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

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GYMNASTICS SAY GOODBYE Gymnosrics soid irs goodbye to rhe IXowlond High School orhletic progrom at the completion of the 1960 seoson. Aftet 15 yeots of use. the rings ore being hung on o wall, the hotses ond bors ore being stored in o corner, and the mots ore being rolled up ond put away A lock of competitors within the league hove necessitat- ed this move During rhe 15 yeors gymnostics hove been in existonce at Rowlond, the sport has wtacked- up on impressive record The various reoms hove won 10 leogue championships, three CIF seconds, and one CIF firsr place The individuol accomplishments and rewotds ate too numer- ous to list Cooch Mattin feels the sport is ending ot Its high point: Lost yeat the teom wos undefeoted in League ond was also CIF Cham- pions This yeof we should tepeot at least, parr of that, Over the yeors Cooch Morrin has shown o personal dedication ro his reams nor often found ond becouse of this dedication, hos hod many boys turn in outstanding petformances Gymnosrics teoches self discipline ond stresses individuol perfection stared Cooch Morrin It also demands o personol dedication nor found in team spotts This dedicotion ond perfection con be found in rhe performonces of his top gymnasts Mike Mattes, on the Still Rings, was o CIF medalist in 1982 and hopes to repeat rhor fear ogoin Poul Peloso, on rhe Porollel Dors, is olso a CIF Medalist who is working for a repeot performonce These two have been dubbed the Most Out standing Atheltes on Rowland ' s 1983 Gymnas tic Teom, Coach Mattin ' s most promising girl gymnast is rerurning vorsiry gymnost Sue Hait suko I am sod and disappointed to see the pto gtom end, bur without scheduled contests it is just too difficult to keep the progrom going Cooch Morrin conrinued I am not, however, walking owoy with nothing I hove a mind full of memories of the students and their triumphs to look bock on with pleasure m if% , ? a ( mmis- I 1 Poul Peloso does on L on rhe porolled bors 2 P.ich Smirh foultlessly executes on L on the Srill Rings 3 Mike Mattes wins more points with his Iron Cross 4 Donny LoRose honds leave the bat os he reverses his swing 5 Suzy Hoirsulio mokes o scale look eosy 6 Jeff Port begins his dismount on the horse 7 The ream worms up with floor exercises before working in their individuol oreos 8 The Gymnastic Teom. Row 1 Richord Smith, Sue Hoitsuko, Jeff Post, Shori Hoirsuko, Paul Peloso, Shelly Flores, Donny LoRose, Mike Morres Row 2 Gory Moriell, Jim Metz, Ion Segol, Ruben Cedeno, Kevin Sonchez, Juon Lota, Mike Russell, Dove Silva, John Wintersteller Row 3 Rob Dennett, Robbie Silvo, Fronk Hall, Dob Munger, DeWayne Adorns, Chris Sims, Gory LoRose, Ron Flores, Greg Dornhorr, Jeff Srombough Gymnostics 161

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RECORD SPEAKS FOR SUCCESS Rowland ' s Doseboll ream, under rhe coach ing of Ron Urobe, finished 2nd m league ploy in rhe 1982 seoson, wenr inro OF, ond losred ro rhe 3rd round of CIF Ployoffs In rhe rhird round gome rhey foced MilliKen and were defeored by a score of 3 ro 1 While rhe boys were disoppoinred or the defeor, rhey were jubilonr about rheir record Thor was the most exciting seoson I hove ever coached Urobe srared. and added, That wos rhe first year that o boseboll team from Rowland hos mode it so for in CIF, An- orher exciting ospecr of rhor seoson was rhot r owlond was rhe lost reom ro beor 4A CIF Champions, NVolnur Their league record was 9 wins, 5 losses, and 1 rie The ream did an oursronding job in oil of rheir gomes ' ' Urobe gives a lor of rhe credir ro Craig Tippings and Kiki Gorcio for rhe winning season They played excellenr boll oil season Craig ond Kil i ore two of rhe five rerurning vorsity players who moke up rhe main port of rhe 1983 boseboll team The other returnees ore Croig Curler, Cory Dank, and Mike Srevens The boys ploy well rogether ond give rhe team rhe experience ir needs ro win ' And win rhey do. In rhe 1983 season, rhe Rowland nine were consisronr winners, being undefeored well inro leogue ploy Ron Urobe has coached boseboll or Row land for 10 yeors, or losr 5 years or rhe vorsity level He is assired on rhe field by Croig Snyder When asked obout what they ore planning thor IS differenr rhis season. Coach Urobe re sponded, Norhing Whorever we hove been doing in rhe post hos worked Our record speaks for rhe success we hove hod wirh rhe boys ' ' 1 Ftosh Doseboll. Row 1 Joe Flores, Paul Digoudio, Tony Zore, Juon Cosrro Row 2 Eric Lukovsky, Mike Simen, Marty Hernondez, Tony Lee, Mono Aguos, 2 Anthony Rodriguez bunrs rhe boll 3 Croig Tippings crosses home plore for o Rowlond run 4 Varsity Daseboll. Row 1 Kevin Dowler, Chris Gollego, Croig Tippings, Anthony Rodriguez, Jeff Smith Row 2 Dobby Morkoski, Steve Munoz. Cory Donk. Marry Pyle. Rob Cionclrto. Kiki Gorcio Row 3 Mike Srevens. Gordon Dodridge. Mike Villogron. Croig Durler 5 JV Doseball. Row 1 Kurr Workins, Sergio Cosrro, Dill Wolfrum, Richard Coto, Geoff Perez, Dovid Wood, John Mollo Row 2 Drion Sheppord, Al Scales, Mike Rowland, Seon Smith, Mike Udo. Jerry Roberrs. John Korzoroff. Carlos Rodriguez, Jomes Wilson 6 Croig Durler (ries ro imirore Sreve Sox 7 Kiki Gorcio mokes o fine corch or firsr bose 8 Cooch Urobe and Coach Snyder discuss rhe ground rules prior to the start of the gome ogoinsi Edgewood. Doseboll 163