San Dimas High School - El Santo Yearbook (San Dimas, CA)

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y Varsity Badminton, front: Brandon Riahi. Charina Oro, Joy Oetken. Debbie Colleasure, Virginr? ' - Toppenberg, Hugo Caro. Back: Tom Redshaw. Joe Clark. Tracy Baughn. Ed Consencino. Arnin Seesurat. Robin Vercruse. Eric Rafter, Ed Molina, Coach Bev Woods. Junior Varsity Badminton. Front: Sonya Elam. Giselle Nardini. Catherine Stitt, Carol Sandoval, Thanh Bui, Eileen Pererras, Diane Canfield. Back: Raj Dasari, Chris Collins, Shelly Baughn. Ellen Ko. Niels Henze, Joey Keiler, Karland Clark. Coach Kelly Carpenter. On a serve return, senior Ed Consencino high clears the birdie back to his opponent. Varsity doubles girls ' player. Arnin Seesurat, watches as her partner, Robin Vercruse, smashes the ball at their opponents. J SeuCttUHtoM. ?65

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' Sy y dinette Junior Ed Molina holds out his racket awaiting an oncoming smash. It ' s quite quiet — in contrast to the noise of volleyball or basketball — when badminton takes the gym. During practices and matches, only the ping of the birdie against the taught COED VARSITY BADMINTON SD OPPONENT 6 La Puente 13 9 West Covina 10 8 Bonita Chino 11 15 South Hills 4 7 Covina Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park 12 racket and an occasional out could be heard. The varsity and junior varsity badminton teams smashed their way into another great season led by single boys ' player Ed Consencino; single girls ' player Virginia Toppenberg; double ' s team players, boys Ed Consencino and Eric Rafter, girls Arnin Seesurat and Robin Vercruse, and mixed Ed Consencino and Virginia Toppenberg. The season started out with lunch-time tryout to establish the players on the team. After the basketball season ended, practices were after school. They consisted of hitting around, stretching, running, and scrimmaging. The members helped, supported, and cheered for one another, which was essential for the team ' s personal success. The coaching by Mrs. Woods and Kelly Carpenter helped the teams improve, but most of all, the returning players gave their all to teaching the new members to play to the best of their ability. Badminton, usually thought of as easy, is a mentally and physically demanding sport. Senior Robin Vercruse said, It ' s harder than you think. It takes a lot out of you. There were personal goals as well as team goals. The COED JV BADMINTON OPPONENT La Puente West Covina Bonita Chino South Hills Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park team goals were to have fun and make it to CIF. Personal goals varied from player to player, but junior Beth Belcher said of hers, I want to play my best and win. With intense concentration, senior Debbie Colleasure lobs the birdie over the net. As he scrambles for the birdie, junior Joe Clark overheads it back across the net. To return a serve, freshmen Ellen Ko drops the birdie. With a complete stroke, sophomore Raj Dasari jumps to hit the birdie into his opponent ' s court. f64 S front .

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Ready for the double play junior third baseman Erick Ware turns for second base. f66 S xort i