Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Lack of coach Vs start slowl Getting off to a slow start, mainly due to coaching problems, the JV team won only three of its six league games. Up until the time that former Aztec Glen McKe- ever was hired to be the JV walk-on coach, that team had been practicing with the varsity. After McKeever began coaching the season began to pick up. The JV team defeated Katella, Los Alamitos and Pacifica. McKeever strongly emphasized defense and that emphasis could be seen in the JV scores. After being defeated 21-1 by E1 Dorado in their first league meet, the Aztecs were able to hold their opponents to no more than seven goals in every subsequent meet. Selected as most outstanding players were Randy Ferrucci and Paul Shandrew. Coach Bob Gaviglio gives instructions to the team at the El Toro CIF game. Those players in the water are Marlc Rhone, Sue Perkins, Brad Harris, Mike Carter, Lee Duncan and 2 Trent Pettijohn. ii A J . ,,. W, N 1. JV Water Polo - front, R. Ferrucci, C. Harms. Row 2, G. Diaz, K. Anderson, R. Shandrew, C. Machado. Row 3, V. Manis, R. Bradshaw, QD. Freeman, D. Wallace, Ken I-lulett. 2. Brad Harris lobs on an extra man. Harris is that tearn's high scorer. 52 - water polo

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Cross Country takes CIF 3rd place Fhe Men's Cross Country team advanced to he CIF play-offs by defeating the Fighting Brodkorb. rish of Kennedy I-Iigh School to gain a CIF hird place. l he team, coached by math teacher Al Britt, senior Kent Lawrence and sophomore Brian To prepare for the fall season the runners f participated in a Cross Country camp held at nded the season with a disappointing 6-4. fhey were defeated in the first round of CIF alayoffs. history that both the Men's and Women's Varsity teams have gone to CIF Playoffs. Dutstanding performances were turned in by Mammoth Lakes during the summer. This was the first time in the Aztec's ten year , I l . Varsity Men's Cross Country, Steve Messer, Toddliridle, Brian O'Neil, Larry Mitchell, Brian Brodlcorb, Mike Iambeitz, Kent Lawrence. 2. Senior Ken Forsythe runs across a bridge at Yorba Regional Park. The team held many of their home meets in that Park. lenior Tamsin Valdez runs in a meet at Yorba legional Parlc. Valdez named league champ Senior Tamsin Valdez made Aztec histo- ry by becoming the first cross country league champion. Valdez led the CIF fin- als and led the women's team to a 7-0 record in the season. Valdez has been running for nine years after getting started at Fairmont Elemen- tary School. I-Ier P.E. teacher told her about an AAU Running Team that trav- eled all over the place, I was more inter- ested in the traveling, at the time, than the running. Both she and her sister Shannon, a 1982 graduate, ran on the AAU team. Valdez future plans are to run in college and try to continue running afterwards. I would like to run in the Olympics someday. 53