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

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: (1) Peter Reyes hits a line drive up the middle to get on base (2) Giving batting signals to David Osuna is Coach Arnold. (3) With n the batter, Martin Gomez pitches a strike to chalk up another out for the Spartans. (4) Jesse Minton catches a fly ball for the third out. (5) Running to second base, Ramond Jimenez gets the Spartans closer to the winning run.

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Long before the season even started, one found the varsity baseball team practicing hard to condition themselves for their upcoming season. The guys started practicing for tryouts on February 14. There was a rigorous two weeks of conditioning and a run over all of the fundamentals. At the end of this two-week period, the guys found out whether they made the team. Seventeen guys were selected for the varsity team. This included eight seniors, five juniors, and four sophomores. The coaches who led the team were Coach Larry Arnold, Jack Boyne, Craig Marioka, and Sam Humphries. The coaches pushed the team as hard as they could. As Coach Arnold commented, You always want them to excel, to perform at their max. You hope that they do, to reach their goals so we push them hard! The coaches all felt that the team did well. They went as far as their pitching would take them. They had a strong defense and solid hit ting but their weak point was their pitching which was about 75% of the game. They had a solid club and as the captain and three year let- terman Perry Amador summed it up, As a team we learned to excel in certain disciplinary responsibilities on the baseball field which not only abled us to be one of the top three teams in the Citrus Belt League, but also to be winners in our most important environment in the course of the future. San Qorgonic Opponent San Bernardino 6 5 Cajon 9 6 Chaffey 16 7 Colton 8 5 Eisenhower 17 3 Redlands 11 4 Pacific 1 2 Fontana 1 Colton 8 1 Eisenhower 4 1 Redlands 4 4 Fontana 5 Colton 9 team together puts strong Varsity baseball yfT

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Spartan player Tracy Webber grew up with softball • - - - Girls ' softball opposition was forced to deal with an unex- pected problem, the sure and speedy hands of senior Tracy Webber. Tracy played starting pitcher as well as shortstop for the Spartans. She began playing softball when she was ten years old in Highland summer league and grew up with the game from there on. What does Tracy like most about playing for San G? I pitch and I ' m right in the middle of everything. Being in the center of things is not her lifetime goal, however. Although she plans to play ball at San Diego State University, she is hoping to ac- quire a B.A. in business administration. After this she would like to enter the field of word processing. In addition to playing softball, her hobbies include eating, dancing, partying, and playing volleyball. She played on varsi- ty volleyball for San Gorgonio as well. Just what does it take to be a good softball player? Among Tracy ' s list of necessities were having to hustle, not being afraid of getting dirty, working as a team member, and absorb- ing what the coach tells you. You have to learn and sharpen the basic fundamentals of softball and you have to be dedicated. John Kocher, class of ' 83 Above: Scooping up a grounder, Joyce Jackson tags out a Colton player for the third out of the inning. Above right: Tracey Webber pitches a fast ball for the third strike and final play of the game. Right: 1983 Girls ' Softball Team: First row: Lori Chang. Rene Arellano, Lori Carillo, Robin Mooney, Becky Car ranza, Second row: Denise Gillette, Rene Fitts, Gina Cooper, Joyce Jackson, Tracey Webber. Crystal Smith, Anna Hernandez, Janet German. ' -• -