University City High School - Excelsus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Team Play Very supportive attitudes this year ex- plained Lori Schwalbach. This year ' s Junior Varsity practiced every weekday to come to- gether as a team to make it a winning season. We have a lot of talent stated team mem- bers, We think of ourselves as equal, no one of us is better than the other. This year ' s Junior Varsity Centurion Softball team coached by Lori Schwalbach, consisted of fifteen girls all of which practiced offense and defense strategies as well as attitudes to- wards the game. Switching to Spring from Winter league brought better weather to the Softball teams. Powerful playing as well as unity gave the play- ers experience and prepared them for Varsity play. A good stretch by Tammy Mariano to make the second out. Coach Lori Schwalbach writes out the line up card Kim Manning slingshots the third strike. Bonnie Lopez fields a hard hit grounder. Top Row Coach Lon Schwalbach. Sally McMullen. Julie Becker, JoAnne LaMottc. Sheryl Nunes. Donna Kline. Karen Merker. Amy Gauthier. Bottom Row; Becca Carcabuso, Kim Man- ning. Johanna Cottle. Bonnie Lopez. Erin McDougall. Heather Taylor, Tammy Mariano J V Softball 111

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Only A Base Away Team work is the name of the game ex- plained Coach Vukojevich, without it you don ' t have a team. The Junior Varsity Baseball team led by coach Steve Vukojevich was a strong and pow- erful team. I believe it is the most powerful team since the school began boasted Vukoje- vich, and when asked to sum up the team in a few short words fine potential was his an- swer. The team consisted of fourteen enthusiastic players, all of which practiced endless hours of batting, running, sliding, infielding, and out- fielding to prepare for their season games. The Junior Varsity Centurian Baseball team mostly prepared themselves for future posi- tions on Varsity. The eight Juniors and six Sophomores practiced hard to make it a pro- sperous season. Coach Vuko)evich stresses team work as his stiate- gy • Y 7 Frank Hooks fires a ball to first. Darell Woodard warms up before the game Damon Becker, Frank Hooks. Kurt Schilling. Jerry Musial. James Guerra, Gus Bojkovsky, Darrell Woodard. Brian Martin. Tony Thomas. Mike Swafford, Steve Beck. Aaron Root. Scott Jalowayski. Mark Roberson. 110 J.V. Baseball Steve Nemeth fields a line drive Steve Beck slams one down the alley

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A Rebounding Season Awesome! That was the only way to de- scribe the Boys Varsity Basketball team. Playing an aggresive defense, and a half court style of offense, the Centurions raced off to a 10-2 pre-league record. In the course of those victories the Centuri- ons captured the Pennisula Classic and fin- ished second in the Kiwanis tournament. The team has really molded together. We ' ve taken our beatings the past two years and now we ' re the ones giving out the beat- ings. said Coach Mike McDonald. The team was assisted by Steve Vukojevich and Greg Hill. They really pulled us together and kept Coach McDonald calm when he would start winning. said Co-Captain Jerry Paladino. The other captain was all C.I.F. candidate Matt Brock. The 6 ' 6 senior is the mam reason for the team ' s success and his performance will determine how far they go. Christian High defenders are intimidated by Matt Brock ' s ability to score. The players wait for the game plan. 112 Varsity Boys Basketball