Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Girls Varsity Tennis. Front Row: Chrystal Dawson, 5. Lisa Caro gets ready to aim her spin serve with Gladys Casillas, Cami Mercer, Julie Preciado, Kim Free- at vrai y. Lisa Caro was known lor her great spin serve, man. Back Row: Shawn Wanta, Norma Casillas, Jenny Bilyeu, Lisa Caro, Coach Joan Bruce. Swinging to success •-v ladys Casillas, a senior, was a four year veteran of the team. She liked to play ten- nis and felt that she belonged on the courts. Her team members com- mented that, Gladys did her best and helped others to do their best. Gladys Casillas Gladys proved to be the number one player throughout the season with a record of 42 wins and 12 losses. Gladys earned the title of Most V.ilu able Player, for the third year in a row. Girls ' Varsity Tennis 95

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1. Concentrating. Norma Casillas evaluates how she is going to play this iame against Fontana. na was part of the ffl doubles team. 94 Girls ' Varsity Tennis 7 he Love O f Competition ' We were proud to have achieved such success, said Lisa Caro. It was a Tuesday afternoon, on October 1 5, and the wind was blowing moderately. The girl ' s varsity tennis team had recently suf- fered a loss from San Gorgonio, and they were ready to take on the challenge of Palm Springs. Rubidoux had never beaten Palm Springs; however, on October 1 5, they made history. For the first time ever, the varsity team beat Palm Springs with a score of 10-8. It was a thrilling moment and we were proud to have achieved such success. said Lisa Caro. Part of the credit for their continuous win- nings goes to the fact that the whole team took private tennis lessons during the summer. In addition to those lessons, the team practiced twice a week during the summer, and three times a week during the season. The two re- maining days were occupied by tennis matches. Their devotion, and their desire to win, helped them to do so very well. Gladys Casillas, number one singles player and Norma Casillas and Jenny Bilyeu, the number one doubles team, were the most im- portant assets to the team. They led the team to a 13-5 record. We have a lot of potential as well as a lot of talent on the team, the girls have worked very hard against their competition and they still came out trying e ven harder. added Coach Joan Bruce. The whole team agreed that this was an especially great team because along with winning against Palm Springs for the first time, they also beat Redlands for the first time. The tennis team was proud of their perfor- mance throughout this season. e 2. Keeping a sharp view on the ball, Kim Freeman iirmiy racguet to serve. Freeman was a third year veteran. 3. Jenny Bilyeu watches the ball, a tel uccesstully returning a serve. This was Bilyeu s lirst year on the team.

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■v. SPC RT O ' Blocking is her business Q enior Tina Knight, has been playing organized volley- ball since her freshman year. Three of those four years were spent on the varsity team, as middle blocker, and this year she received the Coach ' s Award. I ' m honored that the coach thought that much of me, as a player. I really enjoyed playing with the team, we all r -J got along pretty well, said Tina Knight. She advises other players to work hard, and never give up. Kim Holder taught me the most because she taught me good technigues and the ba- sics that you need to be a good volleyball player, explained Knight. 96 Varsity Volleyball ■ • « . Completing a great return, is MonaJo Dahlberg. Dahlberg was involved in other activities, such as PAC and CSF. Cathy Grider and Tina Knight watch the team as they await going back m. Knight received the Coach ' s A ward. Varsity