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

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arsity badminton watches birdies fly high One of the sports that was not very popular, yet very exciting was badminton. Although it is not a true spectator sport, it is a very in- teresting game to play. It is an ex- ample of hard training and team ef- fort, as well as an individual effort. I enjoyed playing badminton because it also helped me stay in good position for next year's tennis season, said junior Petty Chang. Badminton is different than most other sports in that you compete in singles and doubles. Then the team wins are added up to finally decide the winner. The objective of bad- minton is to hit or smash the bir- die tcalled the shuttle-cockj over the net with a specially made rac- quet and have the birdie hit the lf we W . Dt + N , .. , floor before the opponent can return it. The key to a successful team in badminton is very simple. First of all, one needs to stay in contol. This is because if one looses his temper, he'll end up hitting the birdie too hard and too far. Secondly, one ' bl I, needs to work with his partner, not against them. Working with the partner allows for the player to have a safer system of returing the birdie. Since the beginning of the school, the varsity badminton team has won two league titles. This was from the constant two hour prac- tices and training. This proved them to be one of the most competitive teams in spring sports. RU UNI whip Jiffy i Wlfuxn H40 ll Q , my , , , , G . M ww .hs I. I V X' V I. l L Num Www mzumw 3 if-' ' I' i 4 V l 1 , V sup vi' . us , . Qxllulppflh. Bxxzax-iff!! V Neflkllyll fill? aMOND Hn. A 4 x . 5 . .X V K U U t l 4 WMI 1 was mmimw 1 lv W' A mmin 'N M ' Q Q O X 'Wal' Q1 vtdwlgl Mwmip .5 l F :N-z., 5 ' i 5 3 E ..... . - -.,,.,. ,, .-.,- r ' Q ss-. .. , A ...-,f.- Y A K f N J .. L During our badminton season a lot of players experienced a true team spirit We worked together and we won together That was the key to a very successful season and we proved our team spirit and pride to be the best victory said Danny Wang 134 Sportsfl-'ursity Badminton f,1,r,.X,.. , TAKING A BREAK - is junior Ricky Crosby. Crosby was involved in many other activities besides badminton. GRACEFUL - was senior Danny Wang against his opponent. Skill as well as common sense were needed to master the sport. VARSITY BADMINTON - Standing: Robert Barton, Muzzenil Parekh, coach Bill Murray, Doug Murray, Danny Wang. Second row: Kinney Shen, Rick Crosby, David Tong, Luc Lee, Mark Carido. Linda Shu. Third row: Claudine Smith, jenny Lin, Edith Fung, Sheila Madhavan, Petty Chang. i

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choing footsteps of practice lead to meets After practice, there are meets. What hours and hours of practice all lead up to. Runners put in time to achieve goals, win meets and make it to CIF. The rush of the day, the meet is finally here. Sixth period begins and the athletes begin stretching. There is no formal practice, just psyching themselves up. By the time sixth period is over, the athletes are ready and waiting for the visiting team to arrive and their events to be called. The other team arrives. Slowly they walk down to the field. Once there, they form a huge circle and begin calisthenics. Suddenly the field announcer calls for the first event and announces that jumping its will begin to open. The tension builds and last minute confidence is vitally important. The meet finally- starts. Swift feet and swaying arms fill the area. As the athletes run by the bleachers, i -L? r -.TJ - Lllkjy near the familiar voice of mom screaching Go Diamond Bar!,' Perhaps the climax of most meets are the relays. Both the boys and the girls teams have been very suc- cessful in past years. Relays are really exciting to watch because of A 'Q .'+f',' . . s ,f -- - 'gui I ' m'31'a '-..- .-,G 4. .4 4 ,- 2,--,, 9'5E . N 3.31 'Sf' T 11, ' g - '-is' --'arzr If :fl f. f- ','fff f -'f-J-FSQ5. - . .- isa ' . - Y few' A-4-'S+ 'r. T K -wif, Q hx : L '-TQ-me ,1--15. Ting - x-- '.i.'1.?::.g,::!j-Z, A SJQFK:-L '5 i:f: is as -1+ i ff ' ?P '- - i . -' .sl-15,5 , IEE Q54 :..,' i2. ,1.,iQ3 -H2-5' J ggi H, fi , .9f'Q?3z+Sz 4' if QF - ' ' ' T ' ' -' -- c- , . - -.--- e., 1 A E . Q . N, Q- . Sl-IEEEIHIIS SJITIIDEIRSRBRIAS DlllBlDBllE'RlHQ.HS mllHlUul! E - 3 ' ' ' ' ' A1 ' . , , 5.- 'rfm'-' +43 7,7 - f .LQ . 4.5-i 3-gi NK , x - - W I it -1 1 .fs-I' gjlf'-i E . E. ir: .Q-I-1.5: fagtagj,-L . 1 f .,.. -NWT' 'YT'--'MW-'ls'f.'i 'DATE' Z: ' A 3 ' -Q if '1Yl 3Z?.'iEfi335i .A Aglwffff uf ' cj. 1 'kia - A '.'- Quit. . - gb' 1 1 '5 .L j1ye1+1:1 Q.. vs- -- ,V ,V 'x...M if - 3? .J 1-' .a K 'LU 4,-H . A+-2+ -. fide.,-ef 'YT I? 1.- ' ,-.4' I M?,.?,,. vs..- l-1 X' . - 5 ,f . c M., A. . ..- , 1 A , Nl... A. . . x , the success we show, said coach lack Malloy. What makes them so exciting is their swiftness. The con- stant sprinting and passing of batons cause even the spectators adrenalin to boil. By now the sun is slowly dropp- ing behind the green hills of Dia- mond Bar, and the runners are still on the track. The final races are en- ding and long jump its are now closing. The crowd is tffining as cool breezes swee the stands. Those echloing footsteps that circled the field are now hiking up those famous Diamond Bar stairs. Although the day has ended and the meet is over, itis never quite over for the runner. As the saying goes, HYou can take the runner out of the track, but you can't take the track out of the runner! A4 Ax' fan- , -- 1' g - - ' . tu F 1 -' ' . ' 'A , - of-'-' 'N -,.. . .fs - -1 tr' LEAPING BEFORE YOUR EYES - is Don Drummond, senior in the high hurdles. Ac- curate steps between hurdles helped hurdlers to achieve winning times. X IUMPING FOR THE GOLD - is Keshila jones, sophomore. Track members competed in- dividually, but always remained a team. LONG GRACEFUL STRIDES -- help Charles Wilford, senior race to the finish line. Wilford was a four year track member. Trackf Sports 133

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