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

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Problems Hamper JV Girls When I first came out for the team, I knew nothing about basketball, commented Robyn Bailey. Like Bailey, most of the jv girls ' basketball team was inexperienced. As the season progressed, however, the team gained skill and im- proved. The second game of the season was dev- astating for North. They lost to Poly, 3- 24. But after working hard over Christ- mas vacation, the team came back and beat Hemet, 27-17. Bailey added, By the third game we began to play like a team. Overcoming inexperience was not the only problem that impeded the team. Many of our starters couldn ' t play for one reason or another, explained Au- brey Johnson. Once some of the starters were lost, there was a void in the team. After overcoming these problems, the team continually improved, and by the end of the season, they had fought back to fourth place in the Ivy league. jv girls basketball 91

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B ASKETBALL After receiving a pass from teammate Christina Neal, Robyn Bailey drives in for a lay-up. North beat Hemet in their second meet, 27-17. While going up for a jumper, Monica Barbarin is fouled by a Hcmct defender. North came back and won the game, 40-38. jv basketball 5-11 North 25 20 La Sierra North 3 34 Poly North 27 17 Hemet North 18 33 Corona North 21 39 Ramona North 17 56 Norco North 30 23 Arlington North 23 31 Moreno Volley North 50 15 Perris North 40 38 Hemet North 32 48 Corona North 22 47 Ramona North 27 62 Norco North 27 36 Arlington North 22 55 Moreno V alley North 23 33 Ferris fourth in Ivy ■i ■ ■ IP ' W RStv 1 PV if ■ ■ Cm . U E Ti ' 9 ' 1 — ■ ii i U J — )V GIRLS ' BASKETBALL, FRONT ROW: Monica Barbarin, Coach Ford. Yameek Adams; TOP ROW: Lynn Payne, Tracy Romans, Satrina Berry, Robyn Bailey, Robyn Hoover, Aubrey Johnson, Joyce Boyd, Alma Ortega, Donna Johnson, Christina Neal, Angilene Franklin (mgr). 90 sports

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s OCCER Best Season Nullified Boy ' s Varsity Soccer had just won six consecutive games, at an average of five goals a game, and was preparing for a season finale at home against Perris. The CIF playoffs were in the minds of all of the players, for the team had just peaked, consistently playing its best soc- cer of the year. But then the unbelievable happened. Two days before their final contest, one of their players was declared ineligible. Every contest of the season had to be forfeited. The team would end up last in league; there would be no CIF playoffs. With a 4-3-1 preseason, league play be- gan. After losing two first-round games to Norco and Perris, both away, the team began their quest to play better than any team in the league. We decided to not worry about the title as much, but just concentrate on playing well, said senior Brian Smith. Then came the true challenge of the sea- son: Arlington and Corona, both away. At Arlington, the huskies were down 2-0 and then 3-1 before scoring three unan- swered goals to win 4-3. Two days later, they were losing 2-0 at halftime to Cor- ona. But with four goals, the huskies won 4-2 and just kept on winning. Second place had been clinched and CIF looked hopeful when the devastating news was announced. There would be only one more game of the season, and hopes of playing well in CIF were de- stroyed. But the decision could not taint the season, or the team ' s final game. The huskies came out and finished their year with class by beating Perris 4-1 at home. The game would be their only le- gitimate win. Beating Perris and ending the season with pride, however, proved that the team could play great, no matter what the situation! Said senior Bart Ward, No one can take away from us the games we won and the way we played. BOYS ' VARSITY SOCCER TEAM, FRONT ROW: Matt Moy, Ingmar Ostlund, Tom Rowe, Terry Cassidy, Orlando Robledo, Andy Nielsen, Carlos Duncan, Ricardo Decker, Hetzain Murgia, Tim Cassidy. rOP ROW: Steve Bunyak, Mauricio Valeixo, John Rettig, Todd Mapes, Matt Shoaf, Brian Smith, Tim Leary, Tony Rossi, Sergio Gomez, Bart Ward, Coach Dave Decker. 92 sports i