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

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But It ' s Only The Beginning. Long hours of practice caused many of this year ' s sports participants to endure grief, hardship, and friend- ship. The athletes spent much greuling time before, dur- ing, and after school hours, perfecting their technique for The Big Bout! Their dedication and spirit was an inspira- tion to all of us and unified El Dorado. This year ' s football team, led by Coach Mel Morales, wasn ' t one of the best in E.D. ' s history, but the team elevated some truly outstanding players. Pat Devaney was named All County Player along with All-League Play- ers, Mike Alvarez, Russ Coulombe, Mike Levyel, and Shawn Ray. Ross Coulombe did an incredible job of kicking for the Hawks, a number of times kicking clear into the endzone. Juniors Matt Hayes and Shawn Ray were a big part of the team, with Hayes receiving a Hawk of the Year award. The entire team called this year, A year of gaining experience. Starting again, for the second year in a row, were fabulous basketball players, Mark Brubaker and Rusty Flora. Dave Carmo was also a star, receiving the Most Improved Player award. The teams highlight matched took place at the Santiago and Garden Grove tourna- ments, in which they won both. When it comes to swimming, this year ' s eyes were upon Olympic-bound John Mckkanen, swimming as one of the top ten in the world. Katsuni Yoshida qualified for the Junior National Championships, while Rick Hawkins and Scott Mori, were both qualifiers for C.I.F. This spec- tacular team was led to their victories by a new coach, Tom Millich. Soccer, let by Coach Richard Garcia, had an ex- tremely competitive and talented year. Three year varsi- ty player, Todd Waterman and goalie, Brian Hunt, ex- erted as much as physically possible, being recognized as All-League Players. Hunt also finished out the season, breaking a number of E.D. ' s famed goalie records. The 1982-83 Water Polo team had a successful season. They went undefeated in League and finished ranking fifth in the C.I.F. 4A division water polo standings. Four top layers placed on the All-Empire League team. Chris Ames, Ron Jones, Dirk Pinkerton, and Tony Bell, who also was named as the League ' s M.V.P. Some of the outstanding players of the Frosh Soph team were Dave Cote, Rick Hawkins and John Kwillman. It ' s not how you start, it ' s how you finish, encouraged head wrestling coach Frank Gonzales. The wrestling started off on the wrong foot, but finished the season with a third place in the California State Wrestling Meet. Two wrestlers went to the meet, Mark Alex, who placed third, and Ty Pembleton, who by using the Gramby Roll, earned the right to be State Champion for his weight division. On the junior varsity team the outstanding wres- tlers were Phil Agrusa, Mark Neu, and Rob Skripko. On the Frosh Soph team the prominent wrestlers were Jim Hendra, Yourie Sharpe, and Doug Sipple. The baseball team had many impressive players, Rich- ard Sandoval with his hitting abilities; Jon Stofer was team captain and catcher; and strong pitchers like Ron Cozart and Richard Hayden. Junior varsity ' s baseball team ' s superior players were Jeft Petredes, Larry Rosip- jala, and Chris Saito. The frosh soph had remarkable players such as Jim Buck, Shawn Blankenship, and Doug Sipple. Scott Hakeman and Ric Allen led the cross-country team in a victorious season, placing first in League and fifth in the C.I.F. divisional. The exceptional junior varsity team, had good runners such as John Golden and Ja- mie Kliss. The frosh soph team was headed by Ron Lee and Tom Moran. The inexperienced girls team did ex- ceding well by capturing second in League. The team, guided by Holly Bean and Marcia Escobosa, looks for- ward next year to another winning season. The girls J.V. team hod great runners like Angle Harrod, Sherri Hod- sen, and Bonnie O ' Brien. Despite the lack of depth in the girls swim team, they still were swamped with talent. Saundra Oberle, Debbie Vaughn, Mary Portik, and Holly Woodruff led the team The volleyball team placed third in League and went all the way to the third round in C.I.F. before losing. Shar- on Leonhardt, who rceived a scholarship to Boise State, Annette David, and Melanie Palmer were the leaders of the team. The J.V. ' s outstanding players were Shannon Emrick, Libby Kingseed, Colleen O ' Higgins, Holly Piner. The frosh soph team had spectacular player such as Kisha Sanneman and Jennifer Jones. The young and talented girls soccer team earned third in this season. The team had much talent all over the field. In the goal was Vickie Gould while Stacy Smith and Tiny Glomboske, were scoring the goals. The J.V. team had such talent as Lisa Renaud, Louise Walters, Megan Nelson, Erin Cromer, Alyssa Allen, and Cindy Barr. The High point of this year ' s girls tennis team was beat- ing the long time rival, Esperanza. The team finished fourth in League and missed qualifying by one match. Dinicola and Hassel placed third in League doubles. Palmer, Harbord, and Leonhardt were the shining stars of Coach Nash Rivera ' s outstanding girls basketball team. This year ' s team finished as League champs for the second time since 1976. Palmer was on the N.O.C. All- Star team. Harbord earned all C.I.F. third team honors, played All-League and was the leading scorer. The M.V.P. was awarded to All-League Player Sharon Leon- hardt. Sports Closing 199

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