Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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nne Pocialik concentrates before sinking a basket. Pocialik to play Competing with such powerhouses as jen- nifer Latta and Brooke Hahner for the limelight is no easy task. But it is a task that senior Anne Pocialik is up to. Starting as a forward and a guard Pocialik recalls that she didn't even start in last year's season. Over the summer Pocialik, to prepare for the season and to get some additional basketball experience, played on the Far West, a girls basketball team at FIC which is college level. That experience stood her in good stead because this past season saw her, and the rest of the team, give consistent outstand- ing performances. We were all friends and worked and communicated well to- gether, said Pocialik. Pocialik plans to continue playing basket- ball at Fullerton College in the fall. the 1984 team. 1. Senior Brooke Hahner jumps above a Hawks player to score two points for the Aztecs. Hahner only played with the Aztec team part time because other college sports training necessitated more of her time. 2. Junior Ann Warmus dribbles the ball toward the basketball hoop. Warmus promises to be one of the most important players on basketball - 63

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CIF championship eludes girls again Qnly 7 points stop girls' CIF hopes Entering CIF playoffs as the underdog team the Girls Varsi- ty Basketball Team came within 7 points of winning the CIF 3A Championship. Losing 59-52 to the Sea Kings of Corona Del Mar at the Long Beach Arena on Friday, March 4 ended a season clouded by almosts. The team almost won the Empire League Championship but lost to Loara and E1 Dorado which enabled El Dorado to win the Empire League title. Led hy senior jennifer Latta, who was a 5oZp shooter during the season, the girls were defeated only twice in league play by El Dorado 68-65 and Loara 45- 55- Coached by first year Coach Marc Hill, who took over after veteran Coach Dal Dessecker resigned the position, the team fought its way to a second place in the Empire League standings defeating such strong contenders as Cypress Q54- -P- Nl! xx 99 D O- 71 W U I3 0 Q- N4 fx XI' 'T MN N 5.1 3 f1P 'I ul-A-A-DON u1x1t,n.g. xy Nxlxlw-If Awww?-330333335127 U2 O '77 'U gfgggi g5'QETZ'5'l'-1Q'E QE'ZF?F'-5 oi -'QF :-z'E533?-'U:4 !,2-'SU 5 -'Too F'3'f Dfv :'-oR'IP 2:o sa U..-...D N-3 Q-s'-w,., ,..m mn ,,...,, A, Y mwmm Q. N USE- B D- B Q- ru '-' O -- O 4 Q 8 8 ga Z '53 ' ' 3 .-. 3 '-2' NJ'-P-bfkhlkil wav-or-.1 3f'3 'Sb'2'Sfi3x3lii'3i'L'S3:, L N 62 - basketball

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Girls JV hoopsters take Empire thir The Girls junior Varsity Basketball team, although not living up to their expectations of first place, did manage to capture a third place in the Empire League, with a record of 7-7. They all worked hard and improved quite a bit, especially the younger team members, said Coach Bill Pendleton. Junior DeEtta Petit commented that, it wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but we did pretty good,', talking about the season. . . . and besides improving, we had a fun season, added Junior Kerry Gordon. The team defeated Valencia but lost by 44 points to cross town rival El Dorado Q70-267 the first time they played. But they lost by only 16 points Q21-37, the second time they met the Hawks. The Aztecs trounced Los Alamitos 42-29 and Anaheim 41-5 to help them win the third place. 1. junior DeEtta Petit sets up for a jump shot. Petit was a great asset to the team by averaging I7 points this year. 2. Junior Varsity team - Front, Nakasone, M. Martinez, M. Lubanko, S. Ricci, S. Dyas. znd row, T. Kelley, K. Matiasevich, A. Wixted, T. Chalman. 3rd row, D. Petit, S. Warmus, L. Kimberly, K. Wishart, K. Gordon. VV TEI-iS,f r 26 Ei Dorado 70 34 Katella . . zz 40 Kennedy f 36 22 Loara K 48 31 Cypress 28 , 35 Las Alamitos zi 29' 4 'Pacifica It tx V, 24 .max ilii ,,,,.., Daradu 9 T437 f47ifjl vf1f'lKmIh.f A T liri A .T 6-5. , 4 Kennedy W 42 32 A Learn 4 33 25 A l Cypress s 30 42 Los Alamitos 29 34 Pacifica 39 2 64 - girls basketball I if