John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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TENNIS Positioned at the baseline, Mike Hickman sets up for a passing shot against an Arlington opponent. North won 24-4. Varsity Tennis SEASON RECORD (14-4)| North 16 ' . North 19 9 Rubidoux North l.V, i ' ( oroiu Nurlh 7 ' . 20 ' , Polv North 20 8 Ramona North 28 Nort Vista 5 ' , 22 ' . Redlandn North 24 4 Arlington North 3 ' . 24 ' i Poly 9 Ramona North 28 Norte Vista North 24 North 22 6 Arlmgton North 10 ' . 17 W Poly North 15 1 3 Ramona North 28 Nort Vista North 26 2 La Sierra North 3 Arlington 2nd in IVY JV Tennis SEASON RECORD (11-1-1) 29 2 Victor Vallev North 31 Rubidoux North 31 Corona North 20 11 Poly Ramona 31 Norte Vista North 19 12 Redlands North 31 Arlington North 6 23 Poly 14 14 Ramona North 20 7 Arlington North 20 9 Poly North 20 9 Ramona 1st in IVY With a combination of concentration and deter- mination, Eric Foss serves a game winning ace. Stunning his Poly opponent with his serve, Andy Heil wins another crucial point. Heil and His Doubles partner Mike Redd went 4-0 for the day. tennis 1 1

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Strength In Doubles Versatility, stated Sandeep Jauhar summing up the varsity tennis team, because we have ex- tremely strong doubles and our singles are hard working and dedicated. Many players agreed that much of the team ' s strength was definitely in their doubles teams, these two teams, which consisted of Andy Heil and Mike Redd; Roger Stay and Rajiv Jauhar earned the team many match- winning points. Andy Heil stated, Our main goal was to at least break even in singles because we knew our doubles could pick up the slack. If you were to go to one of the tennis team ' s practices, you would have seen a group of players all doing one thing — hav- ving fun. Not only were the tennis players hard working, they also enjoyed themselves out on the tennis courts. We had fun at practices, commented Andy Heil. Coach Hughes added, They enjoy playing; we have few real dedicated players this year. Despite this fact, they had the ability to play good, competitive tennis. Joel Talcott commented, Practice is very easy going, but before a match the atmosphere becomes very serious. We know we have a job to do, and that job is to beat whomever we play. The ball is a blur as Sandeep Jauhar swats it back to his Ramona opponent. Jauhar won the set to help North win the match, 19-9. 10 sports

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Track Struggles Through I always felt we had a good chance, anything can happen in a meet. This attitude of Elreen Brumfield and her fellow track team members was instrumental in getting the team through a season of troubles and negatives. A small team was just one of the many problems faced by the track team. With only twenty-five members on J.V. and Varsity combined, the team had to work hard to make up for its size. Because of this, the team members had to participate in more events. This made it dif- ficult for the athletes to improve on their major event. Inexperience was another prob- lem. Starting with an almost new team, the athletes had to practice harder to better their skills. With only three returning let- termen, we lacked the experience we needed to face some of these teams, stated Coach Davis. Individually the team had a number of outstanding athletes. Andy wood, with a 49.9 400 meters ' time, was the team ' s top runner. Elreen Bumfield proved to be one of strongest girls, collec- ting medals for the 330 low hurdles at the Hemet Invita- tional. Jerium Briscoe also stood out in the 330 low hurdles. Another outstanding player was freshman Ernest Clark with a 20 ft. jump. - After running the 330 low hurdles against Arl- ington, Darren Briscoe crosses the finish line. Arl- ington won the meet 68 to 39. 12 sports