Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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Tennis Plans To Score Big As varsity coach Art Jenkins popped open tilt First tennis ball cans of ' 87 his team prepared to open new doors in school history. Their goal: to win the CIF 4- A championship. Featuring all but two members of the ' 86 team which climbed all the way to the CIF finals, the team, led by seniors Andy Taylor, Gavin Fenske, and Jeft Meredith, looked torward to a third consecutive year of domination in the South Coast League. Sophomores Ryan Gately (the number one player as a freshman) and Steve Saba also returned, along with the redoubtable doubles team of juniors Neel Grover and Stan Sanders. Coach Jenkins stated, As always, we ' ll be challenged by the likes of Capo Valley and Mission Viejo. However, we have no weaknesses, and we are looking at being ranked in the top two of the division. Added Grover, We would have won the championship if we hadn ' t had a bad day last year. The junior varsity team had an equally optimistic outlook. They, too, were defending champions. With seven of twelve players returning. Coach Stephens ' team boasted the talents of ' 86 league singles champion John Simon. Said Stephens. Our major goal at the J.V. level is to prepare for varsity competition and, in doing so, learn how to work and win. A winning attitude is essential to maintaining a successful program, and it starts at the JV level. He added that quality play should come from Troy Geisler and Caine Moss in singles, and Tim Sosnowski and Ryan Norgren in doubles. To see if either team came through, please look up the results in the Sprint; Supplement. -e.y. 1. VARSITY TENNIS-(fr( nt) Mr. Jenkins, Jeff Meredith. Andy Taylor, Stan Sanders, Scott Dale. Ryan Gately, Neel Grover, Steve Saba. Gavin Fenske, Chris Stevens, Tim Potter, Kurt Reiner. Bill Shipman. 2. Precision hitting is what Neel Grover strives for against Mission Viejo. V Practice makes perfect, as sophomore Marc Gunther illustrates by working on his backhand 4, Top-ranked Ryan Gately hoped to lead the team to C.I.F. finals tor a second straight year, 5. JUNIOR VARSITY TKNNIS-( front ) Came Moss, Troy Geisler, John Simon, Tim Sosnowski, Mike Lynch, Roger Hayes, Marc Gunther, (back) Ryan Norgren, Kurt Reiner, Bill Shipman, Dusty Collins, Scott Knutzen. Ryan Robinett, David Wolfe, Mr Stephens. 6. John Simon, Caine Moss, and Andy Taylor break from practice. 7, Stan Sanders learn from fell Meredith during a scrimmage Some of the competition thought they were good, but it was in vain. -Andy Taylor % MWrU poach move your feet • grove

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hard can it be? They Go For C.I.F., Again Repeating as C.I.F. champions for a second year in ' 87 is something varsity volleyball coach Oz Simmons just wouldn ' t mind doing. Volleyball surpasses all other sports, ciue to Oz ' s aura. -M. Leyman The fashion in which Simmons forecast the season was casual, to say the least. Said he. We expect to win league, some tournaments, and C.I.F. On the teams strengths, he stated, Were very well dressed . . . and hard working to. Oz did betray a serious side, however: he acknowledged that the biggest obstacles to his team ' s reclaiming past conquests were El Toro and powerhouses Newport Harbor and Laguna Beach. As usual, there was an abundance of well -seasoned players to compensate: Bryan Larkin (hitter), Ky Lambert (hitter). Press Maycock (middle blocker), and Steve Economos and Gary Knowles (setters). Simmons only hoped that thev were hungry enough to win and cjvercome their relative inexperience. One level below. Oz was confident that Drew Brislen (setter), Tony Pavlovich (middle Blocker). Chris Lambert (hitter), and Shane Mihaylo (hitter) could take the J.V. team to first place in the South Coast League and the Orange County Tournament. The lone weakness on their part was a tendency to dwell on individual egos. Finally. Simmons wanted to develop at last six players on the frosh-soph team to go on to J.V. or varsity within a year. Because there is no actual league for them to compete in, he joked that their toughest opponent would be the alarm clock. To find out whether the varsity retained their championship and to see how the J.V.s fared. Consult your Spring Supplement. -e.y.

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