Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Making her move, Jennifer Buszko steals third base. 2. Giving the team a pep talk, Assistant Coach Dee Popp seems to be getting positive re- sponses from the team members. 3. Roxanne Coats goes for the bunt. 4. Rounding second, Lisa Souza jams for third. 5. Letting off a powerful pitch, Linda Arellano works towards a strike out. Team picture not available. Varsity Softball Ploy- ers are: Jenny Buszka, Dorine Uribe, Margie Cas- tillo, Michelle Simmons, Melanie Kanouse, Cheryl Peters, Sandy Jackson, Kelly Fake, Lisa Souza, Lin- da Arellano, Mary Martinez, Joy Corea, Roxanne Coats, Linda Clampitt, Anne Cordoro, and Teresa Summers. Sports 229

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Miracles Never Cease It wasn ' t the way a terrific year should have started. With a brand new coach, and teems picked nearly halfway through the season, it was expected, maybe even accepted, that the team would have difficulties. But, the Varsity Softball Team surmounted skepticism with a mighty leap. The players shed all misgivings and proved their critics wrong by consecu- . tively winning their first two games by landslides. On March 15, the first game of the sea- son, the Falcons left Palm Springs dizzy with a sweeping score of 8-0. It was an easy win, admitted Margie Castillo. Two weeks later, after practices and one victory already behind them, they were pitted against Corona Panthers. With an indisputable score of 7-1, the Falcons left Corona crying. It was really exciting! exclaimed Margie. . . . skill, unity, and teamwork . We have a lot of good talent, ex- plained Coach Kathy Gentry. Linda Arellano, Deanna Coats, Linda Clam- pitt, and Roxanne Coats helped to pull off the two wins with skill, unity, and teamwork. Yes, we have a lot of to- getherness on our team, agreed Linda Clampitt. When the subject of improvements was battled around, Linda jokes, Noth- ing needs to be im- proved! But on a . . more serious and re- alistic side, Margie replied philosophically, Hitting, but we ' re getting a lot better. It was this intangible yet concrete combination of positive thinking, win- ning pride, and honest evaluations that helped the team to prosper. Linda Arel- lano felt that the season was, Really good. We ' re looking really great! ' A ' V - 3f 228 w e ' re the Kids of Americo fe -,- ' ■• vV '

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T, Dying Sun Slays Hope ime was the culprit for the JV Soc- cer Team. While they sat on the side- lines, watching the varsity team play, the sky would begin to grow darker. Their hopes would fade as many of their games would be shortened because of the dark. ' At most home games, time would just run short and Ru- bidoux is the only school that won ' t turn on the lights because of the bud- get, said Coach Stringer. The 1982-83 team was very young and inexperienced. It consisted basically of freshmen who had never actually played on a team before. They worked . . . time would run short ... hard during the two-hour practices and they improved considerably. According to Coach Dallas, Steve Uribe and Kexin Ferguson were two of the best JV play- ers. They and eighteen others helped to pull together a good team. The goal of every JV player was to be moved to varsity, but the competition will be tough. By the 1983-84 season, only ten spots will be left on the varsity team, and there are sure to be more competi- tors. Still, many of the JV teammates will be returning next year and the team should benefit from their experiences.1 230 Were the Kids of Amer