Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Tennis team improves season ends with 6-8 Ending the season with a disappointing six wins and eight losses the lVIen's Varsity Tennis team continued the trend of less than spectacular seasons facing the team since the Aztec entry into the much more competitive Empire League. Still, even with a 6-8 record, the team did improve greatly from last season. The 1982 team won only two of its sixteen matches. Juniors Brian Warman and Eric Bingham contributed to the improvement of last year's recordf' said Varsity Coach Kirk McIntosh. lVlcIntosh blamed tough competition on the season. Basically, we had tough competition, the Empire League teams are too tough, but I expect that the team will be in better shape next year, said McIntosh. Seeing the improvement from last season McIntosh looks to his returnees, juniors Warman, jeff Hombs, Larry Ludwig, and Roger Scullion, to continue the trend. At the end of the season Warman was awarded the Most Valuable Player, Bingham was named the Most Improved and Ludwig was given the Coaches' Award. Varsity Tennis - front, G. Bingham, E. Bingham, K. Witt, Hombs. Row 2, L. Ludwig, B. Warman, K. Mclntosh, R. Scullion, R. Pinkerton. 1. junior Brian Warman returns the ball to an opponent. Warman was named the MVP. 2. Senior Randy Pinkerton moves across court to return a difficult El Dorado serve. Pinkerton is one of the most consistent players. oo

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Leslie Ricci celebrates after breaking the one barrier on the last day of the season. s'1i - -Pi. I F I i r Sophomore Brenda Blumhagen smiles as she warms up. Blumhagen is one of the swimmers credited with the team's great league success. 2. rsity Swim Team - front, B. Blumhagen, Bourke, t, H. nol M. Miscione, ' ' am, lVl. Clark, T. Cristy. Row 2, P. uttierez, K. Dinwiddie, L, Sowell, L. Ricci, K. Vanwechel, Q, Coyle, . Williamson, D. Roarke, C. Rasmussen, S. Neal. 3. FroshfSoph Swim eam - L. Martin t, H. Arnold, S. Wells, Averna, S. Jigon, D. Weiman, S. Hullet, T. Cristy, E. Smith. A . - YET., , ,,,Lk . 4 L it W . 1 1:'..- - 1 Q, Ricci breaks minute record Senior Leslie Ricci, as she led the Wom- en's Varsity Swim Team to an Empire League Championship, did the near im- possible. In the final meet against Kenne- dy Ricci broke her personal best time in the loo freestyle event and broke the one minute barrier, something she had never done in all her seventeen years. Ricci was seeded second in the Empire League loo freestyle which is her best event. She was seeded fifth in the back- stroke. She has been on the varsity team for the past four years. Prior to that Ricci swam with an AAU team for two years. She hopes to continue swimming with the AAU team but will not swim in college. She will attend Cal State Fullerton in the fall, the Titans do not have a swim team. 'L' . K 'V 'I' Q re.. ., ig I LY 2 3 women's swimming - 89

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Bingham named ,p i ..,f. ,- , My . ,. A ' ' iw., gay ASW' . Q 1 I junior Larry Ludwig slams the ball across the net in a game against Loara. The Aztecs went on to defeat the aggressive Saxon team. , EHS it itr7.5f5ltPisifik:ni tlei 5 , X , X. ,, it Tennis 4 . g an EI.Dnradnf T Si L Kateila. ' zo uf-5 Kennedy, ' r6.5 9 CYPRSS g I9 25 Alamitos 3 wifi Pefififa 2 a Q-s. 9,5 EI Dames' E35 l ....f 4 :obj Kennedy f iyrji we fl 'ws The hopes of the 1984 Men s Varsity . y Tennis team are for a great part pinned f ' T fl V on the career of junior Brian Warman. bb4V' Warman was selected the Most Valu- , able Player by Coach Kirk Mclntosh. 1 ftti 3 1 . fig, A 'i' Warman and teammate Eric Bingham Junior MVP Brian Warman returns the ball to P19-Y feUUi5 YC3f'f0UUd f0l' fun Emd t0 an OPPOHCHI- keep in shape for the season. MVP The two, while doubles partners, do play singles together for practice. They were among the most consistent players on this year's team. Warman will return with juniors Jeff I-lombs, Larry Ludwig, Roger Scullion to again challenge the Empire League. QI