Marina High School - Ragnarok Yearbook (Huntington Beach, CA)

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Gn To The State Championships Eddle Ruiz IS a Junior on the varslty wrestling team He IS an outstanding wrestler and his accomplishments glnnlng of Eddie s wlnnlng ways Flrst he placed second ln Sunset League then second ln CIF and then fifth In Southern Callfornla To top last year off Eddie placed seventh ln the state and received the award of Rookie of the Year This year his big challenge was to do better than he dld last year Eddle Through more Intense practices and excellent advice from his coach Eddie dld do better this year than last year He placed first ln both Sunset League and CIF third IH Southern Callfornla and slxth ln state to end his season ln addr tlon Eddie was chosen to the All Coun ty flrst team He owes a lot of his thanks to Coach Belanger and his brother Next year Eddie IS hoping to do even better Good luck' show this. Last year was really the be- knew this would not be easy. , ' . Wrestling l69

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Pinning The Opponent Wrestling This year's Varsity Wrestling Team showed some outstanding talent, coached by Doug Belanger, Mark Ruiz, and Dave Abbott. These coaches spent long, strenu- ous hours working with the team. All this practice proved to be a very important ,.,, factor in the team's success. An important part of the team's preparation before they wrestle is self-confidence. This confidence comes from the team, as well as the coaches. When they get out on the mat, they're ready to do their best, and nothing less. There were many good wrestlers this year. Some were Eddie Ruiz, Troy Cloud, Rick Hunt, Mark Guedea, Sean Magula, Darren Bryant, Bobby Cole, and Richard Garcia. Troy Cloud took third in his weight class for Sunset League, and went to ClF for his second year in a row. The Frosh- Soph team did very well, too. An outstand- ing frosh wrestler was Bryson Benninger. Overall, there are many very good young wrestlers who have a lot of potential, and who will be awesome in years to Come, Varsity Team Row l tl-rj: Jeff Toler, Bobby Cole, Bryson Benninger, Eddie Ruiz. Row 2: Mark Guedea, Darren Bryant, ltalia Flood, Richard Garcia, Troy Cloud. Row 3: Rick Hunt, Coach Belanger, Coach Ruiz, Coach Abbott, Alec Ritchie. - .l Q :M - A AL .. ... L Row l FXS tl-rj: Tony Patriarca, Jay Williams, Kevin Magula, Brian Palmer, Scott Turner, Scott Tower, Rich Sramala, Scott Yoshida. Row 2: Kevin Thompson, John Taylor, Ralph Strieffel, Chris Chou, Mike Nicosia, John Sutton, J.R. Cox, Charlie Nguyen, Row 3: Eric Wilson, Greg Lesser, Coach Belanger, Coach Ruiz, Coach Abbott, Roger Stuart, Jung Lee. 168 Wrestling

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Xxnn Swings Into Action 170 Field Field Hockey This year, Marina's Field Hockey Team was made up of a fascinating blend of girls. With fifteen new players on the team, the Vikings contained an exciting mixture of youth, experience, speed, and agility, but it took the experience and outstanding coaching of Shelly Holman to bring this talented group together. Outstanding ef- forts were put forth this year by senior Chris Gray, senior Tara Robbins, and new- comer Andrea Willer. These and many oth- er fine performances were exhibited throughout the season. All of the girls fine tuned their skills during hours of practice. The young team displayed its talents in a game against the M.H.S. Field Hockey alumni. The girls battled to a hard fought O- O tie. And so went the season for the Vi- kings. Many closely contested struggles with a tough league. When the shouts had died down, and the dust had settled, the young team had finished in fourth place. - he P51 -- -iw my NS if f it Hockey Row iz Ruth Syverstrud, Paulita Jacobs, Andrea Willer, Marissa Llrada, Candice Sato, Kelly Saldana, Janice Hollingsworth, Cindy Siemers. Row 2: Nicole Peoples, Karey Reeder, Tiffany Goodyear, Chris Gray, Kathy Sadler, Darcy Degle, Tracy Baldwin, Margo Kuester, Chrissy Pena, Michelle Roberts, Tara Robbins, Coach Shelly Holman. ,,, Coach Shelly Holman discusses the game's strategy with the entire team. iwarvwdddimtnnwkn Michelle Roberts races down the field after having beaten her opponent to the ball.