Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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S Talk about practice! The Varsity Swimming team put in plenty. Work- outs were held Tuesday through Fri- day from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. and also Monday through Friday 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday practice was also a must, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. If a per- son also was a swim member of the AAU, 110 of Walnut's swimmers werel practices were mandatory on Saturday 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. That's almost 30 hours per week. Coach Bob Woolley explained, We're willing to put out that much effort to reach our goals for the sea- son: winning league and having a good representation in CIF. New to the swim team of 1980 was a Booster Club. They were a great support to the program, plus they donated a much-needed record board for swimming. The season also brought Walnut's own invitational, which included 14 schools in all. The support of the student body and spectators was very important during swim meets because of the combined Boys' and Girls' seasons. At least six timers were needed to start a meet, but in order for a swim to count for CIF, three timers on the lane, or a total of 18 timers, were mandatory. The majority of the time these timers were volunteers from the stands. One noteworthy characteristic of the Varsity team was their closeness. Many of the players served on the Waterpolo team earlier in the year, and coupled with all those hours of practicing, closeness was under- standable. Coach Woolley helped- promote this feeling by planning activities for the team such as the trip to Los Angeles for a USC-UCLA swim meet. I wanted to show the boys how much excitement is generated in a meet of that caliber by the cheer- ing and rooting of the swimmers and spectators, remarked Mr. Woolleyg immers Given a Boost i ASTRETCHING HIS BODY AND HIS MUSCLES to swimming because it enabled the swimmer t their fullest extent, lohn Lordi dives out over the reduce his time. water. The dive was a very important aspect of Mergers!Boys' Varsity Swimming

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Turning a Team round Scoring more points than ever before, the girls' frosh-soph basketball team shifted into high gear to break the losing record of the previous year. With a new coach, a new team and more scheduled games, the participants managed to score over 35 points in their games in compari- son with the 1978-1979 frosh-soph team which scored an average of 15 points per game. ln preleague games, starters Cheryl Schrieyr, Lisa Torres, Megan Becker, and alternating wings tguardsl usually defeated the opponents. Fouled up by the rain, practices were cancelled leading to a loss of the first league game. The benefit from the rainfall was a chance to play in the gymnasium on game days rather than battling on cold concrete. Fifteen girls coached by Gary Brittain composed the frosh-soph team. To start the season, Coach Brittain sat on the pile of basketballs to give the girls their first pep talk. He explained what was expected from each member and described his pet peeves. After the girls' first warm-up exercises, Coach Brittain was surprised to find that his team, as he calls it, could acutally dribble, pass and shot. In practice and in games, Coach Brit- tain emphasized the importance of hav- ing fun. He would often show off by shooting from half court, lt's fun to watch Mr. Brittain try to make the impos- sible shots, laughed Darlene Confortifa ASHOOTING FOR TWO, Molly Fos- helped the Mustangs toavictory. ter makes two points. The basket ALOOKING FOR THE OPEN MAN, team to a victory. Margo was one of Margo Addeo attempts to help her the starting wings forthelV squad. I.V. and F.S. Basketball. front row: Susie Karr, second row: Dena Lordi, Margo Addeo, third row: Shawna Bryan, Molly Foster, Sherrie Eply, fourth row: Sheri Sans, Michelle Andrews, Kathy Dickinson, Cheryl Schrieyrg not shown: Robin Rauch, Karla Dam, Wendy Koffman, Megan Becker, Edita Cabacungan, Darlene Conforti, Lisa Torres, lean- ette Flores, Lynn Smith, Shannon Chrisman, Denice Spainhower, julie Montano, Sheri Collins, Valencia lohnson, Sheri Leland, Francie Neu- man. Girls' Frosh-Soph BasketbaII!Mergers

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YWORKING ON HIS BUTTERHY FORM, Ben Lau prepares for the lunior DIHYOUS 'WIS Sophomore Veal Olympics held during March. Ben, a junior, first participated in the CIF W as sffg S , AL :- , if is rrri rri, , I , Q I tl Xirr f ' I S , ' ,W wx-HV ROSH-SOPH BOYS' SWIMMING. Steve Contrymang second row: Bryan nt row: Tom Daily, David Ducharme, Whalen, Ernie Camacho, Steve Cobbs. 6 .- Q., AVARSITY BOYS' SWIMMING. Front row: john Lordi, Mark Hunt, Charlie Matthews, Curtis lang, second row: Brian Sandstrom, Robert Dumont, Brad Taronto, Ken Rivers, Allen Cintas, third row: Alex Myrrnan, Ben Lau, Brian Grif- fen, Coach Bob Woolley, Dave Kimball, Pat Featherston, Chris Carmody, Al Cohen. Boys' Varsity Swimming!Mergers