Mark Keppel High School - Teocalli Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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Tl ' GO For It! In the past the JV Girls ' basketball team has always done well, this year is no exception. Under the supervi- sion of Coach Polnner, the new coach, they were ex- pected to fulfill their expectations. Coach Palmer cur- rently teaches math at Muscatel Junior High He has coached at many schools before, including Rosemeod High with Coach Karen Maynard several years ago At the West Covina Christmas Tournament, they won first place by defeating Arroyo, Son Gabriel, and Downey in the championship gome Coach Palmer is very opti- mistic of his team because they ore such good athletes and work well together BOTTOM Pressure tree throw — Andrea Davis completes a free throw in the game against Rowland FAR BOTTOM Fight (or It — keppel players battle for a rebound RIGHT Up (or two — Betty Tomura beats the defense downcourt to score two points ffj .rjf o fT ' .n ■W JV Girls ' Basl etball — FRONT ROW Sandy Homamoto, Mike Palmer (coach), TriciQ Ramirez 2ND ROW Dorothy Wang, Betty Tamura, Wendy Hamamoto, Alli- son Kunishima 3RD ROW Rakeru Nagohara, Leticio Calderon, Konitho En, Sandra Martin, Margarita Solte 4TH ROW kim Berry, Kim Dyson, Andrea Davis, Julissa Varelo, Theresa Gonzales, Michelle O ' Gorman. 2-| JV Girls B-ball 1 Sports

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UPPER RIGHT Fast break — Lonene Honda dribbles down the court while Arroyo girls follow. LOWER RIGHT One on one — Leslie Kaneko driving down the court in a game UPPER LEFT Up for two — Ruth Aka- hoshi attempts a basket during a gome ogainst Arroyo Girls Varsity Basketball Team With a winning streak for the past two yeors holding a 20-0 re- cord, varsity basketball strives for a third year of victory. The team consists of 1 1 seniors and one freshman Among the four returning varsity players ore R. Akahoshi, D. Grbac, L. Honda, and N. Matsumoto. Among last year ' s JV players who have moved up to Varsity are M. fra- zier, L. Kaneko, A. Martin, L. Mar- tinez, and D. Senaha, pius an ad- dition of three new players, sen- iors D. Gofanda, K. Hua and freshman N. Morihiro. Coaching for varsity for the third straight year is Karen Maynard. The team is at a disadvantage this year since most of the players are rather short. However, their quickness makes up for this. They hope this quality will get them to the CIF Championships, Girls Varsity Basketball ' ■j i -j Sports ,Z i i

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Frosh Soph Shoot For The Top Freshman Basketball — FRONT ROW Brian Murray, Paul Akahosrii STANDING Bobby Towery. Billy Prion, Edwin Truong, Stephen Hong, Ziad Raraj. Aoron Schott, Guy Fok, Jaime Avila. Cuong To, Doryl Jung, Bobby Senatio, Coacri Tony Grboc Soptiomor© Basketball — lett to r ignT j Giang. w ' eynoso, M Boncies, C Vuong. R Rivera. S Lee, B Jou, D Quacti, R Comboa, Q Le, H Luu, V Vuong. L Ong, R Tavarez Paul Baldwin — Head Coach, T Daughtery — Statistician ' Not Pictured) This year Keppel has a new freshman basketball coach — Keppel grad. Coach Tony Grboc. For many years Coach Grboc has been involved with the tennis program and decided to give basketball a try. They won first place in their own Tournament by defeating such teams as Los Altos, San Marino, and San Gabriel In the Championship Game, In the Los Altos Tournament, they placed second by defeating Los Altos, Glendora and then losing to Bish- op Amat. With thirteen players deep the team is going strong and has high hopes of winning their league The sophomore basketball team did equally as well. Led by Due Quach and Lim Ong, the team has been quite successful By defeating Schurr, Arroyo, and then losing to San Gabriel, they placed a strong second in the Son Ga- briel Tournament Since they have done so well in the pre- season, they also have high hopes of winning their league Coach Baldwin emphasizes ploying good basketball, working as a team, and most of all, having fun. ABOVE Make that shot — Paul Akahoshi drives baseline to score against the Alhambra Moors LEFT Warming Up — L Ong and C Vuong prac- tice hard tor their game F S Boys B-ball ' -) -t ■ Sports A i-J