Torrey Pines High School - Freeflight Yearbook (Del Mar, CA)

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Varsity Scoreboard W Vista 31? -F-S1 'Q - 535. t r occer laying VVI-IIZ KID sk any honors student if they have a lot of time for anything much, other than their studies, and I most will say no way. But for senior Glen Butler, maintaining a 4.2 grade point average and being ranked seventh or eighth in the senior class is only a part time job. Butler is an eleven year soccer veteran and has been playing ever since kindergarten when his parents signed him up on a local community team. According to Butler, a lot of things can be learned on the soccer field that can't be learned from academic books. l've learned to be committed through playing soc- cer. You have to work really hard if you want to be the best, or if you want to be good at anything. Soccer is a thinking sport. lt's not like other sports where you do just what the coach says. lt's im- iid' -an . te ,V W-uf, I Y f . W' 7 provisational - you do it by yourself. Ball control is one of the most important skills to master in soccer, and Butler sees it as the greatest strength on the field, l'm not the fastest, explained Butler, but I make the plays, and I help get things going. Scoring 8 goals this season in league play, Butler was the team's leading scorer. Glen was the leading foreward on the team. He did a very good job, started all year, and he was never sick, said Coach Glen Torrence. He was there all the time, always doing what he was supposed to do, and that was really important to me. Aside from soccer, Butler was involved in track and field each year except when he had to stop pole vaulting due to a He has also participated in baseball, basketball, and judo. Narrowing down which college he would like to attend, Butler is trying to decide between Cal Poly, UC Berkely, and Stanford. He was also accepted at UCLA and UC lrvine. He intends to major in engineering and architecture. During his freshman year in college, Butler doesn't want to play soccer on the schools team. l'll probably play intramural soccer in my first year. Maybe l'll q A ta.. we ' Q X' s' 'S' wait- Y -s ., ,- , ,Jun-I ' 1,4 kt, nur Q J 1 I ,... . f A f 0' ut , 4-fit '- ff - ,. f A , 5 1 6 A I E' 4 V ' it . ' nw A 'E ', ' A39 A 3 A 4 'af f ' X Q? If Q f . f .i I t, in . J IM i ,Q . VV ' A, H1 , l ft' . . - Mtik, , 41 tl t Y' ,var mf' t 16's 1 , mf 3 .'2sg,,, f . f' it .A if 1 2 55, -lt' if if . ite 25 ,. ' , L Et c 3 f- rf, V Vygg 'A -1 a ' L 512' j ff .,,. .ggi vjy W J! Nj my A- ,, , i. . it ,.,, . I i ryr, ,V I Q f , , F 1 .X . ' 0 ' L i .M B f W n it . ' qs' '1 ' rf' 5 my NY K I -w - l + ef:--L , Z-i Q ' l B .,. c i rr, - f A , , A , A, K.. L.. my 1 'Mfg' W, Q It My Anhui, U back injury. - , 0 ' Y - I h V , 'X In at .,.. W , ' f ,, Nt.,' -NVV - - ,. , ,,, 4 nuns- ' . sf.-5,Lt'f ,,,' ,,, 1-E 'W' . ' an-' ' B 79? , W T . ft I L 'l j t' it Q i 3 'hifi -4- 1,y'i ,Q '. , sr' M-, gf' . - - ff- 1 ' . -i-I W W A ., V , . - USING HIS HEAD, dominant midfielder Andy Salk gets in a tangle with Patriot David Flosslin in the first league game of the season. KNEEING THE BALL, senior Bill Hayes keeps things under control as a Fallbrook opponent looks for an opportunity to attack go out for the team after that. I just want to get used to school irst. ln his free time, Butler lifts weights, works with his computer, and listens to heavy metal. By looking at Butler's wide variety of extra-curricular activi- ties, one would hardly guess that he could keep up with his school work, much less earn straight As in honors classes. - Lora Stowe MENS SOCCER 71

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iV!kFE3VTN' 5 UUtH GOING UP for a -header, Kevin Russell and Jodi Lim leap to head the ball away from an Orange Glen oppo- nent in a home game. ied for third place with Vista, the boys' varsity soccer team achieved its major season goal - to make it to the playoffs in what Coach Glen Torrence considers the toughest league in the county. Unfortunately, the team was unable to achieve league championship status, the second of its goals for the year. We just ran into some better ball clubs. explained Torrence. Poway developed a very good ball club, and it was something we hadn't counted on. Nobody expected them to be as dominant toward the end ofthe season, but they became a very dominant team. Although the team did improve its record by two places in the league, Torrence felt that the squad 'slacked off' toward the end of the season. lt's the second year in a row that we tapered off. We didn't strengthen our- selves as we went through the year. We should have been a better ball club, but we just couldn't make it happen. An especially disappointing point of the season was when the team lost a heart breaker to Hilltop in the playoffs 2-1. We dominated the game in every way but the score. We were very capable of winning, but we just didn't get the ball into the net. We definitely played as well as we should have, said Torrence. Experience and age of the athletes were able to strengthen the team. Most of the players had a solid background in soccer and had played on the varsity level before. With these assets, Torrence had hopes that the team would have progressed even further than it did. There was a lack of consistency in ourteam play and our intensity, explained Torrence. There was also a lack of dedication to the sport, he added referring to the many athletes other interests, such as school, which may have taken away from the teams' intensity. I don't think it's bad. lt's just a fact, said Torrene. 'tWe've always been blessed with kids with a high grade point average. In soccer, the average grade on the team is from 3.0 - 3.25. Dedication to education as well as outside interests - that's something you accept at our high school. Team standouts included junior goal keeper Glen Baity, leading scorer Glen Butler, dominant midfielder Andy Saik, and fullback Kevin Russel. Saik was named Most Valuable Player and Russel was named Most Outstanding. The junior varsity soccer team had a very positive season earning a second place position in the Palomar League. We lost our last game to Poway. lt was kind of the deciding game of whether we would be in first or second place, explained defensive player Matt Nutley. The squad had standouts in John Pollock, who was a strong midfieldfoffense player, Erin Web who was named Most Valuable Offense, and Nutley who was Most Valuable Defense. - Lora Stowe lui I

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'Sb Varsity Boys: lback rowl Ryan Clasen, Noel Johnson, Jim Hicks, Kevin Taggart, Brandon Sonntag, Steven Page, Mick Geiskes, Eduardo Zetina, David Garcia, David Dogue, Mike Doherty, Todd Kelly, Jean-Paul Ferguson, Jef Cook, Glenn' Balty, Francisco Camerena, Mark Hauber, Burke Smith, Charles Doerrer, Greg Shulman, Matt Lehman, Agustin Ramirez. Varsity Girls: lback rowl Jenni Stalleri, Morgan McGrath, Denise Eltari, Jenny Lahay, Brandi Knauss, Stacey Jocoy, Kathy-Lee Polevitsky, Michelle Greer, Karen Burns, Cory Westby, Nicole Nugent, Gina Westlg, Britt Hamson, Dawn Flinghand, Melissa Chan, Joyce hang, Leann Wedbush, Lora Stowe, Mandy Benedict. Junior Varsity Boys: lback rowl Ken Lee, David Spragg, Chris Tarr, David Bowersox, Trent Lake, John Dominy, Johnathan Shwartz, Lance Lee, Alex Shaw, Damon Vandervorst, Marc Kuritz, Adam Dean. Junior Varsity Girls: lback rowl Nancy Corran, Briana Knauss, Kristen Mejia, Dana Brehm, Kyla Sheddling, Lisa Jhung, Jacey Hay, Heather Cardwell. 72 LEADING THE WAY, Cory Westby attacks the hurdles, on her way to a strong finish in a dual meet at Mira Costa.