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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.,,, ' .. . . m, 1 ,.an.f.s. . I 1lr.,,.E . --1 era., t new . z 1. Pat Wren runs back an interception to give the Aztecs offense good field position. Wren has double duty returning punts and starting at safety. 2. Senior linebacker David Keefe takes on two opponents to make a saving tackle. Keefe is a two year starter as linebacker. Empire League poses no threat to gridders Even after being placed in the larger, tougher Empire league the Aztec Varsity Football team still proved they were a force to be reckoned with. Every year since 1975 the Aztecs have made it into CIF competition. Two years ago they captured the CIF title, last year after winning the Orange League title they were eliminated by Capistrano Valley in the CIF finals. This year proved to be no excpetion. Entering the CIF playoffs with a wild card bid the Aztecs defeated Fullerton 34-25 and then defeated Downey I2-3 at a very muddy Fullerton High School field. Coach Pete Yoder stated that the team had . . . a two part season, with the second part being played like Aztec football. But their hopes for another CIF championship were crushed in the last 24 seconds of the El Modena game when El Modena shot ahead on a touchdown pass to score six more points breaking the 1o-1o tie that had been established early in the third quarter. The extra point attempt was good and the Aztecs were defeated 17-10. Yoder added that he was . . . pleased to get to the Semi-Finals in our first year of this league, it shows our toughness and courage. In league play the Aztecs defeated Sunny Hills, 1980 CIF champs Capo Valley, La Quinta, Katella, Loara, Cypress, and Los Alamitos. Only Pacifica, Kennedy, and cross town rival El Dorado were able to defeat the Aztecs. Yoder also said, We have played 41 games in the past three years, more than any other school. This shows a lot for the players and coaches. V 1,14 ,,'Varsity Football EHS ii 42 Sunny Hills 0 41 ' Capistrano Valley Q 26 La Quinta 7 Il Katella 0 6 Kennedy 21 35 I-OSH o 28 Cypress 19 28 Los Alamitos 10 14 Pacifica 37 I4 Dorado 24 . CIF 34 Fullerton 25 12 Downey 3 10 El Mbdtm I7 football - 177