. Mike was a first string starter. 114 Sports JV Basketball