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

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Left: During an exhausting game against Pacific, tackle Jeff Quiggle, takes 3 break to quench his thirst. Below left: Frank Havemann blocks a Redlands player from scoring a goal Bottom: Injuries on the field are attended to quickly by the coach and physician who is always present. When school started, everyone thought that it was time for sports to start . not true. Football, tennis, water polo, and volleyball had started practicing early in the summer. All the long and hard practices paid off for the fall sports teams. Three out of four teams made it to CIF this fall, that ' s not too bad, remarked Mr. Betty, athletic department director. The sport that shocked everyone was football. They had a 4-7 record after losing to Servite in the CIF playoffs. It was the first time that San G football got to go to the playoffs in ten years. Two teams that always seemed to do well during their season were tennis and volleyball. The girls tennis team, along with the volleyball team, placed second in CBL with a record of 11-4 for tennis and 14-6 record for volleyball. Both tennis and volleyball went to CIF. Tennis lost their first match, which knocked them out of the running Volleyball went on to the third game where they lost to Troy. After six of the seven starting varsity players graduated last year, water polo had a slow season. Their team was young and needed to be developed. Next year we are going to do a lot better, said Chad Durham, a future varsity player. Mr. Betty remarked The fall season was very successful. Tennis, football, and volleyball all had an outstanding year. Water polo had a hard name to live up to after last year. They did well but not as as well as wished.

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w - Three fall teams make it to CIF

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Girls 7 volleyball keeps strong pace Above: Tina Franklin serves the ball for game point. Right: In a game against Redlands, Michelle Niday reaches for a spike. San Gorgonio Aquinas Opponent 3 Victor Valley 2 Chaffey 3 Colton 1 Eisenhower 3 Redlands 3 3 Pacific ? Colton 3 3 Eisenhower 2 2 Redlands 3 3 Pacific 3 2 Colton 2 Redlands Pec, fir Magnolia 1 ' LaHabra 3 At the beginning, all team coaches were op- timistic about their team, whether they admitted it or not. Coaches had it even worse, without the luxury of an exhibition season They had no way of telling how their team would do. Some pleasant surprises came about for the Spartan varsity volleyball squad, which saw themselves keep a strong pace the first half of the season within striking distance of Colton, a long time nemesis and regarded by many as the best in San Bernardino County in volleyball. The best of the best were Tracy Webber and Ruth Ellison, two extremely talented athletes who paired up for many points and were regarded by many to be the deadliest combination in local var sity play by volleyball observers. Well, we ' ve been good friends for a long time, commented Tracy Webber, team captain. Ruth and I have played volleyball together ever since we started at San G. It has become a sort of unity where we know what each other is doing on the court. Of course, as well as these two, the Spartans had other great players. Tina Franklin, another senior, had been known as an excellent stopper on spikes. The girls didn ' t spend all their time on volleyball. Tracy Webber, for instance, enjoyed Softball. She was good enough in fact, to make the varsity Softball team as a freshman. Comments weren ' t long when talking about the JV squad. Mo comment, joked Michelle Niday. But seriously, it takes time before they can be The players agreed that the best two were Michelle and Tracy. However, if one looked close ly at a game they played, it was hard to distinguish one from the other It was a total team effort. On the court, the girls were tough. In CBL play, the Spartan girls lost to Redlands twice, but went on to beat them the third time, which pitted them against Eisenhower and Pacific. After beating both teams, they earned a second place in CBL. CIF playoffs were tougher. Led by Coach Leann Glmer, they successfully beat Troy, then LaHabra. but lost to Magnolia to end their season 14-6. Individual recognition was earned by Joyce Jackson, Ruth Ellison, and Tracy Webber, who made the first team CBL. Michelle Niday joined the second team. Volleyball at San G was strong and a team sport. In football, all the spotlight was on the quarterback and the running back or wide receiver In basketball, it was on the one with the fanciest slam dunk or lay up. One didn ' t have special positions in volleyball and that was what made the sport so different. James Curran, class of 86