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

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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

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Tennis Absences Hurt Team There are times when doing your best just isn ' t good enough, and this was the case for the boys ' varsity tennis team. With Corona simply dominating the league, North could only hope for second place. We knew the real battle was with Hemet and Moreno Valley for se- cond, said senior Sung Rob- bins. We had a lot of players miss- ing various matches throughout the year, naturally weakening the team, explained Coach Gene Hughes. Despite this, North was able to win the battle for second place and post a 12-7 season record. JV, as a result, was victim to the Robin Hood scenario. When- ever a varsity players was ab- sent from a match, a jv player was brought up to replace him. Taking away the top jv players for varsity purposes hurt the team, leaving them with an 8-7 record. Varsity Tennis 12-7 Norlh North North North North North Nnflh Norlh North North Norttl North North North North Norttl North North 15 13 16 15 7 11 10 5 4 10 18 13 17 9 10 15 12 12 3 5 2 3 11 7 13 14 8 5 1 9 CIF 13 Poly Palm Springs Rubidouz Arlington Norco Arlington Victor Valley Moreno Valley Perns Hemet Corona Ramona Perns Hemet Norco Corona Moreno Valley Ramona Capistrano Valley Reaching to his left, Tim Wagg volleys the ball deep to his opponent. Wagg and his partner picked up two points In North ' s 15-3 victory over Ramona Retreating to the ball, Mark Holmes throws up a backhand over the head of his opponent. Lobs and other specialty shots were practiced fiunnq spnctal trniniriq ' n .ninn VARSITV Holmes, 1 Lee, Ben Calvin Hi MJei 10 sports