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

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IIDING HIS OPPONENT with a wrist and far ankle, David Tilbury is in control of the situation in a league inning their first varsity match in four years, the Torrey Pines wrestling team, not only competed but laid the groundwork for a potentially successful future team. The success of this year's team was largely a result of its experience. Con- sidering the fact that no wrestler had more than a few years of experience, the 1-6 record is understandable. Wrestling is a very difficult sport which requires a lot of dedication. In wrestling, an athlete can learn more about himself than in practically any other sportf' said Coach Flon Morris. For the second consecutive year the team had difficulties maintaining athletes through the entire season. At the beginning of the season a crowd of approximately 50 wrestlers existed compared to the 20 or so at the season's end. Despite this problem, a varsity team participated in every duel meet except Vista and Poway. The team consisted of only two seniors and a rag-tag assembly of underclass- men filling in the remainder of the weight classes. These substitutions did not always, if ever, fill the whole complement of wrestlers needed for a complete team. Gaps were extremely damaging to the team in matches. Wrestling is one of the few sports you can lose before you begin, said Morris. Each forfeit gives the opponent six team points - the equivalent of a pin. The projection for the future is optimistic considering the youth which made up the majority of this year's team. The return of these athletes is crucial to the team's future. An added incentive is the hope that the wrestling team won't be neglected at the Winter Sports Award Night for the third straight year and that the varsity letters will be remembered and presented on time to those who merit them. The season as a whole can largely be considered a building year, and with luck, a successful wrestling team will be forthcoming. - Tim Geiser , V ,v 5 3943 X I N I J TBUGGLING TO SIT UP John Davis pushes away Wrestling Team. Front Ftow: Greg Petree, Mike I-lochleutner, Blake Young, om the mat to avoid being pinned by a Fallbrook oppo- Seth Weisner, Aaron Fleisner, Alec Ashley, Danny Bairdg Second Row: David Topolovac, Betty Bidwell, John Davis, David Tilbury, Kyle Grasso, Scott Blinn, Jay Russell, Sole Jampson, Tim Schefflerg Third Bow: Coach Ron Morris, David Page, Ryan Sinnock, Brian Lange, Lance Kerby, Kurt Schmitt, Kevin Gigler, Tim Geiser, Craig Olsen, Lance Delay, Coach Frank Cham- blissg Not Pictured: Sally Corran. WRESTLING 75

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LACK CF PITCHER HINDERS PERFORMANCE , Q E5 fu-F .L f iw K j ,gmt L rx 1.. , vi 44, .px l. me U it ' if 'iii , -.,. V ,L , , r l l 1 5 Ti fkl w ri ' 1 l 3 4 V Q M.. 15, V REACHING FOR THAT HIGH BALL Carrie Bonforte jumps up. n fast pitch softball, 95 percent of the game depends on the quality of the pitch. This is the aspect which weakened the varsity softball team throughout the season due to the lack of a designated pitcher. ln softball, you need a pitcher who can throw the ball past the batter. You have to have a good, hard throwing pitcher, explained Coach Otis Rowland. We just dldn't have that. Rowland felt that many games were lost solely because of the lack of a pitcher. Aside from pitching problems, the girls were in a transitional period, getting use to the third new coach they've had in three years. Three years ago, the team was headed by Chet Francisco. Last year, he was replaced by former San Dieguito baseball and softball coach, Joe Dottore, and this year, the team was handed over to Rowland. Although there were a lot of negative factors working against the team, Rowland felt that the girls remained positive for the most part. The girls decided to stick together, stressing teamwork, he said. No one player makes a softball team. lt takes a whole team to win or lose a game. Rowland stressed the importance of having a softball program for girls before they reach the high school level. There's no GSA qGirls' Softball Associationj feeder program in Del Mar to strengthen the kids. We're up against schools that did have that type of program, so naturally they're tough competition. Vista, Poway, Carlsbad, Oceanside, and Encinitas, all have softball programs for the girls before they reach the high school level. explained Rowland. The team had standouts in left fielder and co-team captain Jodi Coffman, and co-team captain Carrie Bonforte. h g g Q g N Returning varsity players included Coffman, Bonforte, Jennifer Walters, ' Allison Shannon,and Sherri Strate. There were also two first year players in 55' '51 Kristin Pearson and Stephanie Bowers. iii? P 'fl New comers to the varsity team from junior varsity were Janette Strate, 1 C I X :.l Raquel Reynaga, and Crissy Moore. ,W , j , - Lora Stowe . .g f 'e yi, ' fi , . 1-f,iafffg.e - . rr W ife ' is - .w..f.'f - P sf I ' M' ' ' imp. QF 'U A get 76