Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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The Vorsiry ream caproin, Porker Steel, carefully mokes his aim or rhe goal They are a rapidly improving Youth Group Focus on rhe srrengrh were rhe words rhor were or rhe cenrer of orrer rior for rhe Vorsiry worerpolo ream rhis yeor. Wirh only five rerurn- ing players, rhe reom hod ro perfecr five or SIX srroregies rorher rhon ro spread our rheir obiliry. Our gool wos ro pur ir all rogerh- er during rhe gonnes, commenred Porker Sfeel, who was rhe ream ' s co-coproin olong wirh Willi Swan- son. The ream members ' greoresr inspirorion rurned our ro be eoch orher, We procriced an hour before school, during sixrh period, ond also rwo hours ofrer school, sold Steve Fineberg. And our biggesr concern -45gP ' ' ' during Training was rhe speed Dur even for -: ' ■ rhis enrhusiosric %-. ' . group of juniors -- ' and seniors, slighr rroces of gloomy comploinrs remained These com- ploinrs varied from no pool hear- ing ro rhe lock of school spirir for rhe sporr . We ore in rhe roughesr league in rhe nonon, rhe Sec View Leogue, ond everyone in rhe ream is dedi- cored ro rhe sporr, bur we don ' r ger hardly any recognirioni I mean, how come we don ' r hove any cheer- leaders? exclaimed Chris Strople, one of rhe more ourspoken players 186 Sports

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:« V- It ' s Not Just A Team But A Family We hove lors of good porenriol and Q greor orrirude, remarked Sfephony Urea wirh enrhusiosm Dur for most of us school work is imporronr, roo. During rhis season, rhe girls ' cross- country ream ' s dedicorion and rheir passion for rhe sporr inspired rhem ro olways do rheir besr. The name of rhe gome wos ro grow borh menrol- ly and physically. So ir rurned our rhar rheir rroining was nor only for rhe purpose of muscle building bur also for rhe developmenr of one ' s ornrude. Through inrensive Training, rhey leorned ro work as o ream, bur never lost rheir individual chorocreris- rics. Their obiliry ro learn rhe arr of porience was uncovered through some of rhe evenrs during rhe year The most amazing rhing happened i ' ' during rhe Cosro Mesa I n viro- » rionol, sQid Cin- dy Pearson wirh o weory smile, The tempera- ture was 101 de - grees Fohrenheir, ond everyone jusr kind of passed our, bur a lor of us kept going, The ream ' s srrongesr point was togetherness. In fact, Julie Steward, one of the teams mam runners, commenred rhot rhey were more of Q family. However, because of rheir small size, rhey were forced ro work harder rhon any orher reom in rhe leogue, Dur, for rhe ream, rhe most impor- tant thing wos thor through ir all, rhey survived in greor shope. Top Row: Gino l3url ;hQrr, Liz Linn, Julie Sreworr, Corhy Coppi, Cindy Pearson Middle Row: Bobby Stewart ' s mom concern Iseeps liim Amy Leyerly, Elois Drown, Kim Ruslner, Showno Dorr Front Row: Srephony Urreo, Jenny in rhe poce, Weaver, Julie Corverr, Tina Coleman Despite rhe rain and mud, Cindy Pearson finds o sense of humor while compering agoinsr Tusrin High School. Cross-Counrry 185

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Quickly avoiding rhe bond from behind, Ashly Drown arremprs o shor or rhe gool A rerurning goalie, Mike Kim, successfully defends Esroncio ' s rurf from rhe Cosro Mesa ream Even rhough he is surrounded by an over- whelming number of Newporr Harbor play- ers, Mike McNeff remains perfecrly com- posed Vorsiry EHS-OPP Laguna Hills 0-14 Newporr Harbor 6-16 Universiry 8-11 Tusrin 4-13 Corona del Mar 8-15 Worer Polo 187