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

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► With great ease, starting center Kim Van Horn out- jumps her opponent. Kim was the leading high school girl scorer In California. ▼ Waiting for her teammates to set up, starting point guard Kim Gruber lool s to pass. Kim was responsible for many assists. A Varsity Girls Basketball: Front row: Coach Jerry Davis, Coach Janet Roberts. Back row: Assistant coach Larry Studt, Cyndl Smith, Shelly NlimI, Kathy Essling, Kim Bales, Kim Van Horn, Laura Martin, Pam Ballen, Lisa Sne- deker, KImberly Gruber, Assistant coach Tony McCabe. 116 SPORTS VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

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BRAhiviAs PressecI For PoInts f t ' • Freshman Basketball Upland 41 Diamond Bar 43 Edgewood 55 Diamond Bar 63 Rowland 39 Diamond Bar 46 Atla Loma 50 Diamond Bar 57 Dan Dimas 42 Diamond Bar 56 Pomona 53 Diamond Bar 75 Northview 22 Diamond Bar 55 Garey 60 Diamond Bar 73 Chaffey 56 Diamond Bar 53 Montclair 25 Diamond Bar 56 Ganesha 61 Diamond Bar 49 Chino 51 Diamond Bar 63 Ontarro 39 Diamond Bar 63 Garey 49 Diamond Bar 48 Bonita 73 Diamond Bar 54 Montclair 34 Diamond Bar 68 Chino 21 Diamond Bar 52 Ganesha 59 Diamond Bar 49 Ontario 64 Diamond Bar 38 Garey 57 Diamond Bar 50 WtM A Junior Varsity Basketball. Pete Morris Jim Wolfe, Jon Phinney, Paul Cho, Milie Champagne, Chuck Vilotti, Mark Stallings, T.J. Ford, Ray Rodriguez, Allen Niimi, Doug Murray, Jeff McAntey, Glen Quartucy. Front row: Coach Tony Kuns. Not shown; Eric Shuford, Darren Epiey. A Pressing down the court, T.J. Ford looks for another way out. T.J. was an asset to the J.V. team. A Succeeding with the jump ball, T.J. tries to toss it to a fellow teammate, I had a lot of fun playing this year, commented T.J. Ford. With an almost perfect season the Freshman Basketball team of Dia- mond Bar High School came home with a 13-7 overall record. The best league game being against Chino, when they held their opponents at a low score of 2 1 and pro- ceeded to gain points with an ending score of 51 to 2 1 . Their most difficult game was against Gane- sha. Both times that DBMS freshmen team played Ganesha they were defeated by an average of 1 1 points. They were a little bit stronger and a little bit quicker than we were, replied Coach Nichols. Even though we didn ' t win every game, we always had fun. T.J. Ford Although they had a good season the J.V. did not do as well. But even with an overall score of 5-16 they did as well as could be expected. We were a sophomore team trying to play at Junior Varsity Level till late in the season. commented Coach Tony Kuns. Some of the award winners for the J.V. and Freshmen were, J.V. Coach ' s award; Allen Niimi, J.V. most improved; Jim Wolfe, Fresh- men most valuable; Dean Dulude, and most improved; Larry Vladic. Even though these four stand out it took the entire team to win the games. They all showed so much effort, replied Coach Kuns. Basketball does have it hazards. For exam- ple Troy Porter, freshman starter, broke his hand with only five games left in the season. I hated to have to replace him commented Coach Nichols. He was a good, hard player, Coach Nichols, a student teacher at DBHS, was coach to the freshmen team as well as assistant coach to the varsity team. He may not be coaching next year unless he gets a teaching job at Diamond Bar. As for Mr. Kuns we can look forward to another few years of Basketball coaching on his part. J! O J.V. Basketball Montclair 72 Diamond Bar 51 Ganesha 62 Diamond Bar 52 Chino 48 Diamond Bar 54 Ontario 61 Diamond Bar 40 Garey 49 Diamond Bar 33 Bonita 66 Diamond Bar 33 Montclair 54 Diamond Bar 34 Chino 31 Diamond Bar 35 Ganesha 45 Diamond Bar 42 Ontario 54 Diamond Bar 38 Bonita 45 Diamond Bar 43 Freshman Basketball Sports 115

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GETTJNq Close To The Top As another example of Diamond Bar Girl ' s strong athletic abilities the var- sity girl ' s basketball team made their presence known in the Hacienda League in the winter. The team has a lot going for them, commented junior guard Kim Gruber. It was known that the Diamond Bar girls varsity bas- ketball team had good individual talent, but teamwork was what kept the team strong, as starting center and leading scorer, Kim Van Horn commented We ' re Successful because we play as a team. Their starting center Kim Van Horn was awarded the High School Athlete of the Week by Channel 7 ' s Ted Dawson. Their point guard Kim Gruber had many years of basketball ex- perience and other players like Lisa Snedeker, Kim Bales, and Cyndi Smith had also been involved in organized basketball. Another high scorer Cyndi Smith, forward, commented We made many great ac- complishments this year. Kim Van Horn, Junior With our teamwork, I wasn ' t surprised we did so well. Under the coaching of Mr. Jerry Davis, the Varsity Girl ' s Basketball team took second in league to continue on to C.I.F. play- offs. The Varsity Basketball team dominated oth- er teams with a mixture of passing, fast breaks, and outside shots. With both good individual talent and teamwork developed by Coach Davis, the Diamond Bar Girl ' s Basket- ball team went to the first round of C.I.F. x -.J Waiting for a free throw, sophomore Lisa Snedeker prepares for the rebound with her hands up. Lisa played A Beating her opponent down court, forward Cyndi Smith lays it up for 2 points. Cyndi was one of the high scorers on the team. A With the rebound, junior Cyndi Smith drives down the court. The varsity girls made effective use of fast breaks. VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL Diamond Bar 60 Covins 29 Diamond Bar 57 Mountain View 40 Diamond Bar 59 El Rancho 19 Diamond Bar 42 Arroyo 33 Diamond Bar 64 Claremont 37 Diamond Bar 81 Charter Oak 30 Diamond Bar 73 Montclair 27 Diamond Bar 52 Ganesha 56 Diamond Bar 53 Chino 30 Diamond Bar 62 Ontario 46 Diamond Bar 54 Garey 43 Diamond Bar 73 Rowland 27 Diamond Bar 82 Bonita 23 Diamond Bar 88 Melodyland 37 Diamond Bar 77 Montclair 16 Diamond Bar 42 Ganesha 54 Diamond Bar 48 Chino 40 Diamond Bar 63 Ontario 37 Diamond Bar 48 Garey 65 Diamond Bar 53 Bonita 23 Diamond Bar 59 Ontario Christian 42 Overall 18-4 League 9-3 VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL SPORTS 117