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

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Given extra time from a block by Tony Jones, David Booker runs eight yards with the screen pass until enough Corona players react to bring him down. Season Record (5-5) ■ North 13 8 ( Upland 1 n North 7 35 Poly V ' North 7 16 Rubidouz North 29 Norco Q ' North 13 20 Hemet Q North 10 7 Ramona « + North 21 20 Corona y North 24 20 Perns gL North 7 24 Arlington t —• North 34 12 Moreno Valley Third In Ivy VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM, FRONT ROW: D. Perez, S. Villegas, T. Edwards, J. Flores, A. Ne- grete, E. Clark, A. Cubit, T. Wingo, E. Baylis; ROW 2: E. Fields, S. Smith, I. Pierce, S. Rios, N. Fabian, N. Harner, C. Garza, S. Hayes; ROW 3: L. Wilson, T. Walker, Coach Maupin, Coach Schanz, Coach Mar- tinez, Coach Hilsabeck. Coach Hernandez, Coach Jackson, S. Finley, E. Salley; ROW 4: T. Neighbors J. Hoxie, D. Louder, T. Jones, C. Johnson, R. Wash ington, R. Hernandez, R. Serna, D. Vasquez, D. Car rigan; ROW 5: C. Daggy, M. Robenson, C. Valadez, S. Barley, S. Stone, F. Carranza, T. Williams, M Hasson, L. Hardin, C. Calhoun; ROW 6: K. Drake R. Scott, J. Camenga, C. Parker, D. Baylis, D. Book er, R. Scott, J. Camenga, C. Parker, D. Baylis, D Booker, R. Graham, J. Carter, T. Hernandez, W Jones.

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FOOTBALliE] Team Builds Base W practiced a great deal and were definitely in good condi- tion, ' sdid David Booker. Coach Hilsabeck felt that was how the team survived playing three of the most physical teams in South- ern California early in the season. Howev- er, the team had no linemen, line backers, or defensive ends who were seniors. Inexperience is just always hard to make up for, said Hilsabeck, even though the team had a good mental attitude and bounced back well from week to week. The team ' s ability to come back from early injuries and inexperience was proven dur- ing the second half of the season when the Huskies, 1-4 at the time, won four of their last five games to finish the season with an even record. fe ...„..,„.™... He made losing hurt more and winning even better. VViien Hilsabeck began coaching the varsi- ty football team a year ago, many sopho- mores were starters. This year they were juniors and had gained a great deal of re- spect for their coach. He ' s a great coach, said Ray Serna. He made losing hurt more and winning even better. Hilsabeck led the young team during a year in which they were continually coming back, a year which formed the basis for an outstanding football team. ••■ Baating the pursuit to the outside, Robbie Washington drives lor a first down into Poly lemtory. The teams eltorts weren ' t enough, however, as North tell to their nval 7-35. 78 sports Charging in from the left side, Dominic Va: quez lorces the Corona quarterback to throw the b away on third down. North was eventually victonn 21-20.

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FOOT Players Receive Exposure We practiced with the varsity team and so when our games came around, we just threw a few plays together and gave it our best shot, said Richard Graham. The fact that the ]V squad didn ' t get to practice together as a team led, in part, to their mediocre season. How- ever, since the main objective of both the JV and freshmen sports was to tram players for the varsity team, the season could be considered a huge success. Practicing with the varsity team and playing in sonne o| the games was really chal- ■ lenging. The experience will certainly help next year. The freshman team also attained valuable know-how during the sea- son. A lot of players had a great deal of experience from the River- side Junior Tackle Football League, said Chuck Brown, But we gained even more this year from long prac- tices and playing other schools. Perhaps more importantly, the expo- sure helped inspire players to work harder toward varsity status. I ' m really going to work hard this sum- mer to earn a varsity starting posi- tion, said Graham. Once you start playing, you can ' t stop. 4 On his toes to throw the pass, treshmdn quarterbacic Chuck Brown dumps the ball olt to a receiver beneath the Corona coverage. North deleated Corona 14-0. 80 sports