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

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Taking to the nets for rebuilding of talents — by Kanna Cerda Aspiring athletes on the JV and Varsity Badminton Teams took to the nets this season with the goal to win as many games as possible. Ac- cording to Coach Tran, he expected the teams to do fairly well this year. Led by the talents of Hoa Van, Hung Vu, Thang Nguyen, and Tien Do, the badminton teams were able to score victories against Santa Ana and Laguna Beach. Although full of talent and hard I expect the team to work and play the best that they can. — Tuyen Truong working individuals, the team, Coach Tran noted, had a rebuilding year with many new and inexperienced players. Overall, the team players adequately worked well together with noted improvement each day. The teams ' workouts consisted of a lot of physical and mental condi- tioning, stated Coach Tran. The players would do skill practices (call and shadow drills), as well as play in game simulations. This was all done in order to prepare the players for the tough competition brought upon by the opposing teams. I like the challenge and the fun, commented Tuyen Truong, who has been involved in the sport for three years. Badminton proved to be both challenging and competitive. con- cluded Tuyen Truong. V A Varsity badminton player Tuyen Truong is tak- en by surprise at the opponent ' s rapid serve. Quick feet and the ability to think fast were bad- minton strengths a player had to master. In a competitive game against Laguna Beach. Cindy Veloz anxiously awaits her opponent ' s serve. The varsity team out-served Laguna Beach in the match to give Saddleback another win. JV badminton player Hung Tran makes a desperate attempt to successfully hit the birdie into opposing territory. In this particular game. Tran received assistance from varsity player Cin- dy Veloz. Spring Sporrs 83

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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

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' Awesome s fhe on y word fo describe the power that Senior Chris Magillputs into his butterfly. Chris led the varsity and frosh soph teams not only in success and ability, but also in pride and spirit. Caught momentarily in midair is butterfly and freestylist Jane Green . Jane spent many long hours of practice perfecting her stroke, which proved to be worthwhilo then her times began to drop. •;;• Varsity Swim- ming — Row 1: L. Wood. C. Magill. J. Green. M. Mulligan. Row 2: J. Elizalde. D. Boyd. M. Irvine. M. Rasmussen. T. McCarthy. Row 3: M Culver. K. Shipp. J. Abad. M. McCord. Coach M. Smith » JV Swimming — Row 1: B. Smith. L. Mayerhofer. S. Kent. E. Enos. M. Ballard Row 2: R. Greene. B. Le. S. Trezise. M. DeN- unno. Q Nguyen. J. Alcala. T. Ngo. T. Nguyen Row 3: T. Spencer. J. Rush- forth. S. Register. Coach M. Smith