Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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THE 3 D ' S PLAYED KEY ROLES IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR ' S TEAM THIS YEAR ' S 1987-88 GIRLS ' VARSITY TEAM IS BETTER THAN EVER. THEY MAINTAINED DEDI- CATION, DETERMINATION, AND THE DESIRE TO SUCCEED EVEN WHEN A WIN SEEMED DOUBT- FUL. THEIR TEDIOUS AND IN- TENSE TRAINING WAS A FACTOR IN THEIR STRONG DESIRE TO EX- CEL. THEIR STRENUOUS PRAC- TICES EVENTUALLY PAID OFF WITH MORE VICTORIES THAN LAST YEAR ' S TEAM. THE TEAM CONSISTED OF THREE SENIORS: AUDREY BUR- GENER, NOELLE PLACK AND ERI- KA REICH; SIX JUNIORS: DEANNE 1. N Plack srarrs rhe gome off wirh a greor jump! 2. H. Sorour gives her version of Air Jordan. 3 The 1987 88 Girls ' Varsiry Team 4 N. Plack rakes a momenr our of rhe inrense gome to smile ro her many fans 5 Eriko Reich races rhe opponents down rhe court. m SHOKim 4 S- EGGETT, LISA NITAO, MICHELLE ROLAND, HEIDI SOROUR, ME- LANIE SPARKS, AND KIM YO- SHIOKA; AND THE ONLY SOPHO- MORE ON THE TEAM, TRACI BER- VEN. THE TEAM WAS LED BY TEAM CAPTAINS NOELLE PLACK AND ERIKA REICH. THIS YEAR ' S TEAM FEATURED FIVE RETURN- ING VARSITY PLAYERS. THE COACH SAID THAT THIS TEAM HAD MORE EXPERIENCE AND WAS ABLE TO PLAY AT THEIR ZENITH AT ALL TIMES, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR MANY WINS THIS YEAR. The ream conrempiores rhe plan of arrack. K Yoshioka srares on wirh disbelief M. Roland deals wirh rhe rension of a dose game T Berven crashes rhe opponenrs ' boards ro score M Sparks displays her defensive skills ■

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THE BASKETBALL SAXONETTES MAKE IT TO THE TOP! THIS YEAR ' S JUNIOR VARSITY AND FROSH SOPH GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAYED EXTRAORDINARILY IN LEAGUE. THE OUTSTANDING PLAY- ERS FROM EACH TEAM WERE LIZA SOLDIVILLO, ASAKO IKEDA, AND TE- RESA JAIME FOR FROSH SOPH; AND JENNIFER LEONARD, LISA NAKAZONO AND TRACY TITUS FOR JV. THE FROSH SOPH TEAM WAS COACHED BY TOM HONDA AND THE JV TEAM BY DEBBI WHEELER. BOTH FROSH SOPH AND JUNIOR VARSITY TOOK FIRST PLACE AND CAME OUT UNDEFEATED. DEBBI WHEELER, THE JUNIOR VAR- SITY COACH STATED THAT TRACY TI- TUS THE ONLY FRESHMAN ON JV, WAS A GREAT PART OF THE TEAM ' S SUCCESS. IN ONE GAME, THE JV SCORED A 78 TO 12 WIN, WHILE THE FROSH SOPH TEAM DOMINATED CYPRESS 57 TO 13. BOTH COACHES STATED THAT THEIR TEAMS PLAYED WITH GREAT EFFORT AND DETERMINATION. WITH GUIDANCE AND HELP FROM THE COACHES, AND A LOT OF TEAM EFFORT, THE LOARA SAXON JV AND FROSH SOPH GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAMS MADE IT TO THE TOP! 1 The 1987-88 Girls ' Frosh Soph Doskerboll Team (from lefr ro righr). Teresa Joime, Liza Soldivilio, Jill Stiles, Ami Lomkms, Sonya Ortiz, Joanie Redman, Yun Im, Linda Hsu, Asako Ikeda, Kari Kannard, and Angie Cox 2 Asako races ro score with all her might ' 0. Liza reaches for rhe sky ro make rwo points 4. Surrounded by rhree opposing ployers, Kari scores rwo. 5. Cooch Hondo exploins ro hs worn-our ream that rhey musrn ' r give up-