Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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1. First year varsity player, Sue Perkins, prevents the ball from making a point against the Aztecs. Perkins remains the only female waterpolo team member. 2. Senior Dave Blanchard attempts to pitch another shut-out. Blanchard is a starter for the varsity baseball team for the second year in a row. New league poses no threat to Aztecs The 1981-82 school year saw the Aztecs move from the Or- ange League to the larger, higher ranked Empire League. The Empire League, said to offer much tougher competition than the Aztecs had been contending with did not seem to deter the Aztec teams' tradition of racking up league titles and CIF awards. The varsity football team while not winning the Empire League championship, did enter CIF play on a wild card bid. They bested the Fullerton Indians but lost to El Modena. The girls' cross country team easily ran away with the League title and several of the girls won CIF awards. The Girls' Varsity Basketball team won the Empire League title and went into CIF play. They defeated Villa Park and Rowland High before losing to Alemany in the semi-finals. But the real Cinderella story was found on the boys' basketball court. Led by second year Coach Mike Moore the boys' varsity team, which has not ever really had a winning tradition, not only captured the Empire League title with such ease that it made many question the League ranking system, but they also created quite a stir in the two CIF games they played. Never before in this school's history has a basketball game been sold out, but this was the case at the Ocean View game. That game was won in the final six seconds of the second over time by only two points. The boys played to a gym that was filled to over flowing, there simply was not another seat in the house. In retrospect, the formidable Empire League was not quite so imposing as was first thought. .gvorts

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wwvn II3 1. Mike Moore yells encouragement to the players on the court. This was Moore's second year as varsity basketball's heacl coach. 2. Analee Hart kicks another winning goal for the Aztecs. The 1981-82 season was Hart's second year on the varsity team. 3. jeff Eaton pins yet another opponent. The wrestling team completed a challenging, if discouraging, season in the first year of Empire League competitions, he x 'Qui I74 7 sports ,.-964

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