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

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Swimming Separate Sexes Regroup It was a season of mixed feel- ings. said Fred Kardos, coach of the varsity girls ' swim team. Glenn Anderson, coach of 12 years, was no longer with the program, and the team which used to practice together, was officially split into boys and girls. With two new coaches, all the swimmers were affected in one way or another, added Kardos. Several swimmers quit the team or were forced to quit due to various conflicts. But as the season pro- gressed, the swimmers managed to unofficially re-unite, by the girls practicing in the afternoons with the boys and the boys work- 1, Like a rocket, Mike Weddington launches himself from the starting blocks Into the 200 yd. freestyle. Weddington won the event with a 1:57.49. 2 Flying through the water, Megan Phillips finishes the first leg of the 200 yd. individual medley. Phillips, a junior, had been a member of the varsity squad since her freshman year. 3 Striving to obtain a free meal, Dan Tardie pushes to out-touch Steve Wong in the 100 yd. breaststroke. Tardie and Wong often placed bets on the breaststroke. with lunch being the reward 4 VARSITY SWIMMING, FRONT ROW: Glenda Garza. Monica Decker. Megan Phillips, Rose Vilchez. Wendy OBrien: ROW 2: Erik Led- better. Tom Gregory, Paula Havsgaard. Diana Kellner, Erika Vernlund. Karen Kellner; ROW 3: Andy Marshall. Matt Estes. Mike Weddingtion, Billy Bringhurst. Derek Wade. Jennifer Mit- chell. David Smith, Justin Radeka, Mike Davis, Dan Tardie, TOP ROW: Shannon Stone. Robert Moore. Jack Mares. Susan Hwang. ing out with girls in the morning, resulting in double workouts and overall unification of the team. Once the team got back on its feet, they prospered. While North ' s varsity boys captured third place in the Ivy League, the girls seized fourth. Several swimmers also qualified for the GIF Ghampion- ships: Edie Ghang, Monica Decker, Matt Estes, Susan Hwang, Karen Kellner, Andy Marshall, Jennifer Mitchell, and Megan Phillips. After adjusting to the changes in the teams, we decided what we wanted, and went for it! con- cluded Mike Davis. Boys ' Varsity 6-2 North 48 108 Palm Springs North 82 74 Corona North 108 48 Norco North 96 60 Rubidoux North 96 60 Moreno Valley North 70 86 Indio North 88 69 San Gorgonio North 111 45 Perns North 114 42 Ramona North 69 87 Hemel North 94 62 Arlington Girl s ' Vars ity 5-2-1 North 46 110 Palm Springs North 88 68 Corona North 66 70 Norco Norlh 64 92 Rubidoux North 98 56 Mofeno Valley North 63 93 Indio North 1 14 42 San Gofgonio North 88 68 Perns Norlh 110 46 Ramona North 78 78 Hemet Norlh 72 84 Arlington H i 12 sports

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Bending to the ball, John DeWolfe aims a backhand down the line. DeWolle defeated his opponent, 8-5, in Norths victory over Moreno Valley. 220. JV Tennis 8-7 NoMh 11 18 Poly Norm 6 23 Rubidoux North 25 4 Arlington North 6 Norco North 19 7 Arlington Norlh 8 23 Victor Valley North 18 Moreno Valley North 2 6 Hemel North 9 22 Corona North 11 20 Ramona North 22 Moreno Valley Norlh 31 Hemel Norlh 31 Norco Norlh 9 22 Corona Norlh 11 18 Ramona VARSITY TENNIS TEAM, FRONT ROW: Mark Holmes, David Barnes. Scott Lockwood, Dan Lee, Ben Johnson. TOP ROW: Frank Camou. Calvin Hao. Mark Troisi, Sung Robbins. Tim Wagg, Jeff Rinne. JV TENNIS TEAM, FRONT ROW: Vilhia Loeun, Kyle Hettinger, Sen-Yuan Kuo. TOP ROW: Matt Wade, Ratha Loeun, Ben Lockwood, Nilesh Bhatka, John DeWolf, Matt Shoal. tennis 11

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