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

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Promising teams in competitive league by Andrea Atwater In tennis, the boys ' frosh soph, ju- nior varsity, and varsity teams were some of the strongest we ' ve had in a while. commented Coach Linn. The teams were pretty enthusias- tic, and we had many potentially good players, he added. The boys practiced two to three hours each day, and with the help of two-year assistant coach Houng Le. the team worked hard to achieve their winning goals. What does it take Our athletes expect more from themselves — we have goals ... — Sung Lee to be the best you can be? Stated Coach Linn on how the players achieved success. It takes commit- ment and a willingness to work on weaknesses. Varsity Captain Ron Grisha ber, who played on varsity for three years, felt. Even though we don ' t win a lot. we try. With the competi- tive league we play in, I ' m glad to see the athletes come out and try. We have a lot of good players. Number-one singles player Sung Lee concluded. When compared to some other schools, it ' s like their athletes were born with tennis rac- quets in their hands, but overall, I think our athletes expect more from themselves — we have goals and we have a good attitude toward them. Quart Truong. in a ready position, signals that the ball is out. As a freshman on varsity, Quan has great promise to be one of the best in the league. « Ron Grishaber slams an overhead top-spin with great strength. Being captain of the team and having won Most Improved Player two years in a row, Ron is also ffl in doubles with partner Tuong Nguyen. Spring Sporrs 81

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Varsity Tennis — Row 1: J. Inda. T. Le. T. Ho. T. Ly. U. Vu. C. Nguyen. A. Gottardi Row 2: V. Truong, B. Pham. R. Gnshaber. H. Tran. T. Nguyen. S. Lee. V. Ha. Coach G. Linn Senior Juan Inda concentrates on his fol- low-through after returning a winning ground- stroke. Tuan Ho vigorously returns a backhand vol- ley. Tuan is said to have one of the best groundstrokes on the team. One of the more experienced players on the team. Sung Lee has played varsity for three years. JV Frosh Soph — Row 1: T. Tong. M. Ceballos. M. Eno- moto. S.H. Lee. A. Alvarez. Q. Truong. T. Nguyen. D. Dinh Row 2: Q. Tong. N. Pilon. C. Ngo. A. Castillo. K. Yi. M. Liao. J. Sepulveda, T. Phan. T. Nguyen. H. Le 80

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[•■J 1 1 • Varsity Badmin- ton — Row 1: T Do. T. Nguyen. T. Truong. C. Veloz. C. Tran. H. Iran. A. Ly Row 2: Coach L. Aday. Coach E. Tran. J. Valenzuela. T. Nguyen. H. Van, D. Nguyen. H. Vu. V. Tran. S. Liao. T. Ly. Coach H. Tran JV and Varsity Badminton Coach Tran ob- serves his players during one of the many home games this year. By observing the players. Coach Tran could help them improve their abilities by correcting their mistakes. Senior Diana Nguyen practices on her return serve technique at one of the badmin- ton workouts. From and technique were im- portant fundamentals a player had to perfect in order to ace the opposition. JV Badminton — Row 1: S. Nguyen. M. Tran, T. Ly. P. Luong. Q. Ho. M. Nguyen. D Bui Row 2: V. Dang. H. Pham, J. Hernan- dez. H. Tran. H. Nguyen. A. Xiong Row 3: V. Bedro- sian. C. Lopez. H. Lee. T. Bubienko. R Hunh. S. Alaniz. N To 82