Moreno Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Sunnymead, CA)

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440 Mile Relays Decide League Title Coach Dick Schmidt ' s Track team has never won a league title. However, this year the Vikings vowed to turn this around with a71 -65 upset win over defending SAL Champs, Cajon, in a meet decided by the 440 relay and the mile relay. A week later Moreno was put to the test in another thrilling meet which Hemet won, 68-65 on thefinal event. . .the mile relay. For the past two years Moreno has been runner-up in the CIF 2A finals of the Soph-Frosh track. The chang next year will have to be the goal of this years team. Head Track Coach, Dick Schmidt 1976 TRACK TEAM— FRONT ROW: James Orvets, Dan Longoria, Ben Alejandro, Robert Smith, James Heatly, Glen Vieira, Dave Shanahan, Henry Gonzales. 2rOD ROW: Coach Mike Cree, Bob Stokes, Johnny Areso, Eric Orvates, Nestor Prosper, Alphonse Winters, Clarence Malone, Bill Moak, Frank Brown, Paul RIcci. 3RD ROW: Coach Mike Lukens, Dan Barrera, Alan Jankunas, Mike Gibson, Lew Roux, Al Haney, Jaime Martinez, and Dave 234-Track Mendez. 4TH ROW: Coach Dick Schmidt, Javier Delao, Kenny Simons, Ron Crabtree, Ruben Tysol, Dale Vieira, Dan Haney, and Paul Chacon. 5TH ROW: Gary Bickham, Larry Dean, Bill Bingham, Brad Brown, Dave Johnson, Chris Strode, Jim Hartman, and James Wooten. 6TH ROW: Steve Lindsey, Joe Machingo, Bruce Halverson, Phillip Reid, Joe Chacon, Gil Brown. 7TH ROW: Larry Cox, Vern Rogers, Ron Thomas, and Ray Wesley. A

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I Lyme Karn Gymnastics Team Beat Hemet, 59-53 MV GIRL ' S GYMNASTIC TEAM Under the guidance of f i rs t year Coach Steve Lee, Moreno Valley ' s girls gymnastic team won their first meet against Hemet and continued to be successful . Despite losing a few seniors from last year, this year ' s team was very strong. It showed a lot of dedication, effort, and im- provement in order to produce a winning team. They had some hardships due to limited practice space, but overcame this by giving up their lunch time to practice in the gym. To prove their spirit the gymnasts beat Hemet 59-53 to open their season. Anita Best, 2I ID ROW, Phil Jauregui, Stuart Lindsday, Rick Jones. til: -«fvi Nancy Hutchinson, Kathy Carroll, 2ND ROW: Jeannett Bisonette, Diane Korhley. Jeanett Bisonette, 2ND ROW: Diane Korhley, Karen Kuehn, Kathy Carroll. 1 n ' t - Janice Culling, Nancy Hutchinson, Debbie Tyrrel, Cindy Canale. Gymncistics-233

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J-- VARSITY SPRINTERS: Kenny Simons, (100, 220 440 relay); Larry Dean, (440 and 1-mile relay); Javier Delao, (440 440-1 mile relays); Robert Smith, (100, 220 440 relay); Brad Brown, (100, 220 440 relay); and Gary Bickham, (440 mile relays). M I I .X lat, Kenny jiHaney, lean, Bill lim Hartma . laehinW ( 7TH (Wesley ' VARSITY HIGH HURDLERS: Dan Longoria, Bruce Halverson, Ben Alejandro and Frank Brown Track - 235