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

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Keeping Track. Coach Uchiyama watdk s two players during a game. “This team s a better well-rounded team than in 9omqMMrajwgir she comment- ed. Photo by Shelley vYoods. Getting Advice. Mario Markus. Sandra Kubo. and Lynn Nguyen, listen to.ih®iPc »ch after playing a good game with Leigh High School. Mario explained. AfteTSBjgBtW. it is important to gel the coach's comments. Photo by Shelley Woods. Playing Hard. Lynn Nguyen anticipates the next return from her Westmqj fe feonent. Having a quick r -. .; !{• :. is one of the most important points of the qame wiarked Lynn. Photo by Shelley Woods. Sports 88j The Players. Front Row: Virginia Quon. Lorie Bernard. Tram Nguyen. Eileen Yoshida, Jennifer Chak Second Row: Sandra Kubo. Pankti Shaw. Angela Guecg May Thai. Naomi Haga. Lynn Nguyen. Third Row: Yong Kim. Debbie Stephenson. F’.n.non Daly. Kim Koepke. Marl ?Warkus. Lynn Ha. Yune Aoki. Fourth Row: Coach Uchiyama, Me- lanie Woltere. Minh Le. Steve Ma. Jimmy Carranza. Hoan Van, Danielle Reimann, Ja- net Wang. Photo by Wayne Salvatore. Serving Softly. Marlow Markus of the pumber one doubles team serves the urdiecarefully over the net. I've been playing badmintort for four years because it's a fun sp farlo said. Photo by Shelley Woods. i

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Mino, all mine. Senior Mike Young makes it clear that this ball ts his in a gqn fo iSilver Creek. Mike's pewt and form make ium a valuable member of the teatki.-ftets a devoted hard worker and an intelligent player. Pholo by Terri Lin. Swinging out. At a match at Independence. Doug Shoji gives new meanin| Muroer-extension. Doug has been active on tho-team for four years. He is one iito team's best players this season. Pholo by Terri Lin. Service with a smile? With intense determu tjon on his face. Don Roush serves the ball to his SJver Creek op- ponent. Don is SMHHwDles player. His fluid style and form a™ the key to his tennis success. Photo by Tem Lin. Boys’ Tennis 37

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Badminton has not always been the most popular sport, but for these players it is always fun when they are . . . BATTLING FOR = BkalM Hitting High. Number two singles player lanet Wang hits a high one overtlM| net. w mning the match. Janet expla!n nB8| rally gives me a good feelinq. I'm playing against an important opponent. Photo by Shelley Woods. his year's badminton team has had quite a few changes. Coach Uchiyama explained that the team has high expectations. To start with, the team is generally better since they are a selected bunch of players. For the last four years no cuts had been made, but this year more than twenty were made out of the fifty who originally tried out. Uchiyama remarked, “It used to be that my top players were really good and my bottom players were pretty bad, but this year the team is more even and better well-rounded as a team. Many of this year's players had been on the team before. Junior Melanie Wolters, the number one singles player, has been on the team for three years. Coach Uchiyama project- ed, ”1 think Melanie will probably do very well in CCS. Melanie has also been on the tennis team since her fresh- man year. Tennis helps me some with badminton since it teaches me coordination, noted Melanie. Another important change in this year's team was the addition of boys who would also take part in the sport. This was the first year that boys could play. Every school in the district had boys join the team as part of this pilot program. Angela Gueco commented, I think having boys on the team is a good idea since it allows the boys to enjoy the fun too. The number one boy's single player this year was Minh Le. Only five boys tried out and all five made it. Together, the team hoped to do well in the play offs. By Shelley Woods. Badminton 89