Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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■ Our younger wrestlers did a great job but we needed more mental toughness from { the seniors, said coach — John Casteneda. VARSITY WRESTLING WHS OPPONENTS 39 26 La Puente 36 33 South Hills 54 6 West Covina 31 35 Norttiview 20 40 Workman 34 41 Edgewood 39 19 Covina 78 La Serna 5 wins 3 losses PREPARING IN PRE-GAME STRETCHES, the varsity team concentrate on the opponent. The team took pride in their pre- game routine. -t »« t Ae cV Varsity Wrestling Ambitious young team discovers new image aving pride this was the motto for the varsity wrestling team. Having tough practices and conditioning every day, would give any young man self-re- spect to be able to last through them, said Coach John Cas- teneda. Ending with a 5-3 record after a disappointing loss to South Hills, which would have put WHS in a Co-championship po- sition, didn ' t seem to affect the wrestlers who were CIF bound. Senior and three year varsity wrestler Benny Haraway seemed to be one of the un- beatable forces on the WHS team. Voted outstanding player by his teammates Benny went 19 s traight matches without a loss. This was a pretty good year for us, said Benny. Though well conditioned they lacked experience among the young team. Our younger wrestlers did a great job but we needed more mental tough- ness from the Seniors, said Coach Casteneda. With first year wrestler and most im- proved player Carnell Carter with weight dropped is quicker and has a good attitude, said Coach Casteneda. Carnell plays third in league and quali- fied for CIF, wrestling three times which is an excellent ex- perience for the two years to come. The Varsity team went to one of their first tournaments in Montebello. They went 8-1 and tied for first out of a nine team elimination. Most valuable wrestler Ediord Buenaventura placed second in league and taking a sixth place in the tour- nament out of fifty-one schools. Ediord was also the only fresh- man to wrestle Varsity the full year. Being in a 4A league the young team showed great po- tential and a promising future. Sfory by Armando Calderon; layout by Lynn Fujioko. photos by Allen Oder- matt, f ► RECEIVING CONGRATILA- TORY SUPPORT, Benny wins yet another match This wjs Benny ' s third year on the varsity squad. 130 Sports Varsity Wrestling

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G »ning JV girls basketball JV changes I can ' t for I know I can ' ' Of ei I ' mon, pass the ball. No, no don ' t dribble, yeah, that ' s It. Now shoot, all right! Now we ' re ahead, let ' s keep it that way. For Coach Drew Jo- hannsen, this was a com- mon thing to say from the sidelines, for at least three years as a basketball coach. Coach Johannsen had found the J.V. girls basketball team to be dif- ferent than teams of the past. This year ' s team never gave up, no matter how far down we got, said Coach Johannsen, we were able to be com- petitive. Being a junior varsity coach, however, I am expected to develop talent; winning is a bo- nus. Coaches of any sport have to build a team with a group who have shown potential, hoping there is a winning combination. Because of this, coaches are portrayed as hard people, and yet, they ac- tually care for the team it- self. The growth from the millions of ' I can ' t ' at the beginning of the year to the performance at the end of the year, said Coach Johannsen, was of great importance to me. From this, Coach Jo- hannsen has fused strength into his players for them to be successful. I think it ' s hard for the players to see their suc- cess when they don ' t win, said Coach Johann- sen, we outrebounded our opponents in all but three games and didn ' t lose a game in the last half of league by more than five points. Thus, Coach Johannsen successfully attained his goal for another season, a goal for each player to gain their own ends. Story by Randy Abulon: layout by Lynn Fujioka: phiotos by Allen Odermatt and David Randall, t •4 KEEPING IT COVERED, the J V. girls protect their turf. Teamwork helped Walnut in ou- trebounding their opponents. Girls J.V. Basketball WHS OPPONENT 21 32 South Hills 27 35 West Covina 30 31 La Puente 25 29 Northview 43 25 Workman 17 30 Edgewood 27 25 Covina 24 25 South Hills 33 37 West Covina 25 21 La Puente 37 34 Northview 33 32 Workman 20 35 Edgewood 27 33 Covina 5 wins 9 losses • REACHING FOR THE SKY, or rather the basket. Tonya Lozano makes her move Tonya started off the season by scoring the most points in the first game. ■ i think it ' s hard for the players to see their success when they don ' t win. — Coach Johannsen JV Girls Basketball Sports 129

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, « LA I H 1 hP w j !■ £ii ■71 ▲ VARSITY WRESTLING. Front row: Ignacio Garay, Anthony Porras, Gilbert Buenaventura. Joey Calzadiez. Edlord Buenaventura, Jason Booth: second row: Ricardo Garay. Benny Haraway. John Rackstraw, Pete Elias. Carnell Carter. Varsity Wrestling Sports 131