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

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«2l Against Northview, freshman shortstop Tyson Stull takes the throwdown for the tag at second. From the mound, freshman David Hellmold launches a fastball for a strike. t6X SftanU

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From second base Senior Phil Sanchez makes the throw to third for an out. (kttt t6e OCd Fernet As always there were personal goals — to improve hitting and fielding — and team goals — to do well in league and go to CIF; but at the beginning of each inning it was: Go out there, and do your best; and give 110%, from new head coach Tim Alley. And several times during the game he reminded them, If you make a mistake, don ' t worry about it, and don ' t do it again. Led by four returning juniors, catcher Mike Goff, first base Andy Powlison, second base Norman Geurts, third base pitcher Paul Navarro, and senior were a confident and close Boys ' Varsity Baseball Tim Alley team, and each member maintained a productive SD 4 8 OPPONENT Damien 6 West. Christian 1 attitude. When someone made an error, teammates 20 Bonita l2 encouraged him to get over Gladstone Baldwin Park Gladstone it and go on with the game. Junior third baseman Paul Sierra Vista Navarro said, The players Bassett Azusa all got along well, and it Gladstone helped that we all had played Baldwin Park together before. There wasn ' t Sierra Vista Bassett any fighting. Gladstone Most of the team members Azusa Baldwin Park Sietra Vista had played Little League All Stars together but looked Bassett forward to success at a Azusa higher level. shortstop Phil Sanchez, they Junior Norman Geurts makes contact for a base hit against Damien. First baseman Andy Powlison fields a ground ball for an out. Front: Dale Geurts. Geoff Carr. Norm Geurts. Erick Ware. Keith Gallina. Row 2: Steve Millice. Scott Bowman. Phil Sanchez. Mike Goff. Ronald Young. Back: Coach Doug Schultz. Andy Powlison. Dennis Skinner. Don Ross. Paul Navarro. Robert Dixon. Coach Tim Alley. 1 vt4iUf Seue Ut t67

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While fellow teammates look on sophomore Ernie Stumpf smashes the ball for a double against Northview. In a preseason game sophomore Steve Ritchey scores a run from first base off Jimmy Miozza ' s triple against the Vikings. 0 t 76e ' Move Though they used the varsity field for home games the advantage of that was lessened for junior varsity as their practices were at J unior Varsity Baseball Jim Coombs S.D. Opponent 5 Edgewood 4 8 Northview 11 19 Bonita 7 13 Damien W. Christian Gladstone Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Gladstone Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Gladstone Azusa Baldwin Park Sierra Vista 7 Charter Oak Park. They had only three returning players, but the rest came up from the previous frosh team along with coach Jim Coombs. Players concentrated on fielding and team work at practice, and efforts by outfielder Tony Cosanella, shortstop Steve Ritchey, catcher Jason Coleman, and pitcher Jay Jackson combined with the strength of sophomore hitters Marc Marusich, Ernie Stumpf and Steve Richey for wins. Freshmen had more strengths than weaknesses and they started off winning. We can go pretty far this year, said an optimistic Kyle Davis. Leading the team were center fielder Nick Paoletto, shortstop Tyson Stall, catcher Sean Booth and third baseman Ricky Snawder. F eshman Baseball Kevin Diaz SD Opponent 9 Edgewood 9 6 Northview 5 12 Bonita 2 5 Damien 4 Gladstone Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Azusa Gladstone Baldwin Park Sierra Vista Bassett Gladstone Azusa Baldwin Park Sierra Vista 1 % 1 %. X X. Frosh Baseball. Front: Kyle Davis. Jacob Powlison, Duke Beckford, James Jansen. Matt Harding. Row 2: Ethan Malicki. Ricky Snawder. David Hellmold. Evan Thomas. Kolombay Badibanga. Nick Paoletto. Sean Booth. Back: Coach Brady Thomas, Brian Kemper. Scott Kuebler. Vincent Molitor. Brian Murphy. Tyson Stull. Robbie Badar. Not Show: Coach Kevin Diaz. Junior Varsity Baseball. Front: Chris Clayton. Steve Ritchey, Darrin Mucker, Shannon Troncoso. Marc Marusich. Row 2: Jason Coleman. David Alonzo. Tony Cosanella. Mike Knox, Jay Jackson, John Gunsalus. Back: Ernie Stumpf. Marcus Troyano. Robert Henderson. Jim Miozza. Nigel Long. Coach Jim Coombs. pCUOo 1 l4it f ' ?104 i t4e x££ ?6 ?