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

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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

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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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YouNq GuTTy RarIn to qo Fielding a team with 2 1 juniors and 39 sophomores but no seniors the DBMS Brahma machine took it on the chin in their first year of existance. Although outsized in almost every game, the gutty Brah- mas were never out hustled. Being placed in the tough Hacienda league meant that the Brahmas had to face such powerful football teams as Ganesha, Gary, and Chino, all CIF I have a lot of respect, they are all good hardworking kids. -Coach Terry Roche powers. Non-league opponents included other teams who made CIF play-offs. It was obvious that the Brahmas were playing a level competi- tion above their skills and experience. The kids played better than expected. It was sad that they had to play Varsity level football. They ' re a great Junior Varsity team. said head Coach Terry Roche. The DBMS Brahmas are directed by a well experienced staff of coaches. They learned all their skilled moves and plays from coaches that come from all over. The football team and coaches are planning for next year. They want revenge from the losses this past season. I have a lot of respect, they are all good hard- working kids, stated Coach Roche, In the future we will be very competitive and prob- ably the best team around. VARSITY FOOTBALL 2 WINS, 8 LOSSES Diamond Bar 14 Elsinore 34 Diamond Bar 21 Marshall Fundamental 14 Diamond Bar 3 Oak Park 34 Diamond Bar 15 Montclair 22 Diamond Bar Ganesha 53 Diamond Bar 6 Garey 48 Diamond Bar 13 Bonita 34 Diamond Bar 7 Ontario 22 Diamond Bar 22 Chino 8 Diamond Bar 13 Laguna Hills 38 Over the summer the football team worked really hard. We had two weeks of very stren- uous practice, twice a day, morning and night. This really helped us, especially for our win over Marshall Fundamental, said Perry Har- pold. It is obvious that the summer practice gave the football team the sense of together- ness. JL A AS HE GOES BACK TO PASS, starting quarterback Richard Gonzales is heavily pressured by the Elsinore defense. He was often preserved because of lack of size in the offensive line. A AS THE RECEIVERS BREAK EARLY, the Brahma offense plans the next play. The offense had an even mix of running and passing plays. 96 Recreation Varsity Football