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

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Outstanding catcher Troy Percival demon- strates his base running ability as well. Senior first baseman Brian Courtney connects for a solid sin- gle against Perris. Batting .333 for the first part of the season Dana Morentin also plays left field. Coming in for the score, is second baseman Ron West. M ow do you spell success? L-e-e! contention for the Ivy League ti- tle and a chance for C.I.F. is something new for us, it ' s really exciting. Coach Lee has made it fun and he ' s brought a winning attitude to the team. With only four seniors on the team, next year looks to be even better. After; eleven years, baseball gotd new coach, Coach Lee. (ymih seven returning lettermen and many players who played ball in the summer it looked to be a promising season. Fqey start- ed the season winning tfoeir first 5 out of 6 ganies Cjiiore games than they had wjp n all of last sea- son;. J Vith (fteiielp of Coach Lee ajjM some excellent play, other teafh s couldn ' t take them so Ji mfyi anymore. Coach leestat- ' Wd, If the players had fun, we ' ve been successful, but winning v ) r would be nice too. yUfr ' After missing last season, - §[ k 0lS - lefthander Eric Valdez led the L J$v pitching staff, followed by soph- 500 otnore Darrell Goedhart. They were very consistent on offense arid defense. Returning letter- Wan, Steve Borst said, Being in Varsity H Sports

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(Betting a good lead off of first base is second year player, Steve Borst. TEAM ID. BACK — Coach Lee, Steve Rocha, Jacky Cummings. Troy Percival, Darrell Goedhart, James Silvis, Mark Doran, Richard Oliphant, Ron West, Brian Court- ney. FRONT — Steve Jenkins, Dana Morentin, Kenny Holman, Brent Courtney, Steve Borst, Gary LeClair, Eric Valdez, Jason Cole. Giving some encouragement to pitcher Eric Valdez is 1st year coach, Steve Lee.

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I urning in his high tops for cleats, is Steve Perez Shane Butler. Number one freshman pitcher Jason who hits as well as he shoots. Sending the runner. Matheny fires in another fast ball. Sophomore Randy Pruett, home is first year coach, Mr. Cas- catcher Kevin Carbullido makes catching look sette. Firing in another strike is sophomore pitch- easy, er Corey Arrington. Awaiting the throw at first is w hen you ' re scoring, it ' s not boring. Making a strong appearance after a nine year absence was frosh baseball, which consisted of fifteen freshmen athletes. They started off the season by winning their first three games. As a team they proved to be very good hitters. John Tenny- son hit a 355 yard homerun, which was as long as some major league homers. The pitching staff was led by Jason Matheny and Steve Perez. Coach Lindner said, Frosh baseball was a real excitement. I tried to teach the players how to be all around ath- letes with an emphasis on aca- demic excellence. After three years the J.V. boys had a new coach, Mr. Cas- sette from Rubidoux. They didn ' t drag their feet, beginning the season with five straight Ins, four of them by five or ore runs. They were very good hitters, commented Coach Cassette, and they also had a great attitude. The pitchi- ng staff was led by Corey Ar- rington and Matt Conley. Jake Ganzarite said, The great thing about playing was the team was filled with enthusi- asm and we played like a team. let We Want H To Win