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

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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

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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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I In the process of beating Pcrris 4-1 at home, Bart Ward restarts the game with a throw-in Ward s uniommon speed was a bonus to the North de- fense Midfielder Sergio Gomez hits his turbos to heat the Arlington opponent to the bail, Gomez, a senior, provided valuable experience and leader- ship for the midfield area. In full stride, Tony Rossi wins the ball just in time ti) save a goal during the first league game at He- met Mati Shoaf, a sophomore defender, runs back to help out as North won 3-1. varsity soccer 15-5-2 overall 11-2-1 league North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North North 4 9 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 Victor Valley Colton Cajon Perris Corona Apple Valley Domingucz Palm Springs Hemet Corona Ramona Norco Arlington Moreno Valley Perris Hemet Ramona Norco Arlington Corona Moreno Valley Perris Note: All of the above games were forfeited, except the final contest, due to the ineligibility decision varsity boys ' soccer 93