Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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ball Varsity Scores Loara Opponent 2 Los Alamitos 1 3 Katella 5 4 Oceanview 3 18 Kennedy 2 11 Cypress 6 Los Alamitos 2 Katella 6 5 Oceanview 4 6 Kennedy 5 5 Cypress 1 168 Varsity Baseball

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L Chances narrowed by small team The individual performances of the girls were very good but due to our small group size we did not have the six girls needed to enter each event which narrowed our chances. The team was dominated with strong sopho- mores who will be great for the team for the next two years when they return with their previous knowledge, com- mented Coach Jeanette Barnett of her teams. Both the var- sity and junior varsty team ended the season with a 0-5 record. Gymnastics is a sport which requires much discipline and hard work. Practices took place during the early hours of the morning — six to eight each morning of February through May which is the longest girls season of all. At the start of the season Coach Barnett was out due to an injury and senior Julia Frost was brought in to coach. Coach Frost was on the varsity team as a sophomore. Coaching at Cal State Fullerton is one of the many accom- plishments of Frost in the field of gymnastics. The most outstanding performers on the varsity team were senior Fay McNeese and sophomore Kim Johnston. McNeese has been a three-year varsity letterperson and was clearly a leader of the team. Showing much promise in her junior and senior year is Johnston. 1. Sophomore Lisa Fenton shows grace and ease as she does a pose in her balance beam routine. 2. Erica Fono, a sophomore, practices the horse while other team mem- bers watch on. 3. The 1979-80 lunior Varsity Gymnastics Team: Top; L. Fenton, P. Corrie, C Hunt, H. Gardener, T. Beck. Bottom: S. Fisher, K. Crilly, E. Alegre. 4. Senior Fay McNeese approaching the horse during practice. McNeese was a three-year varsity member and an outstanding athlete. I 5. Interupting her routine for a quick pose is sophomore Pam Corrie. 6. The 1979-80 Varsity Gymnastics Team: Top: S. Jones, K. Johnston, F. i McNeese, D. Salcedo. Bottom: E. Fono, D. Curiale. ' 7. Pam Corrie does a leap on the balance beam as part of her routine i while Lisa Fenton sp ols her. Gymnastics 167

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Ball players win with Pick In his first year of instructing the Varsity Team, Scott Pickler is not a rookie when it comes to baseball. He had previously coached three sophomore teams here at Loara. With his assistant coach Dave Arneson, who is in his sec- ond year of coaching. Coach Pickler was oft to a good beginning. The Scrappin ' Saxons had the quickest outfielders with Ronny Leon, John Fishel, and Bob Bodine, while Bob Caf- frey contributed from behind the plate. Leading hitters for the team were Bob Bodine — 480; Mark Burdick — 350; Bob Caffery — 420; John Fishel — 350; Ronny Leon — 450; and Little Fatty Dennis Gordon — 480 The questions of pitching and hitting developed throughout the season to make this an outstanding team, but the baseball players worked their hardest during the last three weeks of the season. The guys were super through the whole season and I was happv to be where we were, quoted varsity baseball coach Scott Pickler. 1. Senior varsil player Bobby Bodine lakes off towards home plate to score a run in a game with estern 2. Senior Billy Smitty Smith shows an uncertain facial expression as he pitches the ball to his opponent. 3. Great concentration is shown by varsity baseball player Ray Baird on the pitcher ' s mound. 4. Quick with his glove, catcher Bob Caffrey desperately tries to catch the ball to make the third out. 5. Number 00 Ronny Leon, the onlv three year varsity letterman, tries to complete a single but is tagged out before he gets there. 6 The 1980 varsity baseball Coach Scott Pickler and his assistant Coach Bill Schmidt take time to recheck their strategy plan. 7. Returning varsity player Colin Morisako looks down in disgust as he is tagged out at first base before he has a chance to score. Varsity Baset all 169