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

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H Baseball As he practices his curve, Mike Garcia watches the ball into his catcher ' s mitt. Garcia pitched Norths first perfect game as the Huskies destroyed Perris, One-Two Combo Wins Twenty-one up. twenty-one down. It was tiistory in the mak- ing as Mike Garcia turned away every batter that he faced, recor- ing the first perfect ganne ever thrown by a North pitcher. With a balance of strong defense and outstanding pitching, the 8-0 vic- tory over Perris was perhaps the most obvious result of the team ' s effort. North ' s primary power came from the mound. With Scott Schanz and Garcia recording ERA ' S of .70 and .77, respective- ly, the Husky pitching staff established itself as one of the finest in the area. We had the best one-two combination in the league, commented Coach Stalder. Any manager would attest to the fact that the best pitching in the world wouldn ' t mean a thing unless his team was performing at the plate. North ' s team bat- ting average was a phenomenal .307. Ruben Ayala, whose clutch hit in the final game versus Ramona clinched the champion- ship, led the team in RBI ' s with twenty. It was their consistency, how- ever, which led them to capture yet another Ivy League cham- pionship. We worked out for about five hours every day, commented Ayala. That ' s more than some college teams prac- tice. I think that ' s why we pulled through to win. 1 Piaclicii ' S ScollS r M 41 •i 6 sports

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Just the sound of his voice, the touch ot his hand, coos Bianca Lope during Im promplu ' As well as being perlormed at night. •Impromplu was shown for third and lourlh period English classes. During rehearsal for the spring musical. Julie Stewart takes a break to listen to instructions Stewart portrayed a showgirl actress engaged to a millionaire. Winifred and Tony, characters portrayed by Emily Heath and Scott Waller, show their true feelings for each other According to the actors, scenes such as these made acting worthwhile. Standing expectantly, housemaid Cathy Block along with chorus members Valecia Flynl. Jim Patterson, and Melissa Soria wait for rehearsal directions. theatre 5

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Practicing before the game against Beaumont, Scott Schanz improves his (aslbail. ' Excellenl pitctiing, commented Mike Tear, won ttie game, 80. VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM, FRONT ROW; Steven Slepicka. Carl Sancfiez, Dana Marzett (mgr). Andrea Luck (mgr). Kerry Hall (mgr). Mictielle Bargbr (mgr), Alex Santos. Jotin Connoly. ROW 2; Robert Kopenhaver. Michael Teer. Steven Nelson, Ruben Ayala, William O ' Rourke, J.J. Culpepper. Philip Hekman. David Ayala. Troy Francis; TOP ROW: Coach Santos. Coach Saucedo. Coach Flowers. Scoll Schanz. Michael Garcia. Maurice Roberson. Gary Johnson, Coach Schanz. Coach Stalder baseball 7