Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Looking for an al- ternative to chasing tennis balls around? Try rac- quetball. For Jody Reid, the sport pro- vides a way for him to be Showing a winning smil®. Jody Reid standing next to his dad after placing first in the ju- niors tournament. It was a hard tournament to play, but I came out on top. Photo donated by Jody Reid. fter three hours of sweating in a small room and hitting a little blue ball around with a miniature tennis racquet, this writer lost a racquetball game against Jody Reid but gained a story. He has been playing racquetball at Schoeber's since it opened nine years ago. Jody's parents have got him playing so good that he is unde- feated by anyone in his family. He has been playing since he was six years old. Jody has won many first place tro- phies. Last year he placed first in the state junior tournament, which gave him a chance to go to the Nationals in late August. He did not go to the Na- tionals, because it was too close to the date school would start and it was too far to go. Jody and his dad enter many doubles tournaments. Over the summer he taught at a racquetball clinic to five and eleven year olds. Jody's class consisted of coaching three kids once a week. He also coaches his friends in racquet- ball. Jody said, 1 wish more kids would get interested in playing rac- quetball.'' Stacey Adams, a friend of Jody's, has seen many of the tournaments and practice games says, 1 think he is a powerful and dominant player. He also knows exactly where the ball is going to go and gets there before the ball does. Some of his future goals include being on the racquetball team if rac- quetball becomes an Olympic sport. Jody also wants to have another chance at going to the Nationals next year. He also wants to help coach at the racquetball clinic next summer. By Ralph Drendel. Planning th® hit. Jody Rmd takes two sec- onds or less to plan where and how to hit the ball. Racquetball is a fast moving game so you have to make a de- cision within seconds before hitting the ball. Photo by Ralph Dren- del. (------- Sophomores aHJ

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Despite the costs of radio con- trolled model airplanes, Jeff Biby is more than . . . remotely INTERESTEDy 1 Imost everyone has his wai of dealing with every day pressure, may it be talking on the phone with your friends, reading, or just going off by yourself for a little while. But, of course, there is a more common way; it's called a hobby. Students reported their favorite pas- times ranging from dancing and ski- ing to painting and horseback rid- ing. Jeff Biby, a sophomore, flies ra- dio control planes whenever he has the chance. As a nine year old, Jeff didn't know much about radio control planes, but thanks to his father, Jeff not only knows how to fly the planes, but also has built four planes of his own in those six years. Jeff had planned to sign up for a competition last year to fly one of his planes. However, his wings were not quite ready for inspection. Flying radio control planes is not the most inexpensive hobby one might take up. In fact, it can coast up to two hundred dollars if you want a really good plane. It gets even steep- er if you want your plane to do more, say like fly higher or faster. How does he pay for his hobby? It all comes Ready for tako-off. While at home on a weekend, Jeff carefully explains the functions of this plane to some friends. You have to have a good running engine if you plan on flying your plane. Jeff says with humor. Photo by Scout Mason. outa' my dad's pocket because it costs more than I have, but personal- ly, 1 think you get your money's worth. You can buy parts for the planes all over the place, common places are hobby shops and sometimes you can get pretty good deals out at the flea market, Jeff says. Not all hobbies take this much money, time, and patience. The main idea is to have fun and enjoy doing what you do. After all, that's what they call it a hobby for, isn't it? By Scout Mason.