Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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1. Wirh skill ond quickness. Ted Buchanan drives rhe baseline 2 Tes Whitlock demonsrrores his ralenr as he makes a dazzling offensive move ro rhe basket. 3. Wirh grear precision, Dobby Paranella shoors a rhree-poinr shor. 4. Randy Onishi, wirh inrense concenrra rion, fires for two 5. Ron Harding ' s perfect form was a greor asser ro rhis year ' s ream. 6. Korey Kowaro easily scores ogoinsr his srunned opponenr. 7. The 1987-1988 Boys ' Varsiry Baskerboll Team 8. Leaving his opposirion wirhour o chonce, Jim Delehoy compleres a very difficult loy-up. 9. Team caproin Paul Pletrinck outjumps his defenders as he sinks another bos- ket 10 Koichi Morsukubo makes o move into rhe key . . . shoors . . . and . . . scores 11 Adrian Oliphanr aggressively fights for the rebound 12 Aro Amerkhonion powers rhe boll up for an imporranr two points. 1 b 1 Ljl WHk w mm jf £ ■

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VARSITY BASKETBALL BRINGS NEW EXCITEMENT AND PRIDE TO LOARA B lllll r -s TWO WORDS THAT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THIS YEAR ' S VARSITY BAS- KETBALL TEAM ARE COMPETITIVENESS AND CLASS. UNDER THE GUID- ANCE OF HEAD COACH TOM MEYLOR AND ASSISTANT COACHES LUKE HARRISON AND JOE MORENO, THE PLAYERS DISPLAYED THESE QUALI- TIES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. RELYING ON QUICKNESS AND COURT SENSE, THE SAXONS DEFEATED NINTH-RANKED SAVANNA, ANAHEIM, FALLBROOK, LA HABRA, AND EL DORADO. SENIORS PAUL PLETTINCK AND TED BUCHANAN, TWO OF THE TEAM ' S OUTSTANDING PLAYERS, WERE THE LEADERS AND TOP SCORERS. SEN- IOR KOREY KOWATA LED THE DEFENSE WITH HIS AGGRESSIVE PLAYING, AND ARA AMERKHANIAN PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN HIS STARTING CENTER POSITION SENIOR JIM DELEHOY GAVE REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES AS AN INSIDE PLAYER, AND BOB PATANELLA ' S SPEED AND EXCELLENT PASS- ING WERE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE OFFENSE. SENIOR GUARDS KOI- CHI MATSUKUBO AND RON HARDING LEFT THEIR OPPONENTS SPELL- BOUND WITH THEIR DEADLY OUTSIDE SHOOTING, AND RANDY ONISHI ' S INTENSE DEFENSE WAS A THREAT TO ALL OPPOSITION. STUNNING PER- FORMANCES WERE TURNED IN BY JUNIOR ADRIAN OLIPHANT, AND FRESHMAN TES WHITLOCK THRILLED THE CROWDS WITH HIS GAME-WIN- NING SHOOTING AND DAZZLING OFFENSIVE MOVES. THE SAXONS AGREE-IT WAS AN INTENSE AND VERY EXCITING SEASON. 10C t DSkerboll

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J.V. BASKETBALL SHOWS CLASS IN A TOUGH SEASON • I BMW m n% iiii THE 1987-1988 BOYS ' J.V. BASKETBALL TEAM HAD A ROUGH SEA- SON AS THEY FINISHED WITH A 5-15 RECORD. EVEN THOUGH THE TEAM WAS FEW IN NUMBER, THE PLAYERS KEPT UP THE SAXON TRADITION BY SHOWING DESIRE, COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, AND A GREAT ATTITUDE IN EACH AND EVERY GAME. COACHED BY GEORGE PEABODY THE PLAYERS CONSTANTLY WORKED AND PRACTICED, IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS AS BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND A TEAM. THE JUNIOR VARSITY WAS LED BY JOEY GAUDIE, CARLOS GUZMAN, EL- LICK HSU AND LAM TRAN IN SCORING REBOUNDING, AND DEFENSE. THE TEAM EXHIBITED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, CONSIS- TENTLY SHOWING IT IN THEIR TEAMWORK. THE PLAYERS PRAC- TICED EVERYDAY AFTER SCHOOL AND ON SATURDAYS. COMMIT- MENT AND INTEGRITY WERE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS YEAR ' S TEAM. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A WELL-SPENT YEAR, HOLDING HIGH HOPES FOR NEXT YEAR ' S VARSITY.