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

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MOCK TRIAL — (front) Tina Pappas, Chris Opri- son, Christina Keddington. Jodi Spoon, Aman- da Wheeiand, Jamie Collins, Alex Brezinski, John Dicaro: (back) Mike Stroud, Ryan Stewart, Justin Halperin, nancy Lee, Scott Knudsen. Shane Mihaylo, Dave Hagen, Marc Hudson, Sean Olson. Sean Olson, Alex Brezinski, and Justin Helperin discuss strategies against the prosecuting op- ponents. Amanda Wheeiand and Alex Brezinski argue for the defendant s conviction. Mike Stroud, Chris Oprison and Justin Malperin research for the upcoming case. Mike Stroud relaxes a moment before giving his speech. Sean Olson prepares for his courtroom presen- tation. Chris Oprison administers the oath as the team does a practice trial.

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Teams Excel Once again, Dana Hills ' academic teams dominated not only the other schools in the district, but also those in the rest of the county. The Senior- Junior Academic Decathlon team competed in the most difficult compe- tition in recent years. After coasting through county prefims, the team competed in county finals and fin- ished, as usual, ahead of our feline neighbors to the north and the mys- tics to the south. The Kiwanis Bowl team ripped the competition apart at the county pre- lims, thus carrying on the five-year do- mination of its division. The team strangled the Tritons and brushed aside the feeble Cougars, then looked forward to decimating their oppo- nents at the Fallbrook Invitational and DC Riverside Invitational. Coaches Sherrill and Dunn both pre- dicted that the sophomore team would be strong and looked forward to asserting Dana Hills ' continuing dominance in all academic events. For results of the sophomore and freshman triumphs, please see the Spring Supplement, -e.c. 1. The Academic Decathalon team looks over another physics problem during an all-day cram session. 2. Mike Hearne breathe a sigh of relief after his interview while Alex Brezinski anxiously awaits his interrogation. 3. John Rassman and Kevin Leob proudly exit the stage after receiving medals for their performance in science. 4. SR, JR. ACADEMIC DECATHLOn: (front) Alex Brezinski, Flora Lu, Matt Dickey, Eu- gene Chen, John Rassman; (back) Kevin Loeb, Mike Hearne, Gerhard Peters. 5. Garret D ' Amore and Coach Sherrill discuss strategies at Sunny Mills. 6. SOPH. ACADEMIC DECATHLON — (front) Sandra Rugh, Cara Tyler, Dagmar Smek, Mona Wang; (back) Coach Marv Sherrill, Ryan Hamilton, Marc Carraturo, Mick Pe- ters, Tas Toochinda, Bing Lee. 7. KIWAMIS BOWL — (front-clockwise) Matt Levine, Tas Toochinda, Gerhard Peters, Eu- gene Chen, riora Lu, Bing Lee, Sean Olson, Coach Marv Sherrill, f evin Loeb, Alex Bre- zinski, Richard Amtower. 8. Marc Carraturo and Dagmar Smek spend another lunch listening to Mr. Sherrill; to- days lecture is on Fine Arts. 9. Coach Marv Sherrill preps the students be- fore the team begins its journey to a fourth place finish in the state s knowledge Master Open. 10. Faster than the click of the shutter, Alex Brezinski and Sean Olson pounce on a question during a lunch-time, while Matt Levine looks on in awe.