Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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1. Vincent VanLaar prepares for his match against Indio. 2. Before engaging in the match, Jose Bravo shakes hands with his Corona opponent. 3. Varsity Wrestling Team: Front row: Mike Minick, Vincent VanLaar, Eddie Hall, Jose Bravo, and Jerry Hollers. Second row: David Ray, Zone Boucher, Mark Bes- sire, and Jesus Vasquez. Back row: Coach Godoy, Robert Whittaker, Chip Vogel, Jon Veitch, Rudy Rodriguez, and Coach Guillen. 4. Jerry Hollers pre- pares to flip his opponent. 5. Pinning his contend- er, Eddie Hall awaits the referees signal. 220 We ' re the Kids of America

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1. Pat Nosh struggles against his competitor. 2. JV Wrestling Team: Front row: Steve Huerta, Pat Nash, Robert Larsen, Stacy Butkay, Randy Stock- ton, Joe Murillo, Back row: Coach Hernandez, Vin- cente Perei, Pete Brown, Jeff Corner, Tom Rob- erts, and Coach Guillen 3. Before a match. Pot Nash confronts his opponent. 4. Going up for a jump shot, Cathy Hill steals the boll. 5. Girls JV Basketball Team. Front row: Rebecca Frisby, Leslie Hill, Hope Smith, Jenny Jewel, Back row: Coach Petersen, Tina Knight, Lisa Cooper, Carlo Brown, Bertha Sanchez, Pom Howard, and Cathy Hill. T FALCONS IMr k A «U , • L ' J OJH lE Extra Special Challenge I he JV Wrestling team had a good wrestlers will fill their places. All the ex- reason to boast. In most sports. Varsity perience this year will help them in their plays Varsity and JV plays JV. In the JV move to varsity, wrestler ' s case, they wrestled their oppo- nents ' varsity teams. The JV Wrestling team had a hard time at their meets be- cause they wrestled all their opponents ' first teams, stated Coach Guillen. Next year a lot of seniors will be leav- ing from the varsity team and many JV . . . a reason to boast . . . Work and practice were the keys for the young wrestlers. They learned new moves and strategies - — —— jp |(-|g |y ,Q |-|Qur prac- tices held every day after school. Even- tually, the combined efforts of the wres- tlers helped to make the team great. 7219

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.Skill Put To The Test A. Ls Christmas vacation came to an end, confused Rubidoux wrestlers were introduced to a new procedure: bowl- ing. Why did they undertake this strange act? To make sixteen visiting Japanese wrestlers and two coaches feel at home. Jon Veitch, co-captain of the team, housed a Japanese wrestler named Teitsu for a few days which he says was a cultural ex- perience. It was really fun communicating with him. I just did a lot of pointing and made a lot of sounds, voiced Jon. The visit was a good incentive for the young Japanese wrestlers. They gave exhibitions at an RHS pep assembly and at the Indio Invitational. Both teams gave each other pointers and learned new moves. ... as we did ture, the RHS wrestling team resumed its normal routine. Two hour practices ev- ery night strengthened their speed, skill and coordination. On meet days, the wrestlers took ev- erything that they worked on in practice and put their skills to the test for three two-minute rounds. They earn a variety of points for each ma- neuver during the match, and a pin auto- matically terminates the match. How did the Varsity team do this year? Jon Veitch respond- ed, We did |ust greet, we could ' ve had longer practices and more of a winning attitude, but as a whole, we did great. Co-captain Mike Minick added, The team had good potential and we did good in the league. Coach Guillen con- cluded that he is very happy with the a whole great. After the Japanese wrestlers ' depar- progress the team made, -k