Northview High School - Viking Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Potential Abilities Throughout Season »- ■ • r ' -Ji ' During a game against Glendora. Mike Si- fling stays in ready position in case a ball comes his way. Before a game against Gladstone David Hickey stands in the batter ' s box ready to hit some practice balls. Brian Meyers begins a powerful swing in his game against Bonita Varsity Baseball 109

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J.V. Softball, Varsity Baseball Develop As the new season arrived for the 1 984 J.V. Softball team so did their new coach, a gra- duate of rSorthview, Miss Janna Swanson. The t eam, with Miss Swanson ' s help, prac- ticed their softball skills 3 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, leaving Tuesdays and Thursdays game days. Games usually started at 3:15 and ended at 5:15, and practices lasted from 2:00-4:00. Starting with their very first practice on January 30, the team, after several weeks, was cut down to 15 players. The seven start- ers were llleen Szuder, Tina Tan, Cindy Lock- wood, Debbie McDavid, Lisa Tazza, Nancy Green and Cici Morris. Being a new coach. Miss Swanson felt she should continue the program outlined here at Northview and hopefully be as successful as baseball. When asked what her team ' s strong points were she commented, The team worked hard on fielding and managed to be very suc- cessful, but we needed more work on our hitting. She also prepared the team before each game by having them mentally go over what they would be doing on defense and what it would take for them as individuals to win their games. In practice Coach Swanson put more effort on the physical side of the game and the team practiced fundamental skills. These included having drills on infield defense. During a game against the Workman Lo bos. Cindy Lockwood steps into position to bat. ■ ' % J V SOFTBALL FRONT ROW: Laurie Brady. Tina Tan. Josle Camil- Ian. Lori Rodeheaver. Julie Daniels SECOND ROW Cindy Lockwood, CIci Morris. Debbie McDavid. Lisa Tazza, Kelly McDavid, THIRD ROW: Diana Walker. Yvonne Villa. Kim Rogers. Tina Counter, Cecilia Saa vedra. Nancy Green, Vicky Navarro, Becky Flores. 108 J.V. Softball

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Varsity Baseball Displays Experience Usually, when a new coach is hired, it is hard for the players to adapt to his particular style. Although it hasn ' t been that hard this year, because Mark Ceniceros coached the Palamino Blue team at Hollenbeck Park, where he had met and coached some of the present varisty players. This Palamino team, including Khris Robertson. Phil Arguelles, Bri- an Myers and led by Ceniceros, won the World Series in ' 83. Ceniceros, this year ' s varsity baseball coach, previously coached at Workman High School and Edgewood, from which he gradu- ated. Pep , as he ' s called, said the team was very aggressive and experienced. The two other varsity coaches were Bill Quinley, assis- tant, a graduate of Northview, and Greg Rein- eker, pitching coach, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Together these three coaches worked very hard on keeping the team disciplined and hard working while still enjoying the fundamentals of baseball. This year ' s team consisted of twelve sen iors and four juniors. Of these sixteen, there were ten returning seniors and two returning juniors. Having as much experience on the bench as in the field was perhaps the team ' s greatest strength. This experience, coupled with the fact that most of the players have worked together for at least two years, made these Viking batmen nearly unbeatable. After a victorious game. Coach Mark Ceni- ceros and Assistant Coach Bill Quinley dis- cuss the team ' s performance- 110 Varsity Baseball