Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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■4 FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH HER SWING, Lynn Wright fouls the ball off. Lynn was a first year JV Softball player ▼ ATTEMPTING TO STEAL THIRD BASE, Shelly Calanga slides in safely. Shelly was JV Basketball MVP. JV Softball Sports 141

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Coiti ▲ GIRLS JV SOFTBALL. Front row: Julie Silvestre (stats). Lynn Wright. Lori Huber. Camille Maldonado. Diana Lopez, Heather Espinoza, Monica Hopkins (stats): back row: Sheila Wright. Shelly Calanga. Kristi Brown. Nicole Sevilla, Tristen Alfred. Ta- sha Finch. Maria Carranza. Coach Kevin Simpson; not pic- tured: Myra Garay. Tracy Garay. JV Softball » results irVt mt ivi thf K imp finish Can having a new coach mean the same finish ■ I think we I have a good chance to win league this year, as long as we keep our heads in the game. ' — Tracy Garay. inning league for two con- secutive years, Coach Ke- vin Simpson was deter- mined to uphold the Mus- tang tradition for JV Softball. Being a new coach at Walnut, Coach Simpson had many hopes and goals for the team. This year, he said, I hope to teach the players as much as they can learn. The practices were usu- ally run tightly, with stretching starting out each practice. Following that, the team usually ran laps and sprinted a few. This was Coach Simp- son ' s first year coaching at Walnut. His previous ex- perience included coach- ing Softball, cross country, basketball, and even rugby at various schools. I enjoyed coaching the different sports. It was a change from coaching the same sport year after year, he said. 140 Sports JV Softball His goals and the play- ers ' goals for the season were to have an undefeat- ed season and to become league champions. think we have a good chance to win league this year, as long as we keep our heads in the game. said Tracy Garay. The players agreed that one way to achieve their goals would be through dedication, determination

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o Boys Varsity Tennis fool a ® nd We wanted to show the Valle Vista League that we ' re no push-over, — Coach Greg Dutton % A WITH FEET IN POSITION. Carl Miller opens up in attempt to hit a topspin forehand. As a |unior, Carl played »3 doubles. Mustangs realize that discipline is the name of th s this boot camp or just another hard working team? Skills and practice are the main factors in training a sports team. For the 1986-87 Boys Varsity Tennis team, discipline was enforced more than anything. We had good prac- tices, but if anyone fooled around, they payed for it, said third year coach Greg Dutton. If there was any foul lan- guage, back talk, or play, the players were sent on a run around the tennis courts. The discipline was meant to improve the atti- tudes of the players. Just running around isn ' t even enough punish- ment. We ' re not out there « , ► KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BALL, Jeff Manzi demonstrates his slice backhand. This type of backhand was commonly used. 142 to fool around, we ' re out there to practice, said second year varsity play- er, Brandon Garcia. Discipline wasn ' t all that the team counted on. Working hard helped us improve from last year, and we want to impress the Valle Vista League, said Coach Dutton. We want to show them that we ' re no push over. The team had only two returning players, but the squad had good attitudes and wanted to win. We need organization and hard tennis skills in order to achieve our goals this season, said sophomore Jeff Manzi. A unique addition to the team were two exchange students: Mark Otterbom, from Sweden, and Erik Klein, from Holland. Both are in the top five on the team. I would love to go to GIF playoffs, and I love playing on the team, said Erik. With our hard work, and the strength of our number one singles and number one doubles teams, we should achieve our goals, said Dutton. story by Julie Wishner: layout by Lynn Fujioka; photos by Brad Linenberg and Douglas Lin. LEAPING INTO THE SKY, Erik Klein extends his arm to get the power behind a high volley. Erik, visiting from Holland, was one of two exchange students on the Sports Boys Varsity Tennis