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

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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

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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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Concenrraring on rhe planned srroregy, Jon Top Row: Mike Joyner, Ashly Drown, Croig Ellebrerr, Dobby Murray, Phill Mansfield, Courter rhrows rhe ball ro onorher player Connery, Front Row: Norhan Camp, Jeff Korenberg, Mike Millone Through Speed And Practice, They Learned And Achieved ! Team Work! Well, I suppose we did prerry well considering how inexperienced we ore, observed Mike Joyner wirh oprimisric hopes. This yeor, rhe J,V. worerpolo reom wos revived wirh Mike Joyner and Nathan Camp OS irs co-coproins The group srorred rhe year off with on exciremenr creored by rhe room ' s eagerness ro learn, Speciol plays were learned from rhe new coach. Rich DeVore. Of course, rhese newly goined skills come in hondy and paid bod , occording ro rhe players An ourside observer, Mike Milby, described rhe J,V, ream wirh a single word, porenriols , Conrinuing his explanorion, he said, ir ' s a young reom, ond, since rhey srorred work- ing rogerher olreody, rhey ore going ro be reolly good by rhe rime rhey ore in Vorsiry , Wirh plenty of enthusiasm, rhe reom wenr inro on intensive rroin- ing. The main goo! wos ro balance rheir skills. Swimming disronces for several hours a day helped rhem ro increose rheir speed, and rhe proc- rices wirh rhe bolls ollowed rhem greorer copobiliry ro handle rhe balls. However, rhrough ir all, srood rheir ream work, and rhey encour- oged each orher rhrough our rhe season. Looking or rhe ream, one con clearly undersrond rhe meaning of rhe words, ream work . 188 Spoirs Steve Fineberg fighrs for rhe ball wirh a player from Tusrin, He was successful.