Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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This year ' s wrestling team is three times better than before, and twice as young. Our best wrestlers are Tito Sal- dana and Monce Romero. Our goal is to have half the team go CIF, and with hard work and determination we will achieve that goal. Recently the wres- tling program has grown from 32 wres- tlers to 1 26. 1 also feel that the coaching has been easier since the C average rule went into effect. I get better disci- plined wrestlers, and they are more in- telligent players. Dennis Payne - Head Coach. We, as a team, try harder than last year. Our coach is a very good coach and he lets us know when we do good and he supports us. Tito Saldana - 138 pounds. □ I think that this year ' s wrestling team is doing a lot better than before. I also think that every member of the team has given 100% in every match. With the encouragement of coach Payne and his assistant coach, I think they do the best job training the team. If the team keeps training like they have been doing with- in the next three years, they will have the best team in the league. Monce Romero — Captain. To wrestle you would have to have the intensity of a mountain lion and the skill of a fox. Wrestling is a very hard sport. To wrestle you have to be in very good shape. To wrestle for six minutes, you have to have a lot of energy. Scott ( ' orrales — 191 pounds. o Payne is doing his best and is the best coach in my eyes, the team is doing good and will do better in the future. rt Hartsell — 132 pounds. 110 Varsity Wrestling Varsity Wrestling. Front Row: Manual Martinez, Bill Stewart, David Keegan, Mike Birchheld, lames Espinoza. Back Row: Sean Taggart, Tito Saldana, Jerry Gorgan, Everette Conley, Scott Corrales, Luis Mendez, Monce Romero, Robert Hartstell Preparing to turn his opponent over is Greg Lozano. Lozano was a veteran to tht sport. Pinning his opponent down is Monce Romero. Romero was second year captain. Using his tactics to get his opponent over is James Espinoza. Once the shoul- ders of the opponent are pinned, triumph can be achieved.

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Ambitious Cathy Hill goes up tor 2 points as Margaret Bell blocks out the opponent. Hill and Bell were both returning players. The Girls ' Varsity basketball team can be described as a young team. We have just four returning players from last year. Despite this, I feel the team has shown that they can be successful through hard work and determination. Although the team has experienced a few problems in the early going, I feel that overcoming these problems can only make the team pull closer together. No matter what the end result may be, I know that the team will have given its best. Ten Timar — Head Coach. O I feel this team is the best one we ' ve had during my three years as a varsity player. We ' ve been fortunate enough to have a good coach who cares enough to think our problems through and come up with the best solution. Ms. Timar is not only a coach, who teaches us the skills in being a good player, but the qualities in being a good person as well. I have really enjoyed my exper- iences on the team and will miss them and Ms. Timar very much when I leave. Cathy Hill — Forward. During a fast-break, with the Arlington Lions, Pam Allen goes up (or a lay-up. This was Allen ' s senior year. Girls ' Varsity Basketball 109

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