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

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UP, UP, AND AWAY - IV team player Gary Her- nando, sop omore, goes for a la -up while team- mate liflarc Carrido, junior, waits for a chance to help. Hernando went on to help the varsity team during CIF games. 'SUN' . fiiwf--3 .-fp-I l FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM - Top row: Iohnnie McClain, Greg Allen, Andre Robinson, Richard Ienkins, Rojen Miller, Ben McBratney, Ken McDaniels, Ryan Stevens, Wefki Amer, Torie Harvey, Keith Trotter, Asbed Antossian, Brian Tobar. Bottom row: Greg Healy, Ryan Schatz, Brian Haggerty, Coach Zelmon McBride, Iunior Siao, Paul Almond. REACH FOR IT - Freshman Ryan Schatz reaches for a rebound during the game against Nogales. This was one of the league games for the team. 116 Sports X junior Varsity Boys' Basketball

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u Y N VqA N L 1 9 ' V Q ' . ,C Q , -41, ' l - If ,XMI-k D ,f A X -P ..,, 1 INOBL 1.-uv' lane! Lancaster HLUMP HIGHER, - yells Troy Clark to team member Chris Sams as he blocks the s ot made by a Charter Oak player. GREAT SHOT - made by junior Chris Sams. Team members Darryl Phillips and Gary Hernando move in support. THE IV BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM - Cary Hernando, Marc Carrido, Darryl Phillips, Farrond Dozier, Tony Alexander, Troy Clark, Ron Cooper, Br an Wyler, Robert Dickerson, Iason Thomas, Austin Young, Matt Schumaker, and kneeling is Coach Kevin Patterson, Not pictured: Iohn Barton and Chris Sams. Iunior Varsity Boys' BosketbollfSports 115

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-ball Faces Changes A new year, a new league, and new coaches are what the junior varsity and freshman boys' basket- ball team faced at the beginning of the year. Some of the problems were solv- ed with the addition of Zelmon McBride as the freshman coach and Charles King as the jv coach, along with existing coach, Kevin Patterson. The jv team was confident that they could win the Sierra League ti- tle, ' said junior Marc Carrido. Their sole purpose was not to win the ti- tle, but to ready players for the tran- sition to varsity players. In fact, at the end of the season some players moved up the the varsity team to enable them to get some experience at the varsity level. Sophomore Gary Hernando com- mented, I like the program of mov- , ,X A X V, Qf-U-' ' I ' 5 ing players up, it provided me with experience I could not have other- wise had. As far as the Freshman team, it was an uphill battle from the begin- ning. They started the season with salvage a 6-16 at season's end. Coach McBride said the roblem with the team was a lJack of fundamentals. But he was also quick to point out morale was always good and it was a lack of practice time that made these problems hard to fix. The team was sometimes forced to prac- tice as late as 5:30-7:00 p.m. because of the overcrowded conditions of the gym. So all was looking good for Brahma basketball as another season ended with teams making good showings. 7 It'sla reat tribute to Diamond Bar that Siey are so successful in sports. It shows their great attitude and determination, said McBride. an 0-6 record but managed to Being on the iunior var- sity basketbal team is really fun. I hope one day to be on the varsity , - - team, says sophomore Boys Iunior Varsity -I-my Clark., Basketball DBHS 40 58 Los Altos DBHS 48 63 Nogales DBHS 45 57 Rowland DBHS 71 38 Charter Oak DBHS 45 44 Wilson DBHS 54 67 Los Altos ,DBHS 39 38 Nogales DBHS 60 42 Rowland DBHS 66 53 Charter Oak DBHS 59 50 Wilson GIVE ME THAT - Freshman Ben McBratney and Ken McDaniels try to pull the rebound away from a Nogales Noble. Nogales was Diamond Bar's opponent during the game. SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL TEAM - IL to Rl: RiChie,Fr , Iohn House, Courtney Iones, Ted Mangh, Harold Shin, Mitch Eckles, Ieff Siao, Damian Dertadian. Not pictured: Coach Charles King. Boys' junior Varsity Basketball X Sports 1 1 7