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

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HarcI RoacJ To Success The Diamond Bar Softball team had a large turnout. Like many of the girls ' sports, the Softball team had an am- ple supply of experienced and talented players. Some players like junior pitchers Teresa Cherry and Lisa Herrera have played for over six years. Many of the other team members played on the Walnut Varsity and J.V. teams. Devon Schuler, junior, was also a catcher for the Wal- nut Varsity team last year. WATCHING THE PLAY, Lisa Herrera runs to third base. Lisa played first base and also pitched. AWTTH THEIR EYES ON THE BATTER. Kim Gruber and Mary Jo Noble wait for the pitch. Kim and Mary Jo were some of the more experienced players. Under the head coaching of Mr. Dan 0 ' Dell, the girls practiced long hours every day, em- phasizing different skills. Most of the players who made up the Softball team had played as a team during the summer. Junior Lisa Herrera commented, If we put in a little more effort and care, we should be a very strong team. Trying to build that strong team, Softball prac- ticed until 4:30 p.m. with an Individualized program. Having played together so long helps us function better as a team unit. — Teresa Cherry, junior There was great enthusiasm In the girls as they looked forward to a good season. Junior Kim Gruber commented, It ' s hard work, but It ' s fun with a good team. But by no means was it going to an easy season. The exper- ienced and enthusiastic Diamond Bar Girls ' Varsity Softball Teams looked toward a suc- cessful, and hopefully a good, season. I ' m looking forward to it all, commented Deanne Swift, sophomore. fl Junior Varsity Softball. From row: Krista Taylor Shelly Lcvell. Stephanie Lundstriim. Lisa Nemeth. Caroline Austin, second row; Terry Srinkley. Kelly O ' Connell. Gin- ger Jenkins, Lisa Marquez, Keli Parker, Michelle Mealey. Stacy James, back row: Michelle Welker, Angie Bar. Knstina Shrock. Coach Judy Mallozzi. Elaine Sandoval, Debbie Torrance. Joanna Case. Photos Courtesy of Mr. Herrera J.V. Softball Recreation 131

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ThE ' ThuNdER ' BJRds Hit after hit the Varsity and Badminton teams practiced. For three hours each day, the coaches worked franti- cally on the teams level of play, often changing people from doubles to singles, and then back again. Led by Cindi Smith and Derek Burke in sin- gles and Toni Merten, Allan Pratt, Janelle Salmon, and Suszy MacRae in doubles, the team expected to place well. I would hope we would be able to go to C.I.F., which means we would place high in league, stated Varsity coach Bill Murray. Although full of hopes, the We ' re in a tough league, but I think we can handle them pretty well. -Derek Burke team faced such powers as Chino, Colton, and Glendora. We have the best three teams from three leagues, continued Coach Mur- ray, We ' ll have some competition. We ' re in a tough league, but I think we can handle them pretty well, added co-team captain Derek Burke. The J.V. team, coached by Gloria Duncan, also expected to do well in league. The team was full of beginners, but they were talented. ▲ PRACTICING HER DRIVES, Cindi Smith warms up before a match. Cindi was the number one girls singles player and was expected to win the individual league com- petition. ► WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE, Kim Van Huele prac- tices her smash. Kim played varsity singles and mixed doubles throughout the season. ► J.V. Badminton. Front row; Kim Sloggin, Sheri San- difer, Hae-shin Kim, Janette Cianciminic, Lori Buche, Cin- dy Anderson, Kala Morgan, Kim Clark, Angle Hancock, Karen Hartley, Siddig Parekh, Tamara Churchill, Susan Healy, Eric Rude, Brad Olshen, Wendee Walker, Natalie Cotter, Celli Teiman. Doug Murray, Ajay Lavani. Our J.V. will do good thie year, commented Hae-shin Kim, Freshman. We ' re getting a lot of playing experience and that will make the Varsity strong in a couple of years. The J.V. team played the same schedule as the Varsity team this year, due to bussing problems and the matches would normally end at eight or nine at night. That ' s why we ' ve stopped playing round-robin, said Coach Bill Murray. It will be less games for the players, but the matches will end at a reasonable hour. ' O