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

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Football

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nthew Une of El Dorado's most oopular extracurricular Qursuits was after-school sports. nvolving a variety of activities, each with many levels of com- petition and skill, it offered iomething to everyone. The entire student body could enjoy the sports Jrogram, whether as a viewer or as L participant. Fhose who were members of El Dor- tdo's sport teams displayed a unique notivation. Their success depended iot only on knowledge and skill, but in their frame of mind. innumerable iours of training and practice were expected of each athlete, and they lad to be dedicated enough to main- .ain this. They persevered through 'igorous and sometimes unpleasant ireparations designed to build their skills, in order that they might reach .heir full potential for the actual rompetitions. Self-control had to be :xerted at all times, both in physical Jerformance and in their dealings vith teammates, instructors, and mpponents. fp: , 31 Dorado's athletes were willing to ievote the extra effort necessary in irder to produce the best perfor- nance possible. Their determination Nas evident even when a team or ndividual didn't score the winning Joints, A loss was an opportunity to earn from mistakes, and recognize where improvement was needed. This outlook was characteristic of El Dorado throughout the year, and listinguished it from other schools. Teams displayed pride in themselves ind in their school, just as El Dorado was proud of them. The attitude of each athlete enabled the sport zeams of 1987-1988 to soar to victory, in the wings of glory Q, i N: 3 supporters come out to cheer the Hawks in the Placentia rivalry between Valencia and El Dorado. l-Il Dorado won 10-6. Sports Divisional Hawk defense prepares to crush their opponents. The defense shu- tout their opponent four times. Kevin Schula prepares to lead the offensive team to another score. The Hawk offense was also powered by senior running back Craig Olsen. Senior Charles Stevens casts off three point range. Charles was one of the leaders of this year's varsity team,

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The Varsity football team xen- joyed its best season in years. he Hawks rolled through the pre- season beating crosstown rival Va- lencia 10-6. When asked about the Valencia game, Wide Receiver Chris Fa- cione said it was his favorite game because 'tof how we got together as a team and showed people we were for real. I liked the determination and enthusiasm showed during the game. Most of the players agreed this was the highpoint of the sea- son. Scott Sporrer said The whole team was pumped up for the game because they are our crosstown rivals. Va1encia's plan was running but the defense dominated, the runners came and we stopped them. The Hawks continued to blow through the preseason going 5-0 and entering league ranked eighth by the LA Times. In the first league game the Hawks tied Katella 13-13 and seemed to lose some of the enthusiasm they showed in the pre- season. When asked if the team's attitude contributed to the season's results, quar- terback Kevin Schula said, Yes, especially in league. We thought the teams were go- ing to be easier than they were. It was a tougher league than we thought. And tougher it would get. The Hawks ended up 1-3-1 in league. The last game of the year against arch-rival Esperanza would deter- mine whether the Hawks would go to CIF. In the closest game of the year, the Hawks lost a heartbreaker 23-21, thus ending the season. Coach Carl Sweet said, The team played very well and it was a good season. I was happy with the players performance. The team played with enthusiasm. Chris Fa- cione said, I thought our team was a lot better than our record showed. Although the team did not reach CIF, they played the best football of any Hawk team in years and hopefully next season will be as exciting as this years was. 9 Head Coach Carl Sweet watches the action from the sidelines. Coach Sweet attributed much of the teams success to the hard work of the players. Senior Running back Chris Olsen turns the corner on another defender and scores the touchdown. Varsity Football