San Gorgonio High School - Summit Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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Sports make media headlines From the forming of a new football league to rumors of football scandals, from Wayne Gretzky ' s popularity to the World Cup ' s hatred by America, it has been anything but dull in professional sports in 1982-83. March 1982 — After a strike filled year, baseball got down to business with spring training. The defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers were without Fernan- do Valenzuela, a holdout, but he soon came and everything was back to normal again. April — As baseball ' s regular season staited, on came the NHL playoffs, and in stead of the Dodgers Southern California turned to the Kings as they met Edmonton and Wayne Gretzky. To the shock of everyone, the Kings halted the Oilers mighty scoring machine in five games. However, at the end it was the New York Islanders skating off with the Stanley Cup. ,,A 1 ,1 4- May — It was now time for the Los Angeles Lakers to shine, going undefeated in the NBA playoffs until losing 2 of 6 in the finals to win another world championship. August — After a poor start, the Dodgers finally got on track, however, still behind streaking Atlanta by 10 ' 2. Entering Atlanta in a must sweep situa- tion, they fell behind 10-5 in the sixth. Something snapped. The Dodgers blew up, sweeping Atlanta both there and at home to take over first place in 12 days. September — After a summer filled with drug confessions, unions, a Raider lawsuit, and a new league ((JSFL), the NFL went only two games into its season before being stopped by a strike. Ed Garvey was instantly turned into Sunday ' s villain. October — As basketball, hockey, and indoor soccer began, preparations began for the summer Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1984. With smog as a major factor, officials sweated over every possible solution. In St. Louis, Bruce Sutter locked up the Cardinals ' victory in the World Series. December — This was the biggest month yet, as the NFL returned, Bear Bryant retired, and baseball trading began. January 1983 — With the NFL ' s ridiculous playoff setup and the death of Alabama ' s Bear Bryant, January ' s only bright spot was Washington Redskins ' FB John Riggins, powering his way to a Super Bowl crown. February — Rams hire John Robin- son, the headlines blared, Hershel Walker said yes, no, and yes again to the CJSFL ' s New Jersey Generals 16 million dollar con- tract and after 1 1 long years, the Kings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4. Sporting events on many occasions dominated the news and many of the headlines were the subject of discussion by San G athletes. James Curran, class of 86 138 sports

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the pace 000 1 1. 3 | .M ■ Mm 1 II IB : 5 r; $ t 33tt . - - M i W l I -J ■i Above: The colorful San Jacinto Mountains provide a backdrop to the pleasant summer and winter climates of the San Jacinto Valley A heaven for many snow birds those who travel from Oregon. Washington, and other northern states and Canada, the climate is ideal for year round golf and tennis. The towns of Hemet and San Jacinto, nestled at the base of the mountains are retirement communities and are the locations for many of the largest mobile home parks in the world Left: San Gorgonio defeats rival Pacific in the final minutes. The Spartan teams started picking up the pace during the summer and ear- ly school year with the beginning of practices. They practiced after school for three to four long and hard hours, trying out various positions, learning new and old plays, planning the strategy to be used on their opponents, and getting ready for the upcoming season. It was a lot of hard work, but it was worth it after placing second in CBL, commented Cynthia Perez, a varsity volleyball player. When the season began, most of San G ' s teams got off to a good start. They ranked high in CBL standings and did well in CIF playoffs. Football went to the playoffs for the first time in ten years. During the seasons, players would rush to read the newspaper to see who had won Prep of the Week, and similar awards presented by the county. As the seasons came to an end, the players found out who made the re- quirements for a varsity letter. The ban- quets were planned at different local restaurants, some more formal than others. At the banquets, the coaches named the players who received awards such as M.V.P. (most valuable player) the captain for the following year, the coach ' s award and most improved award. The spirit at San Gorgonio was at a high pace during the 1982 83 year. Students would travel to distant games just to watch their school play. The crowds were enthusiastic and ready to cheer their teams on to victory. Cheerleaders were at every football, basketball, and water polo game cheer ing and standing behind their team one hundred percent. Many people didn ' t get formal credit for the many victories of the teams. Coaches, stat people, and managers spent many hours getting the teams ready on and off the field or court, and helping the teams during the games. All combined to put San G sports on a fast pace to the winner ' s circle. editor: Debt Mitchell section assistants: Debbie Dowell Danny Quiggle

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Far left: Reaching for an outside ball, John Nagy catches it with ease. Left: The Spartans block Cardinal players for a loss of yardage. Below left: Volleyball is one of the three sports during the fall season for girls to play Above: 6 3 Cardinals was the final score of the 1983 World Series which was viewed by millions of arm-chair sports fans. Right: Kicking the ball away the goal, Mitch Gunn gets the ball half way down the field. Below: After sink ing the ball. Tim Beggs and Marvin Cash give each other five.