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

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• t. L . T, m r} IM A J 148 Croii Country

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The 1982 Worerpolo season was our sranding. Nor only did rhe ream play well, bur rhey olso mode Ir ro rhe 2nd round of CIF. Coach Hole said: This wos rhe besr reom rhar I ever cooched, nor necessarily rhe mosr rolenred, bur definirely rhe mosr determined. They showed rhis by refusing ro give up, winning six gomes by only one poinr. The mosr exciring gome of rhe season come in rhe 2nd round of rhe CIF playoffs. Nor only was Rowlond ploying Sunny Hills, o known powerhouse, bur ir was also rhe firsr rime rhar rhe reom hod ever mode ir rhar for in CIF The lost few minures of rhe gome were exciring, Rowland wos down 8 - 12 wirh 2 minures lefr, when rhe reom sroged o specroculor comebaci-;, scoring rhree quid-; goals ro come wirhin o poinr, Howev er, rime ran our ond Rowland losr 11-12, Ir wos Q dose gome The MVP Award was given ro Leonard Concholo; Mosr Voluoble Offense, John Cunningham; co-mosr Valuable Defense, Seon Horren 6 Darren Dlonkenship; ond Mosr Improved, Rick Esrrellodo This season leaves rhe ream wirh a grear feeling of occomplishmenr ond rhe sorisfying focr of knowing rhor Rowland is quid-ily becoming a CIF Worerpolo power, 1983 is on exrreme ly promising year for rhe Rowland Worer polo ream. 147

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SIX YEAR DOMINANCE ENDS Six years of dominance by rhe Wolnur Cross Country ended when Pvowlond soundly defeated rhem in running during rhe seoson. While rhis viaory provided rhe high point of rhe yeor, rhe inability to qualify for CIF finals provided rhe low poinr of rhe seoson. The mosr exciring v ' in, how- ever, was ogoinsr Los Alros, where Rowlond won rhe Sierra Leogue Chonnpionship because Rowland ' s 6rh ploce man bear Los Alros ' 6rh ploce man Coach Drown stored: Boys Vorsiry was rhe best team ever as for os ream was con- cerned They hod rwo reom-rime re- cords, won more medols, ond won rhe mosr invirorionols. There were 61 medols won ond eighr reom rro- phies were added to Rowlond ' s ol- reody impressive colleaion. The Soph Frosh reom also hod on ourstonding season, capturing the Sierra Leogue Chompionship in their division The Gi rls Vorsiry reom hod irs own special exdremenr when they domi- nated the Orange Invirotionol, bring- ing home four First Places, one Sec ond Place, and one Third Roce rro- phy along with the Team Award They totally dominated the compe tition, CoQCh Drown odded The teom ' s goals for rhe year were met when rhey were undefeated in leogue meets, becoming Sierro League Champions, ond ploced fifth in 3A CIF finals. Albert Espinozo was dubbed MVP for Varsity Doys, and Gino Plocenoo wall ' ;ed owoy wirh MVP for Vorsiry Girls. The Frosh-Soph MVP was given ro Geoffrey Perez for his oursronding performances rhroughout the season aSBB ' S ' Ai Ji ' f Kt • ' M r lu l ♦ .y TS a l MSm A t m A L ■H r ik A B Bw mm f 1 Kenny Gollordo sets rhe poce in rhis long purney 2 Cross Country is rougfi. Huh, Chorles Stem ' 3 Gino Plocenoo lol es the leod and shows why Rowbnds ' Cross Country is 1 4 Doys Votsiry Cross Country. 1si row Dennis White. Eddie Ptocencio, Albett Espinozo. Kenny Golbrdo 2nd ( ow Williom Cortosco. Dovid Meons. Chotlie Stein. Doug Cotrosco 5 Albetto Espnozo molies distonce running look simple 6 Erin Eicher eludes the best of itie runners 7 Girls Vorsiry Ctoss Country 1st r ow Koten Gormon. Renee Nokoyomo. Cindy Aguilor, Debbi Gomez 2nd f ow Gino Plocencio. Cindy Hoys. Etin Echer Cross Coufwy 149