El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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. . Yes We Did This year when a person thought ot El Dorado water polo, one almost immediately thought of one person. Tony Bell. He could do almost anything involved with prep water polo that he was asked. Tony has played water polo and swum for years. When he came to El Dorado he passed immediately to varsity as a starter. He has had this role for all three years of high school and has been quite successful at it too. This year has been his best so far. He was the team ' s leading scorer with over 90 goals and was the most inspirational person, receiving most valuable player of the team. Empire League officials seemed to feel the same way. They named him the most valuable player of Empire League as well a first string member of the All-League team. The Placentia News I ' m thankful for the cooperation of the team. Times, ABC T.V. and Dr. Pepepr were also impressed with Tony. The Newstimes named him player of the week along with ABC which also put him on television. Dr. Pepper named him Water Polo Player of the Year To round things off, Tony was chosen to the first team all CIF and possibly could tour Europe this summer with the Junior National team I ' m really thankful for the cooperation of the team. , stated Tony I wouldn ' t have done nearly as well without th e team ' s help. Tony hopes to go either to the University of California Irvine or Stanford when he graduates in 84. One problem with that is he is only a Junior Who knows how well he ' ll do next year. . ««« sf-- , — -«a«««S g j-»J ■■■ 3iio»S ll«- • Head-to-head, Craig Tillman takes on the Katella goalie. 168 Varsity Water Polo

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Yes, We Can. . . ' , f i Once again. El Dorado proved to be a dominating force in 4A C.I.F. water polo. Though 17-9 overall, they played to a 7-0 Empire League championship record. Their first league game vjas probably for the championship, reflected Ron Jones. Though they were unranked for most of the year, they forced all of their opponents to play at their very best, including such long time powers as Long Beach Wilson and Newport Harbor. Because of the suspension of coach Gary Robinett last season, assistant principal. Rick Davis, took the helm to open the season. The day before the Esperanzo game, he was relieved by the Junior National Coach, Tom Milich. Even though we only had two Seniors starting, we played really well, stated Dirk Pinkerton. Said Tony Bell, We matured a lot and became more team oriented as the year went by. We all gained a lot of experience throughout the season, too! Empire League officials felt the squad had much talent to offer, naming Dirk Pinkerton, Ron Jones, and Tony Bell to first team All- League, Sophomore Chris Ames to the second team with Todd Wallace and Scott Mori recieving Honorable Mention. Tony Bell was also named as the Empire League Most Valuable Player. Next year, the varsity will have five returning starters. Craig Till- man, the only Freshman to make the squad, is one of them. I ' m really happy I made varsity, but Tony helped me so I could stay, shared Craig. With spirit like that, no wonder they ' re winners. Flexing his muscles, Ron Jones floats the ball into the goal. Craig Tillman wonders what to do with the funny little round thing. Varsity Water Polo 167

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No. you can ' t have the ball! exclaims Ron Jones. Bottom Row Katsumi Yoshida, David Evans, Steve Botha. Middle Row: John Bell, Tony Bell, Monte McKay, Scott Mori. Top Row Ron Jones, Todd Wallace, Chris Ames, Craig Tillman, Dirk Pinkerton Tony Bell shows the fine art of goal scoring. Even El Dorado goalies let one or two by. uuk ' ' vin aii Ilk ill %■ - ' V : i Varsity Water Polo 169