Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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RECEIVING THE SIDE BALL Boys' Soccer Succeeds Full back checks In their second season, the Pi- rates Soccer team made drastic im- provements. The teams improved 100470 from last year in performance and skill, said Coach Guillermo Barce- nas. The teams played strong since the beginning. In the first soccer season, the teams gradually improved from game to game. This year the teams maintained the same level of threat during the whole season. Four players made All League this year, as compared to last year's two. The list included Andrew Ala- torre, Ionathon Iones, Mario Rodri- guez, and Gabriel Soliz. VARSITY SOCCER Top row: Coach Barcenas, N. Wieneke, I. Iones, A. Ramirez, S. Vanrachack, S. Kielak, Coach DeVriessg 2nd row: E. Partida, D. Alfaro, M. Rodriguez, R. Hyland, R. Chacon, I. Ortiz: 3rd row: D. Baker, D. Lira, A. Alatorre, G. Soliz, E. Perez, M. Lira, and V. Rodriguez. I UNI OR VARSITY SOCCER Top row: Coach Barcenas, A. Lira, I. Lopez, M. Ramirez, H. Hoang, I. Sombrano, D. Mosqueda, Coach De Vriessg 2nd row: C. Diaz, S. Escalante, A. Matlakiewicz, S. Bell, M. Garcia, and I. Orozco. TEAMS SHOW IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR'S SEASON Receiving other awards were: Armando Ramirez, most improved, and Andrew Alatorre, best player, and most enthusiastic. The Varsity team placed fourth in the league out of five. The Iunior Varsity did not place. The difference in goals was much less, explained Coach Barce- nas. The opposing teams won by very little, showing the greater skill in this year's season. One of the problems faced by Varsity this year was inconsistancy in performance. For the I.V.'s, height was the problem. - Kampol Crews PIRATE IN CONTROL Forward Gabriel Soliz forces the ball up field before taking a shot at the goal. Boys' Soccer . . .

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Tennis Team Improves PITTSBURG TAKES PRIDE IN GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM This year's girls' tennis team contained a great bunch of young ladies. They enjoyed themselves and had a lot of fun, said Coach Ken Stott. The team improved tremen- dously the second half of the season. Their talented skills were obvious while they destroyed Alhambra and Mount Diablo. Both Evette and Elnora Cas- tillo played well all season. They did an outstanding job this year, said Stott. Sally Hernandez worked very hard. She was dedicated and it showed. This year Hernandez start- , tiff . I . Q FI, . .ppp p W KEEIN EYE Sally Hernandez concentrates while return- ing a powerful serve. 138 . . . Girls' Tennis ed in the number 1 doubles position and moved her way up to number 3 singles. All the girls shined with Pitt pride wherever they went. While they concentrated on their own game, they didn't forget they were a part of a team. Together they worked to be the very best possible. This was my first year, and everyone was always helping each other. We all got along really well, commented Shelley Doolittle. The girls' tennis team definitely gave Pittsburg High School some- thing to be proud of. - Carmela Chase PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Evette Castillo practices her game to perfection Evette is the No. 1 singles player. WW SETI GAME MA TCH' The Pittsburg High School 1986 Girls' Tennis Team included: top row - Shelly Doolittle, Monique Mondragon, Mia Fabela, Evlisa Valentina, Evelyn Salazar, Kathleen McConville, Christine Douglas, Coach Ken Stott: 2nd row - Rica Darling-Pimentel, Ioanna Castillo, Ila Patel, Iulie Phan, Tina Phelps, Sally Hernandez, Evette Castillo: 3rd row - Iulie Clark, Anna Darling-Pimentel, Marylane Valasco, Elnora Castillo, Nancy Pallera, and Becky Nguyen.

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N ,, XE Y' ,. . ' Nb, x,-' Ni .J W Gyn N . K I f f :kt Q VARSITY VOLLEYBALL LEGGO MY EGGO From top to bottom appears Tina Rodriguez, Iackie Scott, Wendy Peeler, Tasha Harts, Felicia Bridges, Edelweiss Pentecostes, Coach lean Neu- I.V. player Kathy Peeler pushes the ball over to the opponents side and Ra barth, Vicky McGill, and Gia Seinto. quel Ramos awaits the return. HEADS UP! Felicia Bridges bumps the ball up for setter Wendy Peeler. 140 , . , Girls' Volleyball