Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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CateM It ! We are very young but we are very aggressive and that will make up for experience, which we are lacking. We have the potential to go out and win every game but potential is an ingredient that does not always come as we wou ld like it to. Jim Rose — Head Coach. I feel the baseball team is a strong, hard fighting bunch of guys who want to go out and have fun, but to have fun we have to win. Joe Birdsall — Senior. My teammates are a great bunch of guys. The strongest points of our team are our de- fense, and our ability to take advantage of the other teams mistakes. James Rusow — Ju- nior. We have a strong team this year. We ' re a young team with only three seniors, but if we work together as a team we ' ll go a long way. The coaches are very helpful and supportive. They always expect our best during, both, practice and games. As teammates, we try to encourage each other. We ' re all friends and most of us even hang around together at school. JeH Nowak — Junior. Varsity Baseball. Front row: Carlos Lomon, Mark Gonzales, Ke- vin Tahan, James Sampson. James Rusow Row 2: Steve Thomas, Steve Jurgenson, Jason Lyman, De- chon Burns, Chris Wallace, Charles Smith. Back row: John Anderhk, Jell Nowak. Coach Ku- mamoto, Coach Rose, Coach Paul Kumamoto, Sean Mulligan, Joe Birdsall. Watching the pitcher carefully lor signals is Gerald Eldred. Eldred was also in band. Going to bat with confidence is Charles Smith. Batting was a strong point ol the team. Varsity Baseball I 119

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118 After successfully hitting the ball, De- chon Burns prepares to run to first base. Besides being on the baseball team, he was also on the basketball team. Giving words of en- couragement to his teammates is Jeff Nowak. Nowak was a junior and was also a member of the California Scholastic Federation. Eyeing the catcher, and ready to strike out a batter is James Rusow. Rusow was a junior and this was his second year on the varsity baseball team. Excels in sports he likes 1 1 r f you enjoy a sport, like 1 I do baseball, then you c play well, stated James Ru- F sow as he explained the fun- damentals of baseball. He a has been playing baseball v since he was eight and it to- r tals up to nine years. c Rusow, a junior, received f his varsity letter during his t sophomore year. During his f freshman year, at the clos- James Rusow ig of the season, he re eived the Most Valuable ' layer award. Rusow enjoys the spor nd has a great team. We ill do well, even though we iave a young team, con luded Rusow, who will lool orward to being on the earn next year and havinc un. t I

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Preparing to throw the ball to third base is freshman Jell Huerta. Hueria was also on both the ireshman lootball team and the basketball team, as well as being class president. 120 Inspired by his father «T ' m mostly inspired by my father, Roy. He ' s al- ways pushed me to do my best and make myself better as a player, stated Billy Be- tancur, a sophomore who has been playing baseball for seven years now. During his freshman year he re- ceived Best Defensive Play- er along with many other awards throughout the year. Billy Betancur He is also part of the UCR Partners Program. When asked what makes him do so well , he replied , ' ' I think that just trying to do my best for my team, makes me do so well. Betancur concluded with, Baseball interests me be- cause it ' s more than just picking up a bat.