Rowland High School - Saga Yearbook (Rowland Heights, CA)

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ASCENT OUT OF THE DEPTHS Many surprising changes occurred in rhe 1982 foil foorboil season Under rhe direction of Horry Robinson, rhe new head foorboil coach, rhe ream mode on amazing ascenr our of rhe depths of losr place finishes The ream compered in CIF playoffs for rhe firsr rime in many, many years. The mosr oursronding game of rhe season was rhe firsr league gome agoinsr Wesr Covino Rowlond had never beoren Vesr Covino m irs hisrory Ir appeared rhor hisrory was repeating irself with f owlond behind to 13 when rhe teom mode a greor come back winning rhe gome 14-13. Turning rhe ream around and making the boys winners and infusing some positives into rheir rhinking con trolled the octions of the coaching sroff We accomplished this by teaching every player to ploy ro rheir moximum obiliry level each week, exploined Coach fXobinson Whar ever was done cerrainly mode a vosr improvemenr in rhe reomwork of rhe boys This ream work payed off when rhe ream wos able ro ploy in rhe 1st round of CIF. Pvowlond losr ro Esperonzo by a score of 40 6; never- rheless, the ream wos proud of irs accomplishments The coaching staff, feeling thot o team doesn ' t have individual awards, measures success by ream stondords, however, several ployers mode Sier ro Leogue honorory reams Mike Morrimer. Gordon Doddridge, Troy Reed, Greg Jones, Mike Wilson, ond Charley Dullon all mode 2nd ream, while Juan Roymundo mode honor able menrion. 138 Voriity FooiboH

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Who would hove ever rhoughr rhor one of rhe gravest social Issues of 20rh Cenrury Americo would center oround o bus, that Dehemoth on wheels that has made travel possible for thousonds, that hos mode com- nnuting oaoss town or to work easier, that hos provided transportation to school for untold omounts of students, and that has transported othletic reams, bands and other groups to contests and adventures oround the country? The very nature, though, of its fundtion in society mode the bus the battleground of post World War II. The bus systems thot operated across Americo beginning In the 1930 ' s were some of rhe best means of transportation in exisronce. Bus ter- minals teamed with people awaiting the arrival or departure of, among others, rhe sleel-( silver Greyhound. Municipalities ocross rhe country scrombled to put tronsporrorion just a short walk from o person ' s door, while schools began to purchase big yellow buses to irtture students a way to and from school ond to provide tronsporration for athletic teams, school bonds, ond field trips. After rhe problems of World Wor II, rhe bus sysrems inaeosed their routes ond services; pienished rhi died during rhe war. All v until rhe 1950 ' s wher £s rhe South becoa oil America, ond r the roadways of Montgomery, Ala boma, becQi ' ' equality. u iy of being pushed to the bri bus because of their color ji ed to stop patronizing tne AiwpifWPP ery Bus System. The sidewalk.s of Montgomery hod never bc-en s;.- busy OS when the Dlad population took to the sidewalks in droves. The action against the bus s stem lasted from December 5, 1955 ro Decer,ioc-r 18, 1956, when rhe Unired Srores Su- preme Courr upheld a lower court decision that the Montgomery segre- gation lows concerning bu ' es were unconstitufionol. Blocks and wrMts- for the firsr time in the South, scjfl rhe buses os equals. It wosn ' t long before buses ogoin figured in segregation problems, bur this rime it dealt wirh schools. Courrs began ordering school districts across rhe country to achieve racial balance by busing srudenrs ro non-neighbor- s prevail, argued 5par.;er. ' :., n.nc vourrs added nded de- conrro- vc-rsy s srill ver : ' . )( rwenry-five yeor.v ofter Buses still ply the major highways of America, but their ni ' mbers hove dwindled. Schools srill bus re alleviate segregorior,, b«jr in lesser numbers. SrJd ' »nts irill go ro oihie.ic events, po- rodes ond on field rrips on buses, bur money t j fund this oreo has lessened. Cries 5;;il struggle o maintain o bus .-ystem for rhe non-driv|n — — . ■ ' --- but infJQticn has tend 5. ' ' groups c;e r,ow workiriy on o ir ief [ Tiodes of tronsporration, but none of these ore as versatile as the bus. The very freedom ir offers in oil oreos ensures rhor man will be able ro conrinue ro journey by bus for some rime to come.

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K v. ' . ' ' i£ - WM I 1 Team Copioins, Dono Horns ond Croig Tippings meet wirh their oppor enrs for rhe flip of rhe coin 2 Vorsiry Foorboll Isr Row f,eece Chrisrion. Croig Tippings, Mike Marres, Jeff Reid, Mike Dnzendine, Efren Doco, Tony Avilo. Sooho Choi. Dovid Leobmon, Dennis Nodol 2nd Row Cooch Horry f obinson, fVoberr Joffmon, Tony Zobolo, Mil-(e Williams, Troy Gosh, Scorr Moreno, Carlos f ivos, Dovid LeFoy, Dono Horns, Leit Larson, Cooch Por Ferguson 3rd Row Cooch Ron Urobe, Dove McCormicI-,, Sreve Solozor, Denny Lomondo, Dob Markosl ' ;i, Gordon Doddridge. Chorles Dullon. Mike Hernondez. Aaron Kroeger. Cooch Brad Monning 4rh Row: Cooch John Schneider, Dove Moxwell, Eddie Gorcio, Louie Porrillo, Kevin Pererson, Reggie Thomas, Destry Hippen, Richord Rios, Albert Gorcio, Eric Taylor 5rh Row- Ron Verdugo, Seon Greer, Mike Wilson. Iric Dooker. Robert Lertmon, Gorrert Mulleneoux, Juon Roymundo, Jorge Orrego 6rh Row Greg Jones, Mike Mor timer, Seon Lohmon, Peter Dorcich, Troy Reed. Shown Jomison. Jim SchnobI 3. Number 23, Troy Gash, runs oround on Edgewood defender for more yords- 4 Mike Morrimer. 84, rurns it on 5 68, Troy Reed, mokes o srrong effort to corch rhe boll Rowland vs Wesr Covino 14-13 Pvowlond vs, Wilson 6-30 Rowlond vs Edgewood 10 6 Rowlond vs. Los Alros 54 Rowland vs, Walnur 14-13 Vorsiry Foorboll 139