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

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On a breakav ay, Lachelle Harper passes the After getting a rebound, Katrina Ferns puts ttie ball to teammate Cecilia Carbaial. Carbaial went on ball back up left tianded. Ferris scored 8 points in to finish the play with an easy layup in North ' s victory the game against Corona. over Corona, 22-17. JV GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM, FRONT ROW: Lisa Hernandez, Maria Smiley, Yvette Gains; TOP ROW: Cecilia Carbajal, Virginia Para, Darla Boyd, Den- ise Johnson. JV Has Worthwhile Experience When perfection seemed far from near, practicing with the varsity team helped the JV team im- prove their skills. Despite this extra effort, the inexperienced JV ' s emerged with a mediocre record. However, the team ' s record failed to discourage them. We kept getting better, said Darla Boyd. The girls did improve as the season wore on, and the experience gained will be useful for next year ' s varsity team. I gained a lot this year and I ' m looking forward to being on varsity, explained Yvette Gains. I think we did O.K., ' stated Virgin- ia Para, since our team was mostly freshmen. The team consisted of mostly all first year players. All ex- perienced players had moved up to the varsity squad. All in all, the girls found their season worthwhile. We really had a fun time, said Denise Johnson. Even with their mediocre record, the JV team had a worthwhile experience and are ready for a successful varsity season next year. .-V «l

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BASKETBALL Above the free throw line, Lachelle Harper shoots d jumper lor two points. North defeated Alta Loma 50-39. SEASON RECORD (8-10) (0 M +- 0) rX (0 0) North North North North North North North North North North North North North North 45 36 35 43 25 24 42 32 26 28 32 26 26 Colton Palm Springs Poly Ramona Corona Hemet Norco Arlington Perris Moreno Valley Hennet Ramona Norco Perris FIFTH IN IVY 100 sports

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bUUUhK . Team Kicks To Title Bringing home the first Ivy League Championship in North soccer ' s history, the boys ' varsity team played well when they needed to and did whatever was necessary to win. Starting off the season in a positive way by beating Poly 3-2 at home, the Hus- kies went on to post a 2-2-1 pre-league record. The tough games which could have gone either way were the ones in which we were intense, played well, and won, remembered Tim Leary. But when it came to the games which were not so crucial, we played poorly, and lost. The team then went on to open league play with a five game winning streak, scoring 16 goals and allowmg only four. In their fourth game, the first place Huskies met first place Norco each sporting 3-0 records. The team found it necessary to win, and did just that. A win or loss against Norco would have swayed our season in one direction or the other, said Tony Rossi. The Hus- kies blizted Norco with four early goals and went on to shut them out. I don ' t think we expected them to be as strong and quick as they were. When we real- ized we had to be intense, we were down 3-0, said the Norco coach after the game. The team this year did whatever was necessary to win, and in doing so, played outstanding soccer. A 3-2 victory over Arlington clinched the championship two games before the end of the season, and the team went on to GIF. Coined by Coach Decker during a halftime talk, We ' ve got work to do, seemed to be the slogan of the year. And when the Huskies had work to do, it got done. •»• Falling backwards, Tim Cassidy clears ttie ball out of danger with his left foot. Cassidy was used regularly as a forward and as a defender. BOYS ' VARSITY SOCCER TEAM, FRONT ROW: William Rodriguez, Bart Ward, Scott Lock- wood, Todd Bright, Andy Nielsen, luan Robero, Mario N endozd, Ivlatt Cooper, Victor Cordoba, Tim Cassidy: TOP ROW: Coach Decker, Steve Bunyak, Sergio Gomez, Tony Rossi, Brian Smith, Tim Leary, Todd Mapes, Pasi Saikkonen, Matt Moy, lerod Gil- beri. After goalkeeper Todd Bright rolled the ball to him, Brian Smith dribbles the ball up to the for- wards. Smith received an All-Ivy League honorable mention, while Bright was named the league ' s MVP. I 102 sports