Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Varsity Wrestling 111

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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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Meeting A x llenge I feel the team was really strong at our last dual meet, on February 12, and had changed dramatically over the season. Everyone was trying their hardest to win their last match of reg- ular season, and I feel going out of the season with a winning attitude was worth the effort we put forth. Even though we only won a few of our dual meets, we still had a suc- cessful season. The wrestlers started wrestling for the team more than for themselves. T he team made a lot of improvement. Coach Payne and Coach Meyer- ett did what they could to put us in a position where we would have the best chance to win. He allowed enough challengers so the best wres- tler with the best ability would be in the position he deserved to be in. CBL is being held on the 15th of February, and hopefully from there, there will be Rubidoux wrestlers go- ing to CIF finals. Scott Martell — IV wrestling. I feel our team has a lot of spirit and enjoys the game. Even the coach yells to us and still cares and wants us to win. We didn ' t do great this year, but we learned from our mistakes. DeeAnn Barnicoat — Girls ' JV bas- ketball □ I feel that even though we haven ' t had a winning year we ' ve had a successful year. We started as inexperienced girls and ended up with experience. If your performance is good on the court — you ' ve won the game, no matter what the scoreboard says! Jennifer Pierce — Girls ' JV basket- ball. m n .n 112 Wrestling Team Members. Front Row: Chris Kjorvestad, Todd Reed, Joel Meyrette, Ce- sar Bravo. Back Row: Mark Gillman, Larry Fletcher, Sean Walker, Bryan Beavor, Ron Niel- son, lose Romero, Lorenzo Cale. After cutting through the key, Patricia Eli- sara attempts a shot lor 2 points. Ehsara ended the season with the most baskets made. JV Wrestling. Front Row: Mike Sanhrd, Ken- ny Duckett, Scott Martel, Terry Brown. Back Row: Mike Duran, Sam Ponti, John Todd, Jelf McMullm, Reyel Simmons, Jell Carey. Girls ' JV Basketball. Front Row: Juanita Gar- cia, Lisa Birmingham, Denise Bryan, Willena Moore. Back Row: Coach Case, Shawn Bentley, Carrie Wood, Tabatha Johnson, Jennifer Pierce, Summer Viles, Dee Ann Barnicoat, Patricia Eh- sara, Adrienne Bryant, Sandra Caro. Preparing to win a match against Colton is Reyel Simmons. Colton was very competitive, yet the mighty Falcons gave their best. Girls ' JV Basketball Wrestling