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

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A WITH VIGOROUS INTENT, the Brahma varsity foot- ball team thunders onto the field. The Brahmas battled at home that day. A AS HE CONCENTRATES, Monty Mecham wears the scars and marks of the opponent on his helmet. The line- men were up against Elsinore that day. ► WORDS OF WISDOM are given to Rich Gonzales as the Brahmas fall behind. Coach Roche called all the plays for the team. ► SCANNING THE FIELD for open receivers, Rich Gon- zales drops back for a pass. He completed this pass for a eleven yard gain. 94 Recreation Varsity Football

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Recreation .; by Hubert Kim, Heather Moore. Allan Pratt Whether it be a luxury liner or a private yacht, pres- sures built In both passengers and crew fronn the constant effort needed to make the MAIDEN VOYAGE successful. Various methods ranging from vaca- tions to physical education were used to relieve these pres- sures, but the most common method was recreational, or extra-curricular activities. By joining activities such as football, basketball, volley- ball, or tennis, students relieved their tensions caused by classroom pressures by placing their energies into projects that gave them the opportunity to strengthen their skills and increase their social circles. Being in sports gave me the chance to meet people I never would have known if we hadn ' t all been working together as a team with a common goal, commented junior Edgar Bunner. This held true for many students. As sophomore Adonica Blair said, Without sports we would all go crazy from the constant work in class. This way if we ' re having problems in a certain class we can take it out on the volleyball, or literally run away from them for a couple of hours, until we reach a frame of mind where we can handle them. Sports are literally the aspirin for your troubles. Without them we ' d be lost. Jl A AS BEADS OF SWEAT trickle down her face, lunior Kinn VanHorn carefully raises 50 Ibs- above her shoulders. Building up the muscles in her arms helped to prepare Kim for sports competitions. M A MASS OF TANGLED bodies results as the Brahmas hold Ganesha at their 30 yard line. Although defeated by Ganesha 53-0. the experience gained from playing the league champs helped prepare the varsity players for the next season. Division Page Recreation 93

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DiARy oF ' ' HEllwEEk ff. August 17: This is my last day as a free man. Football practice starts to- morrow and everybody says it ' s go- ing to be really hard. August 1 8: I went today and got my prac- tice uniforms. This is exciting. I haven ' t put pads in football pants in so long I almost forgot how. August 18, 8:00 p.m.: I just finished the first practice. It wasn ' t in pads, but it was hard. CIF rules didn ' t allow us to have foot- balls, so all we did was run. The varsity and the freshman teams practiced together and it was really crowded. We learned a lot of new drills, including Country Fair, a conditioning drill. Each group of players went with a coach and did an exercise for about three minutes. Then a whistle was blown and we ran to the next group. After two and one-half hours of run- ning, we started running. We sprinted first on the field. We did ten ten-yard sprints, ten 20- yard sprints, and so on until we reach ten 50- yard sprints. Then we went to ten, 100-yard sprints. After that we went down to the track and ran a couple of miles. If you could survived this, you could survive anything. August 20: Today was the last day of con- ditioning. I will not be able to move until school starts. August 22, 1 1 :30 a.m.: Today we started practicing in pads. It ' s getting fun now. We learned another new drill. Its called the Nut Cracker. Two people try to barrel through a tackier. The first bruises are just now showing. This is my last day as a free man. Football practice starts tomorrow and everybody says it ' s going to be really hard. After practicing for two and one-half hours, we came back at 10:00 to practice pass offense and defensive. By comparison, this practice was easy. August 23, 5:30 p.m.: This was another hard practice from 4:00 to 6:00 in full pads again. We then had a 30 minute break. We came back for another hour of practice for special teams. A COACH TERRY ROCHE gives last minute advice to quarterback Rich Gonzales. Rich led the Brahmas for most of the season. A TRYING TO BLOCK a faked field goal, sophomore Eric Krueger leaps high for the ball. Eric was a linebacker for the team. QUARTERBACK RICH GONZALES hands off to Leonard Peoples as the linemen clear a way. Leonard was the Brahmas starting Fullback. September 13: Today is the first day of school and that brings on the last day of hell week. It was actually a hell two and one-half weeks, and hell it was. But now its over and it was all worth it. The first game is in a couple of weeks and we are prepared. Q .id Varsity Football Recreation 95