Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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84 GIRLS ' SOCCER REACH THEIR GOALS

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l Mt 1. Scoff Kuroyama dribbles the ball towards the goal. 2. Skillfully. Juan Flores powers his way by an opponent. 3. The 8889 Boys ' Varsity Soccer team. 4 Fast footwork is demonstrated by senior Brent fiarasaki. 5. The Varsity Team receives last minute instructions before the start of the game. 6. Jose Pineda struggles to get control of the ball. 7. The 88-89 Boys ' J. V. Team. 8. Goalie Mike Rosenberg scans the field for open forwards. 9. Danny Klatzker and Maher Syada demon strate their defensive tactics. 10. Jeff Gervake outruns his opponents in order to receive a pass. 1 1 . During a break in the action, team members discuss new strategies. The 88-89 Varsity Soccer Team, coached by Jack Medlin, dem- on strated their skill and talent throughout the season. In a pre-season game against La Quinta, Mark Plettink, Juan Flores, and Andy Medlin each scored a goal in a 3-2 victory. In an- other pre-season game, the Saxons scored a 6-0 win over Savanna. Juan Flores, Andy Medlin, Martin Hernan- dez, and Anthony Bravo all scored in this shut-out game. In the Empire League game with Cypress, the hus- tling Varsity showed their defensive tactics. Goalie Eric Smith, with his three saves, helped the team tremen- dously. The Varsity prevented a loss with a goal by Juan Flores, who was assisted by Andy Medlin. The final score was 1-1 against Cypress. During their Empire League games, the team did experience several defeats; howev- er, these defeats did not prevent them from being real winners. Throughout the soccer season, the Junior Varsity developed their talents. Their game against Magnolia was one of the highlights of league play, a game which they won by a score of 5-2. Scott Smith and Rich Pigmon each scored a goal, and John Hurst scored three. Outstanding players on the Junior Varsity Team included juniors Mike Rosenberg and Danny Klatzker, soph- omore Jeff Gervaise. and freshmen Ryan Heise and John Hurst. The Varsity and the Junior Varsity Team matured physically and mentally with the help of their coach. This year was another step in the development of soccer excellence at Loara r rirn SOCCER 83

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- f ft r: ft Throughout the season, Coach Nancy Beatty consid- ered the girls on her soccer teams to be a family. As a family, the teams worked together during good times and bad for the goals of cooperation and victory. This year certainly provided many obstacles for the girls, but they definitely had the right stuff. Pre-season was a source of high hopes, as the team came through with six wins and two losses. League competition proved to be much more difficult. Several key players were out with injuries and illnesses the entire year, which meant the rest of the players had to take up the slack. Special strength was added to the teams by outstanding indivi- duals. Melanie Midani, senior and forward on the field, assisted in 17 goals for the Varsity, while Melissa Egger was the team ' s leading scorer with 10 goals. Senior Kelly Graton aided as goalie, while freshman Christy Rowe supported the team in all positions. Another freshman, Anna Klein, took charge of the field on the Varsity team. JV also had its share of talent, including freshmen Nissi Lapihuska and Dana Mal- comb. In the end, however, it was the cooperation and talent of all of the players that held the team to- gether. Even after all the ordeals, the 1988-89 year was the best season ever for girls ' soccer. According to Coach Beatty. this was due to the teams ' eventual understanding and practice of playing with heart for the goal of excellence. . 198889 JV Team (LR): K. MacDonald. N. Lapihuska, R. Picchi. J. Makres. Coach M. Green, J. Kish. A. Turanitza. V, Bailey, T. Taylor, D. Malcomb. 2. Dana scopes out the situation intensely. 3. Coach Nancy Beatty keeps a watchful eye over her team. 4. Saxons display their pride and spun 5. Valerie skillfully maneuvers the ball out of the reach of her opponent. 6. Anna sets the ball in motion. 7. 1988-89 Varsity Team (LR): B. Florio. M. Midani, K. Graton. A. Rowen. J. Rowe. C. Peterson, R Rucker, R. Banagas. B Fields. M. Egger. Coach Nancy Beatty. Melissa exemplifies the combination of power and agilitv that makes a good play er. Melissa and Anna share congratulations. Senior Melanie Midani rushes l with the competition at her heels. 8. SOCCER ■