Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Men again take Empire third The Men's Track Team finished in the third place Empire League position behind Katella and Los Alami- tos. The team, competing against schools that are older, more established and more experienced and in a tougher league, retained last season's third place posi- tion. Even while in the Orange League the menis team has never been able to place higher than third in league standings, said junior Doug Brower. This has been the best varsity season since I've been on the team, said senior Dave Boyd who has been on the varsity team for three years. It was one of our better seasons, everyone did very well, and we were all proud, said senior Mike Worden. Coach Al Britt said, It's the best season so far, and this is just an indication of what we could do if the best athletes in the school came out. The lack of well- rounded athletes has become a problem to some coaches and was one of the reasons Varsity Basketball Coach Mike Moore resigned. 1. junior Doug Brower prepares mentally for a pole vault. Brower has participated in the pole vault event for three years. 2. Men's Track Team - front, E. Langenwalter, Sanchez , , B. O'Neill, R. Saucedo. Row 2, S. Bronson, D. Stauton, W. Hauptmeier, E. Kochis, S. Messer,n-Ikgargia, Hayes. Row 3, R. Duran, G. Davis, R. Sosrodjojo, G. Christian, G. ,QQle,-Dgjhmts, T. Whaling. Row 4, K. Forsythe, W. Frederi- burg, D. Browerh , M. Arthur, K. Pontiflect, Farrell. Row 5, S. Bordelon, K. Knapp, Sarvey, D. Hillger. Row 6, D. Boyd, K. Lawrence. lVIen's Track EHS W Troy L W Irvine L W El Dorado L L Katella W W Kennedy L W 'Cypress L W Pacifica L L Los Alamitos W track Y 73

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FroshfSoph wrestler Phil Thomas puts on the pressure to pin his opponent. Thomas' pin gained 6 points for the team. fe? 5 Froshfsoph 21 Magnolia 35 I4 University 47 30 Valencia 40 8 Loara S9 45 Los Alamitos 9 35 Pacifica 36 3 El Dorado 63 18 Katella 56 18 Kennedy 54 Mendoza places first in Empire League Senior Jessie Mendoza, who wrestled varsity for the ma- jority of the year, took first place in finals on the JV team. Mendoza wrestled in the 187 pound weight class. Finals were rough. When I won my last match to take first, I felt relieved. It's the one moment that will stand out the most in my years of wrestling, said Mendoza. The JV team did a spectacular job taking league. The JV team started their season with three wins before meeting the imposing team of Loara. The grapplers sank Magnolia with a score of 58- 9. Meeting University they shut them out 57-o. They came up against Valencia with a win of 42-30. Senior Kevin Bailey suffered an injury which hurt the team's showing. The JV team closed the season with a record of 7-3. Both the JV and FroshfSoph learned a lot this year and got experience. They should do extremely better next yearf' explained Coach Dave Stout. 72 - wrestling al- 1. J.V. 66 FroshfSoph - row 1 - C. Bertuzzi, E. Langenwalter, A. Lewis, R. Diaz M. Wright, T. Yorga, D. Warden, K. Dobson. Row 2 - T. ..., Njghgls, T Hitchcock, jacques, S. Fujimura, T. Hargrave, Q,LWC,uevas, Clark, S. Buddoe D- Wallace' ROW 3 -..QO3QLlj1,,,D, Stout, S. Glance, Ferrari, M. Dunkovich, Qerber, V. Maynes, Grewal, ,B,MSkillman, C. Walker, K. Hirsh, Coach G Winstead. 2. JV wrestler DJ. Cuevas struggles for a reversal to gain two points Cuevas won the match by decision.

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5113 qJl0M i-4 1.15 1. Senior Dave Boyd sprints past Los Alamitos runners. Boyd has been running with the varsity team for three years. 2. jose Sanchez, Brian O'Neil, Jon Sarvey, Kent Lawrence and Jinii Anglin rest between events. The women's team took the league championship for the fourth time and the men took an Empire League third place. 3. Kevin Knapp runs the half mile event. Knapp, according to teammates, is an outstanding athlete. 74 - track