Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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'U Pepsters provide spirit signs and moral support for all levels of athletic teams. Cloclcwise from bottom, Yvonne Bradbury, Robyn Goldman, june Vouga, Karen Guirior, Susan Keith, Naomi Saito, Katie Harrelson, Cathy Spiker, Kristi Nichols, Gina De Collibus, Viclci Yarber and Diane Mc Evers crowd into the Activities Office for 6th period roll call and weekly pepster planning. 1. Girls soccer player Dawn Nystul kicks the ball downfield away from an El Dorado opponent. The girls team won. 2. In the final varsity waterpolo meet, played in a storm, the Aztecs were defeated, dashing hopes for a CIF championship. Last year's team clinched the Empire League title by defeating El Dorado but lost to Newport Harbor in CIF playoffs. mf fe, x O N 5? E-1 ' 9 , x K - 1. - w . , - f N 1 -if Y V 5 A, ' , .,.-- , ,, . . sports - 37

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Athletes and academicians excell equally In the past ten years the Aztec teams have racked up an impressive over 23 League Championships. Two years ago the Aztecs were moved from the Grange League to the more competitive, larger Empire League but that did little to slow down the acquisi- tion of league banners. That year the varsity basketball, varsity volleyball and varsity girl's basketball teams all took the league title. Virtually every sport has, at one time or another, earned a league championship. Even the lesser publicized sports such as golf, gymnastics, cross country, track and field and swimming have earned nu- merous awards. The awards seem to run in cycles with various sports seeing a few sparse years as the teams struggle to rebuild. Those re- building years pay off with winning sea- sons like the one the 1981-1982 varsity basketball team saw as they took the Empire League championship and en- tered CIF playoffs for the first time in the school's history. 1. Varsity Basketball player Keith Chalman at- tempts to block a shot by a Kennedy High School player. Last year,s Varsity Basketball team, coached by Mike Moore captured the first League title for basketball in the school's history. 2. Varsity gridders led by Dean Honaker crash through the pepster made sign onto Bradford field. The Aztec football team again entered C.I.F. playoffs only to lose to Los Altos in the final game. 36 - sports

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League championship is 5th consecutive Coached by Dal Desseclcer, the Varsity Volleyball team again took the Empire League championship and entered the CIF playoffs. They won the first round but lost in the second round to La Quinta with a score of 15-9. This league championship is the fifth consecutive league cham- pionship won by the team. The season started with another win at the Valencia Tournament, a tournament they have won for the past three years. They were undefeated in league play and ended the season with a 23-4 record, said Desseclcer. Citing strong performances by Shelly Dangleis, Anne Warmus, Kelly Doherty and Brooke Hahner, Dessecker said they had had . . . an excellent season . JV Volleyball team - front, K. Ballard. D. Crislce, M. Lubanko, S. Dyas, S. Ricci, Rose. znd row, D. lVlcCleary, S. Warmus, H. Astier, Ovanin, A. Loveland, D. Hart, Ovanin. 1. Varsity Volleyball - front, lVIacDonald, T. Whaling, D. Porter, S. Dangleis. znd row, Lapaglia, C. Conner, A. Warmus, K. Doherty, B. Hahner. 1. Senior Brooke Hahner slams the ball past an opposing Kennedy player. They defeated Kennedy 15-6, I5-I0 and 15-6. 38 - volleyball