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

Page 120 text:

'L 5'755f'7'1'?'!:' V SN L' ' IQ' e lf Q -7-vhs,-', ' -Q A. L xLL,x V . 5, Lmkb K B LXLXL , LK., le il gLl-g-fg'., Qgfffjg.-Z'fgQ:7 .lss.. i i l fy? ' fi li Q l f ifff1f .A'-1 l -ijsif 141-l.e.f i X. , l s ' i - .X 1 f , - L . . Q , . M 5. R . . fe. i -4 i .. 112 SportsfJ. V. and Sophflfrosh Wrestling ' ' ' BN'-W--..... . . . --Y-f ' '+R ax- BoY's .J.v. AND sorufmosl-x WRESTLING - Back Row: Alex Baiian, Tommie Dorsey, sam Chang, Jose ijobledo, Bill Renegarbe, Chris Goertemiller, Matt Bowman, Jeff Mercier. Second Row: Brad Smith, Sebastian Cz pm Masis, Eric Roclriquez, Kyle Lakin, Brent Hansen, Jeff Schaffer, Ron Fry. Third Row: Mickey McKitrick, Bill Park, Arica lto, Veronica Ferrero, Michelle Nolan, Chris Clonts, Viet Nguyenr

Page 119 text:

,,,,..,.-aggwm,-,,4w:-nf.: - M .www A Yvlr ., in 4,7 ,J N . L, Aff 5 I .V A 43,-Lf ,Vg ,,- , ZZ? 5511 uf, 2' 'f , 5 21241 ' ,Q ,mfr 1 s

Page 121 text:

Facing the Challenge restling: one of the most challenging sports of all, with two men, alone, engaged in battle. Unlike other sports where it was team against team, wrestling pitted one man against another. As head coach Jack Cooprider said, You have to be 'tough as nails to wrestlefi Another thing that made wrestling more challenging than some other sports, is that everything relied on ability, there was no favoritism with the coaches. Cooprider explained, You have to be as tough as nails to wrestle, stated Jack Cooprider. It doesn't matter if a coach hates a kid, it just matters if he wins . . . there are no politics involved. Every week before a match or tournament the team had wrestle-offs and whoever won got to wrestle at the match. Every week before the wrestle-offs everyone works especially hard, because they want to win their wrestle-offs, stated senior, Leon Monzon. Coach Jack Cooprider and assistants, Lance Gross and Paul Reutzel, worked to get the team in both physical and mental shape. They made sure that the team was condi- tioned correctly and were fully Hpsyched-up for each match. Alex Ballan, senior, said, The coaches were tough, expected a lot, and wanted us to reach the top, and because of them we're going to. Ballan also noted, The team was progressing and getting better every week. There was one last thing that set wrestling apart from the other sports at Diamond Bar. The wrestling team was the only sport that didn't have on-campus training. Every- day at 2:45 the team lugged their equipment down to Cas- tle Rock Elementary School were they held their practices. Aside from the aggravations of having to go to Castle Rock everyday, Cooprider estimates that he lost V4 of the team every year because they didn't like having to travel to their practices. Cooprider hopes the team stays together because, They are a very promising Varsity team. IN A PINCH r Freshman, Ron Masis takes down a Charter Oak defender. The J.V. team won the match 53-20. ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS - Coach Jack Cooprider and Assistants Lance Gross and Rick O'Braitis watch intently as the J.V. Wrestlers take on Charter Oak. The coaches spent many hours getting the team into winning form. J. V. and SophfFrosh WrestlingfSports 113