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

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11... 5 ' OVERPOWERING HIS OPPONENT - Terrence Hall forces his opponent to the mat on his way to . the pin. Hall wrestled four years and was the co-captain for the Brahmas. ,. . LJ 1- e., ' ' W .,. g V' .,, ,,... 1 'V Tv x..,.!... 19, ..',x .. . 1- . A1 f-L , we . fu? ,tg -irfff aj 2:5156 , fy v jiffe 11 4.22 . 'L , W K, :xii- ' vi --, - .Egg f f' 1 I A ' ' .fsyf-5 ff , --A - ' 1' I msiirf-9 .1 ' ' 6 f - 1 V Ili a , ' . 'Uv w. .. V 1 ' 141.1 ,, ' l 4 I if :.g ei' ' V w?fm ' 4 A I f X A V QA ., :fab Y 3, Mi j A auxin . XI, A . 5, 1 ,Ui M 7,4 -. gh ..-' s, Q, uk' gap' ,lf -C Ny A ' 'ef ' -, rig- A 'V .UA :f'f57'f5' A '9' F , ' ' f AZT' ' I, L t 'ff N S ' Q 3, A . , ., 2 A , 3 M .g fx . .I - if . . uf , , , t , .4 , s, 3 fp , , 1 , ' , F x. , -. rg f,t-'-V351 'H ' Q! . 5 - - :gen +1 . x f 1. RT i g Qs t -M W A V E, 1 Q .L 2' , - K' 'W i -, , 'ff' ., as - -Q-EQQAWT:-i fa? -Sa fe ' QYLW '.,1.f,gf 'T an 4134 ., F-S:-gamvs r v X uf 3. g J: ,g' 1 -X J- I' Hv.:2,? f.: ',zf,4tw, iX,g.,- arms, 3, ',f17a5g,A, 1 sew, g wz:fitt51.f nf' -d?.i?t5i 'f-'5t'rQ 5 q'g ?' ,f Wfgfiilt -iw , ,ati:,:5J'f' 'VT' 'A 1986-B7 VARSITY WRESTLING - Guy Smith, Ariel Guerrero, Iohnson Chang, Al Klein, George Ladwig, Dan Hughes, Ron lor- dan, Ioshua I-Iaynie, Terrence Hall, Ed Dyer, Mangesh Soman, Brian Pressley, Ryan Block, and Leon Monzon. GET OUT OF MY WAY - Ronnie Iordan, co-captain of the varsity wrestling team, gets ready to pick up his Los Altos opponent. he Los Altos team always gave the team a great challenge. according to Cooprider. PREPARING TO ATTACK - is Ryan Block. The wrestling team travelled to Castle Rock Elementary School to practice. Varsity WrestlingfSports 101

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ome ard Bound for DB restler The Hacienda League Wrestlin Cham- pionship banner hung on the waIl of the school with dignit and pride, glorifying all the courage and dletermination the 1985-B6 wrestling squad exhibited in their con uest to supremacy. But wait a minute those three two-inch tall giggling mid ets walkin around the campus couldn't be Sie Diamond Bar students? Of course not. It wasnit even DBHS. Enter the cam us of Castle Rock Elementary School, thelliome of the Brahma wrestlers. The first year of school, Diamond Bar wrestlers attended practice from seven to nine at night in the gym, sta ed home with sore bodies to try to cram a sinner, shower, French, chemistry, trigonometry, take out the garbage, brush the teeth, and sleep, before school started the next morning at 7:30 a.m.i The first month of the second year in DBHS's existence saw a change for the wrestlers. They woke up with bloodshot eyes to practice at 5:30 a.m. After the practice, they would walk the campus with zombie- like hair and a peculiar stench surrounding their presence. But into the second month . .. a stroke of luck. The principal of Castle Rock was kind Varsity Wrestling DBHS DBHS DBHS 12 17 Nogales Rowland Charter Oak jf +- fiw' , 71 XF enough to let us use their multilpurpose room for wrestling practices, sai coach lack Cooprider. An so the legend of the Off Campus Wrestlers began. According to Cooprider, there were both advantages and disadvantages to this 'ar- rangement. We were able to set a specific practice time, said Cooprider, but the multi-purpose room was too small. Its size People don't understand 1 how much hard work the wrestlers put into this season, believe me, it was hard work, said Mangesh Soman. 42 36 3 62 DBHS 26 45 Wilson DBHS 27 39 Los Altos 28 35 FIGHTING FOR TOP - Senior Ioshua ' Haynie struggles to maintain in control and go for the pin at a Rowland High tournament. Haynie managed to stay involved in both wrestling and yell leading. ALMOST A PIN - Leon Monson, junior, glets points for a near fall and goes for a pin. W en Monson was not wrestling, he played in the school band. 100 SportsfVorsity Wrestling caused more injuries because of kids hitting the walls and such. Why was there a Cham ionship banner at Castle Rock? It startedp as a joke, said Cooprider, Coach Roubian and I wanted to sew onto the banner going into the gym 'Cas- tle Rock University.' So instead, two banners were made, one for the gym and one for Cas- tle Rock. When will the wrestlers have a place to truly call home? Nobody knows. So if you happen to catch a glimpse of a guy trudging along the dust streets of Diamond Bar with a air of wrestlling shoes in one hand and headgear in the other, try to guess where he is headed -towards a little school with a lit- tle room that he calls home. Led by two captains and key performers, Ronnie Iordan and Terrence Hall lwho started league with 25-5 and 24-6 res ective- lyl the Brahmas went up against the hard wrestlers from the Sierra League. The first two lea ue matches against Wilson and Rowlanfwere lost. Wilson won by a 42- 26 victory and Rowland a 62-3 victory. Original story by Larson Hahm of the Bull's Eye. kj, sri

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0 Since ancient Greece the sport of wrestling has been admired and res ected for the en- durance, strength, and dedication of its par- ticipants. The wrestlers train their bodies to the peak of gerformance just to exert all their strength an concentration in a few minutes of intense competition. The Diamond Bar Brahmas trained and worked in the manner of their Greek ancestors. Iunior Varsity Wrestling Head Coach Iack Cooprider said he made sure his wrestlers learned the value of training hard and dedicating themselves to achieve the utmost. Even though the Brahma wrestlers moved to a harder league, the dedication of the team helped them to some exciting wins. The Sierra League coaches didn't ex ect us to do well in the league, but we mage a step up and challenged for the league title our first year, said Coach Cooprider. Dedication was illustrated in the wrestlers as the travelled to Castle Rock Elementary School, everyday to practice from three to five. Dedication was also shown as the wrestlers endured the hardest workout of the entire school, according to Coach DBHS DBHS DBHS DBHS DBHS IV Wrestling 10-1 7-1 44 27 Nogales Rowland Wilson Los Altos Charter Oak edicated Wrestlers Train Hard Coolprider. T e fpractice was proven to be the most deman in of all sports preparation. Even the footbai players who went out for wrestl- ing were in too poor of condition lfor prac- ticeI, said Cooprider. One Cross-Country kid who tried out for the team died tfigurativelyllin practice. To get t e wrestlers ready for tour- rig It was great to watch my friends and help cheer them on. We were a real team said Tommie Dorsey. 3 57 33 36 36 33 ,, 36 42 ' HOLDING TIGHT -IV wrestler Leon Manzon grapples for a controlling hold on his o ponent. Diamond Bar wrestlers put in extra practice hours over the weekend to build up endurance and strength. A LOST GRIP - is what the Rowland wrestler has as junior Ma esh Soman slips away. Soman was one of the many wrestlers who wrestlefin both IV and Varsity tournaments because of wrestle-offs. is' -5' '- 7 -W-in naments, Coo rider said he stressed, techni ue and live wrestling. ' In adtdition to the weekday training, the wrestlers took workouts one ste farther. Some IV and Varsit wrestlers ran Eve to six miles and did calistllienics over the weekend. We would run for two miles then do 50 push-ups, then run for one to two miles more, t en do more push-ups at 7:00 in the morning, said senior Terrence Hall. The motivation that made the players workout on the weekends without being forced to was only part of the key to their success. Another important factor was com- petition. The wrestlers were motivated to ex- cell through the competition in wrestle-offs. Varsity and IV wrestlers were determined each week by a series of challenges called wrestle-offs. Those who won in the wrestle- offs in their weight category were Varsity for a week and those who lost were in IV. We all do our best during the week so that when we have wrestle-offs we can win our weight division, said IV wrestler Benny Lee. Everybody wants to be on Varsity. 102 SportsfIuniorVc1rsity Wrestling ,. , . . . ,, moJ 'f .Ii Y . m mm -N k