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

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▲ CASUALLY CLEARING THE BIRD, Tony Merten hits before a game. Tony, along with Allan Pratt, formed the number one doubles team and were espected to do well m league. ▼ STRETCHING FOR THE BIRD, Rupesh Kotecha looks at his shot. Rupesh teamed up with David Dauncey to form the second doubles team, both playing Varsity for the first time. M READY FOR THE SERVE, Cindi Smith and Derek Burke wait with their rackets up. Cindi and Derek played number one mixed doubles and had no serious competi- tion in league. M VARSITY BADMINTON. Front row: David Dauncey, Jeannette Miniachi, Janelle Salmon, Cyndi Smith, Sheryl Diamond, Kim Van Huele, Lisa Hedekm, Craig Merkin: second row; Gloria Duncan, Sam Sherkaht, Suzie fVIacRae, Stephanie Voder, Michelle Hansen, Pam Ballan, Hubert Kim, Bill Murray: back row: Darren Epiey, Rich Utman, Rick Isom, Allan Pratt, Tony Merten, Randy Thomas. Paul Cho, Derek Burke, Rupesh Kotecha. Badminton Recreation 133

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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

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Recreation Boys Track