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

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FOOTBALL With Robbie Lough blocking for him, Billy Walker is able to gain extra yardage against Norte Vista. North lost 18-19. Varsity Football SEASON RECORD (2-8) North 20 14 Yucaipa North 8 21 Corona North 66 Rubidoux North 6 35 Norco North 6 7 Morningaide North 18 19 Norte Vista North 44 Ramona North 6 7 Arlington North 27 La Sierra North 6 36 Poly 5th in IVY jisearching for an opening, Jim Berens gets ready H throw the ball before being attacked by ifucaipa ' s defense. The Huskies went on to win 20 varsity football 49

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Varsity comes close So close, and yet so far. That was the only way to describe the foot- ball season. The games were either close to winning, or not close enough. Norte Vista, Morningside, and Arlington were close games in which North lost by only 1 point. Kelvin Butler made touchdowns in both the Arlington and Morn- ingside games to make the final score of each game 7-6. During the homecoming victory over La Sierra, Ken Vinson scored two touchdowns in the second quarter, while Desmond Flanagan and Billy Walker both intercepted two of La Sierra ' s passes. Des- mond Flanagan stated, I could not believe I was there at the right time to catch the ball! I could not believe I made the touchdown, I was sure then that we were going to win, exclaimed Billy Walker after scoring a ten yard touchdown to end the first half of the Poly game, making the halftime score 6-15. The final score was 36-6 Poly. Though the season was not quite what the players had hoped for, they still felt the good times out- weighed the disappointments. VARSITY and JV FOOTBALL TEAM FRONT ROW: Jerdall Louder, Robert Britt, Ed die Lyman, Chris Johnson, Robbie Lough, Des mond Flanagan, John Kins, Albert Negrete, Dan ny Brinks; ROW 2: Coach Hart, Coach Hiroto Eligha Aldridge, Steve Boucher, Henry Bastiaans Reco Gatson, David Booker, Billy Walker, Craig Daggy, Jim Hunt, James Thompson, Coach Mar- tinez; ROW 3: Coach Thrasher, James Wallace, Jim Berens, Wayne Daggy, Glen Haas, Kelvin Butler, Troy Williams, Kenneth Vinson, Albert Carter, Ron Stromblad, Coach Testa, Coach Parks, (not pictured, managers: Monica Espinoza, Kim Gallagher, Daniel Dickhausen.) Beating his opponent to the ball, Kelvin Butler makes a first down for the Huskies. Arlington won 7-6. 48 sports

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Teams Pull Turn Around What makes a team better than the year before? More talent, better coaching, or better attitudes? Positive attitudes were the key to success. As Chris Johnson stated, Last year ' s team didn ' t really care, but we really wanted to have a winning season. Early in the season, many of the players gained valuable experience from moving up and down between varsity and JV. This hindered the team late in the season as the best members of the team were kept on varsity permanently. The loss of the players led to the JV ' s losing four of the last five games. Finishing the season with eight wins and one loss, the freshman team also made an improvement over last year. Tony Hernandez summed it up, We played together as a team. We also played with a winning attitude. Both JV and freshmen, with their winning attitudes and their team efforts, had a turn-around season. FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM, FRONT ROW: Steve Villegas, Norman Merritt. Francois Camou, Armando Lara, Raul Ochoa. Ernest Clark, Mitch Wooters, Tony Hernandez. Chris Robinson; ROW 2: Sonny Stewart, Jack Mares, Terry Wingo, Fred Mendoza, Conrad Valdez, Michael De Carmo, Jeff Brown, Chris Meyers. Linnie Wilson, Tomy Williams; ROW 3: Dominic Vas- quez, Mark Dallmeier, Richard Hernandez, Ray Serna, Kyle Drake, Andy Johnson, Robbie Washington, Tony Hernandez, Jimmy Culpepper, Daniel Torrez, David Hill. Colbert Calhoun. ?£ ' !k JV Football SEASON RECORD (6-4) North 32 6 Yucaipa North 34 6 Corona North 26 21 Rubidoux North 28 6 Norco North 12 Morningside North 6 7 Norte Vista North 14 2 Ramona North 6 Arlington North 12 45 Poly Third in IVY Frosh Football SEASON RECORD (8-1 ' North North North North North North North North Rubidoux Apple Valley Norte Vista Ramona Arlington La Sierra Poly Second in IVY 50 sports