Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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. Riff-5? ' three . . BA KETBALL FEATURE TEAM QRK, HUSTLE, 81 SKILL 100 bays' basketball f- Q 22,0 , 'WW -W W rp-A -ikqe., ' 1 G o e two ' ' iour I THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS YEARS? IUNIGR VARSITY TEAM WAS REREGR- I MANCE. THE TCP PERFORMER WAS, IUNIGR GUARD AND TEAM CAPTAIN I EGEEY RATANEEEA WHO SHOT OVER SDH, EGR THE SEASON ANDQ WAS THE EEST REEGUNDER AT HIST RGSITIGN, MARK PLETTINK, A SGRH- 3 GMGRE, TURNED IN THE MOST CONE I SISTENT REREGRMANCE ON THE COURT AND LED THE TEAM IN FREETHROWS WITH AN AVERAGE OF QVER 7023. HIGH REREGRMERS WERE I

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H OUT an QSENIORJ, TED BUCHANAN CIUNIORJ, AND PAUL PLETTINCK. CIUNIORJQ AND AS THE TEAM CONSISTED OF VERY FEW GRADUAT- ING PLAYERS, THE FUTURE LOOKS VERY BRIGHT. AS COACH TOM MEYLOR PHRASED IT, HTHE BOYS HAVE WORKED TREMEN- DOUSLY HARD THIS SEASON. FOR SUCH A YOUNG- TEAM THEY PLAYED VERY WELL AND WILL BE A 'FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH' NEXT YEAR. COMMITMENT AND INTEGRITY WERE HALLMARKS OF THIS YEAR'S TEAM. , VT, ,, J I' ' IIII if R , VII,I y I - IIII f tive Iunior Korey Kowata sinks a tree throw. The 1986-1987 Loara Varsity Basketball Team. 4. Lett to right: Randy Onishi, Rich Hagerman, Ted Buchanan, Tom Pouliot, Ara Amerkhanian, Todd 5. Eaton, Paut Plettinck, Rich Kupter, Lam Tran, Koi- chi Matsukubo, and Knot picturedt Korey Kowata. Rich Hagerman shows the concentration that 6. helped to make him the varsity squads second- 1, W, f , , my 2 ggi,-53 3 J, T It,a , W MW fffffmf,-f' f1 -ff -7 ,, A, , , I I ,-,, -, ,Ii,i 'V'a5fCif5 f '. ,,,, ' it f' 'Iii -i-,' 1 -iw , .,-V ,V I :V E., ' ' f, Q SIX best tree-thrower. Koichi Matsukubo makes a lightning-quick move and leaves the opposing team spettbound. In a close game against Western, Senior Todd Eaton shoots a 12-footer over the outstretched hands ot a defender. Ted Buchanan makes his move and shows why he was an outstanding performer all season. boys' IoasketbaIIf99

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tive six BRIAN WEISER AND TOM POULIOT WHO ANCHORED THE CENTER POSI- TION. FORWARD IIM DELEHOY RE- TURNED FROM PRE-SEASON INIURIES TO THE STARTING LINE-UP AS THE COMEBACK PERFORMER OF THE SEASON. IUNIOR GUARD RON HARD- ING'S DEADLY OUTSIDE SCORING THREAT GAINED HIM THE REPUTA- TION AS THE HOOP PERFORMER. SOPHOMORE FORWARD MIKE COONEY AND IUNIOR HON NGUYEN'S PERFORMANCES IM- u WWW, ., se STI PROVED EACH DAY OF THE SEASON, EARNING THEM THE TITLE OF MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS ON THE TEAM. SOPHOMORE FORWARD KOREY BRUSH DEVELOPED INTO A FINE OF- FENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUAD. IUNIOR POINT GUARD CRAIG CLAYTON'S RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO CO-ORDINATE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL TALENTS ON THE COURT INTO A WINNING PERFORMANCE. eiCihI nine Bob Patanella protects the ball trom an opponent. Craig Clayton gets good height in a lump shot. Ron Harding twists for two in a nitty lay-up. Bobby Patanella successfully out-jumps a Mariner. The IV Boys Basketball Team. L to R: R. Harding, B. Patan- ella, M. Cooney, I. Delehoy, B. Weiser, K. Brush, C. Clay- ton, M. Plettinck, H. Nguyen. Not Pictured: B. Iarman, D. Heinze. Hon Nguyen makes an assist. Mark Plettinck battles tor a loose ball. The Saxons complete a tast break tor two points. Mike Cooney drives the baseline. boys! basketball! IOI