Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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i Q V 5 three I DIVIDUALS EXCEL A THE TEAM KEEP AELO T IO boys' swimmu w 31 , Y K 53. I . X I one two four THE BOYS',SWIM TEAM STARTED THE YEAR WITH TRYING PRACTICES. EVEN THOUGH THE SWIMMING SEASON STARTED IN FEBRUARY, THE TEAM BEGAN THEIR TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER. THE TEAM PRAC- TICED RIGOROUSLY EACH DAY. THESE PRACTICES LASTED UP TO THREE HOURS. BESIDES THEIR REGULAR AFTER-SCHOOL WORKOUTS, THEY WORKED OUT IN THE MORNING. THEIR DEDICATION AND DILI- GENCE GAVE EACH MEMBER THE EXTRA EDGE NEEDED TO WIN RACES. THE VARSITY TEAM CONSISTED OE HIGH- LY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS. MIKE CONN WAS SUPERB IN THE BUTTERFLY. ROBERT SALLEY EXCELLED AS THE SPRINTER OF THE TEAM. DOUG BARNEY, A SOPHOMORE, WAS OUTSTANDING IN FREESTYLE. STEVE IUR- MAN AND MATT KNITTLE WERE EXCELLENT ENDURANCE SWIMMERS. SEAN EATON WAS AN ALL-AROUND GOOD SWIMMER. WITH

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four ' f Wm ,, I Q f, 1 f' ,MZ I ,, ,V - I DURING THE LEAGUE FINAL, THE SAXON GRAPPLERS WRESTLED THEIR WAY TO C.I.F. BY QUALIFYING A LEAGUE HIGH OF ELEVEN WRES- TLERS: NICKY KOB, DONNY FLORES, STEVE MASHOOF, AFSHIN BAYR- OOTI, TEVITA AHOLELEI, RALPH RUCKER, BRIAN MALAVAR, EDDIE AN- DROS, CARLOS BARRIENTOS, MIKE BRAYNARD, AND DANNY ROVIRA. UN- DER THE OUTSTANDING COACHING STAFF OF RICK MARTENS, ROB MAR- TENS, TOM CASPARI, AND BRUCE ,. MUWWX ,, WW, five TERRY, THE SAXONS PLACED SEC- OND OUT OF OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SCHOOLS. THIS PRESTIGIOUS C.I.F. TOURNA- MENT, HELD AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, LASTED FOR TWO DAYS. ANY WRESTLER PLACING FIFTH OR ABOVE COULD ADVANCE TO COM- PETE IN MASTERS. FOR LOARA, FIVE QUALIFIED TO GO TO MASTERS. THEY WERE NICKY KOB CSECONDD, TE- VITA AHOLELEI CFIFTHD, RALPH RUCKER CFIRSTD, BRIAN MALAVAR hhwwvfff , ng, , If 1, W, iff- -1: fl, M55 , f nv:-171' I f f If ar Y ,k,,,H, CSECONDD, AND EDDIE ANDROS CFIRSTD. THEN, IN MASTERS, BRIAN TOOK FIRST, AND EDDIE TOOK THIRD PLACE, WHICH OUALIFIED THEM TO COMPETE IN STATE CHAMPION- SHIPS. HERE, BEST WRESTLERS FROM ALL OVER CALIFORNIA GATHERED IN ONE PLACE TO COMPETE. AL- THOUGH NEITHER BRIAN NOR EDDIE PLACED IN STATE, THEY CAN BE PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. CII wrestI1nq!89

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If . ,Wm 1 'gg .. gfffqgiuav- ' tive six THE REMAINING MEMBERS, THE TEAM WAS WELL BALANCED. AS FOR THE FROSH-SOPH TEAM, THE ONE OUTSTANDING SWIMMER WAS BRIAN BLACKETER. HE OFTEN SWAM ON THE VARSITY SQUAD. THIS YEAR THE SAXONS WERE COACHED BY GREG SMITH AND KURT NEILSON. THE TWO PROVIDED THE GUIDANCE AND LEAD- ERSHIP NEEDED FOR THE TEAM TO KEEP ON TOP. TO HELP THE TEAM ALONG, THEIR ADORABLE MASCOT, BEETHOVEN CA.K.A. SPUDSD, CHEERED THE TEAM ON THROUGH- OUT THE SEASON. HEY, WHO NEEDS CHEER- 'P LEADERS. DESPITE HAVING ONLY I7 MEMBERS, THE TEAM DID EXTREMELY WELL, NOT ONLY AS A TEAM, BUT AS INDIVIDUALS. MANY INDI- VIDUAL RECORDS WERE SET. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL SCHOOL RECORDS WERE ALSO SET. SSVSTI Watch out! Here comes Beethoven Ca.k.a. Spudsl. As the team mascot, he watches as his team com- petes. Senior Matt Knittle tinds time tor a picture after a tough race. Adam Fullman and Farshad Memarzadeh try to impress the girls with their devilish smiles. The 1986-87 Boys' Swim Team. Chris Wright displays his great swimming endur- ance during a tough race. eight The start is a vital part ot every race. A swimmer needs endurance as well as strength. Here a member ot the trosh-soph team displays both. Iunior Mike Conn is an excellent swimmer. His dedication to the sport helped him to win races. Here, he is seen doing his specialty. boys' swimming X QI