Newbury Park High School - Pawprint Yearbook (Newbury Park, CA)

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Cross Country, Stew's Trotters 5 In his fourth year at N.P.H.S., Coach Stewart feels that, These three teams UL IV, FSJ represent the best Cross Country teams ever assembled at N.P.H.S. After a hard race, Danny Esparza and Steve Smith stretch out and take five. Sophomore Danny Esparza and lunior Steve Smith pace each other in the Buena race. Senior lim Kelly, three year varsity letterman, was a great help to the varsity team, with his consistent placing. Senior Tim Taylor, also a three year letterman and fourth man on the team, is one of the few who reached his full potential. lunior, Mark Bradley, a second year varsity letterman won the CLC Invitational and Ventura County Championships. Varsity Cross Country: Front Rowg jim Kelly, Danny Esparza, Keith Hall. Top Row: Tim Taylor, Shawn Mason, Mark Brad- ley, Steve Smith. Mark Bradley, relaxing between races at the Banyon Park meet. 92 Varsity Cross Country Bllflll HRK

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NPHS 7 0 San Marcos Newbury Park scored another shut-out triumph against the 77th ranked San Marcos Royals, 7-0, in the first round of the C.I.F. 4A playoffs. Half back jeff Mathews was the only Panther able to score, cap ing a 17 play, 89 yard touchdown drive with 1:42 left in the first half? Kicker Don Wise made two attempts at puntinig for an extra point. After the first successful kick had been anulle by a penalty, the second split the uprights from 25 yards away. The Royals were held at bay, amassing only 64 yards rushing, 50 of which were scav- enged by full back Doug MacKenzie. Rich Kunisaki made a spectac- ular diving interception to stop San Marcos at Newbury Park's 77 yard line. Other interceptors were Dave Henson and Rich and jeff Kunisaki. The Panther victory knocked San Marcos out of the C.l.F, playoffs. Rim 'S 6' Q- Z 0. Sag... 4-45 , NPHS 7 47 Fountain Valley Facing the most potent team of the year, the Panthers played their final game in the second round of C.l.F. Playoffs. The Fountain Valley Barons dominated the ball for 32 minutes and 76 plays while New- bur Park controlled it for only 16 minutes and 45 plays. The Barons rushved 241 yards through the respected Panther defense and added 260 yards through the air for a total of 501 yards. The Panthers were able to penetrate Baron territory only once when jeff Matthews ex- ecuted an elegant 54-yard touchdown run close to the end of the first half. The Panthers were held virtually powerless for the remain- der of the night as the Barons tagged on touchdown after touch- down to leave the game with a 41-7 victory. C.l.F. Football Playoffs 97

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VARSITY SCOREBOARD INVITATIONALS NPHS 1st NPHS 1st NPHS 2nd NPHS 6th NPHS 33 NPHS 20 NPHS 22 DUAL MEETS MOOR PARK CLC BUENA PARK MT SAC 22 SIMI 36 OXNARD 37 ROYAL The Panthers had an outstanding season with the help of Seniors Tim Taylor and jim Kelley, juniors Steve Smith and Mark Bradley, and Sophomore Danny Esparza. Mark Bradley a top Varsity man, set a new course record against the Oxnard Yellowjackets with a time of 9:43 over two miles. Danny Esparza took second in this race with a 9:54. At the Mt. Sac Invita- tional, Newbury Park ran the second fastest race of the day with a sixth place team finish out of 120 teams. This is the first time in eight years cross country has sent a team to C.I.F. This season, the following eight runners earned Varsity letters: Mark Bradley, Danny Esparza, Keith Hall, jim Kelly, Shawn Mason, Tim Taylor and Steve Smith. .LQ l - .- if, s I . Varsity Cross Country 93