Saddleback High School - Caparral Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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♦ Having control of the ball. Darren Foster prepares to pass to a teammate. Ricardo Fuentes quickly kicks the ball up the field. Ball control is a basic skill that is necessary in soccer. Displaying his graceful kick. Javier Ortiz puts the ball in scoring position. V IH ■■ m i Varsity Soccer — Row 1: R Lozano. H Rodri- guez. M Meza, J Ortiz. R Fuentes. S Gonzalez. F Garro Row 2: J Vera. F Ortiz. T. Maxwell. B Xiong. J. Castaneda, F Jaramillo. C Zavala. J Bustos Row 3: W Gallardo. J Villa. R Garro. A Garibay. D. Fos- ter. R Tapia. M Plasen- cia. Coach Knapp JV Soccer — Row 1: D. Tran. S. Hong. A. Xiong. T. Nguyen. L. Rios. S. Rodriguez. J Gon- zalez, L. Muth Row 2: J Hernandez. J. Mejia, O. Sego- biano, S. Mekdara- saek. Q. Nguyen. C Albright. A. Boun- praseuth. T. Nguyen. Coach Silva

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Competing to the best of their abilities by Sylvia Castro Wrestling: When two opponents at- tempt to pin the other ' s shoulders to the mat within a time limit. The play- er who does this the most times wins the match. Yet, wrestling is more in- tense than this definition. Exemplify- ing a strong and vigorous style of wrestling was the jv squad. In order to win as many matches as possible, each wrestler had to attend prac- tices composed of drilling, running and wrestling. Gary Pimental stated, Wrestling is a hard sport which re- quires a hard workout. Coaches Wrestling is a hard sport which requires a hard workout. — Gary Pimental Ivan Rosas, Jeff Gonzales and Eddie Herrera helped the wrestlers get in better shape and compete to the best of their ability, Eddie Herrera, summised. Led by Emmanuel Lopez and Louie Ochoa the frosh soph wrestling team competed in a competitive league. The team strived to win the league title. Carlos Salinas expressed his personal goal, to take league and win as a team, not as an individ- ual. Although the team did not reach their goal, each individual gained self-confidence, discipline and physical strength. y ♦ Determined to pin his opponent is Tony Torralba. ♦ Frosh Soph wrestler Carlos Salinas pre- pares to use one of his techniques in order to pin his opponent onto the mat. Russ Mascari receives help from a teammate in working out a sore muscle while the rest listen to the coach ' s talk. Before a match a massage helped relax a wrestler. Determined to pin his opponent is Tony Tor- ralba. Winter Sports 63

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Dedicating hours of practice and hard work by Sylvia Castro Under the coaching of Mr. Knapp and assistant coach Willy Gallardo, the boys ' varsity soccer team had a great year. It takes discipline, cour- age, stamina and mind control to play soccer, stated Gallardo. With a lot of running, ball control- ling, passing and scrimmaging, the team improved their skills of the game in order to reach their goal, which was to win the champion- ship, stated senior Richard Garro. With the help of our audience, who helped motivate our team spirit, With the help of our audience we were able to place in a good position. — Sergio Gonzalez we were able to place in a good posi- tion. summed up team member Sergio Gonzalez. The jv team ' s goal was to place in Y ' a good position, stated Lalo Rodri- U guez. Coach Mel Silva wanted each | player to develop good working habits and the desire to win. The team ' s weak point was of- fense; but other than that, their passing skills, defense and each play- ; ers ' knowledge of the game was well developed. V ♦ Marco Meza prepares to pass the ball to his teammate. Marco was one of the strongest players on the varsity team. Preparing to steal the ball from the oppo- nent is Sergio Gonzalez. By participating in this sport, Sergio has gained knowledge and skills per- tinent to soccer. Looking up the field at the game action is Fer- nando Jaramillo. Fan support motivated team spirit. 65