Monte Vista High School - Monarchs Yearbook (Spring Valley, CA)

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ays of futune past Quietly the snow fell on the dawn of another day of Joshua Clay's life Perhaps it was one of his last, life was so uncertain that each day could end with the promise of no dawn. He had lived a long life filled with memories and people. Today these memories appeared to him from a time he had almost forgotten. He closed his eyes, forcing his mind to relive those years, to meet old friends and talk with them once again. The images became vivid and he began placing names with faces and presonalities began to emerge. 1974, how long ago, he thought. I was a senior in high school. It seemed that there was always something happening. There were so many people, each one entirely different. With so many interests, there were bound to be many different organizations and, as Iremember there were. . . Sports seemed to draw the largest crowds. What with school being so overcrowded, it seemed like one big unorganized game anyway. There were so many involved in sports alone. Take wrestling for example, our team was always tops in the league and with wrestlers like Dave Brodwolf and Mike Hoody, who were state contenders, we couldn't help but have a strong team. Actually, I can't remember one member of the team that wouldn't have made a tough opponent for anyone in our league. A few of the guys that were in the line up were Tim Johnson, Mike Acthison and of course the twins Q Rusty and Marty Lockwood J. But wrestling wasn't our only winning sport. Cross Country and track always brought home the trophies, with the help of runners like Dan Wendt and Tim Carter. But the first sport of the year always seemed to bring the most people, football. . .We sure had a lot of exciting games. Carl Haynes and Bill Carlson were skillful members of the team. Then three of the biggest players were Chris Malgrem, Bill Brink and Paul Reed. You could always depend on them for support. Others that were just as vital to the team were David Ayling, Marty Read, and Mike Glen. OH! and how could I have forgotten Pete Loftin and John Congdon. Golf took alot of time and practice, but Mike Wright and Keith Cochenour made time for it in their busy schedules between annual staff and photography. During the winter, I can remember going to all those basketball games. Let's see. . .Bill Bunting, Shaun Upton and Richard Ridgway were probably the tallest of the team, then there was Larry Black, Fred Factuar and Morgan Krehbel. John Parrott played basketball too. Morgan and Fred were on the baseball team also along with Pete Wilkinson, A1 Salazar and Gary VanPouche. When baseball came around we knew that we would have a good chance to place high in the league. Then there were those few that were in a lot of sports. One of these active guys was David Haynes. A couple of years before I graduated there was a soccer team formed. That was such a rough and tiring game. I don't see what Gus Brose, Casey Mahon and Peter Berge saw in it. Some people didn't care for the activities offered at the school, so they found their recreation elsewhere. Bill Latus was one. He was involved in summer league baseball. Other were drawn more to nature. Being so close to the sea, many people surfed. I remember Joe Locke - 1 , ,,,,.. 3 ltr' iii -as are ,, , 'sw , T rr

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and John Stucky did. But guys weren't the only ones who loved surfing, there were a lot of girls who would go out there rain or shine. Janie Davies, who was also the editor of the annual staff, and Diane Lewis were just a few. It was the same way with skiing. When it was snow season a lot of the kids would take off to the mountains to ski or just to hike. I know Kevin Kniss and Vicki McGrath used to go. But still Monte Vista was out on the edges of San Diego county, and a lot of it, as I remember, was still undeveloped, so people had the room to keep horses, especially in Jamul. Sue Brown trained and raised horses for fun and I guess for a profit too. Other girls were involveqd in activites that often went unnoticed. Sports like gymnastics weren't offered at school but I can remember a few girls who really loved it. Leslie Wynne did and Barbie Kastan was on the Aztec gymnastic team out at State College. She was an officer of the modern dance class too. Gail Gauss was an officer in modern dance and was also on the annual staff. There were so many girls who performed with modern dance, two of these girls were Susan Ferguson and Norene Norris, they too were on the annual staff. Another dancer was Larilyn Garland. The competitive sports for girls were never recognized enough for the achievements they accomplished. Volleyball was one of the most popular of the girls sports. Kim Price played on the team one year. Still another sport was tennis, Leslie Rose was a member of the tennis team while she held an office in the speech team. My last year there, we were lucky enough to get a pool built, sponsered by the Booster's Club. I know the swim teams were sure happy about that, both boys and girls. Our water polo team was one of the best in the league. Some of its senior members were Neil Massee, Jim Millovich, Mark Richmond, Jim Saucier and Jim Greene. I can still remember seeing all those girls walking around school with dripping wet hair from swimming! Marie Gallup and Lori Hankins were both leading swimmers for the team. Who were a few more? Oh, now I know, Lori Landholm and Cathy Nush, Carol Webster. Linda Johnson and Debbie Berry were on the team too. And who could forget Debbie Duckworth? We did so well in so many things at Monte Vista. Take the band for instance, it was excellent and was always praised highly. Both the marching band and the orchestra sounded. . .well, almost professional. I'm sure every member must have worked extremely hard. I know Linda Woida, Cindy Miller and Julie Dahms did. Brad Leonard and Janet Volkov were always busy with music. Marie Cooper and a few others could really play the violin, it was really beautiful. Behind the band was a group of girls who always did a great job, the Royalettes, They worked practically all day during the marching season. Renee Paslay was an officer and so was Sue Melrose in the corp. Nancy Wise was not only an officer of the Royalettes, but she also sang in the choir. I would say that we had the best choir in the Grossmont district. There were some really talented singers in it l 5 l