Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Championships are athletic tradition Winning championships, whether CIF or league, has become old hat to Aztec sports teams. So many awards, championships and games have been won that the athletes, spectators and other teams take them for granted. But the coaches, the men and women who work with these athletes to win the games and championships and awards do not take them for granted. Hours and hours of time go into coaching any sport, hours taken away from family, leisure time and other ac- tivities. Coaching a sport soon can get to be an all consuming ordeal. For this reason there is a rapid turnover in coaches, partially due to the burn- out factor. Ten years ago Dave Stout, former wrestling head coach, was the head football coach for the first Aztec season. Consumer Educa- tion teacher Mike Smith coached both the water polo and swimming teams, he subsequently resigned both positions. Dal Dessecker was the head boys' bas- ketball coach in I973, resigned from that position in 1978 to coach the girls' volleyball and basketball teams. I-Ie resigned as head girls' basketball coach last year and was replaced by Marc Hill. Dick Enright, former ath- letic director, was the head baseball coach. Bob Claborn was an assistant football coach. Bob Whiteman coached the frosh-soph football team with now El Dorado Activities Direc- tor Ron Rodriguez. joan Stewart and Jean Agee were the backbone of the girls' coaching staff. Agee coached varsity and JV Basket- ball, Varsity and JV Field Hockey, Varsity and JV Volleyball and would have coached Varsity and JV Softball if the move onto the new campus hadn't necessitated the cancellation of that sport. Stewart, in addition to be- ing Girls' Athletic Director, coached Varsity and JV Tennis, all levels of swimming and all levels of track. Varsity Football Coach Pete Yoder watches his team intently from the side- lines. Yoder, with a fleet of assistant coaches, has coached the Aztecs into the CIF playoffs every year for the past eight. Soccer player Memo DeAnda eludes op- , posing players. The soccer program has been active here for the past four years. 4 - theme E E

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Sophomore Gina Porras, one completely against Rock-a-billy, sits with friends at lunch. Instead of wearing Rock-a-billy attire Porras prefers the hard core punk look. junior Lisa Lopez and date Eddie Schultz demon- strate The Swing, a rock-a-billy dance. Rock-a-billies prefer this dance to the punker's slam. an Otter is one who still enjoys punk Josed to Rock-a-billy. Otter still doesn't e Sex-Pistols disbanded. theme - 3

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Varsity basketball player Eric Culberson easily makes two points despite opposition from Kennedy High School. Culberson is an outstanding starter on the Aztec team. Los Altos cheerleaders hold up a sign bearing a message from Steven Spielberg's ET. before the CIF final game. Los Altos defeated the Aztecs at the uBig Au Dean Honaker leads other Aztecs onto the field at Brad- ford Stadium, the site of many Aztec victories. The Aztecs were named Empire League Champions. theme - 5