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

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WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT - are gliven by Armand Santos to his IV teammates. C eer- ing by teammates often spurred the team to victory. REACHING FOR THE LOCK - IV wrestler Lar- son Hahm gains control over his opponent over the back. Basic techniques were stressed in practice to get a fundamental basis for winning. 'T GOING FOR A TAKE DOWN - is Ioe Nemeth. Nemeth was often confused with his twin brother Pete, who was also on the wrestling team. IV WRESTLING TEAM 1986-87 - Front row: Larry Hoggard, Tommie Dorsey. Ar- mand Santos, Benny Lee, Eric Iones, Iason Martorano, Ieff Sebelia, Pete Nemeth, Ioe Nemeth, Leon Monzon, Steve Thome, Arty Barela, Danny Sebelia, Kevin Phillips, David Kohl. Conrad Zamora, Jeremy Murphy, Scott Young. junior Varsity Wrestling!Sports 103

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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

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104 SportsfBoys'VorsitySoccer arsit Soccer Scores in League Futbal is an International sport. But how different the football of our United States is. The difference is that in Europe they play futbol with a round ball and here in the States we play foot- ball with an egg shaped ball that has points on each end. What happened was, somewhere through the ylears, the Americans got confused. May e on the way over from Europe the news of the great sport got confused or completely erased from someone's memory, so the game of soccer didn't arrive until years later. When the sport got here, the title of football was already taken, by the egg shaped ball. This caused a common anger to run throu h the people. The people wanted to kifl the lady who fail- ed to bring the news of this great sport. Instead they began to chant, Soc-her, Soc-her, Soc-her and so the sport was named. The above story may have been altered through the years, but it does explain why soccer has taken so much longer to become a popular sport in America. Regardless of football being more popu ar at Diamond Bar, the boys' varsi- ty soccer team showed three walys to placy soccer. The soccer team p ayed un er a new coach, Don Garrett. T ey were also placed in a higher league, yet they pulled together towards the C.I.F. SHOW THAT POWER - on the corner kick. Ieff Turley started on the Varsity team his freshman year. PUTTING IT ALL OUT - for yet another lpoint, Craig Turley leading scorer of the team and the eague, goes for a goal. KICK IT - to a teammate. Chris Cordoza sticks to team playing by passing the ball. BOYS' VARSITY SOCCER TEAM - Front row: Mark Faurot, Estaban Porter, Darren Brocki, Iason Simpson, Ieff Turley, Ieff Kyte, Brandon Dederich, Matt Faul, Ieremy Ienkin, Dean Lamb, Robert Barton, Andres Benevides, Mark Davidson, Chris Cardoza, Kevin Peralez, assistant coach Larry Bennett, Craig Turley, Iimmv Edmonds, Ahmed Meguid, Kyle Shuler, Iosh Mills. Adler, David Morlan. Coach Garret. Not pictured: Eric finals and the CIF Championship. Garrett wasn't new to coaching. He coached at Walnut until 1981 when he moved to Diamond Bar. He didn't coach again until this season. Garrett said he stressed to each player to be a team player and that they become a part of cooperative pla . Garrett believed Ehia? :If they work together we'll go to The team felt that they had the ability to make it to C.I.F. Iunior Robert Barton said, As long as we keep together, I think we can make it all the way. The team started their struggle .to reach C.I.F. finals with victories over Rowland 7-0, Wilson 2-1, Nogales 2-1, and Charter Oak 4-0. The Brahmas leading scorer was Craig Turle . Turley, a senior, scored over 168 and, was the third-leading goal scorer in American high school history. The Los Angeles Times said that Turley was the best ever in the Southern sec- tion of the California Inter-Scholastic Federation. :A y me me , 7. v fQf2xzf.,cg,Q,,..z. .,,,,pfff-v '- ,V ' , ,,,,,, Q., ,V , . ,Q -f ,fa ,I I ,U My fl W W4 .V,J5M,W 6, f - W. ,.-1-. .. ,ff .au ,.Q..a f..'f-V. f f . M., f fi I -or .Mime ,fir ,Tl UV, ,.?lf1,,f-ow-,,,'l , ,,V,f..4,.,,-f. ,ff .al if-aff.. 53' '-'tl-lliii-2.!'9 P?? . -S '-2. I