Poway High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Poway, CA)

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VOLLEYBALL Relaxing the Play by Kristen Yamasaki Fun in the sun, a relaxed atmosphere, a beach sport that represents the attitude of California - Why it must be volleyball! Rambunctious, rowdy, and relaxed perfect- ly describe this year's boys Varsity Volley- ball team. We were definitely a laid back team. For most other sports that would be a weakness but for volleyball, it's a plus, stated Jon Jaro. Part of that relaxed, fun- filled, and kick back attitude might have steered from the fact that until this year, boys volleyball was not recognized as a CIF sport. Hln the past, there was hardly any school spirit, basically only a cou- ple of parents. Now that it's consid- ered CIF, hopefully we'll get more support,', replied Adam Jones. There was no change in attitude when the sport went CIF, the players still stayed calm. lt was great! My teammates were all my friends off court. I had my brother and some of my best friendsf' added Adam. However, the team not only had fun play- ing, they won. We had a very experienced team . . . Five of the six starters had played for at least two years. We were fundamen- tally sound, explained Dave Delaney. Coach Ball has been the best coach in the county every year he has had a team. He made it fun, which is why we had the best team for winning it all, ad- mitted Kevin Kohler. BOYS iiiliit San Dieguito Mt. Carmel L -tt Southwest 1 Helix y -San Pasqual El rryrr Fallbrook Top L-R: A. Jones, J. Gresham, E. Meadows, K. Koh- ler, D. Counts, C. Milling, Coach Ball 276 Vorsity Boys Volleyball Front L-R: C. Zaayer, D. Delaney, J. Jaro, J. Appel, J. Jones. Not pictured: M. Escobar Jon Jaro shows the ease of performing the perf bump as Jason Jones looks on.

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' ' BASEBALL Hitting the Top by Traci McClellan 6'We have equal abilities and perform on the same level. Our second string is just as good as our first, commented Mike Pe- drotti about his JV baseball teammates. Troy Nichols commented, f'We want to play for everyone, not just ourselvesf' This attitude let the players come together and work on perfecting their technique. They strove to better themselves and encourage one another. Under new Head JV Coach, Ed Nelson, the players became deter- mined to rise to the challenge. Scott McMahon described him this way, f'He doesn't say a lot, but when he does, it really means some- thing. The coach and play- ers working together trav- eled on the path of success this season. It's the bottom of the ninth, two outs, and a full count on the batter. He looks nervous as the pitcher winds up. He hits the fast ball, and a resounding thud in the first base- man's glove assures the last out. A cheer rises from the crowd as the fate of another Frosh game is determined. As usual, the Poway team wins again. The stiff competi- tion to make this yearis team, 60 boys tried out, allowed the team to be bigger than usual with 27 members. Coach Lekvold commented, It was a real shock to see so many go out, and I know we have a high skill levelf' Dan Olszewski concluded, 'fWe win because we have a system and know each other's movesf' and their season proved it. Top: L to R - S. Vaserling, G. Atherton, M. Miller, T. Cella, D. Perdue, M. Orr, K. Ma gruder, Bottom: L to R - F Wolinski, C. Rzewuski, B Matthes, B. Gillespie, S McMahon, M. Pedrotti, T. Ni chols, R. Cummings, Not pic tured: Coach Nelson, T. Peter- Coach Nelson jots down valuable information about his JV players. SOD l 5 1 . Matt Orr fires the ball toward the plate, hoping to beat the run- ner. 278 Eric Reid catches the ball to hand offto Coach Lekvold who hits a few balls to the Frosh team before the game.