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

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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

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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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Baseball Drills Eliminate Errors After losing every preseason game, the junior varsity boys ' baseball team came back and won thie Ivy League championship. Through hard work and true grit, emphasized Coach Kennedy, the team was able to come out of nowhere to become the champions. Setting up drills to help improve the players ' speed and coordina- tion was just one way that Ken- nedy was able to put the team back on track. The exercises helped us eliminate the bobbles and many of the careless errors, said Brian Connlee. In addition, extra hitting was also assigned. The more time we spent on hitting, the more accurate we became, commented Randy Beasley. Through this extra prac- tice, the teams ' batting average improved to .344. Though unstable in the begin- ning, the team was able to improve and show everyone that they were truly the best. 1 Rounding third base and racing towards home plate, Greg Renne scores from second. North thrashed Arlington, 6-3. 2. With a line drive past the third baseman, Jeff Shaw hits a double. North crushed Moreno Valley, 9-1. 3. On a three-two pitch, Dennis Morgan throws a fast ball to record the second out of the inning. North beat Ramona, 7-4. 4 JV BASEBALL TEAIVI, FRONT ROW: Bobby Madril, Brian Connlee, Angle Bauman (mgr), Mario Dorado, Ara Boyrazian; ROW 2: Rene Ramirez, Jerry Shearer, Mark Lewis, Robert Pingree, Randy Beasley, Mike Corona; TOP ROW: Coach Larry Pena, Den- nis Morgan, Greg Renne, Jeff Shaw, Robert Nava, Coach Tom Kennedy. JV Baseball 12-4 North North North North North N orth North North North North North North Norlli North North North 6 10 6 9 2 10 9 10 9 6 7 17 9 2 3 1 10 1 12 10 1 4 7 12 Corona Norco Arlington Moreno Valley Hemet Perns Hemet Ramona Yucaipa Ramona Arlington Norco Moreno Valley Hemet Corona Ramona 8 sports